Flood Advisory
NWS Blacksburg VA ยท US
Details
Flood Advisory In Effect Until 830 PM EDT This Evening
- Event
- Flood Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
Where
Northwestern Smyth County in southwestern Virginia... Southwestern Tazewell County in southwestern Virginia...
When
Until 830 PM EDT.
Impacts
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Additional details
- At 533 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. - This includes the following streams and drainages... Indian Creek, Crewey Branch, Beaver Creek, Clinch River, Laurel Springs Creek, Middle Fork Holston River, Little Tumbling Creek, Little River and Laurel Creek. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are expected over the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Saltville, Chilhowie, Broadford, Quarry, Allison Gap and Adwolf. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads. When it is safe to do so, please send your reports of flooding, including mudslides or flooded roads, to the National Weather Service by calling toll free at 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. Reports and pictures can also be shared on the National Weather Service Blacksburg Facebook page and on X.
Affected areas
- Smyth County, VA
- Tazewell County, VA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Blacksburg VA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m11s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2XSEMG7B566P60Q70WS7FN4
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4b85b714a89e08bdbcb92669515205fcbfa52b6a.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Blacksburg VA
- AWIPS ID
- CAPRNK
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.6285
- 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 | NWS |
| NationalWeatherService | FAY |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FLSRNK |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS81 KRNK 192133 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KRNK.FA.Y.0122.260919T2133Z-260920T0030Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-19T20:30:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Smyth County, VA
- Tazewell County, VA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 051173 |
| SAME | 051185 |
| UGC | VAC173 |
| UGC | VAC185 |
- Polygons
- 37.03,-81.81 37.05,-81.74 36.79,-81.52 36.75,-81.68 36.79,-81.7 36.93,-81.84 36.93,-81.83 36.94,-81.82 36.95,-81.82 36.95,-81.81 36.96,-81.78 37.03,-81.81