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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 8/27/2013
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: 16.3' Forecast: expect to FALL to 14.0' by 8/31
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: 31.9' Forecast: expect to FALL to 25.8' by 8/31
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge Flood Stage: 35' Stage: 17.2' Forecast: expect to FALL to 11.4' by 8/31
Mississippi River at New Orleans Flood Stage: 17' Stage: 5.9' Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.3' by 8/31
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: 14.56' Forecast: expect to FALL to 10.4' by 8/31
Atchafalaya River at Melville Flood Stage: 41' Stage: 10.17' Forecast: expect to FALL to 7.1' by 8/31
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs Flood Stage: 37' Stage: 8.89' Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.7' by 8/31
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose Flood Stage: 25' Stage: 6.92' Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.4' by 8/31
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW Flood Stage: 12' Stage: 4.5' Forecast: expect to RISE 3.6' by 8/31
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point Flood Stage: 15' Stage: 4.87' Forecast: expect to FALL to 4.5' by 8/31
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City Flood Stage: 4' Stage: 3.27' Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.1' by 8/31 NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel Stage: 10.02'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel Stage: 5.77'
Bayou Courtableau Stage: 18.24'
Buffalo Cove at Round Island Stage: 5.57'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Stage: 7.45'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long Stage: 3.53'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose Stage: 4.90'
Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut Stage: 11.82'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson Stage: 8.52'
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