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Ouachita Riverat Thatcher L&D, AR (Gauge CALA4)
Forecast | Observation History | Stage Impacts/Record Events
Stages:
Normal
Action
Flood
Moderate Flood
Major Flood
River Stage Data for Gauge CALA4
Normal Stage: 77 ft
Flow: 16.4 kcfs*
(impacts and historical events)
Action Stages:
78.5': Action
79': Flood
88': Moderate Flood
94': Major Flood
Gauge CALA4 Forecast / History chart | graph
Stage Date CST Stage ft Flow kcfs
FORECAST 02/20/2012 06:00 am 77.00 16.400
FORECAST 02/20/2012 12:00 am 77.00 16.400
FORECAST 02/19/2012 06:00 pm 77.00 16.400
FORECAST 02/19/2012 12:00 pm 77.00 16.400
FORECAST 02/19/2012 06:00 am 77.00 16.400
FORECAST 02/19/2012 12:00 am 77.00 16.400
FORECAST 02/18/2012 06:00 pm 77.00 16.400
FORECAST 02/18/2012 12:00 pm 77.00 16.400
FORECAST 02/18/2012 06:00 am 77.00 16.400
FORECAST 02/18/2012 12:00 am 77.00 16.400
FORECAST 02/17/2012 06:00 pm 77.00 16.400
FORECAST 02/17/2012 12:00 pm 77.00 16.400
FORECAST 02/17/2012 06:00 am 77.00 16.400
FORECAST 02/17/2012 12:00 am 77.00 16.400
FORECAST 02/16/2012 06:00 pm 77.00 16.400
FORECAST 02/16/2012 12:00 pm 77.00 16.400
CURRENT 02/15/2012 06:00 am 77.00 16.400
  02/14/2012 06:00 am 77.00 16.400
  02/13/2012 06:00 am 77.00 16.400
  02/12/2012 06:00 am 77.00 16.400
  02/11/2012 06:00 am 77.00 16.400
  02/10/2012 06:00 am 77.70 17.700
  02/09/2012 04:00 pm 78.10 18.400
  02/09/2012 06:00 am 78.30 18.800
  02/08/2012 04:00 pm 78.50 19.100
  02/08/2012 06:00 am 78.60 19.300
  02/07/2012 06:00 am 78.10 18.400
Flood Impacts and Historical Events
Stage Impacts
96.0CREST OF RECORD...96.3 FEET IN APRIL 1945. VERY SERIOUS SITUATION...EXTENT OF DAMAGES NOT ENTIRELY KNOWN. POSSIBLE ROAD AND STRUCTURAL FLOODING FROM NEAR CALION DOWNSTREAM TO THE MORO BAY STATE PARK VICINITY.
94.0SERIOUS FLOODING BEGINS...GAP IN FLOODWALL NEAR CALION SAWMILL MAY NEED TO BE CLOSED. RIVER CRESTED AT 93.6 FEET IN JANUARY 1988...THE HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE COMPLETION OF UPSTREAM FLOOD CONTROL RESERVOIRS. CALION LAKE LEVEE GATES CLOSED AND RUNOFF INTO LAKE CANNOT DRAIN. HEAVY RAINFALL IN AREA COULD RAISE THE LAKE LEVEL ENOUGH TO THREATEN HOMES ALONG SHORE. AREAS OF MORO BAY STATE PARK FLOODED. STRUCTURES IN THE PARK PROBABLY HIGH ENOUGH TO STAY DRY.
92.0FROM CALION TO THATCHER LOCK AND DAM...THE ROAD ALONG THE LEVEE MAY BE AFFECTED. SOME ROADS IN MORO BAY STATE PARK ARE FLOODED. PROBLEMS WITH CALION LAKE DRAINAGE. HEAVY RAIN IN THE AREA COULD CAUSE HOMES ALONG THE LAKE SHORE TO BE THREATENED BY RISING LAKE LEVELS.
90.0ACCESS TO THATCHER LOCK AND DAM MAY BE AFFECTED. MANY OIL AND GAS RIGS IN THE RIVER BOTTOMS CAN BE REACHED BY BOAT ONLY. RUNOFF INTO CALION LAKE CANNOT DRAIN TO THE RIVER. LEVEE GATES SHOULD BE CLOSED. DOWNSTREAM...MINOR IMPACTS TO THE MORO BAY STATE PARK...SOME SHALLOW WATER MAY BE OVER THE ROAD TO THE CAMPGROUND.
88.0RIVER IS HIGH ENOUGH TO STOP DRAINAGE FROM CALION LAKE. HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE AREA COULD CAUSE THE LAKE TO RISE TOWARDS SEVERAL HOMES ALONG THE SHORE. DOWNSTREAM...WATER RISING INTO UNDEVELOPED AREAS OF THE STATE PARK AT MORO BAY. WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF TIMBER...WITH ACCESS TO MANY OIL AND GAS RIGS FLOODED.
85.0THERE MAY BE SOME COUNTY ROADS ALONG THE RIVER FLOODED...REQUIRING LENGTHY DETOURS. RIVER IS HIGH AND SWIFT...BOATERS SHOULD BE VERY CAUTIOUS. ACCESS TO MANY OIL AND GAS RIGS WILL BE BY BOAT ONLY. LEVEE GATES SHOULD BE CLOSED.
80.0MINOR FLOODING OCCURS AT THIS LEVEL. LEVEE GATES SHOULD BE CLOSED TO PREVENT THE RIVER FROM BACKING INTO CALION LAKE. ACCESS TO OIL AND GAS RIGS AND TO TIMBER IS FLOODED. THERE IS WIDE COVERAGE OF FLOODING IN THE RIVER BOTTOMS.
79.0PROPERTY IN LOW LYING AREAS NEEDS TO BE REMOVED. ACCESS ROADS TO OIL AND GAS RIGS MAY BE FLOODED. LEVEE GATES SHOULD BE CLOSED BEFORE THE RIVER REACHES 80 FEET. THERE IS MINOR FLOODING AT THIS LEVEL.
Historical Crests Record Lows
1) 96.30 ft on 04/06/1945
2) 93.60 ft on 01/01/1988
3) 93.00 ft on 05/14/2009
4) 92.50 ft on 04/28/1973
5) 92.00 ft on 12/31/2009
6) 91.90 ft on 11/02/2009
7) 91.40 ft on 06/15/1974
8) 90.60 ft on 03/15/1990
9) 90.50 ft on 05/06/1991
10) 89.70 ft on 12/24/2001
1) 64.80 ft on 08/09/1987

Data provided by NOAA Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service

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