Flood Watch

NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC · US

Updated

This event was updated at 2026-10-12 05:31:00 UTC.

Details

Flood Watch Remains In Effect Until 2 AM EDT Monday

Event: Flood Watch
Issued: 2026-10-12 02:22:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-10-12 02:22:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-10-12 06:00:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-10-12 06:00:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Future
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Possible
Response: Prepare

Description

What

Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.

Where

Portions of northern and northwest Virginia, including the following areas, in northern Virginia, Culpeper, Northern Fauquier and Southern Fauquier. In northwest Virginia, Madison and Rappahannock.

When

Until 2 AM EDT Monday.

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

- A final round of showers is moving through the area. These showers may produce up to an inch of rain in one hour. If any of these showers become stationary, flooding may result given 1.5 to 2.5 inches of rain has already fallen. - 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

Madison County, VA
Rappahannock County, VA
Culpeper County, VA
Northern Fauquier
Southern Fauquier

Public contact

Issuer: NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
Website: http://www.weather.gov

Message record

Received: 2026-10-12 02:22:53 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~54s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Update
Lifecycle: Updated
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M4PYQ2JF71KA7NEC2C746VZB
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.42841150e7c686876249d2b840983bd2c80db567.002.1
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.3408
WMO heading: XOUS51
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: United States (US)
WMO bulletin number: 51

References

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4d8afc9350c18ae6f294d552491c0f2dca641435.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-11 19:01:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5cf66f6492bacb3ca8333441d7e16c9bcdd81bbc.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-11 10:32:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9aaf641baf74af508d0d112f713e586b4ff8eb7c.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-11 02:30:00 UTC

Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bb779aa111a2e7e03e8c6ef042670c43efa660fc.001.1
Sender: [email protected]
Sent: 2026-10-10 19:00:00 UTC

Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	FFA
NationalWeatherService	FAA

Parameters

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	FFALWX
WMOidentifier	WGUS61 KLWX 120222
NWSheadline	FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT MONDAY
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:2.49.0.1.840.0.5cf66f6492bacb3ca8333441d7e16c9bcdd81bbc.001.1,2026-10-11T06:32:00-04:00 [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

Madison County, VA
Rappahannock County, VA
Culpeper County, VA
Northern Fauquier
Southern Fauquier

Name	Value
SAME	051113
SAME	051157
SAME	051047
SAME	051061
UGC	VAZ039
UGC	VAZ040
UGC	VAZ051
UGC	VAZ501
UGC	VAZ502