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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 6/11/2013
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: 42.5'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 40.5' by 6/15
CRESTING
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: 48.3'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 49.1' by 6/15
EXPECTED TO CREST AT 50.0 ON 6/19 PM
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 31.7'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 32.5' by 6/15
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 12.2'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 12.5' by 6/15
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: 27.27'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 28.0' by 6/15
FLOOD WARNING
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 20.93'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 21.7' by 6/15
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 18.74'
Forecast: expect to RISE 19.4' by 6/15
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 13.92'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 14.4' by 6/15
FLOOD WARNING
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 8.6'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 8.8' by 6/15
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 8.69'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 9.1' by 6/15
FLOOD WARNING
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 4.97'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 5.1' by 6/15
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.
FLOOD WARNING
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 13.40'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 6.78'
Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 19.08'
Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 10.21'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 12.12'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 6.62'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 10.41'
Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 16.89'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 14.14'
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