Flood Advisory
NWS Blacksburg VA ยท US
Details
Flood Advisory In Effect Until 545 PM EDT This Afternoon
- 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
Alleghany NC County in northwestern North Carolina... Northeastern Ashe County in northwestern North Carolina... Northwestern Surry County in northwestern North Carolina... North Central Wilkes County in northwestern North Carolina...
When
Until 545 PM EDT.
Impacts
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Water over roadways. Overflowing poor drainage areas.
Additional details
- At 242 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. - This includes the following streams and drainages... Crab Fork, Big Pine Creek, East Prong Roaring River, Brush Creek, Darnell Creek, Big Sandy Creek, Cove Creek, Dog Creek, Basin Creek and Christian Creek. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Sparta, Laurel Springs, Ennice, Glendale Springs, Whitehead and Doughton Park. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route. 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
- Alleghany County, NC
- Ashe County, NC
- Surry County, NC
- Wilkes County, NC
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Blacksburg VA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m6s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M32MESFQZK7K9KRJCZM3V4V4
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3cca817f07b4d1e5a028e9a13a280007d105ddbf.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.1221
- 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 211842 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KRNK.FA.Y.0123.260921T1842Z-260921T2145Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T17:45:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Alleghany County, NC
- Ashe County, NC
- Surry County, NC
- Wilkes County, NC
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037005 |
| SAME | 037009 |
| SAME | 037171 |
| SAME | 037193 |
| UGC | NCC005 |
| UGC | NCC009 |
| UGC | NCC171 |
| UGC | NCC193 |
- Polygons
- 36.52,-81.41 36.52,-81.12 36.56,-80.99 36.55,-80.84 36.37,-80.98 36.34,-81.36 36.4,-81.45 36.48,-81.42 36.52,-81.41