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Minor flooding

Kwigillingok Tidal Gage, AK

Gauge
Tide gauge (coastal water level) · KWGA2 · NWS AFC
Observed
Not flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.
Forecast
Forecast issued · crest 1.49 ft at · below flood stage (0.6 ft) by : minor flooding
Stages
Flood (minor) 0.6 ft · Moderate 1.6 ft · Major 3.4 ft
Forecasts
Forecasts are issued routinely year-round.

Forecast hydrograph

Forecast stage at Kwigillingok Tidal Gage, in ftNWS forecast for Kwigillingok Tidal Gage, issued 16 Oct 23:15Z: a crest of 1.49 ft at 18 Oct 14:00Z. Flood stage is 0.6 ft; the forecast falls below it by 18 Oct 16:00Z. No recent observation at action stage or above is held.-15-10-50517 Oct 00Z18 Oct 00Z19 Oct 00Z20 Oct 00Z21 Oct 00ZFlood (minor) 0.6 ftModerate 1.6 ftNowUTCft
NWS forecast, issued : the line is the forecast stage, each dot one of NWS’s points; the ringed dot is the latest observation, when one at action stage or above is held. Earlier observations are not held here, so no observed line is drawn. Higher stages not drawn: major 3.4 ft. Minor flooding at its worst, observed or forecast. Data: NOAA/NWPS.
The forecast points as a table
NWS forecast stage at Kwigillingok Tidal Gage
TimeStage
-7.74 ft
-7.53 ft
-7.87 ft
-8.48 ft
-9.16 ft
-9.78 ft
-10.24 ft
-10.39 ft
-9.87 ft
-8.21 ft
-5.95 ft
-3.23 ft
-1.42 ft
-0.44 ft
-0.47 ft
-1.37 ft
-2.75 ft
-4.34 ft
-5.95 ft
-7.41 ft
-8.37 ft
-8.45 ft
-7.57 ft
-6.24 ft
-5.17 ft
-4.44 ft
-4.4 ft
-4.84 ft
-5.42 ft
-6.1 ft
-6.58 ft
-6.96 ft
-6.89 ft
-6.08 ft
-4.46 ft
-2.31 ft
-0.33 ft
0.92 ft
1.49 ft
1.01 ft
0.08 ft
-1.25 ft
-2.7 ft
-4.2 ft
-5.51 ft
-6.41 ft
-6.14 ft
-5.05 ft
-3.91 ft
-3.11 ft
-2.79 ft
-2.99 ft
-3.45 ft
-4.07 ft
-4.73 ft
-5.16 ft
-5.27 ft
-5.16 ft
-4.47 ft
-2.94 ft
-1.03 ft
0.51 ft
1.37 ft
1.35 ft
0.52 ft
-0.74 ft
-2.33 ft
-3.87 ft
-5.4 ft
-6.68 ft
-7.33 ft
-7.02 ft
-5.9 ft
-4.77 ft
-4.07 ft
-3.73 ft
-4.07 ft
-4.7 ft
-5.43 ft
-6.15 ft
-6.61 ft
-6.9 ft
-6.7 ft
-5.82 ft
-4.27 ft
-2.58 ft
-1.33 ft
-0.8 ft
-1.12 ft
-2.19 ft
-3.75 ft
-5.37 ft
-6.96 ft
-8.49 ft
-9.64 ft
-10.12 ft
-9.66 ft

What NWS lists at this gauge

NWS lists no impacts for this gauge.

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. Read .

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Minor flooding 1

  1. Forecast: minor flooding Kwigillingok Tidal Gage, AKNot flooding now: observed below action stage (where officials start to act), or not reporting. Listed for its forecast.Forecast issued · crest 1.49 ft at · below flood stage (0.6 ft) by : minor flooding
Action stage, not flooding 1

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

  1. Observed: action stage Antler River at Auke Bay, AKObserved 32.53 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.

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