West Virginia streamflow
Live discharge, gauge height, water temperature, and percent-of-normal readings from every USGS streamgauge in West Virginia. Built for paddlers, anglers, water managers, and flood researchers.
Streamflow levels across West Virginia are currently 24% of normal, with the Kanawha River At Charleston reporting the highest discharge in the state at 2,920 cfs and a gauge stage of 17.98 ft.
Meanwhile, the Back Creek Near Jones Springs is seeing a spike today — up 1584% since yesterday and currently running near peak.
Tap any gauge below for the full hydrograph, paired weather forecast, and historical context. Use the rivers panel to jump into West Virginia's named rivers.
State-wide streamflow overview
The West Virginia flow picture in four data points -- where the state sits versus historical norms, what's flowing hardest, and what's spiking fastest.
Percent of normal
100% is the historical norm. Below 70% indicates drought; above 130% can flag elevated flood risk.
Highest discharge
Gauge stage 17.98 ft
Biggest 24h spike
Now 325 cfs
Network coverage
USGS gauges feeding 22 named rivers in West Virginia.
West Virginia USGS streamgauges
Every USGS gauge Snoflo tracks in West Virginia. Sortable, quickly filterable. Numeric columns heat-mapped from light to deep. Tap any gauge for its full hydrograph and forecast.
| Streamgage | Streamflow | Gage height | Water temp | Air temp | Elevation | Watershed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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So Fk So Br Potomac R At Brandywine, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 01607500 |
21 cfs | 1.50 ft | · | 60°F | 1,558 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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South Branch Potomac River At Franklin, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 01605500 |
124 cfs | 2.16 ft | · | 61°F | 1,697 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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N F South Br Potomac R At Cabins, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 01606000 |
409 cfs | 5.24 ft | · | 57°F | 1,053 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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So. Branch Potomac River Nr Petersburg, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 01606500 |
526 cfs | 4.65 ft | · | 61°F | 970 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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So Fk South Branch Potomac R Nr Moorefield, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 01608000 |
112 cfs | 3.10 ft | · | 60°F | 864 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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So. Branch Pot. Riv. Nr. Moorefield, Wv
23 years ago · USGS 01608070 |
433 cfs | 8.34 ft | · | 43°F | 774 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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South Branch Potomac River Near Springfield, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 01608500 |
484 cfs | 1.87 ft | 69°F | 57°F | 570 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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Abram Creek At Oakmont, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 01595300 |
54 cfs | 3.21 ft | · | 55°F | 1,846 ft | North Branch Potomac |
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Patterson Creek Near Headsville, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 01604500 |
54 cfs | 3.36 ft | · | 58°F | 623 ft | North Branch Potomac |
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North Branch Potomac River At Barnum, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 01595800 |
252 cfs | 3.03 ft | 54°F | 57°F | 1,168 ft | North Branch Potomac |
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North Branch Potomac River At Luke, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 01598500 |
328 cfs | 1.76 ft | · | 59°F | 952 ft | North Branch Potomac |
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Waites Run Near Wardensville, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 01610400 |
26 cfs | 3.97 ft | 56°F | 56°F | 1,258 ft | Cacapon-Town |
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Cacapon River Near Great Cacapon, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 01611500 |
335 cfs | 2.20 ft | 69°F | 59°F | 466 ft | Cacapon-Town |
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Opequon Creek Near Martinsburg, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 01616500 |
408 cfs | 3.50 ft | · | 60°F | 361 ft | Conococheague-Opequon |
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Potomac River At Shepherdstown, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 01618000 |
2,200 cfs | 2.50 ft | · | 61°F | 283 ft | Conococheague-Opequon |
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Tuscarora Creek Above Martinsburg, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 01617000 |
7 cfs | 2.40 ft | · | 60°F | 456 ft | Conococheague-Opequon |
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Back Creek Near Jones Springs, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 01614000 |
325 cfs | 2.92 ft | · | 59°F | 436 ft | Conococheague-Opequon |
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Shenandoah River At Millville, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 01636500 |
849 cfs | 1.84 ft | 61°F | 61°F | 298 ft | Shenandoah |
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Tygart Valley River Near Dailey, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03050000 |
164 cfs | 1.76 ft | · | 62°F | 1,944 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Buckhannon River At Alton, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03052120 |
91 cfs | 5.30 ft | · | 64°F | 1,785 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Sand Run Near Buckhannon, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03052500 |
8 cfs | 1.78 ft | · | 63°F | 1,540 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Tygart Valley River At Belington, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03051000 |
246 cfs | 3.14 ft | · | 61°F | 1,693 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Middle Fork River At Audra, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03052000 |
82 cfs | 2.28 ft | · | 62°F | 1,678 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Buckhannon River At Hall, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03053500 |
171 cfs | 4.71 ft | · | 62°F | 1,374 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Tygart Valley River At Philippi, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03054500 |
453 cfs | 3.96 ft | 67°F | 62°F | 1,287 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Tygart Valley R At Tygart Dam Nr Grafton, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03056000 |
787 cfs | 5.79 ft | 58°F | 62°F | 969 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Three Fork Creek Nr Grafton, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03056250 |
156 cfs | 3.92 ft | · | 62°F | 1,004 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Tygart Valley River At Colfax, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03057000 |
847 cfs | 4.53 ft | 61°F | 62°F | 868 ft | Tygart Valley |
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West Fork R Bl Stonewall Jackson Dam Nr Weston, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03058000 |
31 cfs | 8.40 ft | 60°F | 66°F | 1,021 ft | West Fork |
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W.F. River At Butcherville, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03058500 |
79 cfs | 1.60 ft | · | 65°F | 996 ft | West Fork |
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West Fork River Near Mount Clare, Wv
9 years ago · USGS 03058975 |
271 cfs | 3.24 ft | · | 48°F | 936 ft | West Fork |
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West Fork River At Enterprise, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03061000 |
368 cfs | 2.31 ft | 67°F | 62°F | 872 ft | West Fork |
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Buffalo Creek At Barrackville, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03061500 |
140 cfs | 2.76 ft | · | 62°F | 903 ft | Upper Monongahela |
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Deckers Creek At Morgantown, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03062500 |
85 cfs | · | · | 62°F | 806 ft | Upper Monongahela |
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Shavers Fork Nr Cheat Bridge, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03067510 |
461 cfs | 6.39 ft | 55°F | 54°F | 3,542 ft | Cheat |
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Shavers Fork Below Bowden, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03068800 |
280 cfs | 4.59 ft | · | 58°F | 2,122 ft | Cheat |
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Dry Fork At Hendricks, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03065000 |
824 cfs | 2.92 ft | · | 59°F | 1,706 ft | Cheat |
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Cheat River Near Parsons, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03069500 |
1,560 cfs | 4.61 ft | 62°F | 61°F | 1,593 ft | Cheat |
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Blackwater R At Davis, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03066000 |
226 cfs | 2.69 ft | 58°F | 52°F | 3,071 ft | Cheat |
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Blackwater R Nr Davis, Wv
7 years ago · USGS 03065400 |
132 cfs | 1.81 ft | · | 31°F | 3,138 ft | Cheat |
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Cheat River At Albright, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03070260 |
860 cfs | 11.20 ft | 67°F | 58°F | 1,203 ft | Cheat |
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Big Sandy Creek At Rockville, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03070500 |
289 cfs | 5.08 ft | · | 58°F | 1,338 ft | Cheat |
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Kings Creek At Weirton, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03110830 |
16 cfs | 1.28 ft | · | 65°F | 685 ft | Upper Ohio |
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Wheeling Creek At Elm Grove, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03112000 |
121 cfs | 2.53 ft | · | 64°F | 668 ft | Upper Ohio-Wheeling |
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Middle Island Creek At Little, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03114500 |
626 cfs | 3.77 ft | 64°F | 64°F | 634 ft | Little Muskingum-Middle Island |
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L Kanawha River Nr Wildcat, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03151400 |
39 cfs | 4.29 ft | · | 67°F | 866 ft | Little Kanawha |
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W.Fork Little Kanawha River At Rocksdale, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03154000 |
16 cfs | 5.65 ft | · | 67°F | 673 ft | Little Kanawha |
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Little Kanawha River At Palestine, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03155000 |
165 cfs | 14.02 ft | 72°F | 67°F | 605 ft | Little Kanawha |
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Bluestone River Near Pipestem, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03179000 |
89 cfs | 2.52 ft | 69°F | 66°F | 1,529 ft | Middle New |
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Greenbrier River At Hilldale, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03184000 |
432 cfs | 1.31 ft | · | 65°F | 1,394 ft | Greenbrier |
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Greenbrier River At Alderson, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03183500 |
550 cfs | 2.80 ft | 73°F | 66°F | 1,534 ft | Greenbrier |
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Greenbrier River At Buckeye, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03182500 |
547 cfs | 3.06 ft | · | 59°F | 2,089 ft | Greenbrier |
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Greenbrier River At Durbin, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03180500 |
568 cfs | 2.53 ft | 56°F | 58°F | 2,729 ft | Greenbrier |
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Piney Creek At Raleigh, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03185000 |
26 cfs | 2.03 ft | · | 63°F | 2,104 ft | Lower New |
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New River At Thurmond, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03185400 |
2,140 cfs | 3.07 ft | 75°F | 65°F | 1,041 ft | Lower New |
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Meadow River At Nallen, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03190000 |
94 cfs | 3.69 ft | · | 63°F | 1,880 ft | Gauley |
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Gauley River Above Belva, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03192000 |
391 cfs | 1.63 ft | · | 68°F | 675 ft | Gauley |
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Peters Creek Near Lockwood, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03191500 |
38 cfs | 5.44 ft | · | 67°F | 1,073 ft | Gauley |
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Gauley River Near Craigsville, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03189100 |
246 cfs | 10.60 ft | 67°F | 63°F | 1,881 ft | Gauley |
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Cranberry River Near Richwood, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03187500 |
288 cfs | 3.56 ft | 62°F | 60°F | 2,138 ft | Gauley |
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Williams River At Dyer, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03186500 |
557 cfs | 3.03 ft | · | 61°F | 2,198 ft | Gauley |
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Kanawha River At Kanawha Falls, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03193000 |
2,700 cfs | 2.70 ft | 72°F | 66°F | 622 ft | Upper Kanawha |
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Elk River At Clay, Wv
8 years ago · USGS 03196800 |
11,200 cfs | 5.90 ft | · | 48°F | 679 ft | Elk |
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Elk River At Queen Shoals, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03197000 |
419 cfs | 4.60 ft | · | 68°F | 609 ft | Elk |
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Birch River At Herold, Wv
11 years ago · USGS 03196500 |
11 cfs | 5.09 ft | · | 48°F | 936 ft | Elk |
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Elk River Below Webster Springs, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03194700 |
183 cfs | 3.94 ft | 68°F | 64°F | 1,019 ft | Elk |
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Kanawha River At Charleston, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03198000 |
2,920 cfs | 17.98 ft | · | 69°F | 566 ft | Lower Kanawha |
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Hurricane Creek At Hurricane, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03201405 |
14 cfs | 5.23 ft | · | 69°F | 630 ft | Lower Kanawha |
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Pocatalico River At Sissonville, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03201000 |
14 cfs | 2.08 ft | · | 68°F | 613 ft | Lower Kanawha |
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Clear Fork At Whitesville, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03198350 |
24 cfs | 12.29 ft | · | 70°F | 842 ft | Coal |
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Big Coal River At Ashford, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03198500 |
136 cfs | 1.93 ft | · | 70°F | 619 ft | Coal |
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Coal River At Tornado, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03200500 |
250 cfs | 9.59 ft | 70°F | 70°F | 579 ft | Coal |
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Guyandotte River Near Baileysville, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03202400 |
149 cfs | 3.25 ft | · | 69°F | 1,139 ft | Upper Guyandotte |
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Clear Fork At Clear Fork, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03202750 |
27 cfs | 1.93 ft | · | 71°F | 1,140 ft | Upper Guyandotte |
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Guyandotte River At Man, Wv
7 years ago · USGS 03203000 |
968 cfs | 6.12 ft | · | 49°F | 721 ft | Upper Guyandotte |
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Guyandotte River At Logan, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03203600 |
253 cfs | 4.94 ft | · | 71°F | 646 ft | Upper Guyandotte |
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Dry Fork At Beartown, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03212980 |
76 cfs | 3.00 ft | · | 73°F | 1,076 ft | Tug |
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Tug Fork At Welch, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03212750 |
118 cfs | 3.42 ft | · | 70°F | 1,283 ft | Tug |
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Panther Creek Near Panther, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03213500 |
5 cfs | 2.52 ft | · | 73°F | 1,060 ft | Tug |
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Tug Fork At Kermit, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03214500 |
341 cfs | 2.63 ft | · | 73°F | 579 ft | Tug |
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East Fork Twelvepole Creek Near Dunlow, Wv
7 days ago · USGS 03206600 |
4 cfs | 3.55 ft | · | 70°F | 719 ft | Twelvepole |
West Virginia river runs
Paddleable river sections in West Virginia keyed to USGS gauges, with live streamflow and whitewater class.
| River run | Status | Streamflow | Air temp | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluestone Dam To Sandstone | · | · | 60°F | III- TO IV- |
| Upper Gauley - Summersville Dam To Mason Branch | · | · | 51°F | IV TO V |
Explore West Virginia's named rivers
Rivers across West Virginia with USGS gauge coverage. Tap any one to see every gauge that reports on it -- great for paddlers, anglers, and watershed researchers narrowing in on a specific drainage.
About West Virginia streamflow
Where does the West Virginia streamflow data come from?
The U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System. USGS streamgauges report continuously (every 15 minutes) and the data is the canonical real-time record for U.S. rivers. Snoflo pulls the latest readings and joins them to a 7-day NOAA weather forecast for each station.
What is cfs?
Cubic feet per second — the standard unit for streamflow. One cfs is about 7.5 gallons per second. Small creeks run at single-digit cfs; the Mississippi at hundreds of thousands.
What does Gauge Height mean?
The water level at the gauge in feet above the reference datum. Used together with discharge to track river state. Flood stage and runnable levels are typically expressed in gauge height (e.g., "flood at 16 ft").
How fresh is the West Virginia data?
USGS streamgauges report every 15 minutes; Snoflo re-pulls throughout the day. The AI briefing regenerates daily.
Can I get a flow alert for a West Virginia gauge?
Yes. Save any USGS gauge as a favorite in the Snoflo iOS app, set a discharge or stage threshold (e.g. "alert me when discharge crosses 2,000 cfs"), and you'll get a push the moment it crosses.
Is this a substitute for an NWS flood warning?
No. Snoflo is informational. For flood life-safety decisions always follow guidance from your local NWS forecast office and state emergency management. Snoflo data is one input among several.