MVS Operational 7-Day River Forecast

Forecast Date: Monday, 19 May 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
19-May 20-May 21-May 22-May 23-May 24-May 25-May 26-May
Mississippi River
L&D 22 TW 7.04 6.7 6.7 7.1 7.0 6.1 5.8
Louisiana 11.71 11.6 11.6 11.8 11.6 11.7 11.8
L&D 24 Pool 448.10 448.0 448.0 448.2 448.0 448.3 448.5
L&D 24 TW 17.08 16.7 16.5 16.8 16.9 16.2 15.6
Mosier Landing 34.97 34.8 34.6 34.9 34.9 34.5 34.1
L&D 25 Pool 431.51 432.0 432.0 432.0 432.0 432.0 432.0
L&D 25 TW 16.98 16.3 16.0 16.2 16.5 16.2 15.3
Illinois River
La Grange TW 9.08 9.4 9.5 9.7 9.5 9.3 9.1
Meredosia 3.78 4.1 4.2 4.4 4.2 4.0 3.8
Valley City 2.98 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.2 2.9
Florence 20.82 20.9 21.0 21.2 21.1 20.9 20.7
Hardin 19.27 18.9 18.9 19.0 19.0 18.9 18.7
Mississippi River
Grafton 15.19 14.7 14.7 14.7 14.8 14.7 14.5
Mel Price Pool 418.04 417.5 417.5 417.5 417.5 417.5 417.5 417.5
Mel Price TW 7.02 6.8 6.4 6.5 6.9 6.8 6.0 5.7
L&D 27 Pool 401.87 401.7 401.3 401.4 401.8 401.7 400.9 400.6
L&D 27 TW 389.30 388.7 388.0 388.2 388.8 388.8 387.3 386.8
St. Louis 7.69 7.1 6.4 6.6 7.2 7.2 5.7 5.2
Engineers Depot 7.00 6.4 5.7 5.9 6.5 6.5 5.0 4.5
Jefferson Barracks

4.15

3.6

2.9

3.0

3.5

3.6

2.3

1.7
Herculaneum 6.18 5.6 5.0 4.9 5.4 5.5 4.4 3.8
Kaskaskia River
Kaskaskia L&D TW 57.47 56.9 56.4 56.0 56.3 56.4 56.0 55.3
Inflow (-1day) 3,670 3,600
Mississippi River
Chester 12.39 11.8 11.3 10.9 11.1 11.3 11.0 10.3
Red Rock Landing 16.37 15.8 15.3 14.9 15.0 15.3 15.1 14.4
Grand Tower 17.11 16.5 16.0 15.6 15.8 16.0 15.8 15.2
Moccasin Springs 20.67 20.1 19.6 19.2 19.3 19.5 19.5 18.9
Cape Girardeau 18.13 17.6 17.1 16.7 16.7 17.0 17.0 16.5
Grays Point 18.07 17.6 17.3 16.9 17.0 17.4 17.5 17.1
Thebes 17.59 17.2 16.9 16.5 16.6 17.1 17.3 16.9
Commerce 13.52 13.2 12.9 12.7 12.8 13.4 13.6 13.2
Price Landing 9.90 9.8 9.7 9.6 9.9 10.6 11.1 10.8
Thompson Landing 26.45 26.5 26.6 26.5 26.9 27.8 28.4 28.2
Birds Point 27.34 27.7 28.1 28.2 28.8 30.0 31.0 31.0
Ohio River
31.11 27.7 31.9 32.0 32.6 33.8 34.8 34.8

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

7-day Observed Mon 05/12 06:00 to Mon 05/19 06:00
7-Day Observed Multi-sensor Precipitation


7-day QPF: Mon 05/19 06:00 to Mon 05/26 06:00
7-Day QPF