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Choupique Bayou at Dave Dugas Road Stage (ft)Observed: -0.62 ft at 1:48AM Apr 12, 2024Observed: -0.64 ft at 2:00AM Apr 12, 2024Observed: -0.73 ft at 2:27AM Apr 12, 2024Observed: -0.83 ft at 3:00AM Apr 12, 2024Observed: -0.94 ft at 3:30AM Apr 12, 2024Observed: -1.05 ft at 4:00AM Apr 12, 2024Observed: -1.14 ft at 4:30AM Apr 12, 2024Observed: -1.22 ft at 5:00AM Apr 12, 2024Observed: -1.25 ft at 5:09AM Apr 12, 2024Observed: -1.33 ft at 6:00AM Apr 12, 2024Observed: -1.35 ft at 6:12AM Apr 12, 2024Observed: -1.35 ft at 7:00AM Apr 12, 2024Observed: -1.25 ft at 7:33AM Apr 12, 2024Observed: -1.13 ft at 7:54AM Apr 12, 2024Observed: -1.12 ft at 8:00AM Apr 12, 2024Observed: -1.02 ft at 8:12AM Apr 12, 2024Observed: -0.9 ft at 8:30AM Apr 12, 2024Observed: -0.8 ft at 8:48AM Apr 12, 2024Observed: -0.77 ft at 9:00AM Apr 12, 2024Observed: -0.68 ft at 9:15AM Apr 12, 2024Observed: -0.56 ft at 9:48AM Apr 12, 2024Observed: -0.53 ft at 10:00AM Apr 12, 2024Observed: -0.45 ft at 10:21AM Apr 12, 2024Observed: -0.34 ft at 10:48AM Apr 12, 2024Observed: -0.31 ft at 11:00AM Apr 12, 2024Observed: -0.23 ft at 11:15AM Apr 12, 2024Observed: -0.12 ft at 11:42AM Apr 12, 2024Observed: -0.07 ft at 12:00PM Apr 12, 2024Observed: -0.02 ft at 12:12PM Apr 12, 2024Observed: 0.09 ft at 12:48PM Apr 12, 2024Observed: 0.1 ft at 1:00PM Apr 12, 2024Observed: 0.2 ft at 1:42PM Apr 12, 2024Observed: 0.23 ft at 2:00PM Apr 12, 2024Observed: 0.3 ft at 2:30PM Apr 12, 2024Observed: 0.34 ft at 3:00PM Apr 12, 2024Observed: 0.4 ft at 3:42PM Apr 12, 2024Observed: 0.41 ft at 4:00PM Apr 12, 2024Observed: 0.47 ft at 5:00PM Apr 12, 2024Observed: 0.5 ft at 6:00PM Apr 12, 2024Observed: 0.51 ft at 6:06PM Apr 12, 2024Observed: 0.59 ft at 8:00PM Apr 12, 2024Observed: 0.61 ft at 8:09PM Apr 12, 2024Observed: 0.66 ft at 9:00PM Apr 12, 2024Observed: 0.71 ft at 9:54PM Apr 12, 2024Observed: 0.7 ft at 10:00PM Apr 12, 2024Observed: 0.66 ft at 11:00PM Apr 12, 2024Observed: 0.6 ft at 11:27PM Apr 12, 2024Observed: 0.52 ft at 12:00AM Apr 13, 2024Observed: 0.5 ft at 12:06AM Apr 13, 2024Observed: 0.39 ft at 12:42AM Apr 13, 2024Observed: 0.35 ft at 1:00AM Apr 13, 2024Observed: 0.28 ft at 1:18AM Apr 13, 2024Observed: 0.18 ft at 1:48AM Apr 13, 2024Observed: 0.16 ft at 2:00AM Apr 13, 2024Observed: 0.08 ft at 2:27AM Apr 13, 2024Observed: -0.02 ft at 3:00AM Apr 13, 2024Observed: -0.13 ft at 3:39AM Apr 13, 2024Observed: -0.17 ft at 4:00AM Apr 13, 2024Observed: -0.23 ft at 4:24AM Apr 13, 2024Observed: -0.3 ft at 5:00AM Apr 13, 2024Observed: -0.34 ft at 5:12AM Apr 13, 2024Observed: -0.44 ft at 5:51AM Apr 13, 2024Observed: -0.45 ft at 6:00AM Apr 13, 2024Observed: -0.54 ft at 6:36AM Apr 13, 2024Observed: -0.56 ft at 7:00AM Apr 13, 2024Observed: -0.64 ft at 7:42AM Apr 13, 2024Observed: -0.63 ft at 8:00AM Apr 13, 2024Observed: -0.61 ft at 9:00AM Apr 13, 2024Observed: -0.54 ft at 9:39AM Apr 13, 2024Observed: -0.48 ft at 10:00AM Apr 13, 2024Observed: -0.43 ft at 10:09AM Apr 13, 2024Observed: -0.33 ft at 10:33AM Apr 13, 2024Observed: -0.23 ft at 10:54AM Apr 13, 2024Observed: -0.21 ft at 11:00AM Apr 13, 2024Observed: -0.12 ft at 11:15AM Apr 13, 2024Observed: 0 ft at 11:45AM Apr 13, 2024Observed: 0.05 ft at 12:00PM Apr 13, 2024Observed: 0.1 ft at 12:15PM Apr 13, 2024Observed: 0.2 ft at 12:57PM Apr 13, 2024Observed: 0.2 ft at 1:00PM Apr 13, 2024Observed: 0.31 ft at 1:33PM Apr 13, 2024Observed: 0.37 ft at 2:00PM Apr 13, 2024Observed: 0.41 ft at 2:09PM Apr 13, 2024Observed: 0.52 ft at 2:54PM Apr 13, 2024Observed: 0.52 ft at 3:00PM Apr 13, 2024Observed: 0.57 ft at 4:00PM Apr 13, 2024Observed: 0.62 ft at 4:45PM Apr 13, 2024Observed: 0.62 ft at 5:00PM Apr 13, 2024Observed: 0.64 ft at 6:00PM Apr 13, 2024Observed: 0.64 ft at 7:00PM Apr 13, 2024Observed: 0.59 ft at 8:00PM Apr 13, 2024Observed: 0.54 ft at 9:00PM Apr 13, 2024Observed: 0.52 ft at 9:48PM Apr 13, 2024Observed: 0.51 ft at 10:00PM Apr 13, 2024Observed: 0.47 ft at 11:00PM Apr 13, 2024Observed: 0.41 ft at 11:39PM Apr 13, 2024Observed: 0.39 ft at 12:00AM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.31 ft at 12:39AM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.28 ft at 1:00AM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.21 ft at 1:51AM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.2 ft at 2:00AM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.11 ft at 3:00AM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.11 ft at 3:06AM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.05 ft at 4:00AM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.01 ft at 4:30AM Apr 14, 2024Observed: -0.04 ft at 5:00AM Apr 14, 2024Observed: -0.1 ft at 5:45AM Apr 14, 2024Observed: -0.12 ft at 6:00AM Apr 14, 2024Observed: -0.2 ft at 7:00AM Apr 14, 2024Observed: -0.2 ft at 7:03AM Apr 14, 2024Observed: -0.25 ft at 8:00AM Apr 14, 2024Observed: -0.28 ft at 9:00AM Apr 14, 2024Observed: -0.24 ft at 10:00AM Apr 14, 2024Observed: -0.09 ft at 10:51AM Apr 14, 2024Observed: -0.07 ft at 11:00AM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.01 ft at 11:18AM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.11 ft at 11:45AM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.16 ft at 12:00PM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.22 ft at 12:12PM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.32 ft at 12:45PM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.35 ft at 1:00PM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.43 ft at 1:24PM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.52 ft at 2:00PM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.53 ft at 2:03PM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.64 ft at 2:42PM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.67 ft at 3:00PM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.74 ft at 3:24PM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.8 ft at 4:00PM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.84 ft at 4:21PM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.89 ft at 5:00PM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.95 ft at 5:39PM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.96 ft at 6:00PM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 1.01 ft at 7:00PM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 1 ft at 8:00PM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.92 ft at 9:00PM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.84 ft at 9:36PM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.81 ft at 10:00PM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.74 ft at 10:45PM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.72 ft at 11:00PM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.64 ft at 11:56PM Apr 14, 2024Observed: 0.64 ft at 12:01AM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 0.56 ft at 1:01AM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 0.54 ft at 1:26AM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 0.51 ft at 2:00AM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 0.43 ft at 2:51AM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 0.43 ft at 3:00AM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 0.35 ft at 4:00AM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 0.33 ft at 4:12AM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 0.27 ft at 5:00AM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 0.23 ft at 5:33AM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 0.2 ft at 6:00AM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 0.12 ft at 6:30AM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 0.07 ft at 7:00AM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 0.02 ft at 7:18AM Apr 15, 2024Observed: -0.07 ft at 9:00AM Apr 15, 2024Observed: -0.1 ft at 9:06AM Apr 15, 2024Observed: -0.12 ft at 10:00AM Apr 15, 2024Observed: -0.08 ft at 11:00AM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 0.02 ft at 11:36AM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 0.09 ft at 12:00PM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 0.13 ft at 12:06PM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 0.23 ft at 12:30PM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 0.31 ft at 1:00PM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 0.33 ft at 1:03PM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 0.44 ft at 1:42PM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 0.48 ft at 2:00PM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 0.54 ft at 2:24PM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 0.63 ft at 3:00PM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 0.64 ft at 3:06PM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 0.75 ft at 3:51PM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 0.75 ft at 4:00PM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 0.85 ft at 4:51PM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 0.86 ft at 5:00PM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 0.94 ft at 6:00PM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 0.95 ft at 6:03PM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 1.02 ft at 7:00PM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 1.05 ft at 7:27PM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 1.09 ft at 8:00PM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 1.13 ft at 9:00PM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 1.15 ft at 9:15PM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 1.19 ft at 10:00PM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 1.19 ft at 11:00PM Apr 15, 2024Observed: 1.17 ft at 12:00AM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 1.14 ft at 1:00AM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 1.1 ft at 2:00AM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 1.05 ft at 2:27AM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 1.01 ft at 3:00AM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 0.96 ft at 4:00AM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 0.95 ft at 4:12AM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 0.92 ft at 5:00AM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 0.88 ft at 6:00AM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 0.86 ft at 7:00AM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 0.85 ft at 7:09AM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 0.78 ft at 8:00AM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 0.74 ft at 8:21AM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 0.69 ft at 9:00AM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 0.64 ft at 9:48AM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 0.63 ft at 10:00AM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 0.59 ft at 11:00AM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 0.61 ft at 12:00PM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 0.72 ft at 1:00PM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 0.75 ft at 1:03PM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 0.83 ft at 2:00PM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 0.85 ft at 2:03PM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 0.96 ft at 2:54PM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 0.96 ft at 3:00PM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 1.06 ft at 3:45PM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 1.08 ft at 4:00PM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 1.15 ft at 4:45PM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 1.19 ft at 5:00PM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 1.27 ft at 5:51PM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 1.27 ft at 6:01PM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 1.34 ft at 7:00PM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 1.37 ft at 7:21PM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 1.39 ft at 8:00PM Apr 16, 2024Highest Observation: 1.41 ft at 9:00PM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 1.36 ft at 10:00PM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 1.27 ft at 11:00PM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 1.26 ft at 11:03PM Apr 16, 2024Observed: 1.2 ft at 12:00AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 1.17 ft at 1:01AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 1.15 ft at 1:14AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 1.12 ft at 2:00AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 1.1 ft at 3:00AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 1.07 ft at 4:00AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 1.06 ft at 4:30AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 1.05 ft at 5:00AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.99 ft at 6:00AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.96 ft at 6:30AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.92 ft at 7:00AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.85 ft at 7:51AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.85 ft at 8:00AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.76 ft at 9:00AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.75 ft at 9:03AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.68 ft at 10:00AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.64 ft at 10:24AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.61 ft at 11:00AM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.56 ft at 12:00PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.56 ft at 1:00PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.6 ft at 2:00PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.73 ft at 3:00PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.75 ft at 3:06PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.85 ft at 3:39PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.89 ft at 4:00PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.95 ft at 4:27PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 0.99 ft at 5:00PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 1.05 ft at 5:45PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 1.07 ft at 6:00PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 1.12 ft at 7:00PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 1.15 ft at 7:15PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 1.2 ft at 8:00PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 1.23 ft at 9:00PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 1.22 ft at 10:00PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 1.15 ft at 11:00PM Apr 17, 2024Observed: 1.08 ft at 12:00AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 1.05 ft at 12:24AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 1.03 ft at 1:00AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 1 ft at 2:00AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 1 ft at 3:00AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 1.02 ft at 4:00AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 1.03 ft at 5:00AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.1 ft at 5:18AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 1.02 ft at 5:21AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.98 ft at 6:00AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.94 ft at 7:02AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.91 ft at 7:30AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.89 ft at 8:00AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.81 ft at 8:57AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.81 ft at 9:00AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.75 ft at 10:00AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.71 ft at 10:33AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.67 ft at 11:00AM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.62 ft at 12:00PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.65 ft at 1:00PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.64 ft at 2:00PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.7 ft at 3:00PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.81 ft at 3:48PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.83 ft at 4:00PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.91 ft at 4:45PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 0.93 ft at 5:00PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 1.01 ft at 5:51PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 1.02 ft at 6:00PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 1.11 ft at 7:00PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 1.12 ft at 7:03PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 1.18 ft at 8:00PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 1.22 ft at 8:42PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 1.22 ft at 9:00PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 1.24 ft at 10:00PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 1.19 ft at 11:00PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 1.11 ft at 11:54PM Apr 18, 2024Observed: 1.11 ft at 12:00AM Apr 19, 2024Calcasieu Parish Police JuryCCDL1(plotting HGIRZ) Graph Created (1:09AM Apr 19, 2024)ObservedLatest observed value: 1.11 ft at 12:00 AM CDT 19-Apr-2024. Flood Stage is 5 ft
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Datum: NAVD88
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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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