NWS Charleston WVFF.W 0218September 20, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence and 4 more, OH and WV
The National Weather Service office in Charleston issued a flash flood warning for Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence and 4 more in Ohio, West Virginia, which was in force until 8:45 a.m. local time on September 20. It was the 218th flash flood warning the NWS office in Charleston issued in 2026. Ohio had 62 flash flood warnings in September 2026, against 3 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Ohio's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 4.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Charleston WV
- Area
- Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence and 4 more
- State
- Ohio
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:38 a.m. EDT, September 20, 2026
- Expires
- 8:45 a.m. EDT, September 20, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KRLX FF.W 0218
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio since 2008Every warning type in Ohio
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The notice as issued
FFWRLX The National Weather Service in Charleston has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Gallia County in southeastern Ohio... Jackson County in southeastern Ohio... North Central Lawrence County in southeastern Ohio... Southern Meigs County in southeastern Ohio... Southeastern Vinton County in southeastern Ohio... Northwestern Jackson County in northwestern West Virginia... Mason County in western West Virginia... * Until 845 AM EDT. * At 438 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Jackson, Point Pleasant, Gallipolis, Rio Grande, Racine, Ravenswood, New Haven, Gallia, Henderson, Vinton, Gage.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.