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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 4/1/2016
ALL STAGE FORECASTS INCLUDE 24 HOURS OF FUTURE RAINFALL.
DATA IS FOR 4/8/2016
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: 30.6' 24 hour change: -0.9' Forecast: expect to FALL to 26.2' by 4/12
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: 49.7' 24 hour change: -0.5' Forecast: expect to FALL to 50.7' by 4/12
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge Flood Stage: 35' Stage: 32.8' 24 hour change: -0.5' Forecast: expect to RISE to 33.5' by 4/12
Mississippi River at New Orleans Flood Stage: 17' Stage: 12.4' 24 hour change: UNK Forecast: expect to RISE to 12.5' by 4/12
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: 29.79' Forecast: expect to RISE to 31' by 4/12
Atchafalaya River at Melville Flood Stage: 34' Stage: 23.19' Forecast: expect to RISE to 24.1' by 4/12
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs Flood Stage: 29' Stage: 20.82' Forecast: expect to RISE to 21.4' by 4/12
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose Flood Warning Flood Stage: 20' Stage: 15.43' Forecast: expect to RISE to 15.7' by 4/12 Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW Flood Stage: 12' Stage: 9.1' Forecast: expect to RISE to 9.4' by 4/12
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point FLOOD WARNING Flood Stage: 15' Stage: 8.46' Forecast: expect to RISE to 9.5' by 4/12
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City FLOOD WARNING Flood Stage: 6' Stage: 5.96' Forecast: expect to RISE to 6.1' by 4/12
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel Stage: 7.09'
Fore Bay at Morganza Floodway Temporary Gage Stage: 44.27'
Bayou Courtableau Stage: 18.54'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long Stage: 7.92'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Stage: 13.30'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose Stage: 12.57'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson Stage: 16.65'
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