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Mississippi River at Caruthersville Stage (ft)Highest Observation: 30 ft at 3:00AM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 29.93 ft at 4:00AM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 29.96 ft at 5:00AM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 29.94 ft at 6:00AM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 29.9 ft at 7:00AM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 29.89 ft at 8:00AM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 29.83 ft at 9:00AM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 29.82 ft at 10:00AM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 29.8 ft at 11:00AM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 29.75 ft at 12:00PM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 29.75 ft at 1:00PM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 29.71 ft at 2:00PM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 29.67 ft at 3:00PM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 29.69 ft at 4:00PM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 29.67 ft at 5:00PM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 29.62 ft at 6:00PM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 29.61 ft at 7:00PM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 29.56 ft at 8:00PM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 29.62 ft at 9:00PM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 29.52 ft at 10:00PM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 29.5 ft at 11:00PM Jun 16, 2013Observed: 29.49 ft at 12:00AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 29.47 ft at 1:00AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 29.47 ft at 2:00AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 29.45 ft at 3:00AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 29.4 ft at 4:00AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 29.4 ft at 5:00AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 29.35 ft at 6:00AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 29.38 ft at 7:00AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 29.37 ft at 8:00AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 29.35 ft at 9:00AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 29.34 ft at 10:00AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 29.33 ft at 11:00AM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 29.32 ft at 12:00PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 29.36 ft at 1:00PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 29.29 ft at 2:00PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 29.27 ft at 3:00PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 29.24 ft at 4:00PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 29.29 ft at 5:00PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 29.26 ft at 6:00PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 29.22 ft at 7:00PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 29.23 ft at 8:00PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 29.21 ft at 9:00PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 29.21 ft at 10:00PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 29.2 ft at 11:00PM Jun 17, 2013Observed: 29.23 ft at 12:00AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 29.23 ft at 1:00AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 29.23 ft at 2:00AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 29.2 ft at 3:00AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 29.27 ft at 4:00AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 29.23 ft at 5:00AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 29.09 ft at 6:00AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 29.22 ft at 7:00AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 29.23 ft at 8:00AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 29.21 ft at 9:00AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 29.22 ft at 10:00AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 29.27 ft at 11:00AM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 29.24 ft at 12:00PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 29.24 ft at 1:00PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 29.23 ft at 2:00PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 29.21 ft at 3:00PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 29.26 ft at 4:00PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 29.28 ft at 5:00PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 29.34 ft at 6:00PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 29.35 ft at 7:00PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 29.37 ft at 8:00PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 29.36 ft at 9:00PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 29.38 ft at 10:00PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 29.37 ft at 11:00PM Jun 18, 2013Observed: 29.37 ft at 12:00AM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 29.4 ft at 1:00AM Jun 19, 2013Observed: 29.38 ft at 2:00AM Jun 19, 2013Forecast: 29.2 ft 7:00AM Jun 19, 2013Forecast: 29.2 ft 1:00PM Jun 19, 2013Forecast: 29.3 ft 7:00PM Jun 19, 2013Forecast: 29.3 ft 1:00AM Jun 20, 2013Highest Forecast: 29.4 ft 7:00AM Jun 20, 2013Forecast: 29.3 ft 1:00PM Jun 20, 2013Forecast: 29.3 ft 7:00PM Jun 20, 2013Forecast: 29.2 ft 1:00AM Jun 21, 2013Forecast: 29.2 ft 7:00AM Jun 21, 2013Forecast: 29.2 ft 1:00PM Jun 21, 2013Forecast: 29.1 ft 7:00PM Jun 21, 2013Forecast: 29.1 ft 1:00AM Jun 22, 2013Forecast: 29.1 ft 7:00AM Jun 22, 2013Forecast: 28.9 ft 1:00PM Jun 22, 2013Forecast: 28.8 ft 7:00PM Jun 22, 2013Forecast: 28.6 ft 1:00AM Jun 23, 2013Forecast: 28.4 ft 7:00AM Jun 23, 2013USACE Stages and DischargesCRTM7(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (2:50AM Jun 19, 2013)ObservedForecast (issued 7:34PM Jun 18)Latest observed value: 29.38 ft at 2:00 AM CDT 19-Jun-2013. Flood Stage is 32 ft
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NOTE: Forecasts for the Mississippi River at Caruthersville are issued routinely year-round.
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage:43
Moderate Flood Stage:41
Flood Stage:32
Action Stage:29

Historical Crests
(1) 47.61 ft on 05/07/2011
(2) 46.00 ft on 02/05/1937
(3) 42.40 ft on 04/03/1973
(4) 42.40 ft on 04/04/1975
(5) 42.21 ft on 03/11/1997
(6) 41.99 ft on 05/28/1995
(7) 41.60 ft on 05/21/2002
(8) 41.56 ft on 04/19/1979
(9) 41.40 ft on 05/18/1961
(10) 41.33 ft on 05/09/1983
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Low Water Records
(1) -0.82 ft on 08/30/2012
(2) -0.72 ft on 10/26/1939
(3) -0.70 ft on 01/07/1940
(4) -0.60 ft on 08/23/1936
(5) -0.14 ft on 08/29/2006
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47.61 Record.
44 Most all land in northwestern Lauderdale County and and Western Dyer County below the bluffs is flooded.
41 Water is deep and fast over most of Highway 88 in the Lauderdale North Bottom.
40.5 West End of Bradley Road is flooded.
40 Highway 88 is flooded at many places. Backwater coming up the Obion and Forked Deer Rivers has flooded most unprotected land in Western Dyer County and the North Bottom of Lauderdale County. Backwater has reached Miston, Finley, and Four Points. Road to Farmers Soybean Corporation Terminal east of NuCor Steel Plant is flooded. Fields inside the levee are flooded in Pemiscott County. Water has nearly reached Lennox, Richwood Road and Paw Paw Ridge. Parker Rd in Lake County is flooded.
39 Highway 88 is flooded at places in the North Bottom of Lauderdale County. Roads to and from Chisholm Lake are flooding.
38 Several homes in this area will be cut off due to high water. Road to the boat ramp near the mouth of the Obion River is covered.
37.5 Route 104 between Mengelwood and the levee is flooding. Bradley Road just east of the Obion River is nearly flooded.
37 East leg of Miss Kelly Loop floods.
36 Farmers Soybean Grain Terminal Area east of Blytheville, AR is flooding. Overbank flooding from the river is cutting across the Barr Point Area. Suggs Road is flooded at the low spots.
35.5 Route 88 os floodedj ust south of Suggs Road.
35 Barr Road is under two feet of water in places, and evacuations are very difficult. Most unprotected farmland near the river and portions of Highway 104 in western Dyer county TN are impacted.
34 Barr Road along the Middle Fork Forked Deer is flooding near the bridge at the south end of Watkins Road. Water from the North Bottom is now flowing over the basin boundary into the South Bottomm of Lauderdale County.
33 Barr Road in Chickasaw National Forest is flooding...cutting off evacuations from the Wardlews Pocket Area.
32 Mississippi River overbank flooding is occurring across Highway 88 just north of Dee Webb Road. Extensive amounts of Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge are flooded. Sloughs at the west end of Barr Road are beginning to backup into fields. Most unprotected farmland in northwest Tennessee, southeast Missouri, and northeast Arkansas is affected.
31 Dee Webb Road and Watkins Road are flooding, and Brady Ridge Road is flooding. Barr Road north of Wardlow Pocket area is flooding.
30 Sloughs are flooding fields just north of Chisholm Lake.
29 Chisholm Lake Road is flooded south of Cocklebur Slough. Overbank flooding begins on low lying farmland along both banks of the Mississippi river and the Obion river in northwest Tennessee. Old Forked Deer river is beginning to flood fields in the Hales Point area south of Suggs Road.
28 Chisholm Lake Road is starting to flood south of Cocklebur Slough. Fields are beginning to flood at Wrights Point.
27 Sloughs are flooding fields in the Wrights Point Area. Fields and roads in Southwestern Dyer County and along the Forked Deer River in Northern Lauderdale County are flooding.
24 Numerous low lying fields, roadside ditches, sloughs, and old riverbeds are in the beginning stages of backwater flooding east of the mouth of the Obion and Forked Deer Rivers. The old riverbed of the Forked Deer River that goes down to Chisholm Lake in Lauderdale County is running due to water coming in from the Forked Deer River.
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(1) View downstream (stage = 25 ft)
(2) View upstream (stage = 25 ft)
(3) View east (stage=3.2ft)
(4) View east (stage=38.2ft)
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Latitude: 36.194722° N, Longitude: 89.653611° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame		 Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 32 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
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(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 29 235.49 ft 267.49 ft Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
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