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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 7/25/2013
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: 27.2' Forecast: expect to FALL to 24.6' by 7/30
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: 44.1' Forecast: expect to FALL to 36.6' by 7/30
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge Flood Stage: 35' Stage: 28.1' Forecast: expect to FALL to 22.5' by 7/30
Mississippi River at New Orleans Flood Stage: 17' Stage: 10.2' Forecast: expect to FALL to 9.0' by 7/30
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: 24.2' Forecast: expect to FALL to 18.8' by 7/30
Atchafalaya River at Melville Flood Stage: 41' Stage: 18.2' Forecast: expect to FALL to 13.9' by 7/30
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs Flood Stage: 37' Stage: 16.19' Forecast: expect to FALL to 13.1' by 7/30
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose Flood Stage: 25' Stage: 11.71' Forecast: expect to FALL to 10.0' by 7/30 FLOOD WARNING
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW Flood Stage: 12' Stage: 7.1' Forecast: expect to FALL 6.2' by 7/30
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point Flood Stage: 15' Stage: 7.4' Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.3' by 7/30 FLOOD WARNING
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City Flood Stage: 4' Stage: 4.17' Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.8' by 7/30 NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel Stage: 11.76'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel Stage: 6.20'
Bayou Courtableau Stage: 18.30'
Buffalo Cove at Round Island Stage: 8.57'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Stage: 10.41'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long Stage: 5.08'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose Stage: 7.28'
Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut Stage: 14.98'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson Stage: 10.89'
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