FloodWatch
Live river gauge levels and flood monitoring from national water services.
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GDACS + NOAA NCEI + USGS Water Services
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All observations →- 1Neches Rv at Beaumont, TX (1.30 ft)Low · 1.3 ft (gauge height)
- 3S Llano Rv at Flat Rock Ln at Junction, TX (3.23 ft)Low · 3.23 ft (gauge height)
- 10N Llano Rv nr Junction, TX (9.50 ft)Normal · 9.5 ft (gauge height)
- 3San Saba Rv at Menard, TX (3.02 ft)Low · 3.02 ft (gauge height)
- 2Concho Rv at San Angelo, TX (2.31 ft)Low · 2.31 ft (gauge height)
- 3N Concho Rv nr Grape Creek, TX (2.75 ft)Low · 2.75 ft (gauge height)
- 2S Concho Rv at Christoval, TX (1.91 ft)Low · 1.91 ft (gauge height)
- 2Lampasas Rv nr Belton, TX (1.63 ft)Low · 1.63 ft (gauge height)
- 96Spring Branch at SH 242 nr Splendora, TX (96.23 ft)Flood · 96.23 ft (gauge height)
- 15Willow Marsh Bayou at US 90 nr Beaumont, TX (14.75 ft)Normal · 14.75 ft (gauge height)
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Learn the basics
A flood is water covering land that is normally dry — from a river overtopping its banks, intense rain overwhelming drainage, snowmelt, or storm surge at the coast. FloodWatch focuses on river and stream gauges: instruments that measure how high and how fast the water is at thousands of points along waterways.
Each gauge reports a stage (water height) that FloodWatch compares against official flood thresholds — action, minor, moderate and major — to show, at a glance, which rivers are rising into dangerous territory and which are running normally.
How river gauges measure a floodStage vs. discharge, the action/minor/moderate/major thresholds, and why a small stream can be deadlier than a big river.The main types of floodingFlash floods, river (riverine) floods, urban floods and coastal surge — different speeds, causes and dangers.Why “turn around, don’t drown” worksThe physics of moving water, the danger of flooded roads, and how to act on a flood warning.