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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 5/1/2014
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: 34.9'
24 hour change +5.0
Forecast: expect to RISE to 38.5' by 5/5
CREST/DATE 39.0' on 5/7 AM
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: 44.0'
24 hour change -1.0
Forecast: expect to FALL to 40.8' by 5/5
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 28.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 25.3' by 5/5
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 11.1'
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: 23.52'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 22.6' by 5/5
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 17.95'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 16.6' by 5/5
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 16.12'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 14.4' by 5/5
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 12.31'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 10.9' by 5/5
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 7.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 6.2' by 5/5
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 7.98'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 7.4' by 5/5
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 4.18'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.9' by 5/5
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 12.83'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.74'
Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.37'
Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 9.34'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 11.40'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 6.01'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 8.80'
Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 16.07'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 12.80'
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