Flood Advisory
NWS Blacksburg VA ยท US
Details
Flood Advisory In Effect Until 1145 PM EDT This Evening
- 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
Southwestern Tazewell County in southwestern Virginia...
When
Until 1145 PM EDT.
Impacts
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Water over roadways. Overflowing poor drainage areas.
Additional details
- At 838 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Up to 1 inch of rain has fallen. - This includes the following streams and drainages... Little Tumbling Creek, Little River, Indian Creek, Clinch River, Pounding Mill Branch, Tumbling Creek and Laurel Creek. Additional rainfall amounts up to 2 inches are expected over the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Claypool Hill. - 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. In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route. 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
- Tazewell County, VA
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Blacksburg VA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m10s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M35V7FE7609XTYZH3E4N7A47
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.727ebcb5d3248f486f8c608ad13ce7b158c4d918.001.1
- 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.947
- 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 230038 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT THIS EVENING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KRNK.FA.Y.0130.260923T0038Z-260923T0345Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T23:45:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Tazewell County, VA
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 051185 |
| UGC | VAC185 |
- Polygons
- 37.04,-81.81 37.08,-81.69 36.97,-81.66 36.96,-81.7 36.98,-81.71 36.96,-81.75 36.96,-81.78 37.02,-81.81 37.04,-81.81