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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 11/26/2013
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: 17.9' Forecast: expect to FALL to 14.3' by 11/30
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: 20.7' Forecast: expect to RISE to 25.8' by 11/30
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge Flood Stage: 35' Stage: 8.1' Forecast: expect to RISE to 12.7' by 11/30
Mississippi River at New Orleans Flood Stage: 17' Stage: 3.4' Forecast: expect to RISE at 5.4' by 11/30
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: 9.67' Forecast: expect to RISE to 12.2' by 11/30
Atchafalaya River at Melville Freeze Warning Flood Stage: 41' Stage: 6.01' Forecast: expect to RISE to 9.4' by 11/30
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs Freeze Warning Flood Stage: 37' Stage: 5.02' Forecast: expect to RISE to 8.4' by 11/30
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose Flood Stage: 25' Stage: 4.02' Forecast: expect to RISE to 6.6' by 11/30
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW Flood Stage: 12' Stage: 2.4' Forecast: expect to RISE to 4.7' by 11/30
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point Flood Stage: 15' Stage: 2.76' Forecast: expect to RISE to 4.1' by 11/30
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City Flood Stage: 4' Stage: 1.87' Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.1' by 11/30 NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel Stage: 8.47'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel Stage: 5.38'
Bayou Courtableau Stage: 19.08'
Buffalo Cove at Round Island Stage: 3.31'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Stage: 6.11'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long Stage: 2.25'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose Stage: 5.08'
Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut Stage: 9.59'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson Stage: 8.83'
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