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Catawba River at Cowans Ford Dam Pool (ft)Observed: 96.73 ft at 8:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 96.73 ft at 9:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 96.69 ft at 10:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 96.71 ft at 11:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 96.75 ft at 12:00AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 96.74 ft at 1:00AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 96.69 ft at 2:00AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 96.69 ft at 3:00AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 96.71 ft at 4:00AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 96.69 ft at 5:00AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 96.66 ft at 6:00AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 96.64 ft at 7:00AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 96.68 ft at 8:00AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 96.64 ft at 9:00AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 96.64 ft at 10:00AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 96.67 ft at 11:00AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 96.64 ft at 12:00PM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 96.65 ft at 3:00PM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 96.63 ft at 4:00PM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 96.67 ft at 5:00PM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 96.67 ft at 6:00PM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 96.65 ft at 7:00PM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 96.62 ft at 8:00PM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 96.63 ft at 9:00PM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 96.65 ft at 10:00PM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 96.61 ft at 11:00PM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 96.59 ft at 12:00AM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 96.62 ft at 1:00AM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 96.59 ft at 2:00AM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 96.57 ft at 3:00AM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 96.59 ft at 4:00AM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 96.62 ft at 5:00AM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 96.59 ft at 6:00AM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 96.54 ft at 7:00AM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 96.56 ft at 8:00AM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 96.54 ft at 9:00AM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 96.56 ft at 10:00AM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 96.58 ft at 11:00AM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 96.59 ft at 12:00PM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 96.56 ft at 1:00PM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 96.59 ft at 2:00PM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 96.59 ft at 3:00PM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 96.54 ft at 4:00PM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 96.59 ft at 5:00PM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 96.6 ft at 6:00PM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 96.58 ft at 7:00PM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 96.55 ft at 8:00PM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 96.56 ft at 9:00PM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 96.57 ft at 10:00PM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 96.55 ft at 11:00PM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 96.54 ft at 12:00AM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 96.54 ft at 1:00AM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 96.54 ft at 2:00AM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 96.52 ft at 3:00AM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 96.55 ft at 4:00AM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 96.54 ft at 5:00AM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 96.49 ft at 6:00AM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 96.48 ft at 7:00AM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 96.51 ft at 8:00AM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 96.52 ft at 9:00AM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 96.52 ft at 10:00AM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 96.5 ft at 11:00AM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 96.53 ft at 12:00PM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 96.54 ft at 1:00PM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 96.56 ft at 2:00PM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 96.55 ft at 3:00PM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 96.58 ft at 4:00PM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 96.59 ft at 5:00PM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 96.59 ft at 6:00PM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 96.54 ft at 7:00PM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 96.52 ft at 8:00PM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 96.58 ft at 9:00PM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 96.52 ft at 10:00PM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 96.51 ft at 11:00PM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 96.54 ft at 12:00AM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 96.55 ft at 1:00AM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 96.53 ft at 2:00AM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 96.51 ft at 3:00AM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 96.52 ft at 4:00AM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 96.53 ft at 5:00AM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 96.47 ft at 6:00AM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 96.47 ft at 7:00AM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 96.49 ft at 8:00AM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 96.49 ft at 9:00AM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 96.49 ft at 10:00AM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 96.51 ft at 11:00AM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 96.52 ft at 12:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 96.52 ft at 1:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 96.54 ft at 2:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 96.56 ft at 3:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 96.58 ft at 4:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 96.59 ft at 5:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 96.58 ft at 6:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 96.56 ft at 7:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 96.56 ft at 8:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 96.57 ft at 9:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 96.54 ft at 10:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 96.55 ft at 11:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 96.57 ft at 12:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 96.58 ft at 1:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 96.58 ft at 2:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 96.62 ft at 3:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 96.65 ft at 4:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 96.64 ft at 5:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 96.64 ft at 6:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 96.68 ft at 7:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 96.69 ft at 8:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 96.69 ft at 9:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 96.69 ft at 10:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 96.7 ft at 11:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 96.71 ft at 12:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 96.72 ft at 1:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 96.73 ft at 2:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 96.74 ft at 3:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 96.75 ft at 4:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 96.79 ft at 5:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 96.76 ft at 6:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 96.76 ft at 7:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 96.77 ft at 8:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 96.75 ft at 9:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 96.74 ft at 10:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 96.77 ft at 11:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 96.75 ft at 12:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 96.78 ft at 1:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 96.8 ft at 2:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 96.79 ft at 3:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 96.77 ft at 4:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 96.8 ft at 5:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 96.81 ft at 6:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 96.8 ft at 7:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 96.75 ft at 8:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 96.75 ft at 9:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 96.79 ft at 10:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 96.79 ft at 11:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 96.76 ft at 12:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 96.78 ft at 1:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 96.8 ft at 2:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 96.8 ft at 3:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 96.82 ft at 4:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 96.84 ft at 5:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 96.8 ft at 6:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 96.79 ft at 7:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 96.79 ft at 8:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 96.78 ft at 9:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 96.78 ft at 10:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 96.8 ft at 11:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 96.82 ft at 12:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 96.82 ft at 1:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 96.83 ft at 2:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 96.82 ft at 3:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 96.83 ft at 4:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 96.83 ft at 5:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 96.83 ft at 6:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 96.8 ft at 7:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 96.79 ft at 8:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 96.76 ft at 9:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 96.77 ft at 10:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 96.79 ft at 11:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 96.77 ft at 12:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 96.79 ft at 1:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 96.82 ft at 2:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 96.83 ft at 3:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 96.83 ft at 4:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 96.85 ft at 5:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 96.8 ft at 6:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 96.8 ft at 7:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 96.81 ft at 8:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 96.83 ft at 9:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 96.81 ft at 10:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 96.82 ft at 11:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 96.85 ft at 12:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 96.86 ft at 1:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 96.84 ft at 2:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 96.85 ft at 3:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 96.87 ft at 4:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 96.88 ft at 5:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 96.85 ft at 6:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 96.87 ft at 7:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 96.85 ft at 8:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 96.82 ft at 9:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 96.86 ft at 10:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 96.9 ft at 11:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 96.86 ft at 12:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 96.84 ft at 1:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 96.87 ft at 2:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 96.89 ft at 3:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 96.91 ft at 4:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 96.92 ft at 5:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 96.9 ft at 6:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 96.91 ft at 7:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 96.9 ft at 8:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 96.89 ft at 9:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 96.9 ft at 10:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 96.9 ft at 11:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 96.91 ft at 12:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 96.92 ft at 1:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 96.92 ft at 2:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 96.9 ft at 3:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 96.91 ft at 4:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 96.95 ft at 5:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 96.96 ft at 6:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 96.92 ft at 7:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 96.91 ft at 8:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 96.92 ft at 9:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 96.94 ft at 10:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 96.92 ft at 11:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 96.9 ft at 12:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 96.88 ft at 1:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 96.91 ft at 2:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 96.96 ft at 3:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 96.91 ft at 4:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 96.93 ft at 5:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 96.95 ft at 6:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 96.92 ft at 7:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 96.92 ft at 8:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 96.98 ft at 9:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 96.96 ft at 10:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 96.98 ft at 11:00PM Mar 27, 2024Highest Observation: 97.01 ft at 12:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 96.95 ft at 1:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 96.95 ft at 2:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 97 ft at 3:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 96.98 ft at 4:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 96.95 ft at 5:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 96.94 ft at 6:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 96.96 ft at 7:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 96.94 ft at 8:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 96.91 ft at 9:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 96.94 ft at 10:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 96.95 ft at 11:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 96.93 ft at 12:00PM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 96.95 ft at 1:00PM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 96.99 ft at 2:00PM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 96.99 ft at 3:00PM Mar 28, 2024CWAN7(plotting HPIRZ) Graph Created (4:36PM Mar 28, 2024)ObservedLatest observed value: 96.99 ft at 3:00 PM EDT 28-Mar-2024. Flood Stage is 102 ft
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NOTE: Forecasts are not available for the Catawba River at Cowans Ford Dam. Only observed stages are available for this point.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 110
Moderate Flood Stage: 105
Flood Stage: 102
Action Stage: 100
Low Stage (in feet): 0

Historic Crests
(1) 100.93 ft on 09/09/2004
(2) 100.50 ft on 10/23/1990
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 99.30 ft on 05/07/2013
(2) 100.93 ft on 09/09/2004
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 88.10 ft on 02/05/1966
(2) 93.08 ft on 11/30/2007
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Latitude: 35.434722° N, Longitude: 80.958333° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

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NWS stage 0 ft 102 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 29 660 ft 772 ft Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
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