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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 5/3/2016
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: 31.4' 24 hour change: +2.3' Forecast: expect to RISE to 34.7' by 5/7
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: 43.7' 24 hour change: -0.6' Forecast: expect to RISE to 47' by 5/7
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge Flood Stage: 35' Stage: 28.1' 24 hour change: -0.4' Forecast: expect to RISE to 30.4' by 5/7
Mississippi River at New Orleans Flood Stage: 17' Stage: 10.8' 24 hour change: 0.0' Forecast: expect to HOLD at 10.8' by 5/7
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: 23.96' Forecast: expect to RISE to 27.4' by 5/7
Atchafalaya River at Melville FLOOD WARNING Flood Stage: 34' Stage: 18.39' Forecast: expect to RISE to 20.8' by 5/7
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs FLOOD WARNING Flood Stage: 29' Stage: 16.61' Forecast: expect to RISE to 18.5' by 5/7
Atchafalaya River above Butte Larose FLOOD WARNING Flood Stage: 20' Stage: 12.8' Forecast: expect to RISE to 14.0' by 5/7
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW Flood Stage: 12' Stage: 8.4' Forecast: expect to RISE to 8.9' by 5/7
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point Flood Stage: 15' Stage: 6.25' Forecast: expect to RISE to 7.7' by 5/7
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City Flood Stage: 6' Stage: 5.3' Forecast: expect to RISE to 5.7' by 5/7
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel Stage: 8.85'
Fore Bay at Morganza Floodway Temporary Gage Stage: 38.79'
Bayou Courtableau Stage: 21.50'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long Stage: 6.82'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Stage: 11.75'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose Stage: 10.52'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson Stage: 14.69'
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