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Weather Forecast Office Wilmington, NC Southeast River Forecast Center
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Cape Fear River at W.O. Huske Lock Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 33.5 ft at 12:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.51 ft at 12:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.51 ft at 12:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.51 ft at 12:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.51 ft at 1:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.51 ft at 1:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.51 ft at 1:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.51 ft at 1:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.51 ft at 2:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.52 ft at 2:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.52 ft at 2:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.52 ft at 2:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.53 ft at 3:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.53 ft at 3:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.53 ft at 3:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.53 ft at 3:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.54 ft at 4:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.54 ft at 4:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.54 ft at 4:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.55 ft at 4:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.55 ft at 5:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.55 ft at 5:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.56 ft at 5:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.56 ft at 5:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.57 ft at 6:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.57 ft at 6:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.57 ft at 6:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.58 ft at 6:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.6 ft at 7:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.63 ft at 7:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.61 ft at 7:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.62 ft at 7:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.63 ft at 8:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.65 ft at 8:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.67 ft at 8:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.71 ft at 8:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.67 ft at 9:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.67 ft at 9:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.67 ft at 9:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.67 ft at 9:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.68 ft at 10:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.68 ft at 10:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.69 ft at 10:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.7 ft at 10:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.71 ft at 11:00AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.71 ft at 11:15AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.71 ft at 11:30AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.71 ft at 11:45AM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.72 ft at 12:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.79 ft at 12:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.77 ft at 12:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.77 ft at 12:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.78 ft at 1:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.79 ft at 1:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.8 ft at 1:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.84 ft at 1:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.79 ft at 2:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.79 ft at 2:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.8 ft at 2:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.81 ft at 2:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.81 ft at 3:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.81 ft at 3:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.82 ft at 3:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.82 ft at 3:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.83 ft at 4:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.83 ft at 4:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.83 ft at 4:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.84 ft at 4:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.89 ft at 5:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.88 ft at 5:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.88 ft at 5:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.89 ft at 5:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.9 ft at 6:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.9 ft at 6:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.91 ft at 6:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.92 ft at 6:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.89 ft at 7:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.9 ft at 7:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.9 ft at 7:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.91 ft at 7:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.91 ft at 8:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.91 ft at 8:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.92 ft at 8:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.92 ft at 8:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.92 ft at 9:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.92 ft at 9:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.93 ft at 9:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.93 ft at 9:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.94 ft at 10:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.94 ft at 10:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.95 ft at 10:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.96 ft at 10:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.95 ft at 11:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.96 ft at 11:15PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.97 ft at 11:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.97 ft at 11:45PM May 20, 2013Observed: 33.98 ft at 12:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34 ft at 1:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.01 ft at 1:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.01 ft at 1:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.02 ft at 2:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.02 ft at 2:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.03 ft at 2:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.03 ft at 2:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.03 ft at 3:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.04 ft at 3:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.04 ft at 3:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.05 ft at 3:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.06 ft at 4:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.06 ft at 4:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.06 ft at 4:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.07 ft at 4:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.07 ft at 5:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.08 ft at 5:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.09 ft at 5:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.09 ft at 5:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.1 ft at 6:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.1 ft at 6:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.11 ft at 6:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.11 ft at 6:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.15 ft at 7:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.17 ft at 7:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.16 ft at 7:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.17 ft at 7:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.18 ft at 8:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.18 ft at 8:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.19 ft at 8:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.22 ft at 8:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.17 ft at 9:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.18 ft at 9:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.18 ft at 9:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.18 ft at 9:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.19 ft at 10:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.19 ft at 10:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.2 ft at 10:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.2 ft at 10:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.2 ft at 11:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.2 ft at 11:15AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.21 ft at 11:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.21 ft at 11:45AM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.21 ft at 12:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.26 ft at 12:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.25 ft at 12:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.26 ft at 12:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.27 ft at 1:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.28 ft at 1:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.28 ft at 1:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.28 ft at 1:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.27 ft at 2:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.27 ft at 2:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.28 ft at 2:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.28 ft at 2:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.28 ft at 3:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.29 ft at 3:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.28 ft at 3:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.31 ft at 3:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.32 ft at 4:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.36 ft at 4:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.36 ft at 4:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.38 ft at 4:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.47 ft at 5:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.49 ft at 5:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.5 ft at 5:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.54 ft at 5:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.57 ft at 6:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.62 ft at 6:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.67 ft at 6:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.67 ft at 6:31PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.74 ft at 6:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.74 ft at 6:46PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.74 ft at 7:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.74 ft at 7:01PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.8 ft at 7:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.8 ft at 7:16PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.85 ft at 7:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.91 ft at 7:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 34.96 ft at 8:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 35.02 ft at 8:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 35.08 ft at 8:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 35.14 ft at 8:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 35.21 ft at 9:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 35.26 ft at 9:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 35.32 ft at 9:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 35.38 ft at 9:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 35.44 ft at 10:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 35.5 ft at 10:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 35.55 ft at 10:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 35.61 ft at 10:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 35.67 ft at 11:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: 35.72 ft at 11:15PM May 21, 2013Observed: 35.77 ft at 11:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: 35.82 ft at 11:45PM May 21, 2013Observed: 35.87 ft at 12:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 35.92 ft at 12:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 35.96 ft at 12:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.01 ft at 12:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.06 ft at 1:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.1 ft at 1:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.13 ft at 1:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.17 ft at 1:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.21 ft at 2:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.24 ft at 2:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.28 ft at 2:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.31 ft at 2:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.34 ft at 3:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.37 ft at 3:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.4 ft at 3:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.43 ft at 3:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.45 ft at 4:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.48 ft at 4:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.51 ft at 4:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.53 ft at 4:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.55 ft at 5:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.8 ft at 9:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.81 ft at 9:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.81 ft at 9:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.82 ft at 10:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.83 ft at 10:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.83 ft at 10:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.84 ft at 10:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.85 ft at 11:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.85 ft at 11:15AM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.86 ft at 11:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.86 ft at 11:45AM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.88 ft at 12:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.89 ft at 12:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.9 ft at 12:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.91 ft at 12:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.92 ft at 1:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.92 ft at 1:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.93 ft at 1:30PM May 22, 2013Highest Observation: 36.94 ft at 1:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.91 ft at 2:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.91 ft at 2:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.9 ft at 2:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.91 ft at 2:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.9 ft at 3:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.9 ft at 3:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.9 ft at 3:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.9 ft at 3:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.89 ft at 4:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.89 ft at 4:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.89 ft at 4:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.89 ft at 4:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.9 ft at 5:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.91 ft at 5:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.9 ft at 5:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.9 ft at 5:31PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.9 ft at 5:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.9 ft at 5:46PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.9 ft at 6:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.9 ft at 6:01PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.9 ft at 6:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.9 ft at 6:16PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.9 ft at 6:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.9 ft at 6:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.88 ft at 7:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.87 ft at 7:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.87 ft at 7:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.86 ft at 7:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.85 ft at 8:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.84 ft at 8:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.84 ft at 8:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.83 ft at 8:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.83 ft at 9:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.83 ft at 9:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.82 ft at 9:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.81 ft at 9:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.81 ft at 10:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.8 ft at 10:15PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.8 ft at 10:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.79 ft at 10:45PM May 22, 2013Observed: 36.79 ft at 11:00PM May 22, 2013USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesSTPN7(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (11:53PM May 22, 2013)ObservedLatest observed value: 36.79 ft at 11:00 PM EDT 22-May-2013. Flood Stage is 42 ft
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Cape Fear River at W.O. Huske Lock are issued as needed during times of high water, but are not routinely available.
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:65
Moderate Flood Stage:50
Flood Stage:42
Action Stage:41

Historical Crests
(1) 75.50 ft on 09/22/1945
(2) 60.53 ft on 02/05/1973
(3) 60.40 ft on 02/28/1979
(4) 60.29 ft on 02/16/1948
(5) 58.84 ft on 09/08/1996
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Low Water Records
(1) 29.43 ft on 08/13/2002
(2) 32.84 ft on 09/11/2007
(3) 33.00 ft on 06/01/2007
(4) 33.01 ft on 08/26/2007
(5) 33.03 ft on 10/26/2009
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79.3 Water will reach the elevation of the instrument shelter in the USGS well house. Extensive flooding will occur along the all reaches of the river.
76.5 Water will reach the floor in the USGS well house. Extensive flooding will continue along both banks of the river.
75.5 Flood waters will reach within eight inches of the floor in the lockmasters residence. Extensive flooding can be expected along both banks of the river.
65 Water will approach the road in front of the lockmasters residence. Extensive lowland flooding will occur along the left bank with minor flooding along the right bank.
52 Extensive flooding will occur along the left bank of the river. Water levels will reach the door sill of the USGS well house.
50 Extensive lowland flooding will occur along the left bank of the river.
45 Flood waters will affect areas along the left bank of the river with some minor overflow along the right bank.
42 Water levels will top the navigational lock. Operations stop and the equipment must be removed. Minor flooding will occur on land adjacent to the left bank of the river.
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Latitude: 34.834722° N, Longitude: 78.824167° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 42 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 28.97 ft 70.97 ft 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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