🌊 Rivers & Flooding

NWS Northwest River Prediction Center gauges - stage, flood category and forecasts · updated 2026-10-02 7 PM ET
StatusNo flooding on any monitored river
Gauges reporting62
Categories37 no flooding · 20 not defined · 4 obs not current · 1 out of service
major moderate minor near stage no flooding no data
Nolichucky · French Broad · Holston · Watauga · Doe · Pigeon · Little Pigeon · Clinch · Powell · Hiwassee · Ocoee · Obed · Cumberland · Stones · Harpeth · Duck · Elk · Buffalo and more - 62 gauges across Tennessee. Click a dot for stage vs flood level + the official hydrograph link.

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🗺️ Flooding forecast maps - NWM streamflow + WPC rain

Toggle the two National Water Model overlays on the map above: Rivers right now (current flow vs normal, percentile classes) and the 5-day high-flow outlook (peak flow next 5 days as annual exceedance probability - 2% is a 50-year-class peak). Colors paint whole river networks, so empty rivers are normal outside flood events. Updated Fri Oct 02, 07:01 PM ET. For the rain driving it, the WPC QPF days 1-5 charts are on the National page, and gauges below give the ground truth.