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

100-Year Flood—It's All About Chance By Robert R. Holmes, Jr. and Karen Dinicola General Interest Publication 106

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

Magnitude and frequency of rural floods in the Southeastern United States, through 2006--Volume 2, North Carolina By J. Curtis Weaver, Toby D. Feaster, and Anthony J. Gotvald Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5158

LiDAR-derived flood-inundation maps for real-time flood-mapping applications, Tar River basin, North Carolina By Jerad D. Bales, Chad R. Wagner, Kirsten C. Tighe, and Silvia Terziotti Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5032

Review of selected documents related to flooding at city of Salisbury facilities on the Yadkin River upstream from High Rock Dam, North Carolina, September 2007 By J.D. Bales Abstract · Open-File Report 2007-1314

2010 Flooding in Central and Eastern North Carolina (September 26 – October 1, 2010)

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

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