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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 5/6/2014
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: 39.0'
24 hour change +0.6
Forecast: expect to FALL to 39.3' by 5/10
*** CRESTING ***
CREST/DATE 39.3' on 5/6 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: 39.9'
24 hour change -0.0'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 43.0' by 5/10
CREST/DATE 44.0' on 5/16 AM
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 24.5'
24 hour change -0.6'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 27.2' by 5/10
CREST/DATE 29.0' on 5/17 AM
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 8.3'
24 hour change -0.5
Forecast: expect to RISE to 8.7' by 5/10
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: 20.5'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 22.8' by 5/10
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 15.14'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 17.3' by 5/10
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 13.5'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 15.1' by 5/10
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 10.39'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 11.4' by 5/10
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 6.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 7.5' by 5/10
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 6.77'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 7.3' by 5/10
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 3.64'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.8' by 5/10
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 11.99'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.36'
Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.39'
Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 7.93'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 9.95'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 5.23'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 7.33'
Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 14.55'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 11.46'
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