Flood Advisory
NWS Blacksburg VA ยท US
Details
Flood Advisory In Effect Until 1015 AM EDT This Morning
- Event
- Flood Advisory
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Minor
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
What
Minor flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
Where
Wilkes County in northwestern North Carolina...
When
Until 1015 AM EDT.
Impacts
Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Overflowing poor drainage areas. Ponding of water in urban or other areas is occurring or is imminent.
Additional details
- At 716 AM EDT, local law enforcement reported heavy rain in the advisory area. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. - This includes the following streams and drainages... Big Warrior Creek, Camp Branch, Cub Creek, Big Sandy Creek, Clear Branch, Beaver Creek, Church Branch, Bussels Creek, Cane Creek, Cove Creek, Bee Tree Branch, Big Bugaboo Creek and Basin Creek. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are expected over the area. This additional rain will result in minor flooding. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... North Wilkesboro, Wilkesboro, Ronda, Traphill, Mc Grady, Boomer and Wilbar. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
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
- Wilkes County, NC
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Blacksburg VA
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~52s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M39J5Q7374QGSHVYZV7W4XSS
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.760ca5669a37db35fd5e8d7ed804be7189791dd9.001.1
- 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.9051
- 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 241117 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM EDT THIS MORNING |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KRNK.FA.Y.0132.260924T1117Z-260924T1415Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-24T10:15:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Wilkes County, NC
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 037193 |
| UGC | NCC193 |
- Polygons
- 36.0,-81.32 36.37,-81.34 36.36,-81.25 36.4,-81.19 36.44,-81.17 36.42,-81.15 36.43,-81.12 36.41,-81.04 36.38,-81.04 36.37,-81.03 36.37,-80.98 36.4,-80.97 36.33,-80.87 36.06,-80.89 36.06,-80.98 36.03,-81.06 36.04,-81.14 36.03,-81.17 36.04,-81.2 36.03,-81.27 36.0,-81.32