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RIVER FORECAST...LOWER OHIO/MISSISSIPPI RIVER                           
LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER FORECAST CENTER                                 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  SLIDELL LA                                    
 845PM CDT MON SEP 15 2008                                              
 *** CORRECTED FORECAST ***                                             
PROJ FLOW    TDA   D1   D2   D3   D4   D5                               
BARKLEY DAM    6    6    6    6    6    6                               
KENTUCKY DAM  15   15   15   15   15   15                               
                                                                        
ADVISORY  D1   D2                                                        
CAIRO    2.4  3.0                                                       
                                                                        
RIVER STAGE FORECASTS                                             (A)BV 
STATION        FS   7PM  12HR ....F O R E C A S T.....            (B)LO 
                    STG   CHG 0916 0917 0918 0919 0920 CREST/DATE   FS  
OHIO RIVER                                                              
SMITHLAND TW   40  13.1  +0.2 13.5 14.0 14.4 15.2 17.5                  
PADUCAH        39  16.3  +0.6 16.5 16.9 17.3 18.9 20.8                  
CAIRO          40  18.9  +3.4 21.0 26.2 30.0 33.5 36.0 37.0 9/21A       
                                                                        
MISSISSIPPI RIVER                                                       
CAPE GIRARDEAU 32  28.9  +4.1 31.5 35.4 39.0 41.0 42.0 42.0 9/20A A9/16A
THEBES         33  26.8  +4.4 29.3 34.5 37.7 39.8 40.7 41.0 9/20P A9/16P
NEW MADRID     34   6.9E  MIS  8.6 14.0 17.8 21.4 24.3                  
TIPTONVILLE    37   6.3   MIS  9.0 14.3 18.8 22.4 25.5                  
CARUTHERSVILLE 32   6.8   0.3  8.4 12.8 17.5 20.5 23.6                  
MEMPHIS        34  -1.2  -0.5 -1.3 -0.5  2.8  7.2 10.9                  
HELENA         44   5.8  -0.6  5.2  4.6  5.3  8.4 12.2                  
ARKANSAS CITY  37  11.7  -0.3 11.5 10.7 10.2 10.0 11.6                  
GREENVILLE     48  22.6  -0.2 22.5 21.9 21.1 20.9 21.7                  
VICKSBURG      43  17.5  +0.1 17.2 16.8 16.1 15.4 15.4                  
NATCHEZ        48  25.8  +0.2 26.4 26.2 25.8 25.1 24.4                  
RED RIVER LNDG 48  31.2  +0.4 31.8 32.5 33.2 32.9 32.3                  
BATON ROUGE    35  15.4  +0.1 15.8 16.5 17.1 17.3 16.9                  
DONALDSONVILLE 27   9.0   0.0  9.1  9.6 10.1 10.4 10.3                  
RESERVE        22   6.7   0.0  6.7  6.9  7.2  7.4  7.4                  
NEW ORLEANS   /17/  5.1   0.1  4.8  4.9  5.1  5.3  5.3                  
/   /LEVEES PROTECT CITY OF NEW ORLEANS TO 20 FT STAGE.                 

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

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Key
E - Estimated
MIS - Missing
Under Date Column: A - AM, P - PM
Under (A)BV Column: .A - Above Flood Stage
.B - Below Flood Stage
Advisory: Used for internal purposes
Proj Flow: cfs x 1000

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