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Little Tennessee River at FONTANA DAM TVA Pool (ft)Observed: 1685.06 ft at 8:00PM Apr 28, 2024Observed: 1685.11 ft at 9:00PM Apr 28, 2024Observed: 1685.17 ft at 10:00PM Apr 28, 2024Observed: 1685.19 ft at 11:00PM Apr 28, 2024Observed: 1685.16 ft at 12:00AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 1685.22 ft at 1:00AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 1685.15 ft at 2:00AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 1685.29 ft at 3:00AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 1685.32 ft at 4:00AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 1685.33 ft at 5:00AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 1685.35 ft at 6:00AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 1685.38 ft at 7:00AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 1685.3 ft at 8:00AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 1685.38 ft at 9:00AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 1685.41 ft at 10:00AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 1685.47 ft at 11:00AM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 1685.5 ft at 12:00PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 1685.48 ft at 1:00PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 1685.54 ft at 2:00PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 1685.58 ft at 3:00PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 1685.61 ft at 4:00PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 1685.55 ft at 5:00PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 1685.58 ft at 6:00PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 1685.64 ft at 7:00PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 1685.63 ft at 8:00PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 1685.75 ft at 9:00PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 1685.73 ft at 10:00PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 1685.8 ft at 11:00PM Apr 29, 2024Observed: 1685.78 ft at 12:00AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 1685.79 ft at 1:00AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 1685.79 ft at 2:00AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 1685.84 ft at 3:00AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 1685.86 ft at 4:00AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 1685.82 ft at 5:00AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 1685.84 ft at 6:00AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 1685.75 ft at 7:00AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 1685.91 ft at 8:00AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 1685.96 ft at 9:00AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 1686.02 ft at 10:00AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 1686.11 ft at 11:00AM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 1686.13 ft at 12:00PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 1686.14 ft at 1:00PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 1686.13 ft at 2:00PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 1686.16 ft at 3:00PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 1686.21 ft at 4:00PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 1686.23 ft at 5:00PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 1686.32 ft at 6:00PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 1686.35 ft at 7:00PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 1686.37 ft at 8:00PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 1686.44 ft at 9:00PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 1686.46 ft at 10:00PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 1686.48 ft at 11:00PM Apr 30, 2024Observed: 1686.52 ft at 12:00AM May 01, 2024Observed: 1686.56 ft at 1:00AM May 01, 2024Observed: 1686.54 ft at 2:00AM May 01, 2024Observed: 1686.57 ft at 3:00AM May 01, 2024Observed: 1686.58 ft at 4:00AM May 01, 2024Observed: 1686.59 ft at 5:00AM May 01, 2024Observed: 1686.58 ft at 6:00AM May 01, 2024Observed: 1686.56 ft at 7:00AM May 01, 2024Observed: 1686.68 ft at 8:00AM May 01, 2024Observed: 1686.69 ft at 9:00AM May 01, 2024Observed: 1686.75 ft at 10:00AM May 01, 2024Observed: 1686.73 ft at 11:00AM May 01, 2024Observed: 1686.75 ft at 12:00PM May 01, 2024Observed: 1686.78 ft at 1:00PM May 01, 2024Observed: 1686.8 ft at 2:00PM May 01, 2024Observed: 1686.8 ft at 3:00PM May 01, 2024Observed: 1686.86 ft at 4:00PM May 01, 2024Observed: 1686.82 ft at 5:00PM May 01, 2024Observed: 1686.8 ft at 6:00PM May 01, 2024Observed: 1686.85 ft at 7:00PM May 01, 2024Observed: 1686.86 ft at 8:00PM May 01, 2024Observed: 1686.9 ft at 9:00PM May 01, 2024Observed: 1686.91 ft at 10:00PM May 01, 2024Observed: 1686.96 ft at 11:00PM May 01, 2024Observed: 1686.98 ft at 12:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 1686.95 ft at 1:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 1686.94 ft at 2:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 1686.96 ft at 3:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 1686.95 ft at 4:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 1686.95 ft at 5:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 1686.96 ft at 6:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 1687.02 ft at 7:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 1687 ft at 8:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 1687.02 ft at 9:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 1687.11 ft at 10:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 1687.09 ft at 11:00AM May 02, 2024Observed: 1687.12 ft at 12:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 1687.24 ft at 1:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 1687.23 ft at 2:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 1687.27 ft at 3:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 1687.25 ft at 4:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 1687.31 ft at 5:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 1687.27 ft at 6:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 1687.25 ft at 7:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 1687.27 ft at 8:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 1687.32 ft at 9:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 1687.34 ft at 10:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 1687.35 ft at 11:00PM May 02, 2024Observed: 1687.38 ft at 12:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 1687.33 ft at 1:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 1687.31 ft at 2:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 1687.35 ft at 3:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 1687.33 ft at 4:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 1687.37 ft at 5:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 1687.4 ft at 6:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 1687.5 ft at 7:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 1687.42 ft at 8:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 1687.49 ft at 9:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 1687.48 ft at 10:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 1687.53 ft at 11:00AM May 03, 2024Observed: 1687.54 ft at 12:00PM May 03, 2024Observed: 1687.57 ft at 1:00PM May 03, 2024Observed: 1687.62 ft at 2:00PM May 03, 2024Observed: 1687.64 ft at 3:00PM May 03, 2024Observed: 1687.52 ft at 4:00PM May 03, 2024Observed: 1687.62 ft at 5:00PM May 03, 2024Observed: 1687.7 ft at 6:00PM May 03, 2024Observed: 1687.68 ft at 7:00PM May 03, 2024Observed: 1687.71 ft at 8:00PM May 03, 2024Observed: 1687.66 ft at 9:00PM May 03, 2024Observed: 1687.62 ft at 10:00PM May 03, 2024Observed: 1687.62 ft at 11:00PM May 03, 2024Observed: 1687.75 ft at 12:00AM May 04, 2024Observed: 1687.78 ft at 1:00AM May 04, 2024Observed: 1687.7 ft at 2:00AM May 04, 2024Observed: 1687.86 ft at 3:00AM May 04, 2024Observed: 1687.81 ft at 4:00AM May 04, 2024Observed: 1687.78 ft at 5:00AM May 04, 2024Observed: 1687.91 ft at 6:00AM May 04, 2024Observed: 1687.85 ft at 7:00AM May 04, 2024Observed: 1687.87 ft at 8:00AM May 04, 2024Observed: 1687.89 ft at 9:00AM May 04, 2024Observed: 1688.01 ft at 10:00AM May 04, 2024Observed: 1688.09 ft at 11:00AM May 04, 2024Observed: 1688.16 ft at 12:00PM May 04, 2024Observed: 1688.14 ft at 1:00PM May 04, 2024Observed: 1688.25 ft at 2:00PM May 04, 2024Observed: 1688.29 ft at 3:00PM May 04, 2024Observed: 1688.28 ft at 4:00PM May 04, 2024Observed: 1688.29 ft at 5:00PM May 04, 2024Observed: 1688.32 ft at 6:00PM May 04, 2024Observed: 1688.25 ft at 7:00PM May 04, 2024Observed: 1688.24 ft at 8:00PM May 04, 2024Observed: 1688.21 ft at 9:00PM May 04, 2024Observed: 1688.28 ft at 10:00PM May 04, 2024Observed: 1688.31 ft at 11:00PM May 04, 2024Observed: 1688.31 ft at 12:00AM May 05, 2024Observed: 1688.35 ft at 1:00AM May 05, 2024Observed: 1688.37 ft at 2:00AM May 05, 2024Observed: 1688.39 ft at 3:00AM May 05, 2024Observed: 1688.45 ft at 4:00AM May 05, 2024Observed: 1688.42 ft at 5:00AM May 05, 2024Observed: 1688.44 ft at 6:00AM May 05, 2024Observed: 1688.52 ft at 7:00AM May 05, 2024Observed: 1688.57 ft at 8:00AM May 05, 2024Observed: 1688.64 ft at 9:00AM May 05, 2024Observed: 1688.64 ft at 10:00AM May 05, 2024Observed: 1688.6 ft at 11:00AM May 05, 2024Observed: 1688.69 ft at 12:00PM May 05, 2024Observed: 1688.79 ft at 1:00PM May 05, 2024Observed: 1688.8 ft at 2:00PM May 05, 2024Observed: 1688.79 ft at 3:00PM May 05, 2024Observed: 1688.75 ft at 4:00PM May 05, 2024Observed: 1688.88 ft at 5:00PM May 05, 2024Observed: 1688.87 ft at 6:00PM May 05, 2024Observed: 1688.87 ft at 7:00PM May 05, 2024Observed: 1688.88 ft at 8:00PM May 05, 2024Observed: 1688.9 ft at 9:00PM May 05, 2024Observed: 1688.92 ft at 10:00PM May 05, 2024Observed: 1688.95 ft at 11:00PM May 05, 2024Observed: 1688.98 ft at 12:00AM May 06, 2024Observed: 1688.97 ft at 1:00AM May 06, 2024Observed: 1689.01 ft at 2:00AM May 06, 2024Observed: 1689.01 ft at 3:00AM May 06, 2024Observed: 1689.03 ft at 4:00AM May 06, 2024Observed: 1689.06 ft at 5:00AM May 06, 2024Observed: 1689.06 ft at 6:00AM May 06, 2024Observed: 1689.13 ft at 7:00AM May 06, 2024Observed: 1689.09 ft at 8:00AM May 06, 2024Observed: 1689.07 ft at 9:00AM May 06, 2024Observed: 1689.11 ft at 10:00AM May 06, 2024Observed: 1689.15 ft at 11:00AM May 06, 2024Observed: 1689.15 ft at 12:00PM May 06, 2024Observed: 1689.26 ft at 1:00PM May 06, 2024Observed: 1689.29 ft at 2:00PM May 06, 2024Observed: 1689.31 ft at 3:00PM May 06, 2024Observed: 1689.4 ft at 4:00PM May 06, 2024Observed: 1689.36 ft at 5:00PM May 06, 2024Observed: 1689.37 ft at 6:00PM May 06, 2024Observed: 1689.49 ft at 7:00PM May 06, 2024Observed: 1689.53 ft at 8:00PM May 06, 2024Observed: 1689.5 ft at 9:00PM May 06, 2024Observed: 1689.46 ft at 10:00PM May 06, 2024Observed: 1689.53 ft at 11:00PM May 06, 2024Observed: 1689.55 ft at 12:00AM May 07, 2024Observed: 1689.54 ft at 1:00AM May 07, 2024Observed: 1689.55 ft at 2:00AM May 07, 2024Observed: 1689.64 ft at 3:00AM May 07, 2024Observed: 1689.67 ft at 4:00AM May 07, 2024Observed: 1689.69 ft at 5:00AM May 07, 2024Observed: 1689.65 ft at 6:00AM May 07, 2024Observed: 1689.78 ft at 7:00AM May 07, 2024Observed: 1689.85 ft at 8:00AM May 07, 2024Observed: 1689.83 ft at 9:00AM May 07, 2024Observed: 1689.82 ft at 10:00AM May 07, 2024Observed: 1689.81 ft at 11:00AM May 07, 2024Observed: 1689.88 ft at 12:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 1690 ft at 1:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 1690.04 ft at 2:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 1690.05 ft at 3:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 1690.04 ft at 4:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 1689.99 ft at 5:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 1690.05 ft at 6:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 1690.12 ft at 7:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 1689.92 ft at 8:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 1690.13 ft at 9:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 1690.1 ft at 10:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 1690.1 ft at 11:00PM May 07, 2024Observed: 1690.21 ft at 12:00AM May 08, 2024Observed: 1690.22 ft at 1:00AM May 08, 2024Observed: 1690.25 ft at 2:00AM May 08, 2024Observed: 1690.31 ft at 3:00AM May 08, 2024Observed: 1690.35 ft at 4:00AM May 08, 2024Observed: 1690.33 ft at 5:00AM May 08, 2024Observed: 1690.41 ft at 6:00AM May 08, 2024Highest Observation: 1690.43 ft at 7:00AM May 08, 2024Forecast: 1690.68 ft 1:00PM May 08, 2024Forecast: 1690.77 ft 7:00PM May 08, 2024Forecast: 1690.93 ft 1:00AM May 09, 2024Highest Forecast: 1691.12 ft 7:00AM May 09, 2024FONN7(plotting HPIRZ) Graph Created (8:06AM May 8, 2024)ObservedForecast (issued 1:01AM May 8)Latest observed value: 1690.43 ft at 7:00 AM EDT 8-May-2024. Flood Stage is 1711 ft
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NOTE: Graphical forecasts are not available for the Little Tennessee River at FONTANA DAM TVA. During times of high water, forecast crest information can be found in the text products.
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 1715
Moderate Flood Stage: 1714
Flood Stage: 1711
Action Stage: 1710
Low Stage (in feet): 0

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1711 HIGH WATER NOTIFICATIONS BEGIN
1710 TOP OF GATES ON DAM
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Latitude: 35.450556° N, Longitude: 83.805556° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

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NWS stage 0 ft 1711 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
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