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Paint Rock River (AL) near Woodville Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Highest Observation: 9.48 ft at 8:00PM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 9.35 ft at 8:30PM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 9.24 ft at 9:00PM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 9.13 ft at 9:30PM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 9.02 ft at 10:00PM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 8.93 ft at 10:30PM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 8.83 ft at 11:00PM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 8.73 ft at 11:30PM Mar 27, 2023Observed: 8.65 ft at 12:00AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 8.56 ft at 12:30AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 8.47 ft at 1:00AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 8.38 ft at 1:30AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 8.3 ft at 2:00AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 8.23 ft at 2:30AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 8.16 ft at 3:00AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 8.08 ft at 3:30AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 8.01 ft at 4:00AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 7.94 ft at 4:30AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 7.88 ft at 5:00AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 7.82 ft at 5:30AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 7.76 ft at 6:00AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 7.71 ft at 6:30AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 7.65 ft at 7:00AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 7.6 ft at 7:30AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 7.54 ft at 8:00AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 7.51 ft at 8:30AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 7.45 ft at 9:00AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 7.42 ft at 9:30AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 7.37 ft at 10:00AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 7.33 ft at 10:30AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 7.3 ft at 11:00AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 7.26 ft at 11:30AM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 7.23 ft at 12:00PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 7.19 ft at 12:30PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 7.16 ft at 1:00PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 7.13 ft at 1:30PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 7.1 ft at 2:00PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 7.06 ft at 2:30PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 7.04 ft at 3:00PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 7.01 ft at 3:30PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 6.98 ft at 4:00PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 6.96 ft at 4:30PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 6.93 ft at 5:00PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 6.91 ft at 5:30PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 6.89 ft at 6:00PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 6.85 ft at 6:30PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 6.84 ft at 7:00PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 6.8 ft at 7:30PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 6.78 ft at 8:00PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 6.76 ft at 8:30PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 6.74 ft at 9:00PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 6.72 ft at 9:30PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 6.7 ft at 10:00PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 6.68 ft at 10:30PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 6.65 ft at 11:00PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 6.63 ft at 11:30PM Mar 28, 2023Observed: 6.62 ft at 12:00AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.59 ft at 12:30AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.57 ft at 1:00AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.55 ft at 1:30AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.54 ft at 2:00AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.52 ft at 2:30AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.5 ft at 3:00AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.48 ft at 3:30AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.47 ft at 4:00AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.45 ft at 4:30AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.43 ft at 5:00AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.4 ft at 5:30AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.39 ft at 6:00AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.37 ft at 6:30AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.36 ft at 7:00AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.34 ft at 7:30AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.32 ft at 8:00AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.27 ft at 9:30AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.25 ft at 10:00AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.2 ft at 11:30AM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.19 ft at 12:00PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.17 ft at 12:30PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.16 ft at 1:00PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.13 ft at 1:30PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.13 ft at 2:00PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.11 ft at 2:30PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.09 ft at 3:00PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.08 ft at 3:30PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.06 ft at 4:00PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.05 ft at 4:30PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.03 ft at 5:00PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.01 ft at 5:30PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 6.01 ft at 6:00PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 5.99 ft at 6:30PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 5.97 ft at 7:00PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 5.96 ft at 7:30PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 5.95 ft at 8:00PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 5.93 ft at 8:30PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 5.93 ft at 9:00PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 5.91 ft at 9:30PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 5.89 ft at 10:00PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 5.89 ft at 10:30PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 5.88 ft at 11:00PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 5.86 ft at 11:30PM Mar 29, 2023Observed: 5.85 ft at 12:00AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.84 ft at 12:30AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.83 ft at 1:00AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.81 ft at 1:30AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.8 ft at 2:00AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.79 ft at 2:30AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.77 ft at 3:00AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.77 ft at 3:30AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.75 ft at 4:00AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.75 ft at 4:30AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.73 ft at 5:00AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.73 ft at 5:30AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.72 ft at 6:00AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.7 ft at 6:30AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.68 ft at 7:00AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.68 ft at 7:30AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.67 ft at 8:00AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.66 ft at 8:30AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.65 ft at 9:00AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.64 ft at 9:30AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.63 ft at 10:00AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.62 ft at 10:30AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.6 ft at 11:00AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.6 ft at 11:30AM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.58 ft at 12:00PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.58 ft at 12:30PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.57 ft at 1:00PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.56 ft at 1:30PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.56 ft at 2:00PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.52 ft at 3:30PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.51 ft at 4:00PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.51 ft at 4:30PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.5 ft at 5:00PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.49 ft at 5:30PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.48 ft at 6:00PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.47 ft at 6:30PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.46 ft at 7:00PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.45 ft at 7:30PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.45 ft at 8:00PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.43 ft at 8:30PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.43 ft at 9:00PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.41 ft at 9:30PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.41 ft at 10:00PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.4 ft at 10:30PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.38 ft at 11:00PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.38 ft at 11:30PM Mar 30, 2023Observed: 5.37 ft at 12:00AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.37 ft at 12:30AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.36 ft at 1:00AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.35 ft at 1:30AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.35 ft at 2:00AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.33 ft at 2:30AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.33 ft at 3:00AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.31 ft at 3:30AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.31 ft at 4:00AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.29 ft at 4:30AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.29 ft at 5:00AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.28 ft at 5:30AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.27 ft at 6:00AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.26 ft at 6:30AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.26 ft at 7:00AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.25 ft at 7:30AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.25 ft at 8:00AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.23 ft at 8:30AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.23 ft at 9:00AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.22 ft at 9:30AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.21 ft at 10:00AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.2 ft at 10:30AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.21 ft at 11:00AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.2 ft at 11:30AM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.19 ft at 12:00PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.18 ft at 12:30PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.18 ft at 1:00PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.17 ft at 1:30PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.17 ft at 2:00PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.17 ft at 2:30PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.15 ft at 3:00PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.16 ft at 3:30PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.15 ft at 4:00PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.14 ft at 4:30PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.13 ft at 5:00PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.13 ft at 5:30PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.12 ft at 6:00PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.12 ft at 6:30PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.11 ft at 7:00PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.11 ft at 7:30PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.1 ft at 8:00PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.1 ft at 8:30PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.1 ft at 9:00PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.09 ft at 9:30PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.08 ft at 10:00PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.08 ft at 10:30PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.08 ft at 11:00PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.08 ft at 11:30PM Mar 31, 2023Observed: 5.07 ft at 12:00AM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.06 ft at 12:30AM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.06 ft at 1:00AM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.06 ft at 1:30AM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.05 ft at 2:00AM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.05 ft at 2:30AM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.05 ft at 3:00AM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.04 ft at 3:30AM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.06 ft at 4:00AM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.05 ft at 4:30AM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.05 ft at 5:00AM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.06 ft at 5:30AM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.05 ft at 6:00AM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.06 ft at 6:30AM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.06 ft at 7:00AM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.06 ft at 7:30AM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.07 ft at 8:00AM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.08 ft at 8:30AM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.09 ft at 9:00AM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.11 ft at 9:30AM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.13 ft at 10:00AM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.14 ft at 10:30AM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.17 ft at 11:00AM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.21 ft at 11:30AM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.25 ft at 12:00PM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.28 ft at 12:30PM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.35 ft at 1:00PM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.4 ft at 1:30PM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.48 ft at 2:00PM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.53 ft at 2:30PM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.61 ft at 3:00PM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.68 ft at 3:30PM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.74 ft at 4:00PM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.84 ft at 4:30PM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 5.91 ft at 5:00PM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 6.01 ft at 5:30PM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 6.08 ft at 6:00PM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 6.16 ft at 6:30PM Apr 01, 2023Observed: 6.23 ft at 7:00PM Apr 01, 2023Forecast: 5.3 ft 1:00AM Apr 02, 2023Forecast: 5.3 ft 7:00AM Apr 02, 2023Highest Forecast: 5.4 ft 1:00PM Apr 02, 2023Forecast: 5.3 ft 7:00PM Apr 02, 2023Forecast: 5.2 ft 1:00AM Apr 03, 2023Forecast: 5.1 ft 7:00AM Apr 03, 2023Forecast: 5 ft 1:00PM Apr 03, 2023Forecast: 4.9 ft 7:00PM Apr 03, 2023Forecast: 4.8 ft 1:00AM Apr 04, 2023Forecast: 4.7 ft 7:00AM Apr 04, 2023Forecast: 4.5 ft 1:00PM Apr 04, 2023Forecast: 4.4 ft 7:00PM Apr 04, 2023Forecast: 4.4 ft 1:00AM Apr 05, 2023Forecast: 4.4 ft 7:00AM Apr 05, 2023Forecast: 4.3 ft 1:00PM Apr 05, 2023Forecast: 4.3 ft 7:00PM Apr 05, 2023Forecast: 4.3 ft 1:00AM Apr 06, 2023Forecast: 4.3 ft 7:00AM Apr 06, 2023USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesWDVA1(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (7:52PM Apr 1, 2023)ObservedForecast (issued 8:28AM Apr 1)Latest observed value: 6.23 ft at 7:00 PM CDT 1-Apr-2023. Flood Stage is 15 ft
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Paint Rock River (AL) near Woodville are issued routinely year-round.
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 22
Moderate Flood Stage: 19
Flood Stage: 15
Action Stage: 13
Low Stage (in feet): 0

Historic Crests
(1) 24.40 ft on 03/16/1973
(2) 23.42 ft on 12/23/1990
(3) 22.60 ft on 03/12/1963
(4) 21.36 ft on 12/02/1991
(5) 21.08 ft on 02/11/1994
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 17.94 ft on 03/03/2023 (P)
(2) 16.78 ft on 02/19/2023 (P)
(3) 16.98 ft on 12/16/2022 (P)
(4) 15.97 ft on 12/07/2022 (P)
(5) 15.47 ft on 04/15/2022 (P)
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 0.28 ft on 10/21/1954

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30 Water reaches and overtops the bridge at the gage site on Highway 72. Large portions of Highway 72 and surrounding local roads will be flooded and homes will be threatened.
23 Flood waters cover U.S. Highway 72 near Woodville and Paint Rock. Some evacuations may become necessary as water approaches residences.
20 Portions of Alabama State Highway 65 are closed due to high water.
19 Water is covering Alabama State Route 65 about two miles north of U.S. Highway 72. Several County Roads in Paint Rock Valley are flooded...including Jackson County Road 20.
15 Flood waters affect mostly bottomland along the river...including low lying farm and pasturelands.
14 The Butler Bottom Lowlands near the river are flooded. High waters are approaching County Road 20 north of the town of Paint Rock.
12 Some minor overflow of lowlands begins.
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(1) Bridge at Gage Site
(2) Gage House
(3) Upstream from Butler Mill Bridge
(4) Flooding near gage - Feb 03
(5) Flooding Hwy 65 - Feb 03
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Latitude: 34.624167° N, Longitude: 86.306389° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 15 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 29 570.95 ft 585.95 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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