40' - Water reaches the railing of the US70 bridge.
36' - The US70 bridge is inundated.
30' - Houses on the river side of Front Street flood.
28.5' - The water treatment plant will be flooded. Jaycee Park and North Front Street are flooded.
27.5' - Water begins to flow over the dike at the water treatment plant. Flooding threatens the plant's main operations building.
23' - Hospital and Buffalo Roads are flooded.
20' - Major flooding begins. Flooding cuts off the water treatment plants access to the reservoir.
18' - Moderate flooding begins. The Smithfield town park and the Neuse Riverwalk at the US70 bridge are flooded.
15' - Minor flooding begins. Flooding begins along the Neuse Riverwalk. Water nears the base of the holding tank at the water treatment plant.
14' - Action Stage. The Neuse River begins to overflow on the left bank.