Warning Vector

Flood Advisory

NWS Blacksburg VA ยท US

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Details

Flood Advisory In Effect Until 8 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

Southwestern Bland County in southwestern Virginia... Northwestern Smyth County in southwestern Virginia... Southwestern Tazewell County in southwestern Virginia...

When

Until 800 PM EDT.

Impacts

Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Water over roadways. Overflowing poor drainage areas.

Additional details

- At 507 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Up to 1 inch of rain has fallen. - This includes the following streams and drainages... Beaver Creek, Little River, Laurel Creek, Blue Spring Creek, Indian Creek, Hungry Mother Creek, Campbell Creek, Lick Creek and Crewey Branch. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are expected over the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Asberrys, Broadford, Nebo and Allison Gap. - 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

  • Bland County, VA
  • Smyth County, VA
  • Tazewell County, VA

Public contact

Issuer
NWS Blacksburg VA

Message record

Received
Issue to receipt
~1m10s
CAP status
Actual
CAP message type
Alert
Lifecycle
New
Source
NWWS-OI
Feed
NWWS
Recovered
No
CAP routing and identity
ULID
01M32WRE3GMSTJA89X45SKZ14E
Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9af2388edb35b06ab8d63c4361646a1a37ac1546.001.1
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.5352
WMO heading
XOUS51
WMO data type
CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography
United States (US)
WMO bulletin number
51

Event codes

NameValue
SAMENWS
NationalWeatherServiceFAY

Parameters

NameValue
AWIPSidentifierFLSRNK
WMOidentifierWGUS81 KRNK 212107
NWSheadlineFLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
BLOCKCHANNELEAS
BLOCKCHANNELNWEM
VTEC/O.NEW.KRNK.FA.Y.0124.260921T2107Z-260922T0000Z/
eventEndingTime2026-09-21T20:00:00-04:00
BLOCKCHANNELCMAS
Locations

Location data

  • Bland County, VA
  • Smyth County, VA
  • Tazewell County, VA
NameValue
SAME051021
SAME051173
SAME051185
UGCVAC021
UGCVAC173
UGCVAC185
Polygons
37.02,-81.81 37.1,-81.39 36.92,-81.4 36.89,-81.79 36.93,-81.84 36.93,-81.83 36.94,-81.82 36.95,-81.82 36.95,-81.81 36.96,-81.78 37.02,-81.81