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Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program
LATEST NEWS AND EVENTS:
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 1/22/2013
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: 39.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 39.4' by 1/26
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: 40.7'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 44.9' by 1/26
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 25.4'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 28.5' by 1/26
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 7.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 8.5' by 1/26
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: 22.72'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 26.9' by 1/26
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 17.04'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 20.4' by 1/26
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 14.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 17.4' by 1/26
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 11.58'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 13.6' by 1/26
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 6.2'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 7.8' by 1/26
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 6.6'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 7.3' by 1/26
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 3.52'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.8' by 1/26
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 10.89'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 9.39'
Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 28.77'
Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 7.82'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: NA
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 4.42'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 11.62'
Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 14.58'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 15.87'
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