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Catawba River at Lake Wylie Pool (ft)Observed: 99.19 ft at 8:00PM May 26, 2020Observed: 99.24 ft at 9:00PM May 26, 2020Observed: 99.17 ft at 10:00PM May 26, 2020Observed: 99.24 ft at 11:00PM May 26, 2020Observed: 99.18 ft at 12:00AM May 27, 2020Observed: 99.26 ft at 1:00AM May 27, 2020Observed: 99.19 ft at 2:00AM May 27, 2020Observed: 99.28 ft at 3:00AM May 27, 2020Observed: 99.21 ft at 4:00AM May 27, 2020Observed: 99.28 ft at 5:00AM May 27, 2020Observed: 99.21 ft at 6:00AM May 27, 2020Observed: 99.28 ft at 7:00AM May 27, 2020Observed: 99.21 ft at 8:00AM May 27, 2020Observed: 99.29 ft at 9:00AM May 27, 2020Observed: 99.23 ft at 10:00AM May 27, 2020Observed: 99.28 ft at 11:00AM May 27, 2020Observed: 99.23 ft at 12:00PM May 27, 2020Observed: 99.29 ft at 1:00PM May 27, 2020Observed: 99.24 ft at 2:00PM May 27, 2020Observed: 99.31 ft at 3:00PM May 27, 2020Observed: 99.28 ft at 4:00PM May 27, 2020Observed: 99.35 ft at 5:00PM May 27, 2020Observed: 99.36 ft at 6:00PM May 27, 2020Observed: 99.57 ft at 7:00PM May 27, 2020Observed: 99.58 ft at 8:00PM May 27, 2020Observed: 99.62 ft at 9:00PM May 27, 2020Observed: 99.64 ft at 10:00PM May 27, 2020Observed: 99.69 ft at 11:00PM May 27, 2020Observed: 99.72 ft at 12:00AM May 28, 2020Observed: 99.79 ft at 1:00AM May 28, 2020Observed: 99.82 ft at 2:00AM May 28, 2020Observed: 99.86 ft at 3:00AM May 28, 2020Observed: 99.86 ft at 4:00AM May 28, 2020Observed: 99.88 ft at 5:00AM May 28, 2020Observed: 99.88 ft at 6:00AM May 28, 2020Observed: 99.9 ft at 7:00AM May 28, 2020Observed: 99.89 ft at 8:00AM May 28, 2020Observed: 99.9 ft at 9:00AM May 28, 2020Observed: 99.89 ft at 10:00AM May 28, 2020Observed: 99.89 ft at 11:00AM May 28, 2020Observed: 99.88 ft at 12:00PM May 28, 2020Observed: 99.85 ft at 1:00PM May 28, 2020Observed: 99.81 ft at 2:00PM May 28, 2020Observed: 99.81 ft at 3:00PM May 28, 2020Observed: 99.76 ft at 4:00PM May 28, 2020Observed: 99.75 ft at 5:00PM May 28, 2020Observed: 99.75 ft at 6:00PM May 28, 2020Observed: 99.73 ft at 7:00PM May 28, 2020Observed: 99.71 ft at 8:00PM May 28, 2020Observed: 99.74 ft at 9:00PM May 28, 2020Observed: 99.74 ft at 10:00PM May 28, 2020Observed: 99.75 ft at 11:00PM May 28, 2020Observed: 99.75 ft at 12:00AM May 29, 2020Observed: 99.77 ft at 1:00AM May 29, 2020Observed: 99.78 ft at 2:00AM May 29, 2020Observed: 99.8 ft at 3:00AM May 29, 2020Observed: 99.86 ft at 4:00AM May 29, 2020Observed: 99.81 ft at 5:00AM May 29, 2020Observed: 99.83 ft at 6:00AM May 29, 2020Observed: 99.83 ft at 7:00AM May 29, 2020Observed: 99.83 ft at 8:00AM May 29, 2020Observed: 99.86 ft at 9:00AM May 29, 2020Observed: 99.84 ft at 10:00AM May 29, 2020Observed: 99.86 ft at 11:00AM May 29, 2020Observed: 99.86 ft at 12:00PM May 29, 2020Observed: 99.88 ft at 1:00PM May 29, 2020Highest Observation: 99.93 ft at 2:00PM May 29, 2020Observed: 99.92 ft at 3:00PM May 29, 2020Observed: 99.89 ft at 4:00PM May 29, 2020Observed: 99.86 ft at 5:00PM May 29, 2020Observed: 99.86 ft at 6:00PM May 29, 2020Observed: 99.8 ft at 7:00PM May 29, 2020Observed: 99.74 ft at 8:00PM May 29, 2020Observed: 99.74 ft at 9:00PM May 29, 2020Observed: 99.69 ft at 10:00PM May 29, 2020Observed: 99.65 ft at 11:00PM May 29, 2020Observed: 99.62 ft at 12:00AM May 30, 2020Observed: 99.59 ft at 1:00AM May 30, 2020Observed: 99.56 ft at 2:00AM May 30, 2020Observed: 99.52 ft at 3:00AM May 30, 2020Observed: 99.51 ft at 4:00AM May 30, 2020Observed: 99.52 ft at 5:00AM May 30, 2020Observed: 99.51 ft at 6:00AM May 30, 2020Observed: 99.42 ft at 7:00AM May 30, 2020Observed: 99.5 ft at 8:00AM May 30, 2020Observed: 99.45 ft at 9:00AM May 30, 2020Observed: 99.39 ft at 10:00AM May 30, 2020Observed: 99.51 ft at 11:00AM May 30, 2020Observed: 99.41 ft at 12:00PM May 30, 2020Observed: 99.5 ft at 1:00PM May 30, 2020Observed: 99.43 ft at 2:00PM May 30, 2020Observed: 99.46 ft at 3:00PM May 30, 2020Observed: 99.53 ft at 4:00PM May 30, 2020Observed: 99.5 ft at 5:00PM May 30, 2020Observed: 99.51 ft at 6:00PM May 30, 2020Observed: 99.5 ft at 7:00PM May 30, 2020Observed: 99.52 ft at 8:00PM May 30, 2020Observed: 99.49 ft at 9:00PM May 30, 2020Observed: 99.5 ft at 10:00PM May 30, 2020Observed: 99.47 ft at 11:00PM May 30, 2020Observed: 99.44 ft at 12:00AM May 31, 2020Observed: 99.45 ft at 1:00AM May 31, 2020Observed: 99.43 ft at 2:00AM May 31, 2020Observed: 99.41 ft at 3:00AM May 31, 2020Observed: 99.41 ft at 4:00AM May 31, 2020Observed: 99.4 ft at 5:00AM May 31, 2020Observed: 99.38 ft at 6:00AM May 31, 2020Observed: 99.36 ft at 7:00AM May 31, 2020Observed: 99.4 ft at 8:00AM May 31, 2020Observed: 99.42 ft at 9:00AM May 31, 2020Observed: 99.41 ft at 10:00AM May 31, 2020Observed: 99.39 ft at 11:00AM May 31, 2020Observed: 99.43 ft at 12:00PM May 31, 2020Observed: 99.43 ft at 1:00PM May 31, 2020Observed: 99.41 ft at 2:00PM May 31, 2020Observed: 99.4 ft at 3:00PM May 31, 2020Observed: 99.37 ft at 4:00PM May 31, 2020Observed: 99.37 ft at 5:00PM May 31, 2020Observed: 99.36 ft at 6:00PM May 31, 2020Observed: 99.34 ft at 7:00PM May 31, 2020Observed: 99.33 ft at 8:00PM May 31, 2020Observed: 99.31 ft at 9:00PM May 31, 2020Observed: 99.32 ft at 10:00PM May 31, 2020Observed: 99.3 ft at 11:00PM May 31, 2020Observed: 99.29 ft at 12:00AM Jun 01, 2020Observed: 99.28 ft at 1:00AM Jun 01, 2020Observed: 99.27 ft at 2:00AM Jun 01, 2020Observed: 99.25 ft at 3:00AM Jun 01, 2020Observed: 99.24 ft at 4:00AM Jun 01, 2020Observed: 99.21 ft at 5:00AM Jun 01, 2020Observed: 99.18 ft at 6:00AM Jun 01, 2020Observed: 99.17 ft at 7:00AM Jun 01, 2020Observed: 99.17 ft at 8:00AM Jun 01, 2020Observed: 99.16 ft at 9:00AM Jun 01, 2020Observed: 99.09 ft at 10:00AM Jun 01, 2020Observed: 99.09 ft at 11:00AM Jun 01, 2020Observed: 99.04 ft at 12:00PM Jun 01, 2020Observed: 99.07 ft at 1:00PM Jun 01, 2020Observed: 98.99 ft at 2:00PM Jun 01, 2020Observed: 98.98 ft at 3:00PM Jun 01, 2020Observed: 98.97 ft at 4:00PM Jun 01, 2020Observed: 98.93 ft at 5:00PM Jun 01, 2020Observed: 98.91 ft at 6:00PM Jun 01, 2020Observed: 98.89 ft at 7:00PM Jun 01, 2020Observed: 98.86 ft at 8:00PM Jun 01, 2020Observed: 98.83 ft at 9:00PM Jun 01, 2020Observed: 98.81 ft at 10:00PM Jun 01, 2020Observed: 98.78 ft at 11:00PM Jun 01, 2020Observed: 98.74 ft at 12:00AM Jun 02, 2020Observed: 98.72 ft at 1:00AM Jun 02, 2020Observed: 98.7 ft at 2:00AM Jun 02, 2020Observed: 98.66 ft at 3:00AM Jun 02, 2020Observed: 98.62 ft at 4:00AM Jun 02, 2020Observed: 98.6 ft at 5:00AM Jun 02, 2020Observed: 98.57 ft at 6:00AM Jun 02, 2020Observed: 98.55 ft at 7:00AM Jun 02, 2020Observed: 98.51 ft at 8:00AM Jun 02, 2020Observed: 98.49 ft at 9:00AM Jun 02, 2020Observed: 98.45 ft at 10:00AM Jun 02, 2020Observed: 98.41 ft at 11:00AM Jun 02, 2020Observed: 98.38 ft at 12:00PM Jun 02, 2020Observed: 98.35 ft at 1:00PM Jun 02, 2020Observed: 98.32 ft at 2:00PM Jun 02, 2020Observed: 98.29 ft at 3:00PM Jun 02, 2020Observed: 98.26 ft at 4:00PM Jun 02, 2020Observed: 98.28 ft at 5:00PM Jun 02, 2020Observed: 98.25 ft at 6:00PM Jun 02, 2020Observed: 98.26 ft at 7:00PM Jun 02, 2020Observed: 98.29 ft at 8:00PM Jun 02, 2020Observed: 98.29 ft at 9:00PM Jun 02, 2020Observed: 98.28 ft at 10:00PM Jun 02, 2020Observed: 98.29 ft at 11:00PM Jun 02, 2020Observed: 98.29 ft at 12:00AM Jun 03, 2020Observed: 98.29 ft at 1:00AM Jun 03, 2020Observed: 98.29 ft at 2:00AM Jun 03, 2020Observed: 98.28 ft at 3:00AM Jun 03, 2020Observed: 98.28 ft at 4:00AM Jun 03, 2020Observed: 98.28 ft at 5:00AM Jun 03, 2020Observed: 98.26 ft at 6:00AM Jun 03, 2020Observed: 98.24 ft at 7:00AM Jun 03, 2020Observed: 98.25 ft at 8:00AM Jun 03, 2020Observed: 98.25 ft at 9:00AM Jun 03, 2020Observed: 98.25 ft at 10:00AM Jun 03, 2020Observed: 98.24 ft at 11:00AM Jun 03, 2020Observed: 98.24 ft at 12:00PM Jun 03, 2020Observed: 98.24 ft at 1:00PM Jun 03, 2020Observed: 98.21 ft at 2:00PM Jun 03, 2020Observed: 98.24 ft at 3:00PM Jun 03, 2020Observed: 98.22 ft at 4:00PM Jun 03, 2020Observed: 98.2 ft at 5:00PM Jun 03, 2020Observed: 98.19 ft at 6:00PM Jun 03, 2020Observed: 98.19 ft at 7:00PM Jun 03, 2020Observed: 98.19 ft at 8:00PM Jun 03, 2020Observed: 98.18 ft at 9:00PM Jun 03, 2020Observed: 98.17 ft at 10:00PM Jun 03, 2020Observed: 98.16 ft at 11:00PM Jun 03, 2020Observed: 98.19 ft at 12:00AM Jun 04, 2020Observed: 98.17 ft at 1:00AM Jun 04, 2020Observed: 98.18 ft at 2:00AM Jun 04, 2020Observed: 98.2 ft at 3:00AM Jun 04, 2020Observed: 98.22 ft at 4:00AM Jun 04, 2020Observed: 98.21 ft at 5:00AM Jun 04, 2020Observed: 98.24 ft at 6:00AM Jun 04, 2020Observed: 98.24 ft at 7:00AM Jun 04, 2020Observed: 98.25 ft at 8:00AM Jun 04, 2020Observed: 98.24 ft at 9:00AM Jun 04, 2020Observed: 98.25 ft at 10:00AM Jun 04, 2020Observed: 98.23 ft at 11:00AM Jun 04, 2020Observed: 98.21 ft at 12:00PM Jun 04, 2020Observed: 98.19 ft at 1:00PM Jun 04, 2020Observed: 98.17 ft at 2:00PM Jun 04, 2020Observed: 98.14 ft at 3:00PM Jun 04, 2020Observed: 98.13 ft at 4:00PM Jun 04, 2020Observed: 98.09 ft at 5:00PM Jun 04, 2020Observed: 98.08 ft at 6:00PM Jun 04, 2020Observed: 98.05 ft at 7:00PM Jun 04, 2020Observed: 98.05 ft at 8:00PM Jun 04, 2020Observed: 98.04 ft at 9:00PM Jun 04, 2020FOMS1(plotting HPIRZ) Graph Created (10:50PM Jun 4, 2020)ObservedLatest observed value: 98.04 ft at 9:00 PM EDT 4-Jun-2020. Flood Stage is 102 ft
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NOTE: Forecasts are not available for the Catawba River at Lake Wylie. 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) 100.11 ft on 03/20/2003
(2) 100.04 ft on 05/07/2013
(3) 100.04 ft on 03/03/2007
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 100.04 ft on 05/07/2013
(2) 100.04 ft on 03/03/2007
(3) 100.04 ft on 03/02/2007
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 66.90 ft on 11/09/1926
(2) 84.80 ft on 01/31/2004
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3000 3000 CFS OR ONE GAGE OPEN 15+ FT...LOW LYING AREAS WILL FLOOD DOWNSTREAM ESPECIALLY IN THE CAMP CANAAN AND ROADS THAT LEAD TO IT. FURTHER DOWNSTREAM NEAR ROCKHILL, RIVER PARK TRAILS AND PICNIC AREAS WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO FLOOD.
115 115 ft and all flood gates opened.
110 MAJOR FLOODING BEGINS. HOMES AND BRIDGES DOWNSTREAM OF THE DAM MAY BE AFFECTED.
105 MODERATE FLOODING BEGINS. FLOODING IMPACTS HOMES ALOND THE SHORELINE AND IN THE VICINITY OF THE DAM.
102 MINOR FLOODING BEGINS. DOCKS AND BUSINESSES ALONG THE SHORELINE BEGIN TO FLOOD. CAMP CANAAN ON FEWELL ISLAND DOWNSTREAM OF DAM WILL LIKELY NEED TO BE EVACUATED.
101 AT THIS LEVEL MAINLY YARDS OF HOMES AND A FEW DOCKS WOULD BE AFFECTED. FLS NEEDED
100 FULL POOL. DUTCHMAN CREEK LEVELS WILL BE HIGH DUE TO BACKWATER EFFECTS. FLS @ 101.0
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Latitude: 35.021305° N, Longitude: 81.007985° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 102 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 29 469.4 ft 569.4 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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