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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 6/4/2013
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: 38.4'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 46.0' by 6/8
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: 50.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 49.2' by 6/8
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 33.6'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 32.4' by 6/8
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 13.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 12.5' by 6/8
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: 29.08'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 28.6' by 6/8
FLOOD WARNING
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 22.53'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 22.3' by 6/8
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 20.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL 19.9' by 6/8
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 15.05'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 14.6' by 6/8
FLOOD WARNING
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 9.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 8.9' by 6/8
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 9.52'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 9.2' by 6/8
FLOOD WARNING
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 5.59'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.1' by 6/8
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.
FLOOD WARNING
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 14.18'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 7.24'
Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.87'
Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 11.10'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 13.04'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 7.38'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 11.63'
Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 17.93'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 15.38'
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