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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 ORLN7

current · Observed 2.19 ft at 2026-10-18 15:24:00 UTC · Action stage.

River gauge · Oriental (in MLLW) · Neuse River · -76.691944, 35.024444. Units ft; datum not supplied.

Source checked 2026-10-18 17:05:05.172Z · 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: 11; target 24 hours, at most 96 reports per station. Recording began 2026-10-17 06:15:05.234Z; oldest available reading 2026-10-17 19:24:00 UTC.

Observed stage and separate NWS forecast at ORLN7 (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.3.51ft10-17 19:24Z10-18 15:24Z2026-10-17 19:24:00 UTC · 2 ft2026-10-17 20:24:00 UTC · 2.29 ft2026-10-17 21:24:00 UTC · 2.28 ft2026-10-17 22:24:00 UTC · 2.45 ft2026-10-17 23:24:00 UTC · 2.48 ft2026-10-18 00:24:00 UTC · 2.49 ft2026-10-18 01:24:00 UTC · 2.37 ft2026-10-18 02:24:00 UTC · 2.18 ft2026-10-18 13:24:00 UTC · 2.04 ft2026-10-18 14:24:00 UTC · 2.05 ft2026-10-18 15:24:00 UTC · 2.19 ft
Observed stage and separate NWS forecast · 11 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 2 ft; minor 4 ft; moderate 6 ft; major 7 ft.

Observed reports as a table (11)
Observed (UTC)Stage / unitsSource category / water
2026-10-17 19:24:00 UTC2 ftAction stage · River gauge
2026-10-17 20:24:00 UTC2.29 ftAction stage · River gauge
2026-10-17 21:24:00 UTC2.28 ftAction stage · River gauge
2026-10-17 22:24:00 UTC2.45 ftAction stage · River gauge
2026-10-17 23:24:00 UTC2.48 ftAction stage · River gauge
2026-10-18 00:24:00 UTC2.49 ftAction stage · River gauge
2026-10-18 01:24:00 UTC2.37 ftAction stage · River gauge
2026-10-18 02:24:00 UTC2.18 ftAction stage · River gauge
2026-10-18 13:24:00 UTC2.04 ftAction stage · River gauge
2026-10-18 14:24:00 UTC2.05 ftAction stage · River gauge
2026-10-18 15:24:00 UTC2.19 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 19:24:00 UTC, captured 2026-10-17 20:25:05.363Z; source body SHA-256 426ee104d5a51ad7307122bcdabe4a2fc60cca45879c360f44553bfd934cda00.
  • Observed 2026-10-17 20:24:00 UTC, captured 2026-10-17 21:25:04.659Z; source body SHA-256 587d4b429fdb21364a4a40d69af457e0f516a29baf595199eaa813c8160dfd2a.
  • Observed 2026-10-17 21:24:00 UTC, captured 2026-10-17 22:25:06.849Z; source body SHA-256 9bf964242c4addae0d20866f2d831a9e64ccba11ea3c1b463329b9278533380e.
  • Observed 2026-10-17 22:24:00 UTC, captured 2026-10-17 23:25:06.711Z; source body SHA-256 8da59c32db89ffc8bcc344fa162df179ffb3bcfb9c8d6c3d7de078c76c588e37.
  • Observed 2026-10-17 23:24:00 UTC, captured 2026-10-18 00:25:06.204Z; source body SHA-256 d05b4112c083f82757f110a6e33eb3863e102b95953e751bf95dba00c1140de3.
  • Observed 2026-10-18 00:24:00 UTC, captured 2026-10-18 01:25:06.453Z; source body SHA-256 e409fc97034bfb40176782eb786aad2fea65de1c5495bf843e8769c4e41a58d8.
  • Observed 2026-10-18 01:24:00 UTC, captured 2026-10-18 02:25:06.825Z; source body SHA-256 600cff19b0bc179b7e2f42803631ee390bd1b11283628e6a503e222a0e8b3a14.
  • Observed 2026-10-18 02:24:00 UTC, captured 2026-10-18 03:25:06.216Z; source body SHA-256 92f2e27fc506ae63afc75604b8a292744564efc8ffb32faf9d88a12f922eaf04.
  • Observed 2026-10-18 13:24:00 UTC, captured 2026-10-18 14:35:07.225Z; source body SHA-256 571b293d8f9eb11322235f143f729ad67aad81c71d4573a940b1944493b23dec.
  • Observed 2026-10-18 14:24:00 UTC, captured 2026-10-18 15:35:05.300Z; source body SHA-256 a1da67cfb1aeb3409b6b3aef4c1dbc5395a3906d3d3ff89219304ff7faf54d60.
  • Observed 2026-10-18 15:24:00 UTC, captured 2026-10-18 16:25:06.590Z; source body SHA-256 8665a9eea81cc05cd51e7e35c2ab67a84f6dba98d13fc156d93986e4371e3cdc.

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

113 total · source current; checked . Showing 13 on page 2. 0 gauges have suspect readings set aside.

Source status · Storm Mode