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Comite River near Comite Joor Rd. Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: -1.5 ft at 3:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: -1.51 ft at 3:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: -1.5 ft at 4:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: -1.5 ft at 4:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: -1.5 ft at 5:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: -1.51 ft at 5:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: -1.5 ft at 6:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: -1.5 ft at 6:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: -1.51 ft at 7:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: -1.5 ft at 7:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: -1.49 ft at 8:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: -1.49 ft at 8:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: -1.49 ft at 9:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: -1.48 ft at 9:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: -1.49 ft at 10:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: -1.47 ft at 10:30PM May 20, 2013Observed: -1.48 ft at 11:00PM May 20, 2013Observed: -1.48 ft at 1:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.47 ft at 2:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.47 ft at 2:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.49 ft at 3:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.48 ft at 3:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.5 ft at 4:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.5 ft at 4:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.5 ft at 5:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.49 ft at 5:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.5 ft at 6:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.51 ft at 6:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.5 ft at 7:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.5 ft at 7:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.5 ft at 8:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.51 ft at 8:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.52 ft at 9:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.51 ft at 9:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.51 ft at 10:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.52 ft at 10:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.5 ft at 11:00AM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.5 ft at 11:30AM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.5 ft at 12:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.51 ft at 12:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.51 ft at 1:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.52 ft at 1:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.52 ft at 2:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.51 ft at 2:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.51 ft at 3:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.52 ft at 3:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.53 ft at 4:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.53 ft at 4:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.53 ft at 5:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.54 ft at 5:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.52 ft at 6:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.53 ft at 6:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.54 ft at 7:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.53 ft at 7:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.54 ft at 8:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.54 ft at 8:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.53 ft at 9:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.56 ft at 9:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.54 ft at 10:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.54 ft at 10:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.54 ft at 11:00PM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.54 ft at 11:30PM May 21, 2013Observed: -1.53 ft at 12:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: -1.54 ft at 12:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: -1.54 ft at 1:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: -1.54 ft at 1:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: -1.53 ft at 2:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: -1.54 ft at 2:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: -1.54 ft at 3:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: -1.54 ft at 3:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: -1.55 ft at 4:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: -1.53 ft at 5:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: -1.51 ft at 6:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: -0.79 ft at 6:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 0.88 ft at 7:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 3.22 ft at 7:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 5.34 ft at 8:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 7.01 ft at 8:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 8.3 ft at 9:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 9.38 ft at 9:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 10.34 ft at 10:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 11.18 ft at 10:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 11.95 ft at 11:00AM May 22, 2013Observed: 12.59 ft at 11:30AM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.14 ft at 12:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 13.68 ft at 12:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 14.14 ft at 1:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 14.57 ft at 1:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 14.96 ft at 2:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 15.32 ft at 2:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 15.64 ft at 3:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 15.95 ft at 3:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 16.21 ft at 4:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 16.44 ft at 4:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 16.66 ft at 5:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 16.84 ft at 5:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 17.02 ft at 6:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 17.19 ft at 6:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 17.34 ft at 7:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 17.49 ft at 7:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 17.59 ft at 8:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 17.7 ft at 8:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 17.81 ft at 9:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 17.89 ft at 9:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 17.97 ft at 10:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 18.02 ft at 10:30PM May 22, 2013Observed: 18.06 ft at 11:00PM May 22, 2013Observed: 18.1 ft at 11:30PM May 22, 2013Highest Observation: 18.14 ft at 12:00AM May 23, 2013Highest Observation: 18.14 ft at 12:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 18.11 ft at 1:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 18.11 ft at 1:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 18.08 ft at 2:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 18.06 ft at 2:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 18 ft at 3:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 17.94 ft at 3:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 17.9 ft at 4:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 17.83 ft at 4:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 17.78 ft at 5:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 17.7 ft at 5:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 17.62 ft at 6:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 17.54 ft at 6:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 17.43 ft at 7:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 17.35 ft at 7:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 17.26 ft at 8:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 17.18 ft at 8:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 17.08 ft at 9:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 17 ft at 9:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 16.9 ft at 10:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 16.81 ft at 10:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 16.72 ft at 11:00AM May 23, 2013Observed: 16.63 ft at 11:30AM May 23, 2013Observed: 16.53 ft at 12:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 16.44 ft at 12:30PM May 23, 2013Observed: 16.35 ft at 1:00PM May 23, 2013Observed: 16.25 ft at 1:30PM May 23, 2013Observed: 16.15 ft at 2:00PM May 23, 2013Highest Forecast: 15.1 ft 7:00PM May 23, 2013Forecast: 14.6 ft 1:00AM May 24, 2013Forecast: 13.7 ft 7:00AM May 24, 2013Forecast: 12.2 ft 1:00PM May 24, 2013Forecast: 10.4 ft 7:00PM May 24, 2013Forecast: 8.2 ft 1:00AM May 25, 2013Forecast: 6 ft 7:00AM May 25, 2013Forecast: 4.1 ft 1:00PM May 25, 2013Forecast: 2.7 ft 7:00PM May 25, 2013Forecast: 1.9 ft 1:00AM May 26, 2013Forecast: 1 ft 7:00AM May 26, 2013Forecast: 0.5 ft 1:00PM May 26, 2013Forecast: 0.3 ft 7:00PM May 26, 2013Forecast: -0.1 ft 1:00AM May 27, 2013Forecast: -0.3 ft 7:00AM May 27, 2013Forecast: -0.3 ft 1:00PM May 27, 2013Forecast: -0.3 ft 7:00PM May 27, 2013Forecast: -0.3 ft 1:00AM May 28, 2013Forecast: -0.5 ft 7:00AM May 28, 2013USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesCMTL1(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (2:54PM May 23, 2013)ObservedForecast (issued 9:10AM May 23)Latest observed value: 16.15 ft at 2:00 PM CDT 23-May-2013. Flood Stage is 20 ft
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Comite River near Comite Joor Rd. are issued routinely year-round.
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:28
Moderate Flood Stage:25
Flood Stage:20
Action Stage:16

Historical Crests
(1) 30.99 ft on 06/09/2001
(2) 30.64 ft on 05/19/1953
(3) 29.72 ft on 04/07/1983
(4) 28.72 ft on 03/19/1961
(5) 28.07 ft on 04/15/1955
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Low Water Records
(1) -1.00 ft on 10/31/2000
(2) -0.90 ft on 08/30/2000
(3) -0.70 ft on 02/09/2001
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33 500-YEAR FLOOD.
30.64 HIGHEST STAGE ON RECORD...MAY 19, 1953
30 THERE WILL BE WIDESPREAD MAJOR FLOODING
25 SUBDIVISIONS BETWEEN THE COMITE RIVER AND BEAVER BAYOU WILL HAVE MODERATE FLOODING. HIGH WATER WILL PREVENT RECREATIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY FROM LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 64 DOWNSTREAM TO THE AMITE RIVER JUNCTION. FARM ANIMALS AND EQUIPMENT SHOULD BE MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND
20 HIGH WATER WILL PREVENT RECREATIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY FROM LOUISIANA HIGHWAY 64 DOWNSTREAM TO THE AMITE RIVER JUNCTION. FARM ANIMALS AND EQUIPMENT SHOULD BE MOVED TO HIGHER GROUND
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Latitude: 30.512500° N, Longitude: 91.073611° W, Horizontal Datum: Unknown

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 20 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)		 Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)		 Elevation information source
NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other Not Available Not Available  

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