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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 5/19/2017
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: 48.1' 24 hour change: 0.7' Forecast: expect to FALL to 37.8' by 5/24
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: 55.4' 24 hour change: +0.3' Forecast: expect to CREST at 58.0' on 5/25
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge Flood Stage: 35' Stage: 37.9' 24 hour change: +0.5' Forecast: expect to CREST at 41.0' on 5/26
Mississippi River at New Orleans Flood Stage: 17' Stage: 14.8' 24 hour change: +0.2' Forecast: expect to CREST at 16.5' on 5/28 Atchafalaya River
Atchafalaya River at Simmesport Flood Stage: 47' Stage: 34.2' Forecast: expect to RISE to 36.9' by 5/24
Atchafalaya River at Melville Flood Stage: 34' Stage: 26.4' Forecast: expect to RISE to 29.1' by 5/24
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs Flood Stage: 29' Stage: 23.7' Forecast: expect to RISE to 26.1' by 5/24
Atchafalaya River above Butte La Rose Flood Stage: 20' Stage: 17.1' Forecast: expect to RISE to 18.4' by 5/24
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW Flood Stage: 12' Stage: 9.2' Forecast: expect to RISE to 9.8' by 5/24
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point Flood Stage: 15' Stage: 10.5' Forecast: expect to RISE to 11.5' by 5/24
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City Flood Stage: 6' Stage: 5.9' Forecast: expect to RISE to 6.6' by 5/24
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel Stage: 14.36'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel Stage: 6.78'
Bayou Courtableau (inside the floodway) Stage: 23.38'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long Stage: 7.55'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Cove Stage: 13.98'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose Stage: 12.98'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson Stage: 16.70'
Little Alabama Bayou at Sherbourne Stage: 18.03'
Work Canal near I-10 Stage: 12.67'
Bayou La Rompe at Lake Long Stage: 16.47'
Keelboat Pass below Lake Chicot Stage: 8.16'
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