Rivers in Tennessee

Wolf River at Raleigh

Shelby County, TennesseeNWS RLGT1Memphis office

Below flood stage
-2.93ftStage

Observed Tue, Sep 22, 12:15 AM CDT

Flood stage
7.00 ft
Record crest
23.72 ft1935

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Flood stages and impacts

CategoryStage
Major flood15.00 ft
Moderate flood12.00 ft
Minor flood7.00 ft
Action5.00 ft
  1. 19.00 ftDuring Mississippi River floods, storage business east of Highland Road and south of James Road is beginning to flood.
  2. 18.00 ftDuring Mississippi River floods, houses on the northwest end of Kruger Road are flooding. Property west of Hood Street is being flooded.
  3. 17.00 ftDuring Mississippi River floods, Heard Avenue is flooded just west of North Holmes Street. Ball fields in John F. Kennedy Park are flooding.
  4. 16.00 ftDuring Mississippi River floods, places west of Lloyd Circle West are beginning to flood. Businesses between National Street and McMiller Road are being inundated. Tant Road is beginning to go under flood water.
  5. 15.00 ftBusinesses just north of Interstate 40 near the Wolf River are flooding. John F.Kennedy Park is flooding,and Rodney Barber Park begins to flood.
  6. 14.00 ftDuring Mississippi River floods, west end of Cypress Road is covered. Houses are flooding on the northwest end of Kendrick Road.
  7. 13.00 ftDuring Mississippi River floods, houses and other properties are flooding on the northwest end of Orchi Road near South Highland Street.
  8. 12.00 ftDuring Mississippi River floods, northwest part of Orchi Road is flooded. Car recycling yard west of McMiller Road is beginning to get covered by flood water. Road to ball fields in John F. Kennedy Park is flooding right near the ball field.
  9. 11.00 ftDuring Mississippi River floods, parts of Chapel Road are flooded. Boat ramp on the south end of John F. Kennedy Park at the mouth of Harrington Creek is flooded.
  10. 9.00 ftDuring Mississippi River floods, businesses south of Chapel Road are being covered.
  11. 8.00 ftThe WolF River is going over its banks near the river gage located on the Old Austin Peay Highway Bridge.
  12. 7.00 ftDuring Mississippi River floods, buildings just northeast of the Warford Street Interstate 40 interchange are being flooded. Backwater has reached Interstate 40 east of the Interstate 40 and Interstate 240 interchange.
  13. 4.00 ftDuring Mississippi River floods, fields begin to flood east of North Highland Street and north of the Wolf River.
  14. -2.00 ftBackwater has reached the Raleigh Gage mounted on the Old Austin Peay Highway Bridge. Lakes, sloughs and branches near the Wolf River are filling from Warford Street upstream past Interstaate 40.

Crest history

74 crests on NOAA’s list since 1935.

#DateStage
1January 20, 193523.72 ft
2January 9, 194620.40 ft
3February 9, 193718.20 ft
4February 15, 194818.00 ft
5April 11, 194217.80 ft
6May 10, 201116.79 ft
7February 2, 195016.54 ft
8January 15, 195116.50 ft
9March 23, 195516.30 ft
10May 18, 195316.30 ft
11January 2, 194516.20 ft
12March 13, 201616.09 ft
13June 17, 194916.00 ft
14February 4, 193915.90 ft
15November 19, 195715.80 ft
16February 5, 195615.75 ft
17March 15, 194315.65 ft
18March 31, 194415.60 ft
19February 19, 195415.15 ft
20May 11, 195815.15 ft
21February 28, 196215.00 ft
22January 26, 193814.60 ft
23January 3, 194714.55 ft
24February 25, 196114.55 ft
25March 12, 195214.45 ft

Most recent crests

  • September 1, 2017: 11.48 ft
  • March 13, 2016: 16.09 ft
  • February 4, 2014: 10.91 ft
  • May 23, 2013: 11.19 ft
  • March 16, 2012: 7.03 ft
  • May 10, 2011: 16.79 ft
  • May 5, 2010: 13.80 ft
  • July 31, 2009: 8.91 ft
  • April 4, 2008: 12.00 ft
  • January 23, 2006: 7.71 ft

Nearby

Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.

What this means

Forecasts by the Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center. Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point.

Sources

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service.