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Action stage
Atlantic Coast at Johnnie Mercers Pier at Wrightsville Beach (MLLW), NC
- Gauge
- Tide gauge (coastal water level) · JMPN7 · NWS ILM
- Observed
- Not flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.
- Forecast
- Forecast issued · highest 5.7 ft at : action stage
- Stages
- Action 5.5 ft · Flood (minor) 6 ft · Moderate 8 ft · Major 10 ft
Forecast hydrograph
Impacts and the full forecast are read for gauges in flood; this one is at action stage.
NWS’s statements for this gauge’s water at each stage, up to the highest observed or forecast. A gauge does not say whether a particular road or neighbourhood near it floods.
NWPS’s page for JMPN7 On the Live tracker’s map River flood warnings in North Carolina
Rain and rivers in North Carolina
- Expected rain: 0.5 in or more at its highest in North Carolina, in WPC’s forecast for the 24 hours to . An amount for the area its contour covers, not a total for any one street.
- Rain that fell: 0.75 to 1 in at its highest in North Carolina, in the 24 hours to , by MRMS’s radar estimate over a grid about 5 km across: a measurement of the past, not corrected to rain gauges.
- Rivers: 4 gauges in flood in North Carolina, by NWS’s lists read . Moderate flooding Atlantic Coast at Duck (in MLLW), NC. Not flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast. Forecast issued · crest 6.1 ft at : moderate flooding. And 3 more. A gauge measures its river at that spot, not whether a road or a neighbourhood floods.
Three sources, each its own window. None is a chance of flash flooding, which is WPC’s outlook above; a flash flood is a warning’s. Gauges in the Live tracker
On the Briefing’s map
- Flash-flood risk WPC’s Excessive Rainfall Outlook: a chance, in four categories
- Expected rain WPC’s 24-hour rain forecast, in inches
- Rain that fell MRMS’s radar estimate for the past 24 or 72 hours
River, coastal and lake gauges in North Carolina
Four gauges in flood in North Carolina, observed or forecast. Choose one for its forecast hydrograph.
Moderate flooding 1
- Forecast: moderate flooding Atlantic 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 · crest 6.1 ft at : moderate flooding
Minor flooding 3
- Forecast: minor flooding Atlantic 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 · crest 5.2 ft at · below flood stage (5 ft) by : minor flooding
- Forecast: minor flooding Pamlico 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 · crest 3 ft at : minor flooding
- Forecast: minor flooding Pamlico 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 · crest 3.2 ft at : 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.
- Observed: action stage Flat Creek (NC) at Flat Creek Rd. 1 SW Montreat, NCObserved 7.81 ft at : action stage
- Forecast: action stage Atlantic Coast at Johnnie Mercers Pier at Wrightsville Beach (MLLW), NCNot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · highest 5.7 ft at : action stage
- Observed: action stage Albemarle Sound at Kitty Hawk (in MLLW), NCObserved 1.38 ft at : action stage
- Forecast: action stage Cape 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 · highest 5.3 ft at : action stage
A gauge measures its water at that one place. Flash flooding, which comes in hours from heavy rain, is in the warnings as Flash Flood Warnings; a river can be in flood with no rain falling.
Gauges observed checked · Data: NOAA/NWS
Gauges forecast checked · Data: NOAA/NWS
Gauge impacts and forecasts checked · Data: NOAA/NWPS
North Carolina flash-flood briefing
Not an official warning service. Warnings and watches are the National Weather Service’s, outlooks and reports the Storm Prediction Center’s and the Weather Prediction Center’s (Data: NOAA/NWS, NOAA/SPC, NOAA/WPC). When a warning is issued for you, act on it, and use weather.gov or a NOAA Weather Radio for where you are.