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Mississippi River at Caruthersville Forecast crest: 31 ft at 6:00am Feb 14 Observed crest: 32.76 ft at 3:00pm Feb 06 Observed: 33.33 ft at 3:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 33.29 ft at 4:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 33.3 ft at 5:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 33.29 ft at 6:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 33.27 ft at 7:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 33.29 ft at 8:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 33.28 ft at 9:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 33.23 ft at 10:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 33.25 ft at 11:00pm Feb 4 Observed: 33.22 ft at 12:00am Feb 5 Observed: 33.23 ft at 1:00am Feb 5 Observed: 33.18 ft at 2:00am Feb 5 Observed: 33.25 ft at 3:00am Feb 5 Observed: 33.14 ft at 4:00am Feb 5 Observed: 33.19 ft at 5:00am Feb 5 Observed: 33.15 ft at 6:00am Feb 5 Observed: 33.12 ft at 7:00am Feb 5 Observed: 33.11 ft at 8:00am Feb 5 Observed: 33.08 ft at 9:00am Feb 5 Observed: 33.11 ft at 10:00am Feb 5 Observed: 33.12 ft at 11:00am Feb 5 Observed: 33.07 ft at 12:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 32.9 ft at 1:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 33.03 ft at 2:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 33.04 ft at 3:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 32.98 ft at 4:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 33.02 ft at 5:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 33.03 ft at 6:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 32.98 ft at 7:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 32.97 ft at 8:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 32.94 ft at 9:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 32.94 ft at 10:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 32.92 ft at 11:00pm Feb 5 Observed: 32.86 ft at 12:00am Feb 6 Observed: 32.88 ft at 1:00am Feb 6 Observed: 32.84 ft at 2:00am Feb 6 Observed: 32.78 ft at 3:00am Feb 6 Observed: 32.81 ft at 4:00am Feb 6 Observed: 32.78 ft at 5:00am Feb 6 Observed: 32.87 ft at 6:00am Feb 6 Observed: 32.8 ft at 7:00am Feb 6 Observed: 32.76 ft at 8:00am Feb 6 Observed: 32.75 ft at 9:00am Feb 6 Observed: 32.66 ft at 10:00am Feb 6 Observed: 32.73 ft at 11:00am Feb 6 Observed: 32.7 ft at 12:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 32.71 ft at 1:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 32.7 ft at 2:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 32.76 ft at 3:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 32.65 ft at 4:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 32.68 ft at 5:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 32.64 ft at 6:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 32.66 ft at 7:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 32.61 ft at 8:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 32.59 ft at 9:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 32.62 ft at 10:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 32.6 ft at 11:00pm Feb 6 Observed: 32.57 ft at 12:00am Feb 7 Observed: 32.53 ft at 1:00am Feb 7 Observed: 32.54 ft at 2:00am Feb 7 Observed: 32.53 ft at 3:00am Feb 7 Observed: 32.51 ft at 4:00am Feb 7 Observed: 32.5 ft at 5:00am Feb 7 Observed: 32.45 ft at 6:00am Feb 7 Observed: 32.5 ft at 7:00am Feb 7 Observed: 32.46 ft at 8:00am Feb 7 Observed: 32.44 ft at 9:00am Feb 7 Observed: 32.4 ft at 10:00am Feb 7 Observed: 32.39 ft at 11:00am Feb 7 Observed: 32.38 ft at 12:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 32.36 ft at 1:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 32.34 ft at 2:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 32.27 ft at 3:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 32.25 ft at 4:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 32.26 ft at 5:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 32.23 ft at 6:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 32.23 ft at 7:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 32.19 ft at 8:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 32.16 ft at 9:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 32.15 ft at 10:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 32.12 ft at 11:00pm Feb 7 Observed: 32.12 ft at 12:00am Feb 8 Observed: 32.07 ft at 1:00am Feb 8 Observed: 32 ft at 2:00am Feb 8 Observed: 32.01 ft at 3:00am Feb 8 Observed: 31.96 ft at 4:00am Feb 8 Observed: 31.96 ft at 5:00am Feb 8 Observed: 31.92 ft at 6:00am Feb 8 Observed: 31.9 ft at 7:00am Feb 8 Observed: 31.87 ft at 8:00am Feb 8 Observed: 31.82 ft at 9:00am Feb 8 Observed: 31.8 ft at 10:00am Feb 8 Observed: 31.79 ft at 11:00am Feb 8 Observed: 31.73 ft at 12:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 31.72 ft at 1:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 31.67 ft at 2:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 31.65 ft at 3:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 31.57 ft at 4:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 31.6 ft at 5:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 31.57 ft at 6:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 31.52 ft at 7:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 31.48 ft at 8:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 31.47 ft at 9:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 31.43 ft at 10:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 31.41 ft at 11:00pm Feb 8 Observed: 31.32 ft at 12:00am Feb 9 Observed: 31.32 ft at 1:00am Feb 9 Observed: 31.3 ft at 2:00am Feb 9 Observed: 31.24 ft at 3:00am Feb 9 Observed: 31.2 ft at 4:00am Feb 9 Observed: 31.2 ft at 5:00am Feb 9 Observed: 31.14 ft at 6:00am Feb 9 Observed: 31.14 ft at 7:00am Feb 9 Observed: 31.08 ft at 8:00am Feb 9 Observed: 31.03 ft at 9:00am Feb 9 Observed: 31 ft at 10:00am Feb 9 Observed: 30.98 ft at 11:00am Feb 9 Observed: 30.94 ft at 12:00pm Feb 9 Observed: 30.93 ft at 1:00pm Feb 9 Forecast: 30.9 ft at 12:00pm Feb 9 Forecast: 30.8 ft at 6:00pm Feb 9 Forecast: 30.6 ft at 12:00am Feb 10 Forecast: 30.4 ft at 6:00am Feb 10 Forecast: 30.3 ft at 12:00pm Feb 10 Forecast: 30.2 ft at 6:00pm Feb 10 Forecast: 30.2 ft at 12:00am Feb 11 Forecast: 30.1 ft at 6:00am Feb 11 Forecast: 30.2 ft at 12:00pm Feb 11 Forecast: 30.2 ft at 6:00pm Feb 11 Forecast: 30.2 ft at 12:00am Feb 12 Forecast: 30.3 ft at 6:00am Feb 12 Forecast: 30.4 ft at 12:00pm Feb 12 Forecast: 30.6 ft at 6:00pm Feb 12 Forecast: 30.7 ft at 12:00am Feb 13 Forecast: 30.8 ft at 6:00am Feb 13 Forecast: 30.9 ft at 12:00pm Feb 13 Forecast: 30.9 ft at 6:00pm Feb 13 Forecast: 30.9 ft at 12:00am Feb 14 Forecast: 31 ft at 6:00am Feb 14 Graph Created (2:02pm Feb 9, 2010) Observed Forecast (issued 10:35am Feb 9)  USACE Stages and Discharges CRTM7 (plotting HGIRG)   Gage 0  Datum: 235.49 Latest observed value: 30.93 ft at 1:00 PM CST 9-Feb-2010. Flood Stage is 32.0 ft.   Stage (ft) Flow (kcfs)
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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) 46.00 ft on 02/05/1937
(2) 42.40 ft on 04/04/1975
(2) 42.40 ft on 04/03/1973
(4) 42.21 ft on 03/11/1997
(5) 41.99 ft on 05/28/1995
(6) 41.60 ft on 05/21/2002
(7) 41.56 ft on 04/19/1979
(8) 41.40 ft on 05/18/1961
(9) 41.33 ft on 05/09/1983
(10) 41.00 ft on 05/17/1984

Low Water Records
(1) -0.7 ft on 01/07/1940
(1) -0.7 ft on 10/26/1939
(3) -0.6 ft on 08/23/1936
(4) -0.1 ft on 08/29/2006
(5) 0.0 ft on 01/15/2001

Mississippi River at Caruthersville location map

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50.0 Floodwall at Caruthersville is topped.
49.0 Tiptonville Obion levee system is topped.
44.0 Front line levee along Mississippi River in Dyer County is topped. All land between Everett Lake Road south to Chic road east to the Great River Road levee will flood.
43.0 Highway 87 near Three Point in south Dyer county TN is covered by flood waters.
42.0 Most land in western Lauderdale and Dyer Counties below the bluffs is flooded.
40.0 Highway 88 is closed due to flooding. Agriculture land is flooded in Pemiscot County, Missouri. The Obion River is causing backwater flooding in Western Dyer County and the Northen Bottom of Northwestern Lauderdale County.
39.0 Roads to and from Chisholm Lake are flooding.
38.3 Highway 88 is flooded at many places in Lauderdale County TN. Several homes in this area will be cut off due to high water.
35.0 Most unprotected farmland near the river and portions of highway 104 in western Dyer county TN is impacted.
32.0 Most unprotected farmland in northwest Tennessee, southeast Missouri, and northeast Arkansas is affected.
29.0 Overbank flooding begins on low lying farmland along both banks of the Mississippi river and the Obion river in northwest Tennessee.
27.0 Fields and roads in Southwestern Dyer County and along the Forked Deer River in Northern Lauderdale County are flooding.
24.0 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 present 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: 36.194820° N, Longitude: 89.653614° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83

River Stage
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NWS stage 0 ft 32 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
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(gauge height = 0)
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(gauge height = flood stage)
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NAVD88 N/A N/A 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 N/A N/A Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other N/A N/A  

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