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Hello from the Department of Natural Resources Atchafalaya Basin Program!
| News: |
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| St. Mary Now: Two St. Mary boaters, dog rescued in St. Martin Parish |
| Gonzales Weekly Citizen: Water Trails of the Atchafalaya |
| MSN: Satellite views of a changing world |
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| Events: |
| Friends of the Atchafalaya Monthly Meeting, June 27 at 7 pm at the Louisiana Wildlife Federation office in Baton Rouge |
| Dutch Oven Cooking, July 1 at 10 am at the Longfellow-Evangeline State Historic Site in St. Martinville |
| Krotz Springs Quilt Show & Sale, July 8 at the Gary Soileau Community Center in Krotz Springs |
| Les Mains Guidées: Boudin, July 8 at Vermilionville in Lafayette |
| Atchafalaya Trace Commission Meeting, July 12 at 10 am at the Capitol Park Welcome Center in Baton Rouge |
| Boats of the Basin: Design, Function and Form for the Life Aquatic, July 18 at the West Baton Rouge Museum in Port Allen |
| Teachers Institute 2017: "THE ACADEMICS OF THE ATCHAFALAYA" - JULY 18TH, 19TH, AND 20TH at the West Baton Rouge Museum in Port Allen |
| 4th Annual Southwest Louisiana Attakapas Opelousas Prairie Tribe Festival, July 29 at the Farmer's Market Pavilion in Opelousas |
| The River Rises: Historical Floods, June 3 - Aug 27 at the West Baton Rouge Museum in Port Allen |
| Water Trails of the Atchafalaya, June 17 - Oct 29 at the West Baton Rouge Museum in Port Allen |
| La Table Francaise, last Saturday of every month at NUNU Arts and Culture Collective in Arnaudville |
| Les Courdre Pointes Quilting Circle, every Thursday from 1:30 - 3:30 pm at NUNU Arts and Culture Collective in Arnaudville |
| Atchafalaya History Kids Summer Camp, June 19-23 and June 26-30 at the West Baton Rouge Museum in Port Allen |
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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 6/23/2017
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: 29.6'
24 hour change: -1.2'
Forecast: expect to RISE to 32.3' by 6/28
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: 47.2'
24 hour change: -1.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 44.8' by 6/28
Mississippi River at Baton Rouge
Flood Stage: 35'
Stage: 31.6'
24 hour change: -1.1'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 28.5' by 6/28
Mississippi River at New Orleans
Flood Stage: 17'
Stage: 12.2'
24 hour change: -0.8'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 10.3' by 6/28
Atchafalaya River
Atchafalaya River at Simmesport
Flood Stage: 47'
Stage: 25.7'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 23.1' by 6/28
Atchafalaya River at Melville
Flood Stage: 34'
Stage: 20.0'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 16.9' by 6/28
Atchafalaya River at Krotz Springs
Flood Stage: 29'
Stage: 18.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 15.1' by 6/28
Atchafalaya River above Butte La Rose
Flood Stage: 20'
Stage: 14.4'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 12.0' by 6/28
Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrell Locks on the GIWW
Flood Stage: 12'
Stage: 9.5'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 8.4' by 6/28
Atchafalaya at Millet (Myette) Point
Flood Stage: 15'
Stage: 8.9'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 7.1' by 6/28
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City
Flood Stage: 6'
Stage: 6.2'
Forecast: expect to FALL to 5.7' by 6/28
Murphy Lake near Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 14.54'
Lower Grand River at Bayou Sorrel
Stage: 8.14'
Bayou Courtableau (inside the floodway)
Stage: 20.21'
Middle Fork, Bayou Long
Stage: 7.95'
Arm of Grand Lake near Crook Chene Cove
Stage: 12.82'
Pontoon Bridge at Butte Larose
Stage: 12.39'
Lake Pelba at I-10, Henderson
Stage: 16.34'
Little Alabama Bayou at Sherbourne
Stage: 18.17'
Work Canal near I-10
Stage: 12.98'
Bayou La Rompe at Lake Long
Stage: 14.16
Keelboat Pass below Lake Chicot
Stage: 8.41'
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