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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 3/31/2017
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: 27.2' 24 hour change: +1.1' Forecast: expect to CREST at 34.7' on 4/8
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: 35.8' 24 hour change: +1.0' Forecast: expect to CREST at 42.5' on 4/17
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge Flood Stage: 35' Stage: 19.9' 24 hour change: +0.3' Forecast: expect to RISE to 20.1' by 4/5
Mississippi River at New Orleans Flood Stage: 17' Stage: 6.3' 24 hour change: 0' Forecast: expect to RISE to 6.5' by 4/5 Atchafalaya River
Atchafalaya River at Simmesport Flood Stage: 47' Stage: 15.5' Forecast: expect to HOLD at 15.5' by 4/5
Atchafalaya River at Melville Flood Stage: 34' Stage: 11.2' Forecast: expect to RISE to 11.3' by 4/5
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs Flood Stage: 29' Stage: 10.1' Forecast: expect to RISE to 10.3' by 4/5
Atchafalaya River above Butte La Rose Flood Stage: 20' Stage: 7.9' Forecast: expect to RISE to 8.2' by 4/5
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW Flood Stage: 12' Stage: 5.4' Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.3' by 4/5
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point Flood Stage: 15' Stage: 4.8' Forecast: expect to HOLD at 4.8' by 4/5
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City Flood Stage: 6' Stage: 3.2' Forecast: expect to HOLD 2.9' by 4/5
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel Stage: 10.88'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel Stage: 6.71'
Bayou Courtableau Stage: 18.37'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long Stage: 4.22'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Cove Stage: 8.50'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose Stage: 6.44'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson Stage: 10.25'
Little Alabama Bayou at Sherbourne Stage: 18.46'
Work Canal near I-10 Stage: 8.60'
Bayou La Rompe at Lake Long Stage: M
Keelboat Pass below Lake Chicot Stage: 4.73'
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