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Cumberland River at Pineville Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Highest Observation: 978.88 ft at 3:00PM May 17, 2019Observed: 978.87 ft at 3:30PM May 17, 2019Observed: 978.87 ft at 4:00PM May 17, 2019Observed: 978.87 ft at 4:30PM May 17, 2019Observed: 978.85 ft at 5:00PM May 17, 2019Observed: 978.85 ft at 5:30PM May 17, 2019Observed: 978.83 ft at 6:00PM May 17, 2019Observed: 978.83 ft at 6:30PM May 17, 2019Observed: 978.83 ft at 7:00PM May 17, 2019Observed: 978.82 ft at 7:30PM May 17, 2019Observed: 978.8 ft at 8:00PM May 17, 2019Observed: 978.8 ft at 8:30PM May 17, 2019Observed: 978.79 ft at 9:00PM May 17, 2019Observed: 978.79 ft at 9:30PM May 17, 2019Observed: 978.78 ft at 10:00PM May 17, 2019Observed: 978.78 ft at 10:30PM May 17, 2019Observed: 978.77 ft at 11:00PM May 17, 2019Observed: 978.76 ft at 11:30PM May 17, 2019Observed: 978.75 ft at 12:00AM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.75 ft at 12:30AM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.74 ft at 1:00AM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.74 ft at 1:30AM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.73 ft at 2:00AM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.72 ft at 2:30AM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.72 ft at 3:00AM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.71 ft at 3:30AM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.7 ft at 4:00AM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.69 ft at 4:30AM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.67 ft at 5:00AM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.66 ft at 5:30AM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.65 ft at 6:00AM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.64 ft at 6:30AM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.62 ft at 7:00AM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.61 ft at 7:30AM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.59 ft at 8:00AM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.57 ft at 8:30AM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.55 ft at 9:00AM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.53 ft at 9:30AM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.53 ft at 10:00AM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.52 ft at 10:30AM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.5 ft at 11:00AM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.49 ft at 11:30AM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.48 ft at 12:00PM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.48 ft at 12:30PM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.47 ft at 1:00PM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.47 ft at 1:30PM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.47 ft at 2:00PM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.46 ft at 2:30PM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.46 ft at 3:00PM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.46 ft at 3:30PM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.45 ft at 4:00PM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.45 ft at 4:30PM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.44 ft at 5:00PM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.44 ft at 5:30PM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.43 ft at 6:00PM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.43 ft at 6:30PM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.42 ft at 7:00PM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.42 ft at 7:30PM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.41 ft at 8:00PM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.41 ft at 8:30PM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.4 ft at 9:00PM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.4 ft at 9:30PM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.39 ft at 10:00PM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.39 ft at 10:30PM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.39 ft at 11:00PM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.38 ft at 11:30PM May 18, 2019Observed: 978.38 ft at 12:00AM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.37 ft at 12:30AM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.37 ft at 1:00AM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.37 ft at 1:30AM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.37 ft at 2:00AM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.36 ft at 2:30AM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.36 ft at 3:00AM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.35 ft at 3:30AM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.35 ft at 4:00AM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.35 ft at 4:30AM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.34 ft at 5:00AM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.33 ft at 5:30AM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.33 ft at 6:00AM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.32 ft at 6:30AM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.32 ft at 7:00AM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.31 ft at 7:30AM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.32 ft at 8:00AM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.3 ft at 8:30AM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.3 ft at 9:00AM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.29 ft at 9:30AM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.26 ft at 10:00AM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.27 ft at 10:30AM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.27 ft at 11:00AM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.27 ft at 11:30AM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.27 ft at 12:00PM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.27 ft at 12:30PM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.27 ft at 1:00PM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.27 ft at 1:30PM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.27 ft at 2:00PM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.26 ft at 2:30PM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.26 ft at 3:00PM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.26 ft at 3:30PM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.26 ft at 4:00PM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.25 ft at 4:30PM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.24 ft at 5:00PM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.26 ft at 5:30PM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.26 ft at 6:00PM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.25 ft at 6:30PM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.24 ft at 7:00PM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.24 ft at 7:30PM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.24 ft at 8:00PM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.24 ft at 8:30PM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.24 ft at 9:00PM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.23 ft at 9:30PM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.24 ft at 10:00PM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.24 ft at 10:30PM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.24 ft at 11:00PM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.23 ft at 11:30PM May 19, 2019Observed: 978.23 ft at 12:00AM May 20, 2019Observed: 978.23 ft at 12:30AM May 20, 2019Observed: 978.23 ft at 1:00AM May 20, 2019Observed: 978.21 ft at 1:30AM May 20, 2019Observed: 978.21 ft at 2:00AM May 20, 2019Observed: 978.21 ft at 2:30AM May 20, 2019Observed: 978.21 ft at 3:00AM May 20, 2019Observed: 978.2 ft at 3:30AM May 20, 2019Observed: 978.19 ft at 4:00AM May 20, 2019Observed: 978.19 ft at 4:30AM May 20, 2019Observed: 978.18 ft at 5:00AM May 20, 2019Observed: 978.18 ft at 5:30AM May 20, 2019Observed: 978.17 ft at 6:00AM May 20, 2019Observed: 978.17 ft at 6:30AM May 20, 2019Observed: 978.16 ft at 7:00AM May 20, 2019Observed: 978.16 ft at 7:30AM May 20, 2019Observed: 978.16 ft at 8:00AM May 20, 2019Observed: 978.15 ft at 8:30AM May 20, 2019Observed: 978.15 ft at 9:00AM May 20, 2019Observed: 978.15 ft at 9:30AM May 20, 2019Observed: 978.14 ft at 10:00AM May 20, 2019Observed: 978.13 ft at 10:30AM May 20, 2019Observed: 978.13 ft at 11:00AM May 20, 2019Observed: 978.13 ft at 11:30AM May 20, 2019Observed: 978.12 ft at 12:00PM May 20, 2019Observed: 978.1 ft at 12:30PM May 20, 2019Observed: 978.13 ft at 1:00PM May 20, 2019Observed: 978.12 ft at 1:30PM May 20, 2019Highest Forecast: 978.1 ft 8:00PM May 20, 2019Forecast: 978 ft 2:00AM May 21, 2019Forecast: 978 ft 8:00AM May 21, 2019Forecast: 977.9 ft 2:00PM May 21, 2019Forecast: 977.9 ft 8:00PM May 21, 2019Forecast: 977.8 ft 2:00AM May 22, 2019Forecast: 977.8 ft 8:00AM May 22, 2019Forecast: 977.8 ft 2:00PM May 22, 2019Forecast: 977.7 ft 8:00PM May 22, 2019Forecast: 977.7 ft 2:00AM May 23, 2019Forecast: 977.6 ft 8:00AM May 23, 2019Forecast: 977.6 ft 2:00PM May 23, 2019Forecast: 977.6 ft 8:00PM May 23, 2019Forecast: 977.5 ft 2:00AM May 24, 2019Forecast: 977.5 ft 8:00AM May 24, 2019Forecast: 977.5 ft 2:00PM May 24, 2019Forecast: 977.4 ft 8:00PM May 24, 2019Forecast: 977.4 ft 2:00AM May 25, 2019Forecast: 977.4 ft 8:00AM May 25, 2019Nashville District Corps of EngineersPVLK2(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (2:53PM May 20, 2019)ObservedForecast (issued 10:17AM May 20)Latest observed value: 978.12 ft at 1:30 PM EDT 20-May-2019. Flood Stage is 1002 ft
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 1019
Moderate Flood Stage: 1010
Flood Stage: 1002
Action Stage: 995
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 1,021.80 ft on 04/05/1977
(2) 1,017.32 ft on 03/18/2002
(3) 1,013.67 ft on 02/11/1994
(4) 1,013.52 ft on 03/05/2015
(5) 1,013.30 ft on 05/08/1984
(6) 1,013.22 ft on 02/16/2003
(7) 1,012.70 ft on 04/19/1998 (P)
(8) 1,012.12 ft on 12/03/1991
(9) 1,010.20 ft on 06/16/1989
(10) 1,008.90 ft on 01/01/1967
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 1,007.45 ft on 04/24/2017
(2) 1,013.52 ft on 03/05/2015
(3) 1,003.13 ft on 01/31/2013
(4) 1,005.42 ft on 04/16/2011
(5) 1,003.20 ft on 03/06/2004 (P)
(6) 1,004.57 ft on 04/11/2003 (P)
(7) 1,002.40 ft on 04/09/2003 (P)
(8) 1,013.22 ft on 02/16/2003
(9) 1,017.32 ft on 03/18/2002
(10) 1,003.10 ft on 04/04/2000 (P)
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 5.34 ft on 09/27/2004

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1033 Water will overtop the floodwall. Evacuation of the Pineville central business district is necessary
1023.5 US 25 E floods
1021.8 Flooding will exceed the highest flood of record
1019 Protected areas of town and Highway 25 E flood. Floodgates are closed
1018.2 Homes begin flooding along Fourmile Road
1016.3 Stewart Branch Road and homes along Highway 25 E begin flooding
1014.6 Structures begin flooding along Straight Creek
1013 Flooding threatens US 25 E, Stewart branch Road and Wallsend
1012 Structures begin flooding along Dorton Branch
1006.4 Fourmile Road floods
1005.7 Dorton Branch Road floods
1005 KY Route 66 north of Straight Creek bridge floods
1002 Low lying roads flood, including portions of Straight Creek, Dorton Branch, and Fourmile Road
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(2) Looking Downstream
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Latitude: 36.763889° N, Longitude: 83.692778° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 1002 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 Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other 970 ft 1972 ft  

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