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White Rivernear Newport, AR (Gauge NPTA4)
Forecast | Observation History | Stage Impacts/Record Events
Stages:
Normal
Action
Flood
Moderate Flood
Major Flood
River Stage Data for Gauge NPTA4
Normal Stage: 14.14 ft
Flow: 29.1 kcfs*
(impacts and historical events)
Action Stages:
21.5': Action
26': Flood
28': Moderate Flood
30': Major Flood
Gauge NPTA4 Forecast / History chart | graph
Stage Date CST Stage ft Flow kcfs
FORECAST 02/20/2012 06:00 am 12.60 25.400
FORECAST 02/20/2012 12:00 am 12.40 25.000
FORECAST 02/19/2012 06:00 pm 12.20 24.500
FORECAST 02/19/2012 12:00 pm 12.50 25.200
FORECAST 02/19/2012 06:00 am 12.80 25.900
FORECAST 02/19/2012 12:00 am 12.60 25.400
FORECAST 02/18/2012 06:00 pm 12.40 25.000
FORECAST 02/18/2012 12:00 pm 12.70 25.700
FORECAST 02/18/2012 06:00 am 13.00 26.400
FORECAST 02/18/2012 12:00 am 12.90 26.200
FORECAST 02/17/2012 06:00 pm 13.10 26.600
FORECAST 02/17/2012 12:00 pm 13.20 26.900
FORECAST 02/17/2012 06:00 am 13.30 27.100
FORECAST 02/17/2012 12:00 am 13.50 27.600
FORECAST 02/16/2012 06:00 pm 13.70 28.100
FORECAST 02/16/2012 12:00 pm 14.00 28.800
CURRENT 02/16/2012 05:45 am 14.14 29.100
  02/16/2012 05:30 am 14.16 29.200
  02/16/2012 05:15 am 14.18 29.200
  02/16/2012 05:00 am 14.18 29.200
  02/16/2012 04:45 am 14.20 29.300
  02/16/2012 04:30 am 14.20 29.300
  02/16/2012 04:15 am 14.21 29.300
  02/16/2012 04:00 am 14.22 29.300
  02/16/2012 03:45 am 14.24 29.400
  02/16/2012 03:30 am 14.25 29.400
  02/16/2012 03:15 am 14.22 29.300
  02/16/2012 03:00 am 14.22 29.300
  02/16/2012 02:45 am 14.25 29.400
  02/16/2012 02:30 am 14.26 29.400
  02/16/2012 02:15 am 14.25 29.400
  02/16/2012 02:00 am 14.24 29.400
  02/16/2012 01:45 am 14.27 29.500
  02/16/2012 01:30 am 14.28 29.500
  02/16/2012 01:15 am 14.27 29.500
  02/16/2012 01:00 am 14.29 29.500
  02/16/2012 12:45 am 14.31 29.600
  02/16/2012 12:30 am 14.30 29.500
  02/16/2012 12:15 am 14.31 29.600
  02/16/2012 12:00 am 14.33 29.600
  02/15/2012 11:45 pm 14.34 29.600
  02/15/2012 11:30 pm 14.31 29.600
  02/15/2012 11:15 pm 14.33 29.600
  02/15/2012 11:00 pm 14.35 29.700
  02/15/2012 10:45 pm 14.36 29.700
  02/15/2012 10:30 pm 14.37 29.700
  02/15/2012 10:15 pm 14.37 29.700
Flood Impacts and Historical Events
Stage Impacts
36.0THE 1 PERCENT CHANCE FLOOD EVENT WAS DETERMINED TO BE 36.6 FEET AT NEWPORT. STAGE OF 35.9 FEET EXPERIENCED APRIL 1945...PRIOR TO THE COMPLETION OF FLOOD CONTROL RESERVOIRS UPSTREAM.
34.0WHITE RIVER CRESTED IN DECEMBER 1982 AND MARCH 2008 AT 34 FEET. RAILROAD BRIDGE DOWNSTREAM OF NEWPORT OVERTOPPED. SERIOUS FLOODING IN JACKSONPORT AND NEWPORT. HOMES ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 14 ARE FLOODED. VILLAGE CREEK BACKING INTO PORTIONS OF NEWPORT. THESE CREST ARE THE HIGHEST SINCE COMPLETION OF BULL SHOALS DAM IN 1951. STATE HIGHWAYS 14...37...69...122...367...AND 384 ALL AFFECTED.
31.0PATROLLING OF NEWPORT...JACKSONPORT...AND VILLAGE CREEK LEVEES BEGINS. HOMES AND BUSINESSES INSIDE LEVEE AT NEWPORT FLOODED. STATE HIGHWAYS 14...37...69...367...AND 384 MAY ALL BE IMPACTED BY FLOODING WITH THE LOWER LYING HIGHWAYS CLOSED.
30.0SERIOUS FLOOD PROBLEMS IN JACKSON AND INDEPENDENCE COUNTIES. FLOODING EXTENDS ACROSS ENTIRE WHITE RIVER VALLEY DOWNSTREAM OF NEWPORT. STATE HIGHWAYS 14...37...69...AND 384 IN THE VICINITY OF NEWPORT MAY ALL BE AFFECTED BY FLOODING. VILLAGE CREEK MAY BE BACKING INTO PORTIONS OF NEWPORT.
28.0BATEMAN LEVEE MAY BE THREATENED WITH OVERTOPPING. STATE HIGHWAY 14 EAST OF NEWPORT AT VILLAGE CREEK COULD BE FLOODED BY BACKWATER. STATE HIGHWAY 14 WEST OF NEWPORT IS FLOODED. STATE HIGHWAY 69 IN INDEPENDENCE COUNTY MAY BE FLOODED. FLOODING UP VILLAGE CREEK EXTENDS TO EASTERN PORTIONS OF NEWPORT. EXTENSIVE FLOODING OF CROPLAND IN JACKSON AND INDEPENDENCE COUNTY ALONG THE WHITE AND LOWER BLACK RIVERS. RIVER CRESTED SLIGHTLY ABOVE 28 FEET IN DECEMBER 2001 AND MARCH 2002.
27.0STATE HIGHWAY 14 BETWEEN NEWPORT AND OIL TROUGH AND STATE HIGHWAY 122 TO NEWARK AFFECTED. POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL FLOODING ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 14 IN INDEPENDENCE COUNTY. BATEMAN LEVEE PATROLLING BEGINS.
26.0MANY THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF CROPLAND ARE INUNDATED. WATER IS NEAR STATE HIGHWAY 14. MANY PRIVATE LEVEES ARE OVERTOPPED ALLOWING THE RIVER TO FLOOD CROPLAND. WATER IN PORTIONS OF JACKSONPORT STATE PARK THAT ARE ON RIVER SIDE OF LEVEE.
21.0CORPS REGULATION STAGE DURING THE WINTER MONTHS FOR BULL SHOALS AND NORFORK RESERVOIR RELEASES.
Historical Crests Record Lows
1) 35.90 ft on 04/17/1945
2) 35.60 ft on 04/17/1927
3) 34.68 ft on 05/14/1943
4) 34.30 ft on 02/01/1916
5) 34.00 ft on 12/05/1982
6) 33.90 ft on 08/24/1915
7) 33.87 ft on 03/21/2008
8) 33.70 ft on 03/14/1935
9) 33.50 ft on 01/28/1949
10) 33.40 ft on 02/20/1938
Low water records are unavailable.

Data provided by NOAA Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service

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