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Choupique Bayou at Dave Dugas Road Stage (ft)Observed: 1.39 ft at 11:00AM May 14, 2024Observed: 1.37 ft at 12:00PM May 14, 2024Observed: 1.37 ft at 1:00PM May 14, 2024Observed: 1.39 ft at 2:00PM May 14, 2024Observed: 1.44 ft at 3:00PM May 14, 2024Observed: 1.51 ft at 4:00PM May 14, 2024Observed: 1.55 ft at 4:36PM May 14, 2024Observed: 1.57 ft at 5:00PM May 14, 2024Observed: 1.59 ft at 6:00PM May 14, 2024Observed: 1.58 ft at 7:00PM May 14, 2024Observed: 1.55 ft at 8:00PM May 14, 2024Observed: 1.5 ft at 9:00PM May 14, 2024Observed: 1.45 ft at 9:51PM May 14, 2024Observed: 1.44 ft at 10:00PM May 14, 2024Observed: 1.38 ft at 11:00PM May 14, 2024Observed: 1.34 ft at 11:36PM May 14, 2024Observed: 1.32 ft at 12:00AM May 15, 2024Observed: 1.27 ft at 1:00AM May 15, 2024Observed: 1.24 ft at 1:24AM May 15, 2024Observed: 1.21 ft at 2:00AM May 15, 2024Observed: 1.14 ft at 3:00AM May 15, 2024Observed: 1.13 ft at 3:03AM May 15, 2024Observed: 1.09 ft at 4:00AM May 15, 2024Observed: 1.04 ft at 4:51AM May 15, 2024Observed: 1.03 ft at 5:00AM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.96 ft at 6:00AM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.93 ft at 6:15AM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.88 ft at 7:00AM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.83 ft at 7:30AM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.79 ft at 8:00AM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.73 ft at 8:42AM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.71 ft at 9:00AM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.63 ft at 10:00AM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.63 ft at 10:03AM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.57 ft at 12:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.63 ft at 1:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.73 ft at 1:42PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.76 ft at 2:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.83 ft at 2:27PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.88 ft at 3:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.93 ft at 3:45PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.95 ft at 4:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 1 ft at 5:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 1.03 ft at 6:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 1.01 ft at 7:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.96 ft at 8:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.9 ft at 9:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.85 ft at 10:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.83 ft at 10:15PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.81 ft at 11:00PM May 15, 2024Observed: 0.8 ft at 12:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 0.8 ft at 1:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 0.8 ft at 2:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 0.83 ft at 3:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 0.88 ft at 4:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 0.86 ft at 6:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 0.86 ft at 7:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 0.84 ft at 8:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 0.79 ft at 9:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 0.75 ft at 10:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 0.75 ft at 11:00AM May 16, 2024Observed: 0.77 ft at 12:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 0.83 ft at 1:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 0.93 ft at 1:33PM May 16, 2024Observed: 0.98 ft at 2:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 1.04 ft at 2:15PM May 16, 2024Observed: 1.11 ft at 3:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 1.13 ft at 3:09PM May 16, 2024Observed: 1.21 ft at 4:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 1.24 ft at 4:15PM May 16, 2024Observed: 1.31 ft at 5:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 1.35 ft at 5:18PM May 16, 2024Observed: 1.41 ft at 6:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 1.45 ft at 6:27PM May 16, 2024Observed: 1.48 ft at 7:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 1.55 ft at 7:48PM May 16, 2024Observed: 1.54 ft at 8:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 1.68 ft at 8:15PM May 16, 2024Observed: 1.82 ft at 8:27PM May 16, 2024Observed: 1.93 ft at 8:36PM May 16, 2024Observed: 2.04 ft at 8:45PM May 16, 2024Observed: 2.18 ft at 8:54PM May 16, 2024Observed: 2.22 ft at 9:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 2.29 ft at 9:03PM May 16, 2024Observed: 2.41 ft at 9:15PM May 16, 2024Observed: 2.52 ft at 9:27PM May 16, 2024Observed: 2.65 ft at 9:42PM May 16, 2024Observed: 2.75 ft at 9:57PM May 16, 2024Observed: 2.75 ft at 10:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 2.85 ft at 10:15PM May 16, 2024Observed: 2.96 ft at 10:33PM May 16, 2024Observed: 3.06 ft at 10:54PM May 16, 2024Observed: 3.07 ft at 11:00PM May 16, 2024Observed: 3.17 ft at 11:18PM May 16, 2024Observed: 3.27 ft at 11:42PM May 16, 2024Observed: 3.34 ft at 12:00AM May 17, 2024Observed: 3.38 ft at 12:06AM May 17, 2024Observed: 3.48 ft at 12:30AM May 17, 2024Observed: 3.59 ft at 1:00AM May 17, 2024Observed: 3.7 ft at 1:33AM May 17, 2024Observed: 3.76 ft at 2:00AM May 17, 2024Observed: 3.8 ft at 2:09AM May 17, 2024Observed: 3.9 ft at 2:51AM May 17, 2024Observed: 3.91 ft at 3:00AM May 17, 2024Observed: 4 ft at 3:42AM May 17, 2024Observed: 4.01 ft at 4:00AM May 17, 2024Observed: 4.09 ft at 4:57AM May 17, 2024Observed: 4.09 ft at 5:00AM May 17, 2024Observed: 4.15 ft at 6:00AM May 17, 2024Highest Observation: 4.18 ft at 9:00AM May 17, 2024Observed: 4.12 ft at 11:00AM May 17, 2024Observed: 4.08 ft at 12:00PM May 17, 2024Observed: 4.03 ft at 1:00PM May 17, 2024Observed: 4 ft at 1:24PM May 17, 2024Observed: 3.97 ft at 2:00PM May 17, 2024Observed: 3.89 ft at 2:57PM May 17, 2024Observed: 3.83 ft at 4:00PM May 17, 2024Observed: 3.79 ft at 4:30PM May 17, 2024Observed: 3.75 ft at 5:00PM May 17, 2024Observed: 3.69 ft at 5:54PM May 17, 2024Observed: 3.68 ft at 6:00PM May 17, 2024Observed: 3.61 ft at 7:00PM May 17, 2024Observed: 3.58 ft at 7:15PM May 17, 2024Observed: 3.53 ft at 8:00PM May 17, 2024Observed: 3.48 ft at 8:33PM May 17, 2024Observed: 3.45 ft at 9:00PM May 17, 2024Observed: 3.38 ft at 9:52PM May 17, 2024Observed: 3.37 ft at 10:02PM May 17, 2024Observed: 3.28 ft at 10:59PM May 17, 2024Observed: 3.28 ft at 11:03PM May 17, 2024Observed: 3.21 ft at 12:00AM May 18, 2024Observed: 3.18 ft at 12:18AM May 18, 2024Observed: 3.13 ft at 1:00AM May 18, 2024Observed: 3.07 ft at 1:36AM May 18, 2024Observed: 3.04 ft at 2:00AM May 18, 2024Observed: 2.97 ft at 2:45AM May 18, 2024Observed: 2.96 ft at 3:00AM May 18, 2024Observed: 2.87 ft at 3:57AM May 18, 2024Observed: 2.87 ft at 4:00AM May 18, 2024Observed: 2.78 ft at 5:00AM May 18, 2024Observed: 2.77 ft at 5:06AM May 18, 2024Observed: 2.7 ft at 6:00AM May 18, 2024Observed: 2.66 ft at 6:15AM May 18, 2024Observed: 2.61 ft at 7:00AM May 18, 2024Observed: 2.56 ft at 7:33AM May 18, 2024Observed: 2.52 ft at 8:00AM May 18, 2024Observed: 2.45 ft at 9:00AM May 18, 2024Observed: 2.38 ft at 10:00AM May 18, 2024Observed: 2.35 ft at 10:27AM May 18, 2024Observed: 2.31 ft at 11:00AM May 18, 2024Observed: 2.25 ft at 11:54AM May 18, 2024Observed: 2.25 ft at 12:00PM May 18, 2024Observed: 2.18 ft at 1:00PM May 18, 2024Observed: 2.15 ft at 1:27PM May 18, 2024Observed: 2.11 ft at 2:00PM May 18, 2024Observed: 2.04 ft at 3:00PM May 18, 2024Observed: 2 ft at 4:00PM May 18, 2024Observed: 1.95 ft at 5:00PM May 18, 2024Observed: 1.95 ft at 5:03PM May 18, 2024Observed: 1.94 ft at 6:00PM May 18, 2024Observed: 1.94 ft at 7:00PM May 18, 2024Observed: 1.93 ft at 8:00PM May 18, 2024Observed: 1.91 ft at 9:00PM May 18, 2024Observed: 1.88 ft at 10:00PM May 18, 2024Observed: 1.84 ft at 10:36PM May 18, 2024Observed: 1.83 ft at 11:00PM May 18, 2024Observed: 1.77 ft at 12:00AM May 19, 2024Observed: 1.74 ft at 12:33AM May 19, 2024Observed: 1.72 ft at 1:00AM May 19, 2024Observed: 1.67 ft at 2:00AM May 19, 2024Observed: 1.64 ft at 2:27AM May 19, 2024Observed: 1.62 ft at 3:00AM May 19, 2024Observed: 1.58 ft at 4:00AM May 19, 2024Observed: 1.56 ft at 5:00AM May 19, 2024Observed: 1.56 ft at 6:00AM May 19, 2024Observed: 1.59 ft at 7:00AM May 19, 2024Observed: 1.63 ft at 8:00AM May 19, 2024Observed: 1.64 ft at 9:00AM May 19, 2024Observed: 1.62 ft at 10:00AM May 19, 2024Observed: 1.58 ft at 11:00AM May 19, 2024Observed: 1.54 ft at 11:54AM May 19, 2024Observed: 1.54 ft at 12:00PM May 19, 2024Observed: 1.5 ft at 1:00PM May 19, 2024Observed: 1.46 ft at 2:00PM May 19, 2024Observed: 1.44 ft at 2:27PM May 19, 2024Observed: 1.43 ft at 3:00PM May 19, 2024Observed: 1.41 ft at 4:00PM May 19, 2024Observed: 1.4 ft at 5:00PM May 19, 2024Observed: 1.4 ft at 6:00PM May 19, 2024Observed: 1.39 ft at 7:00PM May 19, 2024Observed: 1.37 ft at 8:00PM May 19, 2024Observed: 1.34 ft at 8:51PM May 19, 2024Observed: 1.34 ft at 9:00PM May 19, 2024Observed: 1.3 ft at 10:00PM May 19, 2024Observed: 1.25 ft at 11:00PM May 19, 2024Observed: 1.24 ft at 11:24PM May 19, 2024Observed: 1.2 ft at 12:00AM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.14 ft at 1:00AM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.13 ft at 1:12AM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.11 ft at 2:00AM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.08 ft at 3:00AM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.09 ft at 4:00AM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.12 ft at 5:00AM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.23 ft at 6:00AM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.24 ft at 6:03AM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.34 ft at 6:57AM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.34 ft at 7:00AM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.44 ft at 8:00AM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.45 ft at 8:03AM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.51 ft at 9:00AM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.55 ft at 9:57AM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.55 ft at 10:00AM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.54 ft at 11:00AM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.48 ft at 12:00PM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.44 ft at 12:36PM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.42 ft at 1:00PM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.37 ft at 2:00PM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.34 ft at 2:33PM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.34 ft at 3:00PM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.33 ft at 4:00PM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.36 ft at 5:00PM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.42 ft at 6:00PM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.44 ft at 6:30PM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.46 ft at 7:00PM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.44 ft at 8:00PM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.39 ft at 9:00PM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.34 ft at 9:48PM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.33 ft at 10:00PM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.28 ft at 11:01PM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.24 ft at 11:54PM May 20, 2024Observed: 1.24 ft at 12:00AM May 21, 2024Observed: 1.18 ft at 1:00AM May 21, 2024Observed: 1.14 ft at 2:00AM May 21, 2024Observed: 1.13 ft at 3:00AM May 21, 2024Observed: 1.15 ft at 4:00AM May 21, 2024Observed: 1.21 ft at 5:00AM May 21, 2024Observed: 1.32 ft at 6:00AM May 21, 2024Observed: 1.34 ft at 6:09AM May 21, 2024Observed: 1.43 ft at 7:00AM May 21, 2024Observed: 1.44 ft at 7:03AM May 21, 2024Observed: 1.55 ft at 8:00AM May 21, 2024Observed: 1.65 ft at 9:00AM May 21, 2024Calcasieu Parish Police JuryCCDL1(plotting HGIRZ) Graph Created (10:25AM May 21, 2024)ObservedLatest observed value: 1.65 ft at 9:00 AM CDT 21-May-2024. Flood Stage is 5 ft
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NOTE: River forecasts for this location take into account past precipitation and the precipitation amounts expected approximately 48 hours into the future from the forecast issuance time.

NOTE: Forecasts are not available for the Choupique Bayou at Dave Dugas Road. Only observed stages are available for this point.

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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 8
Moderate Flood Stage: 6
Flood Stage: 5
Action Stage: 4
Low Stage (in feet): -9999

Historic Crests
(1) 13.15 ft on 01/14/2016
(2) 7.80 ft on 08/30/2017
(3) 7.02 ft on 09/21/2013
(4) 6.41 ft on 10/10/2020 (P)
(5) 5.75 ft on 06/27/2014
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 6.41 ft on 10/10/2020 (P)
(2) 5.08 ft on 12/08/2018
(3) 7.80 ft on 08/30/2017
(4) 13.15 ft on 01/14/2016
(5) 5.00 ft on 04/18/2015
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

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Currently none available.

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Latitude: 30.168611° N, Longitude: 93.426944° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

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