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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 8/13/2013
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: 25.4'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 26.1' by 8/17
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: 26.1'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 27.0' by 8/17
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 11.7'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 12.3' by 8/17
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 3.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.7' by 8/17
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: 9.26'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 10.2' by 8/17
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 41'
Stage: 6.18'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 6.9' by 8/17
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 37'
Stage: 5.24'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 6.3' by 8/17
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 25'
Stage: 4.39'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 4.8' by 8/17
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 3.3'
Forecast: expect to RISE 3.6' by 8/17
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 3.2'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.3' by 8/17
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 2.45'
Forecast: expect to HOLD at 2.4' by 8/17
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 9.50'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.50'
Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.24'
Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 4.60'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 7.01'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 2.91'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 4.47'
Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 10.11'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 8.10'
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