Atchafalaya River at Bayou Sorrel Landside

The past week

What floods at each level

• 7.3 ft

  Army Corps of Engineers will close Bayou Sorrel Locks to all navigation. The Coast Guard will close the Waterway to all power-driven vessels.

• 6.9 ft

  Bayou Sorrel Lock will not allow vessels to enter and vessels in the Waterway will be cleared out when the river is falling.

• 6.9 ft

  Bayou Sorrel Lock will not allow vessels to enter and vessels in the Waterway will be cleared out when the river is rising.

• 6.5 ft

  The Lower Grand River Waterway will be closed to all commercial traffic. One-way traffic may become established through Bayou Sorrel Waterway from Mile 37.6 to Mile 45 when the river is rising.

• 6 ft

  The Safety Zone will be cancelled at this level when the river is falling.

• 6 ft

  The Coast Guard will establish a No-Wake zone. A Safety Zone will be in place from Bayou Sorrel Locks to the Lower Grand River at Bayou Pigeon when the river is rising.

• 5.5 ft

  Gradual phase-down of restrictions will begin when the river is falling.

• 5.5 ft

  Coast Guard advises that mariners should slow speed and make no discernible wakes when the river is rising.

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