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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 2/5/2013

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: 35.7'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 39.3' by 2/09

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: 41.5'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 39.7' by 2/09

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 27.0'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 24.6' by 2/09

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 10.4'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 8.3' by 2/09

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: 24.54'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 23.0' by 2/09

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 18.81'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 16.8' by 2/09

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 16.83'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 14.6' by 2/09

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 12.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 11.1' by 2/09
FLOOD WARNING

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 7.4'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.1' by 2/09

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 7.8'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.3' by 2/09
FLOOD WARNING

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 4.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.2' by 2/09
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.
FLOOD WARNING

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 11.89'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 7.86'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 19.35'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 9.32'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: NA

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 5.42'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 11.80'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 16.21'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 15.97'