Flood Watch
NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC ยท US
Details
Flood Watch Remains In Effect Through Late Tonight
- Event
- Flood Watch
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Future
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Possible
- Response
- Prepare
Description
What
Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.
Where
Portions of central, northern, and northwest Virginia, including the following areas, in central Virginia, Albemarle, Central Virginia Blue Ridge, Greene, Nelson and Orange. In northern Virginia, Culpeper, Northern Fauquier and Southern Fauquier. In northwest Virginia, Madison, Northern Virginia Blue Ridge and Rappahannock.
When
Through late tonight.
Impacts
Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Low-water crossings may be flooded.
Additional details
- The remnants of Hurricane Isaias will continue to produce widespread rain through this afternoon. Additional rounds of showers and thunderstorms are likely for parts of the area this afternoon and evening, some of which could contain heavy rain. The tropical environment will support efficient rainfall rates at times. Storm total rain amounts of 2 to 3 inches are expected, with higher amounts of 4 to 5 inches along the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge. - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
Instructions
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.
Affected areas
- Nelson County, VA
- Albemarle County, VA
- Greene County, VA
- Madison County, VA
- Rappahannock County, VA
- Orange County, VA
- Culpeper County, VA
- Northern Fauquier
- Southern Fauquier
- Northern Virginia Blue Ridge
- Central Virginia Blue Ridge
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~30s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M4N8AV48GX5CCXS4C0KCDYAQ
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5cf66f6492bacb3ca8333441d7e16c9bcdd81bbc.001.1
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
- AWIPS ID
- CAPLWX
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.7993
- WMO heading
- XOUS51
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 51
References
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
- Sender
- [email protected]
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFA |
| NationalWeatherService | FAA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFALWX |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS61 KLWX 111032 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KLWX.FA.A.0018.000000T0000Z-261012T0600Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-10-12T02:00:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9aaf641baf74af508d0d112f713e586b4ff8eb7c.001.1,2026-10-10T22:30:00-04:00 [email protected],urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bb779aa111a2e7e03e8c6ef042670c43efa660fc.001.1,2026-10-10T15:00:00-04:00 |
Locations
Location data
- Nelson County, VA
- Albemarle County, VA
- Greene County, VA
- Madison County, VA
- Rappahannock County, VA
- Orange County, VA
- Culpeper County, VA
- Northern Fauquier
- Southern Fauquier
- Northern Virginia Blue Ridge
- Central Virginia Blue Ridge
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 051125 |
| SAME | 051540 |
| SAME | 051079 |
| SAME | 051113 |
| SAME | 051157 |
| SAME | 051137 |
| SAME | 051047 |
| SAME | 051061 |
| SAME | 051139 |
| SAME | 051165 |
| SAME | 051187 |
| SAME | 051003 |
| SAME | 051015 |
| SAME | 051009 |
| SAME | 051163 |
| UGC | VAZ036 |
| UGC | VAZ037 |
| UGC | VAZ038 |
| UGC | VAZ039 |
| UGC | VAZ040 |
| UGC | VAZ050 |
| UGC | VAZ051 |
| UGC | VAZ501 |
| UGC | VAZ502 |
| UGC | VAZ507 |
| UGC | VAZ508 |