Flood Advisory
NWS Blacksburg VA ยท US
Details
Flood Advisory In Effect Until 345 AM EDT Early This Morning
- 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
Northwestern Smyth County in southwestern Virginia...
When
Until 345 AM EDT.
Impacts
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Additional details
- At 1252 AM 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... Middle Fork Holston River, North Fork Holston River, Laurel Springs Creek, Beaver Creek, Hungry Mother Creek, Campbell Creek, Locust Cove Creek, Laurel Creek and Crewey Branch. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Saltville, Chilhowie, Broadford, Quarry and Adwolf. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
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. 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
- Smyth County, VA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Blacksburg VA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~44s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M33QB2E1S2HST8F7DWNJ3SHX
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e1e3e28c69c4909ebbc175f223112925c88555a3.001.1
- 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.6781
- 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 220452 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KRNK.FA.Y.0127.260922T0452Z-260922T0745Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T03:45:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Smyth County, VA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 051173 |
| UGC | VAC173 |
- Polygons
- 36.88,-81.79 36.94,-81.68 36.93,-81.68 36.94,-81.67 36.94,-81.66 36.95,-81.64 36.95,-81.63 36.83,-81.53 36.74,-81.68 36.79,-81.7 36.88,-81.79