North Carolina Flood Watch

Location of streamgages where the water level is currently at or above National Weather Service (NWS) flood stage (the stage at which stream banks overflow or property damage may occur) or at high flow are shown on the map below.

The high flow conditions are expressed as percentiles that compare the current (i.e., within the past several hours) instantaneous flow to period of record daily mean flows for the current date.

Map of streamgages where the water level is currently at or above flood stage or at high flow

USGS Flood Publications

Stream Gaging and Flood Forecasting: A Partnership of the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Weather Service By Robert R. Mason, Jr., U.S. Geological Survey, and Benjamin A. Weiger, National Weather Service Fact Sheet 209-95

Large Floods in the United States By Robert R. Mason, Jr., U.S. Geological Survey, and Benjamin A. Weiger, National Weather Service Circular 1245

USGS North Carolina Flood Publications and Websites

Two Months of Flooding in Eastern North Carolina, September - October 1999: Hydrologic Water-Quality, and Geologic Effects of Hurricanes Dennis, Floyd, and Irene By Jerad D. Bales, Carolyn J. Oblinger, and Asbury H. Sallenger, Jr. Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4093

Aftermath of Hurricane Fran in North Carolina--Preliminary Data on Flooding and Water Quality By Jerad D. Bales and Carolyn J. Oblinger Childress Open-File Report 96-499

2004 Flooding in Western North Carolina (Hurricanes Frances and Ivan)

1999 Flooding in Eastern North Carolina (Hurricanes Dennis, Floyd, and Irene)