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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 2/21/2013

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: 27.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 23.2' by 2/25

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: 41.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 38.5' by 2/25

Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 27.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 24.1' by 2/25

Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 10.4'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 8.7' by 2/25

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: 23.16'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 21.6' by 2/25

Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 17.59'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 15.8' by 2/25

Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 15.75'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 14' by 2/25

Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 12.29'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 10.8' by 2/25
Coastal Flood Advisory

Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 7.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.1' by 2/25

Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 7.52'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.2' by 2/25
Coastal Flood Advisory

Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 3.95'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.1' by 2/25
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.
Coastal Flood Advisory

Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 11.87'

Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 8.40'

Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 22.20'

Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 9.06'

Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: NA

Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 5.36'

Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 11.27'

Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 15.74'

Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 15.50'