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Tuckasegee River at TUCKASEGEE DAM Pool (ft)Observed: 99.99 ft at 8:00PM May 01, 2024Observed: 100.17 ft at 9:00PM May 01, 2024Observed: 99.95 ft at 10:00PM May 01, 2024Observed: 99.87 ft at 11:00PM May 01, 2024Observed: 99.83 ft at 12:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 99.81 ft at 1:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 99.79 ft at 2:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 99.79 ft at 3:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 99.8 ft at 4:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 99.8 ft at 5:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 99.8 ft at 6:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 99.8 ft at 7:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 99.8 ft at 8:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 99.8 ft at 9:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 99.8 ft at 10:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 99.8 ft at 11:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 99.8 ft at 12:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 99.8 ft at 1:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 99.81 ft at 2:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 99.81 ft at 3:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 99.96 ft at 4:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 5:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 6:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 7:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 8:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 100.18 ft at 9:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 99.96 ft at 10:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 99.87 ft at 11:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 99.82 ft at 12:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 99.8 ft at 1:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 99.77 ft at 2:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 99.78 ft at 3:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 99.78 ft at 4:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 99.79 ft at 5:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 99.78 ft at 6:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 99.78 ft at 7:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 99.78 ft at 8:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 99.78 ft at 9:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 99.78 ft at 10:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 99.78 ft at 11:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 99.79 ft at 12:00PM May 03, 2024Observed: 99.79 ft at 1:00PM May 03, 2024Observed: 99.79 ft at 2:00PM May 03, 2024Observed: 99.8 ft at 3:00PM May 03, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 4:00PM May 03, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 5:00PM May 03, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 6:00PM May 03, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 7:00PM May 03, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 8:00PM May 03, 2024Observed: 100.11 ft at 9:00PM May 03, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 10:00PM May 03, 2024Observed: 99.89 ft at 11:00PM May 03, 2024Observed: 99.84 ft at 12:00AM May 04, 2024Observed: 99.83 ft at 1:00AM May 04, 2024Observed: 99.82 ft at 2:00AM May 04, 2024Observed: 99.83 ft at 3:00AM May 04, 2024Observed: 99.87 ft at 4:00AM May 04, 2024Observed: 99.93 ft at 5:00AM May 04, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 6:00AM May 04, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 7:00AM May 04, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 8:00AM May 04, 2024Observed: 99.94 ft at 9:00AM May 04, 2024Observed: 99.91 ft at 10:00AM May 04, 2024Observed: 99.89 ft at 11:00AM May 04, 2024Observed: 99.88 ft at 12:00PM May 04, 2024Observed: 99.89 ft at 1:00PM May 04, 2024Observed: 99.92 ft at 2:00PM May 04, 2024Observed: 99.92 ft at 3:00PM May 04, 2024Observed: 100.06 ft at 4:00PM May 04, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 5:00PM May 04, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 6:00PM May 04, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 7:00PM May 04, 2024Observed: 100.19 ft at 8:00PM May 04, 2024Observed: 100.02 ft at 9:00PM May 04, 2024Observed: 100 ft at 10:00PM May 04, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 11:00PM May 04, 2024Observed: 99.95 ft at 12:00AM May 05, 2024Observed: 99.94 ft at 1:00AM May 05, 2024Observed: 99.93 ft at 2:00AM May 05, 2024Observed: 99.92 ft at 3:00AM May 05, 2024Observed: 99.91 ft at 4:00AM May 05, 2024Observed: 99.9 ft at 5:00AM May 05, 2024Observed: 99.89 ft at 6:00AM May 05, 2024Observed: 99.88 ft at 7:00AM May 05, 2024Observed: 99.88 ft at 8:00AM May 05, 2024Observed: 99.87 ft at 9:00AM May 05, 2024Observed: 99.87 ft at 10:00AM May 05, 2024Observed: 99.86 ft at 11:00AM May 05, 2024Observed: 99.86 ft at 12:00PM May 05, 2024Observed: 99.86 ft at 1:00PM May 05, 2024Observed: 99.85 ft at 2:00PM May 05, 2024Observed: 99.86 ft at 3:00PM May 05, 2024Observed: 100.09 ft at 4:00PM May 05, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 5:00PM May 05, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 6:00PM May 05, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 7:00PM May 05, 2024Observed: 100.16 ft at 8:00PM May 05, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 9:00PM May 05, 2024Observed: 99.89 ft at 10:00PM May 05, 2024Observed: 99.84 ft at 11:00PM May 05, 2024Observed: 99.81 ft at 12:00AM May 06, 2024Observed: 99.8 ft at 1:00AM May 06, 2024Observed: 99.8 ft at 2:00AM May 06, 2024Observed: 99.79 ft at 3:00AM May 06, 2024Observed: 99.81 ft at 4:00AM May 06, 2024Observed: 99.81 ft at 5:00AM May 06, 2024Observed: 99.81 ft at 6:00AM May 06, 2024Observed: 99.81 ft at 7:00AM May 06, 2024Observed: 99.81 ft at 8:00AM May 06, 2024Observed: 99.82 ft at 9:00AM May 06, 2024Observed: 99.82 ft at 10:00AM May 06, 2024Observed: 99.83 ft at 11:00AM May 06, 2024Observed: 99.83 ft at 12:00PM May 06, 2024Observed: 99.84 ft at 1:00PM May 06, 2024Observed: 99.84 ft at 2:00PM May 06, 2024Observed: 99.85 ft at 3:00PM May 06, 2024Observed: 100.01 ft at 4:00PM May 06, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 5:00PM May 06, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 6:00PM May 06, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 7:00PM May 06, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 8:00PM May 06, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 9:00PM May 06, 2024Observed: 100.17 ft at 10:00PM May 06, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 11:00PM May 06, 2024Observed: 99.91 ft at 12:00AM May 07, 2024Observed: 99.88 ft at 1:00AM May 07, 2024Observed: 99.85 ft at 2:00AM May 07, 2024Observed: 99.83 ft at 3:00AM May 07, 2024Observed: 99.83 ft at 4:00AM May 07, 2024Observed: 99.84 ft at 5:00AM May 07, 2024Observed: 99.84 ft at 6:00AM May 07, 2024Observed: 99.83 ft at 7:00AM May 07, 2024Observed: 99.83 ft at 8:00AM May 07, 2024Observed: 99.83 ft at 9:00AM May 07, 2024Observed: 99.82 ft at 10:00AM May 07, 2024Observed: 99.82 ft at 11:00AM May 07, 2024Observed: 99.82 ft at 12:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 99.82 ft at 1:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 100.04 ft at 2:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 3:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 4:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 5:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 6:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 7:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 8:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 9:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 10:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 11:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 100.21 ft at 12:00AM May 08, 2024Observed: 99.95 ft at 1:00AM May 08, 2024Observed: 99.87 ft at 2:00AM May 08, 2024Observed: 99.82 ft at 3:00AM May 08, 2024Observed: 99.78 ft at 4:00AM May 08, 2024Observed: 99.77 ft at 5:00AM May 08, 2024Observed: 99.77 ft at 6:00AM May 08, 2024Observed: 99.77 ft at 7:00AM May 08, 2024Observed: 99.77 ft at 8:00AM May 08, 2024Observed: 99.77 ft at 9:00AM May 08, 2024Observed: 99.78 ft at 10:00AM May 08, 2024Observed: 99.78 ft at 11:00AM May 08, 2024Observed: 100.04 ft at 12:00PM May 08, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 1:00PM May 08, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 2:00PM May 08, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 3:00PM May 08, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 4:00PM May 08, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 5:00PM May 08, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 6:00PM May 08, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 7:00PM May 08, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 8:00PM May 08, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 9:00PM May 08, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 10:00PM May 08, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 11:00PM May 08, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 12:00AM May 09, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 1:00AM May 09, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 2:00AM May 09, 2024Observed: 100.12 ft at 3:00AM May 09, 2024Observed: 100.15 ft at 4:00AM May 09, 2024Observed: 100.09 ft at 5:00AM May 09, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 6:00AM May 09, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 7:00AM May 09, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 8:00AM May 09, 2024Observed: 100 ft at 9:00AM May 09, 2024Observed: 100.2 ft at 10:00AM May 09, 2024Highest Observation: 100.28 ft at 11:00AM May 09, 2024Observed: 100.23 ft at 12:00PM May 09, 2024Observed: 100.18 ft at 1:00PM May 09, 2024Observed: 100.15 ft at 2:00PM May 09, 2024Observed: 100.11 ft at 3:00PM May 09, 2024Observed: 100.08 ft at 4:00PM May 09, 2024Observed: 100.05 ft at 5:00PM May 09, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 6:00PM May 09, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 7:00PM May 09, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 8:00PM May 09, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 9:00PM May 09, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 10:00PM May 09, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 11:00PM May 09, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 12:00AM May 10, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 1:00AM May 10, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 2:00AM May 10, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 3:00AM May 10, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 4:00AM May 10, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 5:00AM May 10, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 6:00AM May 10, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 7:00AM May 10, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 8:00AM May 10, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 9:00AM May 10, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 10:00AM May 10, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 11:00AM May 10, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 12:00PM May 10, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 1:00PM May 10, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 2:00PM May 10, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 3:00PM May 10, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 4:00PM May 10, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 5:00PM May 10, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 6:00PM May 10, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 7:00PM May 10, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 8:00PM May 10, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 9:00PM May 10, 2024TUKN7(plotting HPIRZ) Graph Created (10:51PM May 10, 2024)ObservedLatest observed value: 99.97 ft at 9:00 PM EDT 10-May-2024. Flood Stage is 102.5 ft
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NOTE: Forecasts are not available for the Tuckasegee River at TUCKASEGEE DAM. Only observed stages are available for this point.
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 106
Moderate Flood Stage: 104
Flood Stage: 102.5
Action Stage: 101
Low Stage (in feet): 0

Historic Crests
(1) 101.64 ft on 12/29/2015
(2) 101.02 ft on 12/24/2015
(3) 100.67 ft on 12/02/2015
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 101.64 ft on 12/29/2015
(2) 101.02 ft on 12/24/2015
(3) 100.53 ft on 12/11/2015
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

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Currently none available.
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6000 6000 CFS WILL CAUSE A HIGH WATER ALERT. LOW LYING AREAS NEAR THE RIVER WILL FLOOD.
5000 5000 CFS DISCHARGE OR HIGHER --- PARTS OF RIVER ROAD WILL BE CLOSED DOWNSTREAM. Homes may be impacted near the confluence of the East and West Forks of the Tuckasegee River and evacuations may be required. The NWS will coordinate with Jackson County Emergency Management and a Flash Flood Warning may be issued for localized areas immediately downstream of the dam and above Cullowhee, especially during overnight hours.
102.5 2.5 FT OF WATER WILL BE FLOWING OVER THE DAM. PARTS OF LOCAL ROADS DOWNSTREAM OF GAGE WILL BE CLOSED.
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(1) Tuckasegee Dam
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Latitude: 35.240278° N, Longitude: 83.124722° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 102.5 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
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NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other Not Available Not Available  
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