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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 1/21/2014
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: 34.6' Forecast: expect to FALL to 27.5' by 1/25
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: 37.2' Forecast: expect to RISE to 38.1' by 1/25
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge Flood Stage: 35' Stage: 22.8' Forecast: expect to RISE to 23.5 by 1/25
Mississippi River at New Orleans Flood Stage: 17' Stage: 7.7' Forecast: expect to HOLD at 7.7' by 1/25
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: 19.17' Forecast: expect to RISE to 20.4' by 1/25
Atchafalaya River at Melville Flood Stage: 41' Stage: 14.25' Forecast: expect to RISE to 15.2' by 1/25
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs Flood Stage: 37' Stage: 12.72' Forecast: expect to RISE to 13.0' by 1/25
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose Flood Stage: 25' Stage: 9.81' Forecast: expect to RISE to 9.9' by 1/25
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW Flood Stage: 12' Stage: 6.5' Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.1' by 1/25
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point Flood Stage: 15' Stage: 6.18' Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.1' by 1/25
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City Flood Stage: 4' Stage: 3.28' Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.2' by 1/25 NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel Stage: 11.33'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel Stage: 5.25'
Bayou Courtableau Stage: 17.97'
Buffalo Cove at Round Island Stage: 7.60'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Stage: 9.62'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long Stage: 4.60'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose Stage: 6.42'
Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut Stage: 14.51'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson Stage: 10.44'
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