MVS Operational 7-Day River Forecast

Forecast Date: Thursday, 24 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
24-Apr 25-Apr 26-Apr 27-Apr 28-Apr 29-Apr 30-Apr 01-May
Mississippi River
L&D 22 TW 9.63 9.6 10.6 11.5 12.4 13.2 13.9
Louisiana 11.75 11.7 12.0 12.7 13.4 14.0 14.7
L&D 24 Pool 446.60 446.3 445.5 445.5 445.5 OR OR
L&D 24 TW 20.26 20.5 21.1 22.0 22.9 23.7 24.5
Mosier Landing 37.35 37.6 38.1 38.8 39.6 40.4

41.1

L&D 25 Pool 429.84 429.7 429.7 429.7 OR OR OR
L&D 25 TW 20.12 20.1 20.5 21.5 22.4 23.3 24.1
Illinois River
La Grange TW 14.32 14.2 14.1 11.3 11.3 11.2 11.0
Meredosia 8.70 8.6 8.4 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.4
Valley City 7.39 7.3 7.2 5.0 5.0 4.9 4.8
Florence 25.13 25.1 25.0 23.0 23.0 23.0 22.9
Hardin 20.71 20.8 20.9 20.4 20.6 20.9 21.0
Mississippi River
Grafton 15.14 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.7 16.0 16.2
Mel Price Pool 415.09 415.5 415.5 415.5 415.0 414.5 413.8 413.8
Mel Price TW 15.43 13.9 13.5 13.1 13.5 13.4 13.5 13.8
L&D 27 Pool 409.68 408.2 407.8 407.4 407.8 407.7 407.8 408.1
L&D 27 TW 403.55 401.6 401.1 400.5 400.9 400.6 400.7 401.0
St. Louis 21.43 19.5 19.0 18.4 18.8 18.5 18.6 18.9
Engineers Depot 21.04 19.2 18.7 18.0 18.3 18.0 18.1 18.4
Jefferson Barracks

18.97

17.2

16.8

15.8

16.1

15.8

15.9

16.1

Herculaneum 20.65 19.2 18.8 17.2 17.3 17.1 17.1 17.3
Kaskaskia River
Kaskaskia L&D TW 72.08 71.2 71.1 68.1 67.9 67.8 67.7 67.7
Inflow (-1day) 19,780 19,100
Mississippi River
Chester 26.35 25.6 25.5 22.2 22.0 21.9 21.8 21.7
Red Rock Landing 30.97 30.5 30.4 27.9 27.5 27.4 27.3 27.2
Grand Tower

31.02

30.8

30.6

28.7

28.3

28.2

28.0 27.9
Moccasin Springs

30.54

30.6

30.4

29.2

28.7

28.6

28.3

28.2

Cape Girardeau 31.46 31.8 31.6 31.1 30.5 30.3 30.0 29.9
Grays Point

31.60

31.7

31.3

30.6

29.7

29.2

28.7

28.4

Thebes 31.40 31.4 30.9 30.1 29.1 28.4 27.8 27.5
Commerce

27.65

27.5

26.9

25.9

24.7

23.8 23.0 22.6
Price Landing

24.72

24.1

23.1 21.7 19.9 18.5 17.2 16.5
Thompson Landing

41.69

40.8

39.5

37.8 35.6 33.7 32.2 31.2
Birds Point

41.45

39.9

38.0 35.6 32.4 29.6 27.4 25.9
Ohio River

45.07

39.9

41.6

39.2 36.0 33.2 31.0 29.5

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

7-day Observed Thu 04/17 06:00 to Thu 04/24 06:00
7-Day Observed Multi-sensor Precipitation


7-day QPF: Thu 04/24 06:00 to Thu 05/01 06:00
7-Day QPF