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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 4/29/2014
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: 25.9' Forecast: expect to RISE to 37.5' by 5/3
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: 45.8' Forecast: expect to FALL to 42.3' by 5/3
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge Flood Stage: 35' Stage: 30.1' Forecast: expect to FALL to 26.4' by 5/3
Mississippi River at New Orleans Flood Stage: 17' Stage: 12.0' Forecast: expect to FALL to 10.7' by 5/3
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: 26.3' Forecast: expect to FALL to 23.5' by 5/3
Atchafalaya River at Melville Flood Stage: 34' Stage: 20.3' Forecast: expect to FALL to 17.3' by 5/3
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs Flood Stage: 29' Stage: 19.41' Forecast: expect to FALL to 15.7' by 5/3
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose Flood Stage: 20' Stage: 13.32' Forecast: expect to FALL to 12.2' by 5/3
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW Flood Stage: 12' Stage: 7.8' Forecast: expect to FALL to 7.4' by 5/3
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point Flood Stage: 15' Stage: 8.66' Forecast: expect to FALL to 8.6' by 5/3
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City Flood Stage: 6' Stage: 4.85' Forecast: expect to RISE to 4.9' by 5/3
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel Stage: 12.96'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel Stage: 5.81'
Bayou Courtableau Stage: 18.31'
Buffalo Cove at Round Island Stage: 9.83'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Stage: 11.85'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long Stage: 6.18'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose Stage: 9.22'
Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut Stage: 16.56'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson Stage: 13.07'
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