McDowell Creek near HUNTERSVILLE

The past week

What floods at each level

• 20 ft

  GILEAD ROAD WILL BEGIN TO FLOOD

• 16 ft

  HOMES NEAR GILEAD ST ARE FLOODED

• 15 ft

  PARTS OF GILEAD AND MCLLWAINE ROADS WILL BE FLOODED.

• 14 ft

  SOME HOMES DOWNSTREAM OF GILEAD ROAD WILL HAVE WATER IN THEIR BASEMENTS.

• 12 ft

  WATER WILL COVER YARDS OF HOMES ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CREEK NORTH AND SOUTH OF GILEAD ROAD.

• 10.55 ft

  NO FLOOD PROBLEMS.

• 6.5 ft

  GAGE HEIGHT RISE CAUSED BY BACKWATER AFFECTS FROM RELEASES FROM COWANS FORD RESERVOIR ON CATAWBA RIVER. CWAN7 HP WAS 102 FT.

• 2.25 ft

  2.25 IN 6 HOUR CAUSED A 9 FT RISE IN CREEK.

• 1.25 ft

  1.25 INCH IN 1.5 HOURS WILL CAUSE CREEK TO RISE 4.5 FEET.

• 1.1 ft

  1.1 IN 1 HR WILL CAUSE A 4 FT RISE.

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