Flash Flood Warning
NWS Wakefield VA ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Issued September 21 At 7:10PM EDT Until September 21 At 10:15PM EDT By NWS Wakefield VA
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
FFWAKQ The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... North Central Northampton County in northeastern North Carolina... Southeastern Greensville County in southeastern Virginia... Southwestern Southampton County in southeastern Virginia... The City of Emporia in southeastern Virginia... * Until 1015 PM EDT. * At 710 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 2 inches in 30 minutes. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 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.
Impacts
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... Emporia, Dahlia, Seaboard, Claresville, Green Plain, Branchville, Bryants Corner, Little Texas, Margarettsville, Pleasant Hill, Emporia Airport, Adams Grove, Lanes Corner, Gumberry, Pleasant Grove, Turners Crossroads, Drewryville and Brink.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads. Please report flooding by calling 757-899-2415, posting to the NWS Wakefield Facebook page, or using X @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
Affected areas
- Northampton County, NC
- Greensville County, VA
- Southampton County, VA
- City of Emporia, VA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Wakefield VA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~33s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M333RGRN1CR1E5TKRD3D1BV5
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.667fdd91951119f2aa034ac449084da5f88fc2aa.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Wakefield VA
- AWIPS ID
- CAPAKQ
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.9063
- 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 | FFW |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFWAKQ |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS51 KAKQ 212310 |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KAKQ.FF.W.0094.260921T2310Z-260922T0215Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T22:15:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Northampton County, NC
- Greensville County, VA
- Southampton County, VA
- City of Emporia, VA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037131 |
| SAME | 051081 |
| SAME | 051175 |
| SAME | 051595 |
| UGC | NCC131 |
| UGC | VAC081 |
| UGC | VAC175 |
| UGC | VAC595 |
- Polygons
- 36.64,-77.64 36.69,-77.59 36.71,-77.49 36.72,-77.49 36.71,-77.43 36.74,-77.37 36.73,-77.29 36.7,-77.26 36.68,-77.25 36.56,-77.24 36.5,-77.28 36.49,-77.3 36.46,-77.31 36.43,-77.37 36.42,-77.43 36.44,-77.46 36.44,-77.51 36.48,-77.57 36.49,-77.61 36.53,-77.65 36.64,-77.64