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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 RBPS1

current · Observed 3.03 ft at 2026-10-17 13:15:00 UTC · Action stage.

River gauge · Pickens Street Columbia · Rocky Branch (SC) · -81.023889, 33.994722. Units ft; datum not supplied.

Source checked 2026-10-17 14:25:03.836Z · 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 12:15:00 UTC.

Observed stage and separate NWS forecast at RBPS1 (ft)Dots are retained observations. Lines break for missing fields, long intervals or changed station location or units. 0 recorded discontinuities. Dashed lines, when present, are the separately issued NWS forecast.4.32ft10-17 12:15Z10-17 13:15Z2026-10-17 12:15:00 UTC · 3.3 ft2026-10-17 13:15:00 UTC · 3.03 ft
Observed stage and separate NWS forecast · 2 retained observations; 0 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 3 ft; minor 7.2 ft; moderate not set; major not set.

Observed reports as a table (2)
Observed (UTC)Stage / unitsSource category / water
2026-10-17 12:15:00 UTC3.3 ftAction stage · River gauge
2026-10-17 13:15:00 UTC3.03 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 12:15:00 UTC, captured 2026-10-17 13:25:04.961Z; source body SHA-256 58f719d9c97eff019011ef8b3da64e8c3e7d635c47647d4062a7b01a3ae9bcce.
  • Observed 2026-10-17 13:15:00 UTC, captured 2026-10-17 14:25:05.799Z; source body SHA-256 77ada875fbad293471886c1bbc309a0f54e03ad184729315b30b6863c3ca160e.

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

100 total · source current; checked . Showing 0 on page 2. 1 gauges have suspect readings set aside.

Source status · Storm Mode