Flash Flood Warning
NWS Morristown TN ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Issued September 21 At 7:37PM EDT Until September 21 At 10:30PM EDT By NWS Morristown TN
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
FFWMRX The National Weather Service in Morristown has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southeastern Washington County in southwestern Virginia... * Until 1030 PM EDT. * At 737 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
Hazard
Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
Source
Radar indicated.
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... Damascus.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding.
Affected areas
- Washington County, VA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Morristown TN
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m0s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M335AS0BRHTZN0DKA8WA3F5Y
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0154e02d77ee2a71b4fc2fbf29e6fc4a9716d721.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Morristown TN
- AWIPS ID
- CAPMRX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.9885
- WMO heading
- XOUS54
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 54
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFW |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFWMRX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS54 KMRX 212337 |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KMRX.FF.W.0077.260921T2337Z-260922T0230Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-21T22:30:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Washington County, VA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 051191 |
| UGC | VAC191 |
- Polygons
- 36.6,-81.93 36.6,-82.02 36.67,-82.0 36.75,-81.78 36.61,-81.73 36.62,-81.92 36.6,-81.93