Flow report
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.
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75
State percent normal
169%
Paddle runs
2
Updated
Jul 16
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July
16
2026
Flow briefing
Streamflow levels across West Virginia are currently 169% of normal, with the Kanawha River At Charleston reporting the highest discharge in the state at 10,500 cfs and a gauge stage of 18.28 ft.
Meanwhile, the New River At Thurmond is seeing a spike today — up 28% 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.
River levels near West Virginia towns
Active weather warnings for West Virginia
# West Virginia Natural Disaster Report
West Virginia residents statewide are advised to take precautions due to a Code Orange Air Quality Alert issued July 15 by the National Weather Service Pittsburgh. Elevated particulate matter from Canadian wildfire smoke is affecting air quality across the entire state, including major population centers like Charleston, Huntington, and Morgantown. Fine particulate concentrations may approach or exceed unhealthy standards through July 17. Sensitive groups—children, elderly individuals, and those with respiratory conditions—should limit outdoor activities. All residents are encouraged to monitor air quality updates via AirNow.gov and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Air Quality Division website for real-time conditions and health recommendations.
West Virginia residents statewide are advised to take precautions due to a Code Orange Air Quality Alert issued July 15 by the National Weather Service Pittsburgh. Elevated particulate matter from Canadian wildfire smoke is affecting air quality across the entire state, including major population centers like Charleston, Huntington, and Morgantown. Fine particulate concentrations may approach or exceed unhealthy standards through July 17. Sensitive groups—children, elderly individuals, and those with respiratory conditions—should limit outdoor activities. All residents are encouraged to monitor air quality updates via AirNow.gov and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Air Quality Division website for real-time conditions and health recommendations.
West Virginia at a glance
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
169%
100% is the historical norm. Below 70% indicates drought; above 130% can flag elevated flood risk.
Highest discharge
Kanawha River At Charleston
10,500 cfs
Gauge stage 18.28 ft
Biggest 24h spike
New River At Thurmond
+28%
Now 10,000 cfs
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USGS gauges feeding 0 named rivers in West Virginia.
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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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Kanawha River At Charleston, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03198000 |
15,700 cfs | 18.81 ft | · | 71°F | 566 ft | Lower Kanawha |
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Kanawha River At Kanawha Falls, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03193000 |
14,300 cfs | 6.28 ft | 79°F | 68°F | 622 ft | Upper Kanawha |
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New River At Thurmond, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03185400 |
9,820 cfs | 7.60 ft | 78°F | 67°F | 1,041 ft | Lower New |
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Potomac River At Shepherdstown, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01618000 |
2,570 cfs | 2.68 ft | · | 74°F | 283 ft | Conococheague-Opequon |
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Gauley River Above Belva, Wv
13 hours ago · USGS 03192000 |
1,180 cfs | 2.67 ft | · | 69°F | 675 ft | Gauley |
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Tug Fork At Kermit, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03214500 |
1,180 cfs | 5.05 ft | · | 66°F | 579 ft | Tug |
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Tygart Valley River At Colfax, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03057000 |
1,170 cfs | 4.96 ft | 78°F | 72°F | 868 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Tygart Valley R At Tygart Dam Nr Grafton, Wv
13 hours ago · USGS 03056000 |
1,110 cfs | 6.16 ft | 71°F | 71°F | 969 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Cheat River At Albright, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03070260 |
1,080 cfs | 11.50 ft | 79°F | 70°F | 1,203 ft | Cheat |
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Greenbrier River At Hilldale, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03184000 |
1,060 cfs | 2.10 ft | · | 66°F | 1,394 ft | Greenbrier |
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Shenandoah River At Millville, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01636500 |
1,030 cfs | 2.05 ft | 61°F | 75°F | 298 ft | Shenandoah |
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Little Kanawha River At Palestine, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03155000 |
848 cfs | 15.08 ft | 81°F | 73°F | 605 ft | Little Kanawha |
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Coal River At Tornado, Wv
13 hours ago · USGS 03200500 |
784 cfs | 10.41 ft | 76°F | 71°F | 579 ft | Coal |
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Tygart Valley River At Philippi, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03054500 |
684 cfs | 4.19 ft | 78°F | 71°F | 1,287 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Greenbrier River At Alderson, Wv
11 hours ago · USGS 03183500 |
637 cfs | 2.89 ft | 78°F | 66°F | 1,534 ft | Greenbrier |
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Guyandotte River At Logan, Wv
13 hours ago · USGS 03203600 |
591 cfs | 5.51 ft | · | 69°F | 646 ft | Upper Guyandotte |
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Elk River At Queen Shoals, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03197000 |
572 cfs | 4.91 ft | · | 71°F | 609 ft | Elk |
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Cheat River Near Parsons, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03069500 |
564 cfs | 3.34 ft | 81°F | 69°F | 1,593 ft | Cheat |
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Bluestone River Near Pipestem, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03179000 |
521 cfs | 4.27 ft | 74°F | 66°F | 1,529 ft | Middle New |
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South Branch Potomac River Near Springfield, Wv
13 hours ago · USGS 01608500 |
515 cfs | 1.93 ft | 83°F | 72°F | 570 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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Gauley River Near Craigsville, Wv
13 hours ago · USGS 03189100 |
391 cfs | 10.91 ft | 75°F | 67°F | 1,881 ft | Gauley |
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North Branch Potomac River At Luke, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01598500 |
372 cfs | 1.86 ft | · | 71°F | 952 ft | North Branch Potomac |
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Meadow River At Nallen, Wv
13 hours ago · USGS 03190000 |
312 cfs | 4.81 ft | · | 67°F | 1,880 ft | Gauley |
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Big Coal River At Ashford, Wv
14 hours ago · USGS 03198500 |
312 cfs | 2.58 ft | · | 70°F | 619 ft | Coal |
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North Branch Potomac River At Barnum, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01595800 |
305 cfs | 3.16 ft | 60°F | 71°F | 1,168 ft | North Branch Potomac |
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Guyandotte River Near Baileysville, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03202400 |
243 cfs | 3.56 ft | · | 67°F | 1,139 ft | Upper Guyandotte |
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So. Branch Potomac River Nr Petersburg, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01606500 |
242 cfs | 4.21 ft | · | 69°F | 970 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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Buckhannon River At Hall, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03053500 |
235 cfs | 4.85 ft | · | 71°F | 1,374 ft | Tygart Valley |
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West Fork River At Enterprise, Wv
13 hours ago · USGS 03061000 |
226 cfs | 1.86 ft | 79°F | 71°F | 872 ft | West Fork |
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Greenbrier River At Buckeye, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03182500 |
214 cfs | 2.47 ft | · | 66°F | 2,089 ft | Greenbrier |
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Tygart Valley River At Belington, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03051000 |
186 cfs | 2.99 ft | · | 70°F | 1,693 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Dry Fork At Hendricks, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03065000 |
182 cfs | 2.02 ft | · | 70°F | 1,706 ft | Cheat |
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Dry Fork At Beartown, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03212980 |
169 cfs | 3.60 ft | · | 67°F | 1,076 ft | Tug |
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Middle Fork River At Audra, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03052000 |
152 cfs | 2.59 ft | · | 70°F | 1,678 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Elk River Below Webster Springs, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03194700 |
140 cfs | 3.77 ft | 81°F | 68°F | 1,019 ft | Elk |
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Shavers Fork Below Bowden, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03068800 |
134 cfs | 4.07 ft | · | 68°F | 2,122 ft | Cheat |
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Tug Fork At Welch, Wv
14 hours ago · USGS 03212750 |
125 cfs | 3.47 ft | · | 67°F | 1,283 ft | Tug |
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So Fk South Branch Potomac R Nr Moorefield, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01608000 |
114 cfs | 3.18 ft | · | 71°F | 864 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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Wheeling Creek At Elm Grove, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03112000 |
114 cfs | 2.47 ft | · | 74°F | 668 ft | Upper Ohio-Wheeling |
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Cacapon River Near Great Cacapon, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01611500 |
112 cfs | 1.59 ft | 87°F | 73°F | 466 ft | Cacapon-Town |
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L Kanawha River Nr Wildcat, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03151400 |
106 cfs | 4.73 ft | · | 71°F | 866 ft | Little Kanawha |
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N F South Br Potomac R At Cabins, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01606000 |
102 cfs | 4.43 ft | · | 70°F | 1,053 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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Three Fork Creek Nr Grafton, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03056250 |
102 cfs | 3.56 ft | · | 71°F | 1,004 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Clear Fork At Clear Fork, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03202750 |
99 cfs | 2.41 ft | · | 67°F | 1,140 ft | Upper Guyandotte |
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Williams River At Dyer, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03186500 |
89 cfs | 1.57 ft | · | 67°F | 2,198 ft | Gauley |
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Middle Island Creek At Little, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03114500 |
85 cfs | 2.56 ft | 85°F | 73°F | 634 ft | Little Muskingum-Middle Island |
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Big Sandy Creek At Rockville, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03070500 |
81 cfs | 4.00 ft | · | 69°F | 1,338 ft | Cheat |
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Opequon Creek Near Martinsburg, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01616500 |
74 cfs | 1.87 ft | · | 74°F | 361 ft | Conococheague-Opequon |
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W.F. River At Butcherville, Wv
13 hours ago · USGS 03058500 |
71 cfs | 1.53 ft | · | 71°F | 996 ft | West Fork |
|
South Branch Potomac River At Franklin, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01605500 |
70 cfs | 1.89 ft | · | 67°F | 1,697 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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Buffalo Creek At Barrackville, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03061500 |
69 cfs | 2.45 ft | · | 71°F | 903 ft | Upper Monongahela |
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Cranberry River Near Richwood, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03187500 |
68 cfs | 2.57 ft | 74°F | 67°F | 2,138 ft | Gauley |
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Buckhannon River At Alton, Wv
13 hours ago · USGS 03052120 |
60 cfs | 5.08 ft | · | 68°F | 1,785 ft | Tygart Valley |
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West Fork R Bl Stonewall Jackson Dam Nr Weston, Wv
13 hours ago · USGS 03058000 |
60 cfs | 8.53 ft | 72°F | 71°F | 1,021 ft | West Fork |
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Greenbrier River At Durbin, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03180500 |
55 cfs | 1.09 ft | 77°F | 63°F | 2,729 ft | Greenbrier |
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Peters Creek Near Lockwood, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03191500 |
53 cfs | 5.60 ft | · | 68°F | 1,073 ft | Gauley |
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So Fk So Br Potomac R At Brandywine, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01607500 |
50 cfs | 1.75 ft | · | 66°F | 1,558 ft | South Branch Potomac |
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Patterson Creek Near Headsville, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01604500 |
41 cfs | 3.29 ft | · | 72°F | 623 ft | North Branch Potomac |
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Tygart Valley River Near Dailey, Wv
13 hours ago · USGS 03050000 |
40 cfs | · | · | 68°F | 1,944 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Piney Creek At Raleigh, Wv
13 hours ago · USGS 03185000 |
38 cfs | 2.05 ft | · | 66°F | 2,104 ft | Lower New |
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Blackwater R At Davis, Wv
13 hours ago · USGS 03066000 |
38 cfs | 1.56 ft | 76°F | 65°F | 3,071 ft | Cheat |
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Deckers Creek At Morgantown, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03062500 |
36 cfs | · | · | 72°F | 806 ft | Upper Monongahela |
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Shavers Fork Nr Cheat Bridge, Wv
13 hours ago · USGS 03067510 |
32 cfs | 4.35 ft | 71°F | 63°F | 3,542 ft | Cheat |
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Pocatalico River At Sissonville, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03201000 |
29 cfs | 2.28 ft | · | 71°F | 613 ft | Lower Kanawha |
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W.Fork Little Kanawha River At Rocksdale, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03154000 |
27 cfs | 5.77 ft | · | 71°F | 673 ft | Little Kanawha |
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Clear Fork At Whitesville, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03198350 |
21 cfs | 12.29 ft | · | 69°F | 842 ft | Coal |
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Kings Creek At Weirton, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03110830 |
21 cfs | 1.33 ft | · | 73°F | 685 ft | Upper Ohio |
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Back Creek Near Jones Springs, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01614000 |
13 cfs | 1.64 ft | · | 74°F | 436 ft | Conococheague-Opequon |
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East Fork Twelvepole Creek Near Dunlow, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03206600 |
9 cfs | 3.73 ft | · | 70°F | 719 ft | Twelvepole |
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Abram Creek At Oakmont, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01595300 |
8 cfs | 2.63 ft | · | 70°F | 1,846 ft | North Branch Potomac |
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Panther Creek Near Panther, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03213500 |
6 cfs | 2.69 ft | · | 68°F | 1,060 ft | Tug |
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Sand Run Near Buckhannon, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03052500 |
3 cfs | 1.63 ft | · | 71°F | 1,540 ft | Tygart Valley |
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Tuscarora Creek Above Martinsburg, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01617000 |
3 cfs | 2.24 ft | · | 74°F | 456 ft | Conococheague-Opequon |
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Hurricane Creek At Hurricane, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 03201405 |
2 cfs | 4.89 ft | · | 71°F | 630 ft | Lower Kanawha |
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Waites Run Near Wardensville, Wv
1 day ago · USGS 01610400 |
2 cfs | 3.34 ft | 77°F | 71°F | 1,258 ft | Cacapon-Town |
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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 |
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Flow report FAQ
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.
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