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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 12/16/2014
ALL STAGE FORECASTS INCLUDE 24 HOURS OF FUTURE RAINFALL.
Ohio 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: 27.5'
24 hour change: -3.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 18.2' by 12/21
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: 30.9'
24 hour change: +1.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 34.1' by 12/21
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 15.7'
24 hour change +1.6'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 18.9' by 12/21
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 4.8'
24 hour change: +0.6'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 5.6' by 12/16
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: 14.5'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 16.5' by 12/21
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 10.1'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 12.5' by 12/21
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 8.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 10.6' by 12/21
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 6.4'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 7.5' by 12/21
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 3.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 4.7' by 12/21
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 4.3'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 5.1' by 12/21
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 2.3'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 3.2' by 12/21
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 9.32'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 5.16'
Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 17.05'
Buffalo Cove at Round Island
Stage: 4.74'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 2.83'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 6.14'
Bayou Darby at Fausse Pt. Cut
Stage: 11.62'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 8.32'
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