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Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau Stage (ft)Flow (kcfs)Observed: 12.06 ft at 5:00AM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.07 ft at 5:30AM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.12 ft at 6:00AM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.1 ft at 6:30AM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.11 ft at 7:00AM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.12 ft at 7:30AM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.13 ft at 8:00AM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.17 ft at 8:30AM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.15 ft at 9:00AM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.18 ft at 9:30AM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.16 ft at 10:00AM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.17 ft at 10:30AM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.2 ft at 11:00AM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.21 ft at 11:30AM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.25 ft at 12:00PM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.24 ft at 12:30PM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.24 ft at 1:00PM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.22 ft at 1:30PM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.24 ft at 2:00PM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.27 ft at 2:30PM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.26 ft at 3:00PM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.29 ft at 3:30PM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.26 ft at 4:00PM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.29 ft at 4:30PM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.28 ft at 5:00PM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.29 ft at 5:30PM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.31 ft at 6:00PM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.29 ft at 6:30PM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.31 ft at 7:00PM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.31 ft at 7:30PM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.33 ft at 8:00PM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.33 ft at 8:30PM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.34 ft at 9:00PM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.33 ft at 9:30PM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.33 ft at 10:00PM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.34 ft at 10:30PM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.34 ft at 11:00PM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.35 ft at 11:30PM Oct 21, 2020Observed: 12.37 ft at 12:00AM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.35 ft at 12:30AM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.35 ft at 1:00AM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.35 ft at 1:30AM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.35 ft at 2:00AM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.36 ft at 2:30AM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.34 ft at 3:00AM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.35 ft at 3:30AM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.35 ft at 4:00AM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.36 ft at 4:30AM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.37 ft at 5:00AM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.38 ft at 5:30AM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.38 ft at 6:00AM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.39 ft at 6:30AM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.41 ft at 7:00AM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.39 ft at 7:30AM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.43 ft at 8:00AM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.4 ft at 8:30AM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.42 ft at 9:00AM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.43 ft at 9:30AM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.44 ft at 10:00AM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.49 ft at 10:30AM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.46 ft at 11:00AM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.48 ft at 11:30AM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.49 ft at 12:00PM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.47 ft at 12:30PM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.49 ft at 1:00PM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.86 ft at 2:00PM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.89 ft at 2:30PM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.89 ft at 3:00PM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.91 ft at 3:30PM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.91 ft at 4:00PM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.91 ft at 4:30PM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.92 ft at 5:00PM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.94 ft at 5:30PM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.94 ft at 6:00PM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.93 ft at 6:30PM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.94 ft at 7:00PM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.95 ft at 7:30PM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.96 ft at 8:00PM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.97 ft at 8:30PM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.98 ft at 9:00PM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.98 ft at 9:30PM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.99 ft at 10:00PM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.98 ft at 10:30PM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.98 ft at 11:00PM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.98 ft at 11:30PM Oct 22, 2020Observed: 12.99 ft at 12:00AM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 13 ft at 12:30AM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 13 ft at 1:00AM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.99 ft at 1:30AM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.98 ft at 2:00AM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.99 ft at 2:30AM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.99 ft at 3:00AM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.99 ft at 3:30AM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.99 ft at 4:00AM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.99 ft at 4:30AM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.98 ft at 5:00AM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.99 ft at 5:30AM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 13 ft at 6:00AM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.97 ft at 6:30AM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.97 ft at 7:00AM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.98 ft at 7:30AM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 13 ft at 8:00AM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.99 ft at 8:30AM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.99 ft at 9:00AM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 13 ft at 9:30AM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.98 ft at 10:00AM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.97 ft at 10:30AM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.98 ft at 11:00AM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.95 ft at 11:30AM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.9 ft at 12:00PM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.95 ft at 12:30PM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.96 ft at 1:00PM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.93 ft at 1:30PM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.92 ft at 2:00PM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 13.02 ft at 2:30PM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 13.04 ft at 3:00PM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.98 ft at 3:30PM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.98 ft at 4:00PM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.98 ft at 4:30PM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 13 ft at 5:00PM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.93 ft at 5:30PM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.95 ft at 6:00PM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.95 ft at 6:30PM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.92 ft at 7:00PM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.92 ft at 7:30PM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.92 ft at 8:00PM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.92 ft at 8:30PM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.89 ft at 9:00PM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.89 ft at 9:30PM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.9 ft at 10:00PM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.86 ft at 10:30PM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.89 ft at 11:00PM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.86 ft at 11:30PM Oct 23, 2020Observed: 12.85 ft at 12:00AM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.83 ft at 12:30AM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.76 ft at 1:00AM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.81 ft at 1:30AM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.83 ft at 2:00AM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.81 ft at 2:30AM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.78 ft at 3:00AM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.79 ft at 3:30AM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.78 ft at 4:00AM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.79 ft at 4:30AM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.77 ft at 5:00AM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.73 ft at 5:30AM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.74 ft at 6:00AM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.76 ft at 6:30AM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.74 ft at 7:00AM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.73 ft at 7:30AM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.72 ft at 8:00AM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.73 ft at 8:30AM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.73 ft at 9:00AM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.7 ft at 9:30AM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.7 ft at 10:00AM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.73 ft at 10:30AM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.69 ft at 11:00AM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.73 ft at 11:30AM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.69 ft at 12:00PM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.74 ft at 12:30PM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.77 ft at 1:00PM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.75 ft at 1:30PM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.73 ft at 2:00PM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.76 ft at 2:30PM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.76 ft at 3:00PM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.78 ft at 3:30PM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.79 ft at 4:00PM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.63 ft at 4:30PM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.8 ft at 5:00PM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.83 ft at 5:30PM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.89 ft at 6:00PM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.85 ft at 6:30PM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.87 ft at 7:00PM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.89 ft at 7:30PM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.89 ft at 8:00PM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.91 ft at 8:30PM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.96 ft at 9:00PM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.92 ft at 9:30PM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.94 ft at 10:00PM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.95 ft at 10:30PM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.99 ft at 11:00PM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 12.98 ft at 11:30PM Oct 24, 2020Observed: 13.01 ft at 12:00AM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.04 ft at 12:30AM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.06 ft at 1:00AM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.06 ft at 1:30AM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.1 ft at 2:00AM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.11 ft at 2:30AM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.14 ft at 3:00AM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.11 ft at 3:30AM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.15 ft at 4:00AM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.19 ft at 4:30AM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.19 ft at 5:00AM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.23 ft at 5:30AM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.25 ft at 6:00AM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.24 ft at 6:30AM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.26 ft at 7:00AM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.27 ft at 7:30AM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.28 ft at 8:00AM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.28 ft at 8:30AM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.3 ft at 9:00AM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.32 ft at 9:30AM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.34 ft at 10:00AM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.35 ft at 10:30AM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.37 ft at 11:00AM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.37 ft at 11:30AM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.42 ft at 12:00PM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.42 ft at 12:30PM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.44 ft at 1:00PM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.46 ft at 1:30PM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.46 ft at 2:00PM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.47 ft at 2:30PM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.49 ft at 3:00PM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.51 ft at 3:30PM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.5 ft at 4:00PM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.52 ft at 4:30PM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.54 ft at 5:00PM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.55 ft at 5:30PM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.57 ft at 6:00PM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.58 ft at 6:30PM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.55 ft at 7:00PM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.61 ft at 7:30PM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.59 ft at 8:00PM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.6 ft at 8:30PM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.63 ft at 9:00PM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.64 ft at 9:30PM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.63 ft at 10:00PM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.64 ft at 10:30PM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.66 ft at 11:00PM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.68 ft at 11:30PM Oct 25, 2020Observed: 13.68 ft at 12:00AM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 13.69 ft at 12:30AM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 13.72 ft at 1:00AM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 13.75 ft at 1:30AM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 13.75 ft at 2:00AM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 13.76 ft at 2:30AM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 13.78 ft at 3:00AM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 13.76 ft at 3:30AM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 13.81 ft at 4:00AM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 13.83 ft at 4:30AM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 13.86 ft at 5:00AM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 13.85 ft at 5:30AM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 13.87 ft at 6:00AM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 13.91 ft at 6:30AM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 13.94 ft at 7:00AM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 13.94 ft at 7:30AM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 13.95 ft at 8:00AM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 13.99 ft at 8:30AM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 13.99 ft at 9:00AM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 14.03 ft at 9:30AM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 14.03 ft at 10:00AM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 14.04 ft at 10:30AM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 14.04 ft at 11:00AM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 14.06 ft at 11:30AM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 14.08 ft at 12:00PM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 14.1 ft at 12:30PM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 14.12 ft at 1:00PM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 14.13 ft at 1:30PM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 14.17 ft at 2:30PM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 14.19 ft at 3:00PM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 14.21 ft at 3:30PM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 14.24 ft at 4:00PM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 14.24 ft at 4:30PM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 14.28 ft at 5:00PM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 14.28 ft at 5:30PM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 14.28 ft at 6:00PM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 14.3 ft at 6:30PM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 14.33 ft at 7:00PM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 14.27 ft at 7:30PM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 14.34 ft at 8:00PM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 14.36 ft at 8:30PM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 14.37 ft at 9:00PM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 14.39 ft at 9:30PM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 14.38 ft at 10:00PM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 14.42 ft at 10:30PM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 14.41 ft at 11:00PM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 14.45 ft at 11:30PM Oct 26, 2020Observed: 14.44 ft at 12:00AM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.45 ft at 12:30AM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.47 ft at 1:00AM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.47 ft at 1:30AM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.5 ft at 2:00AM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.48 ft at 2:30AM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.51 ft at 3:00AM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.53 ft at 3:30AM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.53 ft at 4:00AM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.55 ft at 4:30AM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.56 ft at 5:00AM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.58 ft at 5:30AM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.57 ft at 6:00AM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.62 ft at 6:30AM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.62 ft at 7:00AM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.63 ft at 7:30AM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.66 ft at 8:00AM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.72 ft at 8:30AM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.65 ft at 9:00AM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.71 ft at 9:30AM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.72 ft at 10:00AM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.68 ft at 10:30AM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.76 ft at 11:00AM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.76 ft at 11:30AM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.76 ft at 12:00PM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.77 ft at 12:30PM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.8 ft at 1:00PM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.84 ft at 1:30PM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.84 ft at 2:00PM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.84 ft at 2:30PM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.84 ft at 3:00PM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.88 ft at 3:30PM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.89 ft at 4:00PM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.92 ft at 4:30PM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.91 ft at 5:00PM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.96 ft at 5:30PM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.97 ft at 6:00PM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 15 ft at 6:30PM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 15.04 ft at 7:00PM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 14.97 ft at 7:30PM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 15.07 ft at 8:00PM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 15.09 ft at 8:30PM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 15.15 ft at 9:00PM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 15.15 ft at 9:30PM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 15.19 ft at 10:00PM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 15.21 ft at 10:30PM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 15.25 ft at 11:00PM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 15.26 ft at 11:30PM Oct 27, 2020Observed: 15.3 ft at 12:00AM Oct 28, 2020Observed: 15.33 ft at 12:30AM Oct 28, 2020Observed: 15.37 ft at 1:00AM Oct 28, 2020Observed: 15.4 ft at 1:30AM Oct 28, 2020Observed: 15.37 ft at 2:00AM Oct 28, 2020Observed: 15.44 ft at 2:30AM Oct 28, 2020Observed: 15.49 ft at 3:00AM Oct 28, 2020Observed: 15.51 ft at 3:30AM Oct 28, 2020Observed: 15.54 ft at 4:00AM Oct 28, 2020Highest Observation: 15.58 ft at 4:30AM Oct 28, 2020Forecast: 15.6 ft 7:00AM Oct 28, 2020Forecast: 15.9 ft 1:00PM Oct 28, 2020Forecast: 16.2 ft 7:00PM Oct 28, 2020Forecast: 16.4 ft 1:00AM Oct 29, 2020Forecast: 16.6 ft 7:00AM Oct 29, 2020Forecast: 16.8 ft 1:00PM Oct 29, 2020Forecast: 17 ft 7:00PM Oct 29, 2020Forecast: 17.3 ft 1:00AM Oct 30, 2020Forecast: 17.4 ft 7:00AM Oct 30, 2020Forecast: 17.6 ft 1:00PM Oct 30, 2020Forecast: 17.7 ft 7:00PM Oct 30, 2020Forecast: 17.9 ft 1:00AM Oct 31, 2020Forecast: 18.1 ft 7:00AM Oct 31, 2020Forecast: 18.4 ft 1:00PM Oct 31, 2020Forecast: 18.8 ft 7:00PM Oct 31, 2020Forecast: 19.3 ft 1:00AM Nov 01, 2020Forecast: 20 ft 6:00AM Nov 01, 2020Forecast: 20.6 ft 12:00PM Nov 01, 2020Forecast: 21.1 ft 6:00PM Nov 01, 2020Forecast: 21.5 ft 12:00AM Nov 02, 2020Forecast: 21.8 ft 6:00AM Nov 02, 2020Forecast: 21.9 ft 12:00PM Nov 02, 2020Highest Forecast: 22 ft 6:00PM Nov 02, 2020Forecast: 21.9 ft 12:00AM Nov 03, 2020Forecast: 21.7 ft 6:00AM Nov 03, 2020Forecast: 21.5 ft 12:00PM Nov 03, 2020Forecast: 21.2 ft 6:00PM Nov 03, 2020Forecast: 20.8 ft 12:00AM Nov 04, 2020Forecast: 20.3 ft 6:00AM Nov 04, 2020Forecast: 19.9 ft 12:00PM Nov 04, 2020Forecast: 19.4 ft 6:00PM Nov 04, 2020Forecast: 18.9 ft 12:00AM Nov 05, 2020Forecast: 18.4 ft 6:00AM Nov 05, 2020Forecast: 18 ft 12:00PM Nov 05, 2020Forecast: 17.6 ft 6:00PM Nov 05, 2020Forecast: 17.2 ft 12:00AM Nov 06, 2020Forecast: 16.8 ft 6:00AM Nov 06, 2020Forecast: 16.5 ft 12:00PM Nov 06, 2020Forecast: 16.3 ft 6:00PM Nov 06, 2020Forecast: 16 ft 12:00AM Nov 07, 2020Forecast: 15.8 ft 6:00AM Nov 07, 2020Forecast: 15.6 ft 12:00PM Nov 07, 2020Forecast: 15.4 ft 6:00PM Nov 07, 2020Forecast: 15.3 ft 12:00AM Nov 08, 2020Forecast: 15.1 ft 6:00AM Nov 08, 2020Forecast: 15 ft 12:00PM Nov 08, 2020Forecast: 14.9 ft 6:00PM Nov 08, 2020Forecast: 14.8 ft 12:00AM Nov 09, 2020Forecast: 14.6 ft 6:00AM Nov 09, 2020Forecast: 14.5 ft 12:00PM Nov 09, 2020Forecast: 14.4 ft 6:00PM Nov 09, 2020Forecast: 14.3 ft 12:00AM Nov 10, 2020Forecast: 14.2 ft 6:00AM Nov 10, 2020Forecast: 14.1 ft 12:00PM Nov 10, 2020Forecast: 14 ft 6:00PM Nov 10, 2020Forecast: 13.9 ft 12:00AM Nov 11, 2020USGS--Water Resources of the United StatesCPGM7(plotting HGIRG) Graph Created (4:47AM Oct 28, 2020)ObservedForecast (issued 9:37AM Oct 27)Latest observed value: 15.58 ft at 4:30 AM CDT 28-Oct-2020. Flood Stage is 32 ft
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 42
Moderate Flood Stage: 37
Flood Stage: 32
Action Stage: 29
Low Stage (in feet): 5.4

Historic Crests
(1) 48.86 ft on 01/02/2016
(2) 48.49 ft on 08/08/1993
(3) 47.00 ft on 05/24/1995
(4) 46.90 ft on 08/03/1993
(5) 46.36 ft on 06/11/2019
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 37.49 ft on 03/25/2022
(2) 36.80 ft on 06/03/2020 (P)
(3) 35.45 ft on 05/01/2020 (P)
(4) 37.31 ft on 03/26/2020 (P)
(5) 37.49 ft on 01/15/2020 (P)
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 0.60 ft on 01/15/1909
(2) 0.80 ft on 02/01/1902
(3) 1.00 ft on 12/27/1897
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48.86 This flood will exceed the highest stage on record.
43 The flood gate on North Main Street closes.
42 Several homes and structures in southern Cape Girardeau County may be inundated or cut off due to backwater flooding from the Diversion Channel. Evacuations may be required. Thousands of acres are flooded. Numerous roads are closed both along the Mississippi River and due to backwater flooding.
38 The flood gate at Broadway closes.
36 The flood gate on Themis Street closes.
32 Minor flooding occurs. The Mississippi River backs into several creeks producing flooding.
29 The area north of the Little River Diversion Channel begins to flood.
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(1) Mississippi River Upstream
(2) Mississippi River Downstream
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Latitude: 37.301944° N, Longitude: 89.518056° 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
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 29 304.65 ft 336.65 ft 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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