re: Mississippi River Flood Stage - Natchez Area

Here is the map I referenced in a previous post.

Natchez Area

Thanks for the link Dusty Bottoms

Pulled this info from the site. Looks like NOLA would be boned worse than Katrina if those locks aren't opened north of the city.
MISSISSIPPI RIVER
CAPE GIRARDEAU 32 43.8 -1.3 43.3 42.3 41.3 40.3 39.3
THEBES 33 43.6 -0.4 42.5 41.5 40.6 39.7 38.8
NEW MADRID 34 47.8 +0.5 48.4 49.4 50.0 49.8 49.4 50.0 5/7A
TIPTONVILLE 37 48.1E MSG 48.5 49.7 50.8 51.7 51.5 51.7 5/8A
CARUTHERSVILLE 32 46.6 +0.4 47.0 48.1 48.9 49.4 49.4 49.5 5/8P
OSCEOLA 28 44.9 +0.5 45.2 45.8 46.4 47.0 47.5 47.5 5/9A
MEMPHIS 34 44.7 +0.4 45.1 45.9 46.6 47.1 47.6 48.0 5/11A
HELENA 44 52.3 +0.5 52.8 53.6 54.4 55.0 55.4 56.0 5/12A
ARKANSAS CITY 37 44.5 +0.6 45.1 46.3 47.5 48.5 49.4 53.5 5/16A
GREENVILLE 48 55.6 +0.7 56.2 57.2 58.3 59.3 60.2 64.5 5/17A
VICKSBURG 43 47.4 +0.4 48.2 49.4 50.5 51.6 52.6 57.5 5/20A
NATCHEZ 48 52.4 +0.4 53.1 54.3 55.5 56.6 57.6 64.0 5/22A
RED RIVER LNDG 48 53.6 +0.3 54.4 55.5 56.7 57.9 59.0 65.5 5/23A
BATON ROUGE 35 36.3 +0.4 36.9 37.9 39.0 40.1 41.1 47.5 5/23P
DONALDSONVILLE 27 26.1 +0.6 26.6 27.6 28.7 29.7 30.7 36.0 5/23P
RESERVE 22 20.2 +0.7 20.1 20.7 21.3 21.9 22.5 25.0 5/24A
NEW ORLEANS /17/ 14.7 +0.6 14.5 15.0 15.3 15.7 16.1 17.0 5/24A
/ /LEVEES PROTECT CITY OF NEW ORLEANS TO 20 FT STAGE.

ALL STAGE FORECASTS INCLUDE 24 HOURS OF FUTURE RAINFALL.
END LMRFC

NEW ORLEANS FORECAST ASSUMES UPSTREAM STRUCTURES WILL
BE OPERATED TO MAINTAIN STAGE OF 17.0 FEET

NEW ORLEANS FORECAST ASSUMES UPSTREAM STRUCTURES WILL
BE OPERATED TO MAINTAIN STAGE OF 17.0 FEET

my buddy got his boat out of lake concordia yesterday because they told him the levees might break

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my buddy got his boat out of lake concordia yesterday because they told him the levees might break

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The water on Lake Concordia is at the lowest levels since the 2001 drought. The levee on the southeast side separates the lake from the Old River. No way in hell that thing breaks.