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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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| Coastal News Today: ERDC - Old River Control Complex Sedimentation Investigation |
| The Weather Channel: River Flood Warning for Saint Mary Parish, LA |
| The Advertiser: Teche Paddle Trail map leads to Library of Congress |
| Times-Picayune: Rising Mississippi River will trigger more levee, vessel restrictions next week |
The Advertiser: Miss USA contestants in Henderson
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| KATC: Registration open for Petit Tour du Teche paddle races |
| Daily Comet: Crab Shortage? Locals are searching for answers |
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Save the Date:
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| 10th Annual Quilt Show and Sale, July 11 from 10-2 at the Community Center, 216 Park Street |
| Paddle at Two O'clock Bayou, July 11, meet at Pack and Paddle in Lafayette at 8 am |
| Cajun Music & Food Festival, July 17 - 19 at Burton Complex in Lake Charles |
| Wood Stork & Wading Bird Feeding Event, July 18 from 7 am to 12 pm at the Sherburne Wildlife Management Area - South Farm |
| Bayou Grand Gueule Afternoon Paddle, July 19, meet at Pack and Paddle at 8 am |
| 2nd Annual Southwest Louisiana Attakapas Opelousas Prairie Tribe Festival, July 25 from 10 am to 5 pm at the Farmers Market Pavilion at 828 E. Landry St. in Opelousas |
| Louisiana Outdoor Expo, July 24 - 26 at the Cajundome and Convention Center in Lafayette |
| Acadian Day of Remembrance, July 28 at 3 pm at 121 South New Market St. in St. Martinville |
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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 7/10/2015
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: 48.4'
24 hour change: -0.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 48.2' by 7/15
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: 54.1'
24 hour change: +0.2'
Forecast: expect to CREST at 55.5' on 7/18
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 36.4'
24 hour change: +0.2'
Forecast: expect to CREST at 37.5' on 7/19
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 14.3'
24 hour change: +0.2'
Forecast: expect to CREST at 15.5 on 7/19
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: 32.9'
Forecast: expect RISE to 33.3' by 7/15
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 25.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 26.2' by 7/15
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 22.9'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 23.3' by 7/15
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 16.3'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 16.6' by 7/15
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 9.0'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 9.1' by 7/15
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 9.9'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 10.0' by 7/15
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 5.8'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 6.0' by 7/15
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 7.72'
Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 18.80'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 7.50'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene
Stage: 13.71'
Beau Bayou N. of Bayou Darby
Stage: 18.60'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 11.55'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 15.39'
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