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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 4/17/2014
ALL STAGE FORECASTS INCLUDE 24 HOURS OF FUTURE RAINFALL.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS CRESTING AT MEMPHIS AND NEAR CREST AT TUNICA
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: 40.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 34.2' by 4/21
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: 46.6'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 47.0' by 4/21
EXPECTED CREST DATE: 47.0 ON 4/19 PM
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 30.5'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 31.0' by 4/21
EXPECTED CREST DATE: 31.0 ON 4/20 PM
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 11.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 11.8' by 4/21
Action Stage
The stage which, when reached by a rising stream, represents the level where the NWS or a partner/user needs to take some type of mitigation action in preparation for possible signif¬icant hydrologic activity. The appropriate action is usually defined in a weather forecast office (WFO) hydrologic services manual. Action stage can be the same as forecast issuance stage (see / forecast issuance stage/).
Atchafalaya River, just south of ORCS, at Simmesport
Reading: The combined latitudinal flows of the Red, Black, Ouachita, and ORCS flow from the Mississippi
Action Flood Stage: 46'
Stage: 28.13'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 28.3' by 4/21
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Action Flood Stage: 38'
Stage: 21.44'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 21.9' by 4/21
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Action Flood Stage: 28'
Stage: 18.97'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 19.6' by 4/21
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Action Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 13.31'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 13.7' by 4/21
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Action Flood Stage: 10'
Stage: 6.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 7.4' by 4/21
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Action Flood Stage: 14'
Stage: 8.12'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 8.3' by 4/21
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Action Flood Stage: 4'
Stage: 3.97'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 4.1' by 4/21
NOTE: Gauge reading affected by ocean tides.
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 11.73'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 6.19'
Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.81'
Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 8.84'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 10.61'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 4.82'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 8.21'
Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 15.42'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 12.01'
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