Flood Warning
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
Flood Warning In Effect Until 11 PM EDT This Evening... ...Replaces Flash Flood Warning
- Event
- Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
Where
Northeastern Braxton County in north central West Virginia... South Central Barbour County in northeastern West Virginia... West Central Randolph County in northeastern West Virginia... Upshur County in northeastern West Virginia... Southeastern Lewis County in northern West Virginia...
When
Until 1100 PM EDT.
Impacts
Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is occurring. Numerous roads remain closed due to flooding. This includes portions of Sand Run Road and Heavner Grove Road in Buckhannon and Pleasant Ridge in French Creek.
Additional details
- At 755 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is already occurring in the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. - This includes the following streams and drainages... Laurel Fork Sand Run, Fink Run, Little Laurel Fork, Rooting Creek, West Fork River (SJ Lake), Sugar Run, Left Fork Buckhannon River, Grassy Creek, Little Kanawha River, Indian Fork, Laural Run, Laurel Fork, Right Fork Stonecoal Creek, Skin Creek, Spruce Fork, Frog Run, Jenks Fork, Left Fork Right Fork Buckhannon River, Grassy Run, Long Run, Marsh Fork, Devil Fork, Bearcamp Run, Bens Run, Hackers Creek, Kanawha Run, Getout Run, Little Skin Creek, See Shanty Run, Tenmile Creek, Right Fork Middle Fork River, Lynn Camp Run, Big Run, Turkey Run, Left Fork Sand Run, Mud Lick, Three Forks Run, Threelick Run, Wheeler Fork, Brook Run, Wolfpen Run, Straight Fork, Hickory Flat Run, French Creek, Log Hollow Run, Pecks Run, Redlick Run, Millsite Run, Right Fork Little Kanawha River, Grass Run, Middle Fork River, Right Fork West Fork River, Buckhannon River, Bridge Run, Brush Run, Little Sand Run, Cherry Fork, Middle Fork Right Fork Buckhannon River, Slab Camp Fork, Sugarcamp Run, Laurel Creek, Honey Camp Run, Laurel Run, Sand Run, West Fork River, Knawl Creek, Sand Fork, Right Fork Buckhannon River, Left Fork Knawl Creek, Little Pecks Run, Oil Creek, Elk Creek and Stonecoal Creek. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Buckhannon, Rock Cave, French Creek, Alton, Tallmansville, Alexander, Lorentz, Overhill, Kanawha Head, Horner, Eden, Walkersville, Ellamore, Hodgesville, Ireland and Helvetia. - This includes the following highways... Interstate 79 near mile marker 87. Route 33 between mile markers 2 and 7...and between mile markers 15 and 17. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Report flooding to the National Weather Service by calling toll free, 800 401 9535, when you can do so safely.
Affected areas
- Barbour County, WV
- Braxton County, WV
- Lewis County, WV
- Randolph County, WV
- Upshur County, WV
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston WV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~54s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M35S538WZPPJVSD0WVEFSJ0V
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3e914a4efbc4729c507cbffd6af294050caaf910.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Charleston WV
- AWIPS ID
- CAPRLX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.62
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FLW |
| NationalWeatherService | FAW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLWRLX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS41 KRLX 230002 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KRLX.FA.W.0149.260923T0002Z-260923T0300Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T23:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Barbour County, WV
- Braxton County, WV
- Lewis County, WV
- Randolph County, WV
- Upshur County, WV
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 054001 |
| SAME | 054007 |
| SAME | 054041 |
| SAME | 054083 |
| SAME | 054097 |
| UGC | WVC001 |
| UGC | WVC007 |
| UGC | WVC041 |
| UGC | WVC083 |
| UGC | WVC097 |
- Polygons
- 38.9,-80.6 39.09,-80.27 39.06,-80.15 39.04,-80.13 39.03,-80.06 38.97,-80.06 38.97,-80.07 38.96,-80.06 38.95,-80.09 38.95,-80.06 38.78,-80.05 38.76,-80.07 38.67,-80.23 38.89,-80.61 38.9,-80.6