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Minor flooding 3

1. Minor floodingObservedPamlico Sound at Cedar Island (in MLLW), NCObserved 2.28 ft at 16:24Z: minor flooding, selected
2. Minor floodingObservedNorth Fork Alligator River at Gum Neck (in MLLW), NCObserved 2.35 ft at 16:30Z: minor flooding
3. Minor floodingObservedPamlico Sound at Hobucken (in MLLW), NCObserved 2.26 ft at 16:36Z: minor flooding

Action stage, not flooding 4

Action stage is the level at which NWS and local officials begin to act; the water is not yet at flood stage.

1. Action stageObservedBay River at Bayboro (in MLLW), NCObserved 2.25 ft at 16:45Z: action stage
2. Action stageObservedFlat Creek (NC) at Flat Creek Rd. 1 SW Montreat, NCObserved 7.35 ft at 06:30Z (11 h 21 min ago: not recent): action stage
3. Action stageObservedTrent River at New Bern (in MLLW), NCObserved 2.32 ft at 17:20Z: action stage
4. Action stageObservedNeuse River at Oriental (in MLLW), NCObserved 2.27 ft at 16:24Z: action stage

Coastal water levels (tide gauges)

Moderate flooding 1

1. Moderate floodingForecastAtlantic Coast at Duck (in MLLW), NCNot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued 12:25Z · crest 6 ft at 20 Oct 19:00Z · below flood stage (5.5 ft) by 20 Oct 22:00Z: moderate flooding

Minor flooding 3

1. Minor floodingForecastPamlico Sound at Coast Guard Hatteras (in MLLW), NCNot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued 12:25Z · crest 2.6 ft at 19 Oct 20:00Z · below flood stage (2.5 ft) by 20 Oct 00:00Z: minor flooding
2. Minor floodingForecastPamlico Sound at Ocracoke (in MLLW), NCNot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued 12:25Z · crest 3.1 ft at 20 Oct 19:00Z · below flood stage (3 ft) by 20 Oct 22:00Z: minor flooding
3. Minor floodingForecastCape Fear River at Wilmington (IN MLLW), NCNot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued 05:21Z · crest 5.6 ft at 19 Oct 21:00Z · below flood stage (5.5 ft) by 19 Oct 22:00Z: minor flooding

Action stage, not flooding 2

Action stage is the level at which NWS and local officials begin to act; the water is not yet at flood stage.

1. Action stageForecastAtlantic Coast at Beaufort Marine Lab (in MLLW), NCNot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued 12:25Z · highest 4.9 ft at 18:00Z: action stage
2. Action stageObservedAtlantic Coast at Johnnie Mercers Pier at Wrightsville Beach (MLLW), NCObserved 5.77 ft at 17:06Z: action stageForecast issued 05:21Z · highest 5.7 ft at 18:00Z: action stage

Outside North Carolina: 48 gauges in flood. View every state

A gauge measures its river or water at that one place. Flash flooding, which comes in hours from heavy rain, is in the warnings list as Flash Flood Warnings; a river can be in flood with no rain falling.