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Station and river observations

METAR/SPECI uses the existing AviationWeather.gov bulk cache over the lower 48 and its margin. NWPS retains only gauges in the existing action-stage-or-above observed list; forecast-only gauges can have no observation. Absence never establishes zero wind, low water, or safe conditions.

Water-level gauge FCMN7

stale · Observed 7.57 ft at 2026-10-17 06:20:00 UTC · Action stage.

River gauge · Flat Creek Rd. 1 SW Montreat · Flat Creek (NC) · -82.312222, 35.637222. Units ft; datum not supplied.

Source checked 2026-10-17 12:55:03.674Z · current.

Stage in this gauge’s units, not a regional flood depth. Tide/lake gauges remain water levels; datum is not supplied by this feed. Historical observations and the latest forecast keep separate times.

Retained observations: 2; target 24 hours, at most 96 reports per station. Recording began 2026-10-17 06:15:05.234Z; oldest available reading 2026-10-17 00:45:00 UTC.

Observed stage and separate NWS forecast at FCMN7 (ft)Dots are retained observations. Lines break for missing fields, long intervals or changed station location or units. 1 recorded discontinuities. Dashed lines, when present, are the separately issued NWS forecast.8.86.6ft10-17 00:45Z10-17 06:20Z2026-10-17 00:45:00 UTC · 7.81 ft2026-10-17 06:20:00 UTC · 7.57 ft
Observed stage and separate NWS forecast · 2 retained observations; 1 discontinuities. Lines join reported values only; missing intervals are not interpolated.

NWS forecast · current

No forecast maximum supplied.

Impacts and the full forecast are read for gauges in flood; this one is at action stage.

Gauge thresholds: action 6.5 ft; minor 8.5 ft; moderate 10.5 ft; major 13 ft.

Observed reports as a table (2)
Observed (UTC)Stage / unitsSource category / water
2026-10-17 00:45:00 UTC7.81 ftAction stage · River gauge
2026-10-17 06:20:00 UTC7.57 ftAction stage · River gauge
Capture times, quality and provenance

Each report keeps its observation time, first capture of this version, and the SHA-256 of the source bulk body. Corrections at the same observation time replace that point and are marked; unrelated bulk-file changes do not freshen a report.

  • Observed 2026-10-17 00:45:00 UTC, captured 2026-10-17 06:15:05.234Z; source body SHA-256 59def4ab364727656cb6987939ba27a3a22ae792b74344565dc73a5086b5ca2b.
  • Observed 2026-10-17 06:20:00 UTC, captured 2026-10-17 07:05:03.665Z; source body SHA-256 5669bcdb8c668c19675922a1e063b795649d4f988db328e21d7a7d4b91b9a3d4.

Only observed gauge records enter this history. Forecast maxima and forecast hydrograph points never become observations. A missing datum or unsupported flow value remains unknown.

Observation source page · Cached readings as JSON · Official source

Gauges in the latest cached source

109 total · source current; checked . Showing 9 on page 2. 0 gauges have suspect readings set aside.

Source status · Storm Mode