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NEWS AND EVENTS
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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. Current Atchafalaya Basin water levels from NOAA.
Data is for 2/23/2017
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: 22.8'
24 hour change: -1.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 20.5' by 2/28
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: 33.4'
24 hour change: +0.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 32.4' by 2/28
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 18.7'
24 hour change: +0.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 18.0' by 2/28
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 5.9'
24 hour change: +0.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.7' by 2/19
Atchafalaya River
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 9.5'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 9.4' by 2/28
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 8.5'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 8.4' by 2/28
Atchafalaya River above Butte La Rose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 6.4'
Forecast: expect to HOLD at 6.4' through 2/28
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 5.0'
Forecast: expect to HOLD at 5.0' through 2/28
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 3.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 3.9' by 2/28
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 2.8'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 2.5' by 2/28
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 10.57'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 6.62'
Bayou Courtableau
Stage: 19.04'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 3.81'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Cove
Stage: 7.89'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 7.41'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 11.47'
Little Alabama Bayou at Sherbourne
Stage: 18.81'
Work Canal near I-10
Stage: 8.93'
Bayou La Rompe at Lake Long
Stage: 7.27'
Keelboat Pass below Lake Chicot
Stage: 4.36'
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