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Tuckasegee River at TUCKASEGEE DAM Pool (ft)Observed: 99.98 ft at 8:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 9:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 10:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 11:00PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 100.14 ft at 12:00AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 100.01 ft at 1:00AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 100 ft at 2:00AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 100 ft at 3:00AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 100 ft at 4:00AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 99.96 ft at 5:00AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 6:00AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 7:00AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 8:00AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 9:00AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 10:00AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 11:00AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 12:00PM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 3:00PM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 4:00PM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 5:00PM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 6:00PM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 7:00PM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 8:00PM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 9:00PM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 100.13 ft at 10:00PM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 100.01 ft at 11:00PM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 12:00AM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 1:00AM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 2:00AM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 3:00AM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 4:00AM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 5:00AM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 6:00AM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 7:00AM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 8:00AM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 9:00AM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 10:00AM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 11:00AM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 12:00PM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 1:00PM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 2:00PM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 100.14 ft at 3:00PM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 100.01 ft at 4:00PM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 5:00PM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 6:00PM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 7:00PM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 8:00PM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 9:00PM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 10:00PM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 99.96 ft at 11:00PM Mar 20, 2024Observed: 99.96 ft at 12:00AM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 99.96 ft at 1:00AM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 99.95 ft at 2:00AM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 99.95 ft at 3:00AM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 99.95 ft at 4:00AM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 5:00AM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 6:00AM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 7:00AM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 8:00AM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 9:00AM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 100.15 ft at 10:00AM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 11:00AM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 12:00PM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 99.95 ft at 1:00PM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 99.95 ft at 2:00PM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 99.95 ft at 3:00PM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 99.95 ft at 4:00PM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 99.95 ft at 5:00PM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 99.95 ft at 6:00PM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 99.95 ft at 7:00PM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 99.95 ft at 8:00PM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 99.95 ft at 9:00PM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 99.95 ft at 10:00PM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 99.95 ft at 11:00PM Mar 21, 2024Observed: 99.94 ft at 12:00AM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 99.94 ft at 1:00AM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 99.94 ft at 2:00AM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 99.93 ft at 3:00AM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 99.93 ft at 4:00AM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 5:00AM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 6:00AM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 7:00AM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 8:00AM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 9:00AM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 100.14 ft at 10:00AM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 11:00AM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 99.96 ft at 12:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 99.95 ft at 1:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 99.94 ft at 2:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 99.93 ft at 3:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 99.94 ft at 4:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 99.94 ft at 5:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 99.95 ft at 6:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 99.96 ft at 7:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 8:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 100.03 ft at 9:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 100.08 ft at 10:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 100.1 ft at 11:00PM Mar 22, 2024Observed: 100.12 ft at 12:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 100.13 ft at 1:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 100.13 ft at 2:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 100.13 ft at 3:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 100.12 ft at 4:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 100.11 ft at 5:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 100.09 ft at 6:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 100.08 ft at 7:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 100.08 ft at 8:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 100.07 ft at 9:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 100.07 ft at 10:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 100.07 ft at 11:00AM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 100.06 ft at 12:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 100.06 ft at 1:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 100.06 ft at 2:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 100.06 ft at 3:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 100.05 ft at 4:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 100.05 ft at 5:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 100.05 ft at 6:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 100.06 ft at 7:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 100.05 ft at 8:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 100.05 ft at 9:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 100.05 ft at 10:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 100.03 ft at 11:00PM Mar 23, 2024Observed: 100.03 ft at 12:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 100.03 ft at 1:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 100.02 ft at 2:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 100.01 ft at 3:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 100.01 ft at 4:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 100.01 ft at 5:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 100 ft at 6:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 7:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 8:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 9:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 10:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 100.17 ft at 11:00AM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 100.01 ft at 12:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 100.01 ft at 1:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 100 ft at 2:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 100 ft at 3:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 4:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 5:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 6:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 7:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 8:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 9:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 10:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 11:00PM Mar 24, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 12:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 1:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 2:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 99.96 ft at 3:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 99.96 ft at 4:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 99.95 ft at 5:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 99.95 ft at 6:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 7:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 8:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 9:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 10:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 100.16 ft at 11:00AM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 100.02 ft at 12:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 1:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 99.96 ft at 2:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 99.96 ft at 3:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 99.95 ft at 4:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 99.96 ft at 5:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 99.95 ft at 6:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 99.94 ft at 7:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 99.95 ft at 8:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 99.95 ft at 9:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 99.94 ft at 10:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 99.94 ft at 11:00PM Mar 25, 2024Observed: 99.94 ft at 12:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 99.94 ft at 1:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 99.94 ft at 2:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 99.94 ft at 3:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 99.94 ft at 4:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 5:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 6:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 7:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 8:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 9:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 100.42 ft at 10:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 100.43 ft at 11:00AM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 100.43 ft at 12:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 100.43 ft at 1:00PM Mar 26, 2024Highest Observation: 100.44 ft at 2:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 100.25 ft at 3:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 100.09 ft at 4:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 100.11 ft at 5:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 100.13 ft at 6:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 100.14 ft at 7:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 100.13 ft at 8:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 100.12 ft at 9:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 100.12 ft at 10:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 100.11 ft at 11:00PM Mar 26, 2024Observed: 100.1 ft at 12:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 100.09 ft at 1:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 100.08 ft at 2:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 100.08 ft at 3:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 100.08 ft at 4:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 100.06 ft at 5:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 6:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 99.99 ft at 7:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 8:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 9:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 10:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 11:00AM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 12:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 1:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 2:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 100.09 ft at 3:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 100.07 ft at 4:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 100.07 ft at 5:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 100.07 ft at 6:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 100.07 ft at 7:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 100.08 ft at 8:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 100.08 ft at 9:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 100.08 ft at 10:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 100.07 ft at 11:00PM Mar 27, 2024Observed: 100.07 ft at 12:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 100.07 ft at 1:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 100.07 ft at 2:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 100.06 ft at 3:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 100.06 ft at 4:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 100.02 ft at 5:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 6:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 7:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 8:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 9:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 10:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 99.98 ft at 11:00AM Mar 28, 2024Observed: 99.97 ft at 12:00PM Mar 28, 2024TUKN7(plotting HPIRZ) Graph Created (2:06PM Mar 28, 2024)ObservedLatest observed value: 99.97 ft at 12:00 PM EDT 28-Mar-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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Latitude: 35.240278° N, Longitude: 83.124722° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
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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
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