Flood Advisory
NWS Blacksburg VA ยท US
Details
Flood Advisory In Effect Until 9 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
Central Ashe County in northwestern North Carolina... North Central Watauga County in northwestern North Carolina...
When
Until 900 PM EDT.
Impacts
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Water over roadways. Overflowing poor drainage areas.
Additional details
- At 604 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... North Fork New River, Naked Creek, Little Phoenix Creek, Mill Creek, Dog Creek, Beaver Creek, Call Creek, Grassy Creek, Piney Creek, Peak Creek and Meat Camp Creek. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Jefferson, West Jefferson, Lansing, Todd, Baldwin, Mount Jefferson and Clifton. - 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
- Ashe County, NC
- Watauga County, NC
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Blacksburg VA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~25s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M33017YXJPC85VR1VRC6NHVX
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.283f744b652e4d1be3c6f078fa3bd4ee3ea53545.001.1
- 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.7211
- 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 212205 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KRNK.FA.Y.0125.260921T2205Z-260922T0100Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T21:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Ashe County, NC
- Watauga County, NC
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037009 |
| SAME | 037189 |
| UGC | NCC009 |
| UGC | NCC189 |
- Polygons
- 36.36,-81.68 36.49,-81.54 36.5,-81.48 36.4,-81.34 36.28,-81.59 36.32,-81.65 36.36,-81.68