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Greetings from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!
NEWS AND EVENTS:
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News:
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| Times-Picayune: Forget April showers; admire some gators and flowers |
| KATC: The Vermilion River is at flood stage |
| The Advocate: Robert Love's work with whooping cranes recognized |
| Louisiana Sportsman: Impacts of the 2014 acorn crop |
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Save the Date:
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| Washington Catfish Festival, April 16- 19 at 143 Veterans Memorial Highway in Washington |
| Bayou Teche Black Bear Festival and Bayou Teche Wooden Boat Festival, April 17 - 19 in downtown Franklin |
| Top of the Teche, a 7.7-mile canoe race from Leonville to Arnaudville, April 18 |
| Cajun Classique, 5-day wooden boat cruise down Bayou Teche, April 13th to 19th |
| Earth Day & Festival Kick-Off Paddle at Lake Martin, April 22 at Lake Martin in Breaux Bridge |
| Azalea Trail, April 1- 30 in New Iberia |
| Breaux Bridge Crawfish Festival, May 1-3 |
| Creole Okra Festival, May 14-16 at 203 N. New Market Street in St. Martinville |
| Alligators: Dragons in Paradise, a traveling exhibit from the Museum of Florida History TREX program. March 7 through June 6 at the Old State Capitol in Baton Rouge |
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Send in your Basin Pics!
Let us know if you have an upcoming event to promote the Basin!
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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 4/14/2015
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: 42.2'
24 hour change: +0.2'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 42.4' by 4/19, expect to CREST at 43.0 on 4/15
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: 48.6'
24 hour change: -0.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 48.3' by 4/19
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 32.1'
24 hour change: -0.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 31.6' by 4/19
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 12.2'
24 hour change: -0.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 11.8' by 4/19
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: 29.0'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 28.7' by 4/19
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 22.6'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 22.1' by 4/19
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 20.3'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 19.9' by 4/19
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 15.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 14.8' by 4/19
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 8.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 8.6' by 4/19
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 9.5'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 9.0 by 4/19
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 5.6'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.4' by 4/19
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 14.48'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 7.70'
Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 23.32'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 7.64'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 13.16'
Beau Bayou N. of Bayou Darby
Stage: 18.16
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 12.27'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 16.31'
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