Flood Advisory
NWS Wakefield VA ยท US
Details
Flood Advisory In Effect Until 3 PM EDT This Afternoon
- 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
West Central Mathews County in eastern Virginia... Central Gloucester County in southeastern Virginia...
When
Until 300 PM EDT.
Impacts
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
Additional details
- At 1203 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. - 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... Gloucester Courthouse, Hayes, Ark, Pinero, Belroi, Ware Neck, Dutton, Fort Nonsense, Beulah, Selden, Soles, Pampa and Allmondsville. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Affected areas
- Gloucester County, VA
- Mathews County, VA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Wakefield VA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m1s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M34XR7QZ322S2YAZ173V02AW
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.424720df6dfcc5574960080f15a210a03008dd78.001.1
- 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.5753
- 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 | FLSAKQ |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS81 KAKQ 221603 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KAKQ.FA.Y.0091.260922T1603Z-260922T1900Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T15:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Gloucester County, VA
- Mathews County, VA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 051073 |
| SAME | 051115 |
| UGC | VAC073 |
| UGC | VAC115 |
- Polygons
- 37.54,-76.59 37.52,-76.55 37.49,-76.39 37.39,-76.42 37.35,-76.43 37.37,-76.61 37.4,-76.66 37.42,-76.68 37.54,-76.59