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Shallowbag Bay at Manteo (in MLLW) Stage (ft)Observed: 0.7 ft at 6:35AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.7 ft at 6:50AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.67 ft at 7:05AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.64 ft at 7:20AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.62 ft at 7:35AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.59 ft at 8:05AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.55 ft at 8:20AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.56 ft at 8:35AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.59 ft at 8:50AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.56 ft at 9:05AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.55 ft at 9:20AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.61 ft at 9:35AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.57 ft at 9:50AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.59 ft at 10:05AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.58 ft at 10:20AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.61 ft at 10:35AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.63 ft at 10:50AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.64 ft at 11:05AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.61 ft at 11:20AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.62 ft at 11:35AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.62 ft at 11:50AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.58 ft at 12:05PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.62 ft at 12:20PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.63 ft at 12:35PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.62 ft at 12:50PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.62 ft at 1:05PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.65 ft at 1:20PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.63 ft at 1:35PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.64 ft at 1:50PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.66 ft at 2:05PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.64 ft at 2:20PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.64 ft at 2:35PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.65 ft at 2:50PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.65 ft at 3:05PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.64 ft at 3:20PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.67 ft at 3:35PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.68 ft at 3:50PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.69 ft at 4:05PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.7 ft at 4:20PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.74 ft at 4:35PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.75 ft at 4:50PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.8 ft at 5:05PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.8 ft at 5:20PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.82 ft at 5:35PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.85 ft at 6:05PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.84 ft at 6:20PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.86 ft at 6:35PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.87 ft at 6:50PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.84 ft at 7:05PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.83 ft at 7:20PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.83 ft at 7:35PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.8 ft at 7:50PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.77 ft at 8:05PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.81 ft at 8:20PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.8 ft at 8:35PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.76 ft at 8:50PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.78 ft at 9:05PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.82 ft at 9:20PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.8 ft at 9:35PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.82 ft at 9:50PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.81 ft at 10:05PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.79 ft at 10:20PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.81 ft at 10:35PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.84 ft at 10:50PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.84 ft at 11:05PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.88 ft at 11:20PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.91 ft at 11:35PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.89 ft at 11:50PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.85 ft at 12:05AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.86 ft at 12:20AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.84 ft at 12:50AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.89 ft at 1:20AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.86 ft at 1:35AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.9 ft at 1:50AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.89 ft at 2:05AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.88 ft at 2:20AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.91 ft at 2:35AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.96 ft at 2:50AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.98 ft at 3:05AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 1 ft at 3:20AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 1.01 ft at 3:35AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.99 ft at 3:50AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 1.02 ft at 4:05AM Apr 18, 2024Highest Observation: 1.03 ft at 4:20AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.99 ft at 4:35AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.97 ft at 4:50AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.99 ft at 5:05AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.99 ft at 5:20AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 1.01 ft at 5:35AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 1 ft at 5:50AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.94 ft at 6:05AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.94 ft at 6:20AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 1.01 ft at 6:35AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 1.02 ft at 6:50AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.99 ft at 7:05AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 1.01 ft at 7:20AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 1.02 ft at 7:35AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 1.01 ft at 7:50AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.97 ft at 8:05AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.97 ft at 8:20AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.95 ft at 8:35AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.94 ft at 8:50AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.94 ft at 9:05AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.94 ft at 9:20AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.95 ft at 9:35AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.95 ft at 9:50AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.91 ft at 10:20AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.88 ft at 10:35AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.86 ft at 10:50AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.87 ft at 11:05AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.83 ft at 11:20AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.78 ft at 11:50AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.76 ft at 12:05PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.76 ft at 12:20PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.73 ft at 12:35PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.72 ft at 12:50PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.71 ft at 1:05PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.73 ft at 1:20PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.7 ft at 1:35PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.7 ft at 1:50PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.69 ft at 2:05PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.69 ft at 2:20PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.7 ft at 2:35PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.69 ft at 2:50PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.66 ft at 3:05PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.67 ft at 3:20PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.67 ft at 3:35PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.63 ft at 3:50PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.62 ft at 4:05PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.6 ft at 4:20PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.58 ft at 4:35PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.55 ft at 4:50PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.57 ft at 5:05PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.57 ft at 5:20PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.53 ft at 5:35PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.53 ft at 5:50PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.5 ft at 6:05PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.43 ft at 6:20PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.41 ft at 6:35PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.41 ft at 6:50PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.36 ft at 7:05PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.34 ft at 7:20PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.32 ft at 7:35PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.3 ft at 7:50PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.35 ft at 8:05PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.36 ft at 8:20PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.36 ft at 8:35PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.38 ft at 8:50PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.35 ft at 9:05PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.36 ft at 9:20PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.37 ft at 9:35PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.36 ft at 10:05PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.33 ft at 10:20PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.35 ft at 10:35PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.36 ft at 10:50PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.36 ft at 11:05PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.36 ft at 11:20PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.37 ft at 11:35PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.36 ft at 11:50PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.37 ft at 12:05AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.36 ft at 12:20AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.3 ft at 12:50AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.26 ft at 1:05AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.23 ft at 1:20AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.23 ft at 1:35AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.17 ft at 1:50AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.21 ft at 2:05AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.19 ft at 2:20AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.16 ft at 2:35AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.17 ft at 2:50AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.09 ft at 3:05AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.08 ft at 3:20AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.09 ft at 3:35AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.12 ft at 3:50AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.1 ft at 4:05AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.17 ft at 4:20AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.19 ft at 4:35AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.26 ft at 4:50AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.36 ft at 5:20AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.34 ft at 5:35AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.41 ft at 5:50AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.42 ft at 6:05AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.38 ft at 6:20AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.4 ft at 6:35AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.39 ft at 6:50AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.36 ft at 7:05AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.36 ft at 7:20AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.35 ft at 7:35AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.36 ft at 7:50AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.37 ft at 8:05AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.37 ft at 8:20AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.37 ft at 8:35AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.37 ft at 8:50AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.38 ft at 9:05AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.36 ft at 9:20AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.32 ft at 9:35AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.33 ft at 9:50AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.34 ft at 10:05AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.32 ft at 10:20AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.34 ft at 10:35AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.33 ft at 10:50AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.36 ft at 11:05AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.36 ft at 11:20AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.35 ft at 11:35AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.33 ft at 11:50AM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.35 ft at 12:05PM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.3 ft at 12:35PM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.29 ft at 12:50PM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.26 ft at 1:05PM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.24 ft at 1:20PM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.24 ft at 1:35PM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.22 ft at 1:50PM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.22 ft at 2:05PM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.17 ft at 2:20PM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.16 ft at 2:35PM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.13 ft at 2:50PM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.1 ft at 3:05PM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.1 ft at 3:20PM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.12 ft at 3:35PM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.13 ft at 3:50PM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.16 ft at 4:05PM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.17 ft at 4:20PM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.2 ft at 4:35PM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.24 ft at 4:50PM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.27 ft at 5:05PM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.28 ft at 5:20PM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.29 ft at 5:35PM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.29 ft at 5:50PM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.33 ft at 6:05PM Apr 19, 2024Observed: 0.37 ft at 6:20PM Apr 19, 2024RMLN7(plotting HGIRR) Graph Created (6:30PM Apr 19, 2024)ObservedLatest observed value: 0.37 ft at 6:20 PM EDT 19-Apr-2024. Flood Stage is 3 ft
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NOTE: Graphical forecasts are not available for the Shallowbag Bay at Manteo (in MLLW). During times of high water, forecast crest information can be found in the text products.
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 5.5
Moderate Flood Stage: 4.5
Flood Stage: 3
Action Stage: 2
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 3.67 ft on 12/23/2022
(2) 2.91 ft on 03/12/2022
(3) 2.79 ft on 01/07/2022

(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 3.67 ft on 12/23/2022
(2) 2.91 ft on 03/12/2022
(3) 2.79 ft on 01/07/2022

(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
Currently none available.
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5.5 Widespread and significant flooding throughout Roanoke Island and sound side Nags Head, with homes and businesses flooded. Most roadways will be impassable with inundation, including portions of Highway 64 (also the Nags Head Causeway) and most secondary roads.
4.5 Numerous homes and businesses will see flooding throughout Roanoke Island and sound side Nags Head. Widespread flooding throughout Manteo. Portions of Highway 64 will be inundated with water and may be impassable (including the Nags Head Causeway). Many secondary roads will be inundated and impassable, including areas in downtown Manteo. Flooding throughout Wanchese, including portions of NC 345 and secondary roads, which may be impassable.
3 Minor flooding in Roanoke Island (Manteo and Wanchese) flooding docks and yards adjacent to the Roanoke Sound and tributaries. Minor flooding in the Pirates Cove Community. Minor flooding for low lying areas in sound side Nags Head.
2 Very low lying areas in downtown Manteo, Roanoke Island and sound side Nags Head, adjacent to the Roanoke Sound, Doughs Creek and other tributaries will see minor flooding.
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Latitude: 35.908197° N, Longitude: 75.668399° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

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Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 3 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
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(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 Not Available Not Available  
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