MVS Operational 7-Day River Forecast

Forecast Date: Tuesday, 07 May 2024

Note - This operational forecast is intended for internal use. The official river forecasting agency of the Federal Government is the NWS. The NWS forecast for these locations can be found by clicking the blue hyperlink associated with each gage location. If there are any questions, please call the water control office at 1-(800)432-1208 or (314)331-8342.

Locations Observed Forecast
06:00 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7
07-May 08-May 09-May 10-May 11-May 12-May 13-May 14-May
Mississippi River
L&D 22 TW 12.24 11.9 11.9 12.2 12.6 13.0 13.3
Louisiana 13.30 13.1 13.3 13.3 13.6 13.9 14.2
L&D 24 Pool 445.87 445.5 445.5 OR OR OR OR
L&D 24 TW 23.12 22.9 22.9 23.2 23.6 24.0 24.3
Mosier Landing 40.23 40.0 40.0 40.3 40.7

41.1

41.4

L&D 25 Pool 432.06 OR OR OR OR OR OR
L&D 25 TW 23.66 23.5 23.3 23.6 24.0 24.4 24.8
Illinois River
La Grange TW

Meredosia

18.65

18.5

18.4

18.2

17.9

17.6

17.2

Valley City

16.50

16.4

16.3

16.1

15.9

15.6

15.2

Florence

33.74

33.6

33.5

33.3

33.2

32.8

32.5

Hardin

26.79

26.7

26.5

26.5

26.6

26.0

26.0

Mississippi River
Grafton 18.79 18.6 18.4 18.6 18.9 18.2 18.4
Mel Price Pool 416.93 OR OR OR OR 413.5 413.5 413.5
Mel Price TW

21.06

20.8 20.7 20.8 20.9 20.6 20.1 19.7
L&D 27 Pool 415.13 414.9 414.8 414.9 415.0 414.7 414.2 413.8
L&D 27 TW 409.58 409.3 409.0 409.0 408.9 408.3 407.7 407.1
St. Louis 26.93 26.6 26.3 26.3 26.2 25.6 25.0 24.4
Engineers Depot 26.01 25.7 25.4 25.4 25.3 24.7 24.1 23.5
Herculaneum 24.73 24.7 24.4 24.3 24.3 23.9 23.1 22.5
Kaskaskia River
Kaskaskia L&D TW

75.47

75.9

75.6

75.3

75.3

75.2

74.1

73.7

Inflow (-1day) 9,880 7,770
Mississippi River
Chester

28.78

29.3

29.0

28.7

28.7

28.6

27.5

27.1

Red Rock Landing

34.10

34.5

34.2

33.9

33.9

33.8

33.0

32.4

Grand Tower

33.92

34.3

34.0

33.7

33.6

33.5

32.9

32.2

Moccasin Springs

33.07

33.4

33.1

32.8

32.5

32.5

32.2

31.3

Cape Girardeau

33.27

33.5

33.2

32.9

32.6

32.6

32.5

31.5
Grays Point

32.47

32.8

32.6

32.5

32.3

32.3

32.3

31.5

Thebes 32.28 32.6 32.5 32.4 32.3 32.4 32.4 31.7
Commerce

27.93

28.3

28.3

28.3

28.2

28.4

28.5

27.9

Price Landing 22.98 23.5 23.8

24.1

24.2

24.5

24.8

24.6

Thompson Landing 37.52 38.2 38.7

39.1

39.4

39.8

40.1

40.2

Birds Point 29.94 30.8 31.8 32.6 33.2 33.9 34.5 35.2
Ohio River
Ohio at Cairo 33.04 30.8 34.9 35.7 36.3 37.0 37.6 38.3

OR: Open River conditions and gates are free of the water surfce at the L&D.
Bold & Red:

7-day Observed Tue 04/30 06:00 to Tue 05/07 06:00
7-Day Observed Multi-sensor Precipitation


7-day QPF: Tue 05/07 06:00 to Tue 05/14 06:00
7-Day QPF