MVS Operational 7-Day River Forecast

Forecast Date: Wednesday, 30 April 2025

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
30-Apr 01-May 02-May 03-May 04-May 05-May 06-May 07-May
Mississippi River
L&D 22 TW 12.60 13.2 13.8 14.1 14.1 13.8 13.4
Louisiana 13.56 14.0 14.6 14.6 14.7 14.4 14.2
L&D 24 Pool 446.32 OR OR OR OR OR OR
L&D 24 TW 23.06 24.1 24.7

25.0

24.9 24.6 24.2
Mosier Landing 39.82 40.8

41.4

41.6

41.5

41.3

40.9
L&D 25 Pool 430.74 OR OR OR OR OR OR
L&D 25 TW 22.62 23.8 24.4 24.9 24.9 24.7 24.2
Illinois River
La Grange TW 13.83 13.4 11.9 11.7 11.5 11.3 11.1
Meredosia 7.98 7.5 6.1 5.9 5.6 5.4 5.2
Valley City 6.52 6.2 5.0 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.3
Florence 24.20 23.9 22.9 22.8 22.6 22.4 22.2
Hardin 20.45 20.7 20.4 20.5 20.4 20.2 20.0
Mississippi River
Grafton 15.80 16.2 16.2 16.3 16.2 16.1 15.9
Mel Price Pool 415.21 414.5 414.0 413.5 413.5 413.5 414.0 414.3
Mel Price TW 12.29 13.2 13.8 14.1 13.6 13.1 12.6 12.2
L&D 27 Pool 406.01 406.9 407.5 407.8 407.3 406.8 406.3 405.9
L&D 27 TW 397.50 398.9 399.6 399.8 399.3 398.8 398.2 397.7
St. Louis 15.73 17.1 17.8 18.0 17.5 17.0 16.4 15.9
Engineers Depot 15.11 16.4 17.1 17.3 16.8 16.4 15.8 15.3
Jefferson Barracks

12.58

13.8

14.4

14.6

14.2

13.7

13.2

12.7

Herculaneum 14.26 15.1 15.7 16.0 15.7 15.3 14.8 14.4
Kaskaskia River
Kaskaskia L&D TW 65.91 66.2 66.6 66.9 66.9 66.6 66.3 66.0
Inflow (-1day) 14,040 13,630
Mississippi River
Chester 20.47 20.6 21.0 21.3 21.4 21.1 20.8 20.6
Red Rock Landing 24.77 24.8 25.3 25.7 25.8 25.6 25.2 24.9
Grand Tower 25.04 25.1 25.6 26.0 26.2 26.0 25.6 25.1
Moccasin Springs 24.83 24.8 25.3 25.9 26.1 25.9 25.4 24.9
Cape Girardeau 25.29 25.2 25.8 26.4 26.7 26.5 26.0 25.3
Grays Point

25.25

25.1

25.6

26.1

26.4

26.3

25.9

25.2

Thebes 24.74 24.6 25.0 25.5 25.8 25.7 25.3 24.7
Commerce 20.52 20.4 20.7 21.2 21.4 21.4 21.0 20.5
Price Landing 16.36 16.1 16.2 16.6 16.8 16.9 16.7 16.2
Thompson Landing 32.03 31.7 31.7 31.9 32.2 32.3 32.2 31.8
Birds Point 29.69 29.3 28.9 28.9 29.1 29.5 29.6 29.4
Ohio River
33.09 29.3 32.3 32.3 32.5 32.9 33.0 32.8

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

7-day Observed Wed 04/23 06:00 to Wed 04/30 06:00
7-Day Observed Multi-sensor Precipitation


7-day QPF: Wed 04/30 06:00 to Wed 05/07 06:00
7-Day QPF