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Weather Forecast Office Raleigh, NC

Southeast River Forecast Center

Hydrograph

River at a Glance

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Probability Information Weekly Chance of Exceeding Levels Chance of Exceeding Levels During Entire Period Short-term Probabilistic Guidance (Experimental)

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Printable Image About this graph Tabular Data (UTC) Tabular Data (EDT) Datum: NGVD29 Metadata

NOTE: Forecasts for the Deep River near Moncure are issued routinely year-round.

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Flood Categories (in feet) Major Flood Stage: 18 Moderate Flood Stage: 14 Flood Stage: 9 Action Stage: 8 Low Stage (in feet): -9999 Historic Crests (1) 17.20 ft on 09/18/1945 (2) 15.21 ft on 09/17/2018 (3) 12.31 ft on 11/13/2018 Show More Historic Crests (P): Preliminary values subject to further review. Recent Crests (1) 10.25 ft on 02/09/2020 (2) 11.00 ft on 02/07/2020 (3) 11.11 ft on 11/16/2018 Show More Recent Crests (P): Preliminary values subject to further review. Low Water Records Currently none available. For more information on your flood risk go to www.floodsmart.gov. Show FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layers FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layers not showing? Why aren't the FEMA National Flood Hazard Layers showing on the ESRI Map? Possible reasons: There are no FEMA National Flood Hazard Layers for the location which you are viewing on ESRI Maps. The FEMA Web Mapping Service (WMS) is down. Note: Your zoom level may have changed. ESRI's zoom levels must be between 14 and 16 to show National Flood Hazard layers.

Zoom Level:16 Legend FEMA Layer Gauge Location Disclaimer Latitude/Longitude Disclaimer: The gauge location shown in the above map is the approximate location based on the latitude/longitude coordinates provided to the NWS by the gauge owner.

Flood Impacts & Photos

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18	Major flooding begins. North Plank and Deep River Roads in Lee county and R Jordan Road in Chatham county are closed. There is widespread flooding of woods and pasture along the river.
14	Moderate flooding begins. Upstream of the gage site, North Plank Road in Lee county and R Jordan Road in Chatham County are closed. At the gage site, there is significant flooding of pasture and woods along the river.
9	Minor flooding begins. Flooding is likely upstream of the gage site along North Plank Road just south of highway 421 in Lee county, and on R Jordan Road north of highway 421 in Chatham county. At the gage site, flooding reaches the base of the river gage housing, but is confined to woods and pasture immediately adjacent to the river.
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About This Location

Latitude: 35.627222° N, Longitude: 79.116111° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84 River Stage Reference Frame Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses NWS stage 0 ft 9 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 29 185.06 Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks Other Not Available Not Available   Current/Historical Observations: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Data and Site Info for Moncure

Additional Information

Potential River Levels Used to Estimate the Chance of Flooding and the Range of Possible River Levels 10 Day (HEFS) 7 Day (NAEFS) 7 Day (GEFS) Note: Use the official hydrograph at the top of this web page for river levels within the next 72 Hours.

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