Flash Flood Warning
NWS Wakefield VA ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Issued September 22 At 1:40PM EDT Until September 22 At 4:45PM 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... Southern York County in southeastern Virginia... The City of Newport News in southeastern Virginia... The City of Poquoson in southeastern Virginia... * Until 445 PM EDT. * At 140 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. 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... Newport News, Patrick Henry Field, Christopher Newport University, Tabb, Denbigh, Beaconsdale, Lee Hall, Oyster Point, Oriana, Menchville and Newport News Golf Course.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Please report flooding by calling 757-899-2415, posting to the NWS Wakefield Facebook page, or using X @NWSWAKEFIELDVA.
Affected areas
- York County, VA
- City of Newport News, VA
- City of Poquoson, VA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Wakefield VA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m8s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M353A1QHHD1YMNSGEC95YX65
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a0edc7489bc7e45baf093d360f2699958b76a9f2.001.1
- 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.8039
- 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 221740 |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KAKQ.FF.W.0098.260922T1740Z-260922T2045Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T16:45:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- York County, VA
- City of Newport News, VA
- City of Poquoson, VA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 051199 |
| SAME | 051700 |
| SAME | 051735 |
| UGC | VAC199 |
| UGC | VAC700 |
| UGC | VAC735 |
- Polygons
- 37.08,-76.59 37.21,-76.58 37.21,-76.57 37.22,-76.56 37.18,-76.53 37.16,-76.5 37.15,-76.41 37.17,-76.39 37.18,-76.36 37.16,-76.33 37.09,-76.41 37.09,-76.44 37.08,-76.45 37.06,-76.45 37.03,-76.49 37.04,-76.53 37.05,-76.54 37.06,-76.56 37.08,-76.59