Flood Watch
NWS Charleston WV ยท US
Details
Flood Watch In Effect Through This Evening
- Event
- Flood Watch
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Future
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Possible
- Response
- Prepare
Description
What
Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
Where
Portions of northeast Kentucky, including the following county, Lawrence and southwest Virginia, including the following counties, Buchanan and Dickenson.
When
Through this evening.
Impacts
Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Additional details
- Slow moving showers and thunderstorms over soils compromised from recent rainfall may lead to small streams and creeks rising out of their banks. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action should Flash Flood Warnings be issued. Additional information can be found at https://www.weather.gov/rlx as well as on our X and Facebook pages.
Affected areas
- Lawrence County, KY
- Dickenson County, VA
- Buchanan County, VA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Charleston WV
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~46s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M36GC7WPQPKM0X79P66H47CA
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.31d3e0314a691f65e8cb4c6eebbba8ab04e8a2d9.002.1
- 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.1662
- 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 | FFA |
| NationalWeatherService | FAA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFARLX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS61 KRLX 230648 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXB.KRLX.FA.A.0017.000000T0000Z-260924T0200Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-23T22:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Lawrence County, KY
- Dickenson County, VA
- Buchanan County, VA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 021127 |
| SAME | 051051 |
| SAME | 051027 |
| UGC | KYZ105 |
| UGC | VAZ003 |
| UGC | VAZ004 |