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French Broad Riverat Blantyre, NC (Gauge BLAN7)
Forecast | Observation History | Stage Impacts/Record Events
Stages:
Normal
Action
Flood
Moderate Flood
Major Flood
River Stage Data for Gauge BLAN7
Normal Stage: 7.13 ft
Flow: 0.804 kcfs*
(impacts and historical events)
Action Stages:
15': Action
16': Flood
19': Moderate Flood
23': Major Flood
Gauge BLAN7 Forecast / History chart | graph
Stage Date CST Stage ft Flow kcfs
FORECAST 02/21/2012 07:00 am 6.70 0.706
FORECAST 02/21/2012 01:00 am 6.70 0.706
FORECAST 02/20/2012 07:00 pm 6.70 0.706
FORECAST 02/20/2012 01:00 pm 6.70 0.706
FORECAST 02/20/2012 07:00 am 6.80 0.729
FORECAST 02/20/2012 01:00 am 6.80 0.729
FORECAST 02/19/2012 07:00 pm 6.80 0.729
FORECAST 02/19/2012 01:00 pm 6.80 0.729
FORECAST 02/19/2012 07:00 am 6.80 0.729
FORECAST 02/19/2012 01:00 am 6.90 0.753
FORECAST 02/18/2012 07:00 pm 6.90 0.753
FORECAST 02/18/2012 01:00 pm 6.90 0.753
FORECAST 02/18/2012 07:00 am 7.00 0.777
FORECAST 02/18/2012 01:00 am 7.00 0.777
FORECAST 02/17/2012 07:00 pm 7.20 0.819
FORECAST 02/17/2012 01:00 pm 7.40 0.863
FORECAST 02/17/2012 07:00 am 7.80 0.953
FORECAST 02/17/2012 01:00 am 8.10 1.020
FORECAST 02/16/2012 07:00 pm 7.80 0.953
CURRENT 02/16/2012 01:30 pm 7.13 0.804
  02/16/2012 01:15 pm 7.13 0.804
  02/16/2012 01:00 pm 7.13 0.804
  02/16/2012 12:45 pm 7.12 0.802
  02/16/2012 12:30 pm 7.12 0.802
  02/16/2012 12:15 pm 7.12 0.802
  02/16/2012 12:00 pm 7.12 0.802
  02/16/2012 11:45 am 7.12 0.802
  02/16/2012 11:30 am 7.11 0.800
  02/16/2012 11:15 am 7.11 0.800
  02/16/2012 11:00 am 7.11 0.800
  02/16/2012 10:45 am 7.11 0.800
  02/16/2012 10:30 am 7.11 0.800
  02/16/2012 10:15 am 7.11 0.800
  02/16/2012 10:00 am 7.11 0.800
  02/16/2012 09:45 am 7.11 0.800
  02/16/2012 09:30 am 7.11 0.800
  02/16/2012 09:15 am 7.11 0.800
  02/16/2012 09:00 am 7.10 0.798
  02/16/2012 08:45 am 7.11 0.800
  02/16/2012 08:30 am 7.10 0.798
  02/16/2012 08:15 am 7.11 0.800
  02/16/2012 08:00 am 7.11 0.800
  02/16/2012 07:45 am 7.11 0.800
  02/16/2012 07:30 am 7.11 0.800
  02/16/2012 07:15 am 7.11 0.800
  02/16/2012 07:00 am 7.11 0.800
  02/16/2012 06:45 am 7.11 0.800
  02/16/2012 06:30 am 7.11 0.800
  02/16/2012 06:15 am 7.11 0.800
  02/16/2012 06:00 am 7.11 0.800
Flood Impacts and Historical Events
Stage Impacts
27.1RECORD FLOODING WITH HOMES DAMAGED CAUSING SOME EVACUATIONS.
25.5NEAR RECORD FLOODING WILL OCCUR. FLOODING AT THIS LEVEL WILL BE SIMILAR TO FLOODING THAT OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 9 ... 2004.
23.0MAJOR FLOODING OF SECONDARY ROADS AND PARTS OF HIGHWAY 64 WILL CONTINUE WITH 2 FEET OF WATER ON MOST ROADWAYS.
21.0MODERATE FLOODING OF ROADS IN THE LOCAL AREA SUCH AS GROVE BRIDGE...PLEASANT GROVE AND WILLOW ROADS WILL CONTINUE. FLOODING AT THIS LEVEL WILL BE SIMILAR TO FLOODING THAT OCCURRED ON SEPTEMBER 22 2009.
20.0MODERATE FLOODING ON PARTS OF HIGHWAY 64 UP AND DOWN STREAM OF THE GAGE SITE WILL BE LIKELY. A FEW BUILDINGS BETWEEN THE RIVER AND HIGHWAY 64 WILL ALSO BE FLOODED.
19.0MODERATE FLOODING STARTS. FLOODING AT THIS LEVEL WILL BE SIMILAR TO FLOODING THAT OCCURRED ON JANUARY TWENTY SIXTH 2010.
18.0MINOR FLOODING OF MOST OF THE SECONDARY ROADS ALONG THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER WILL BE OCCUR. RIVER ROAD WILL HAVE ABOUT A FOOT OF WATER ON IT.
17.5MINOR FLOODING....ADDTIONAL ROADS SUCH AS WILLIAMS ROAD AND POPULAR LANE WILL BE FLOODED.
17.0MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES...ADDITIONAL PARTS OF GROVE BRIDGE AND PLEASANT GROVE ROADS WILL FLOOD. BUILDINGS BETWEEN THE FRENCH BROAD RIVER AND HIGHWAY 64 WILL BEGIN TO SEE WATER APPROACH THEM.
16.0FLOOD STAGE IS REACHED...FARMFIELDS IN LOW LYING AREAS AND A LOCAL TREE FARM AND GREENHOUSE NEAR GROVE BRIDGE ROAD WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD. PARTS OF PLEASANT GROVE ROAD WILL BE COVERED WITH 6 INCHS OF WATER.
15.8MINOR FLOODING BEGINS...THE RIVER WILL COME UP TO...BUT NOT COVER PLEASANT GROVE ROAD BETWEEN TALLY RD AND CREEKS EDGE DRIVE.
14.5THE RIVER WILL OVERFLOW THE BANKS DOWNSTREAM OF THE GAGE SITE AND WILL APPROACH PARTS OF BIG WILLOW AND RIVER ROADS NEAR ETOWAH.
12.0BANKFULL STAGE IS REACHED UPSTREAM OF THE GAGE SITE ON GROVE ROAD.
Historical Crests Record Lows
1) 27.10 ft on 07/16/1916
2) 25.81 ft on 09/09/2004
3) 25.50 ft on 10/04/1964
4) 23.81 ft on 08/18/1994
5) 22.90 ft on 08/16/1928
1) 1.77 ft on 09/18/1924
2) 1.83 ft on 09/02/1925
3) 2.36 ft on 10/11/1954
4) 3.60 ft on 09/13/2002

Data provided by NOAA Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service

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