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Checking the water: The information below is obtained from the USGS and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and has been compiled by DNR into this format to allow a quick look at information pertinent to the Atchafalaya Basin. Click here for current weather conditions and water levels.
Data is for 1/17/2013
ALL STAGE FORECASTS INCLUDE 24 HOURS OF FUTURE RAINFALL.
Mississippi River at Cairo Location: Southernmost gauge on the Ohio River in Illinois Reading significance - used to forecast rises on the Mississippi. Lag time, 4 to 6 days. Flood Stage: 40' Stage: 36.5' Forecast: expect to RISE to 40.0' by 1/21 PREDICTED TO CREST AT 40.0' ON 1/21
Mississippi River, just south of ORCS, at Red River Landing Reading: Mississippi River south of ORCS, after the diversion into the Atchafalaya Flood Stage: 48' Stage: 35.7' Forecast: expect to RISE to 41.0' by 1/21
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge Flood Stage: 35' Stage: 20.9' Forecast: expect to RISE to 23.2' by 1/21
Mississippi River at New Orleans Flood Stage: 17' Stage: 5.9' Forecast: expect to RISE to 6.9' by 1/21
Atchafalaya River, just south of ORCS, at Simmesport Reading: The combined latitudinal flows of the Red, Black, Ouachita, and ORCS flow from the Mississippi Flood Stage: 47' Stage: 19.43' Forecast: expect to RISE to 22.9' by 1/21
Atchafalaya River at Melville Flood Stage: 41' Stage: 14.24' Forecast: expect to RISE to 16.6' by 1/21 Flood Warning
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs Flood Stage: 37' Stage: 12.36' Forecast: expect to RISE to 14.2' by 1/21 Flood Warning
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose Flood Stage: 25' Stage: 9.94' Forecast: expect to RISE to 11.1' by 1/21 Flood Warning
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW Flood Stage: 12' Stage: 6.2' Forecast: expect to RISE to 6.8' by 1/21
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point Flood Stage: 15' Stage: 5.73' Forecast: expect to RISE to 6.4' by 1/21
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City Flood Stage: 4' Stage: 3.18' Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.4' by 1/21 NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel Stage: 10.84'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel Stage: UNAVAILABLE
Bayou Courtableau Stage: 30.15'
Buffalo Cove at Round Island Stage: 7.23'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Stage: NA
Middle Fork, Bayou Long Stage: 4.42'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose Stage: 10.99'
Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut Stage: 13.85'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson Stage: 15.28'
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