OFFICE OF HOMELAND SECURITY & EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MISSISSIPPI RIVER LEVEE DISTRICTS DAILY COMMUNICATION & READINGS LOG ARMY Corps Adam Grandberry, Sector Commander Sector Commander Office: 504.862.2816 Cell:601.624.2208 PONTCHARTRAIN LEVEE DISTRICT Dean Smith, Police Captain Office: 225.869.9721 Cell: 225.445.3433 policedeptpld@bellsouth.net Sarah Coordinator/ Reporting LAFOURCHE BASIN LEVEE DISTRICT Randy Trosclair, Exec. Dir. Office: 225.265.7545 Cell: 985.665.7583 Home: 985.448.1178 rtrosclair@lbld.us.com Ivy Chauvin, Maint Mgr Office: 225.265.8063 Cell: 985.665.7585 Kristi Assistant ATCHAFALAYA BASIN LEVEE DISTRICT William Tyson, Exec. Dir. Office: 225.387.2249 Cell: 225.776.5100 abldoff@aol.com Richard Sparks, Maintenance Sup. Cell: 225.766.0846 Tiffany Assistant Date & Time Completed: 5 6 2011 1533 hrs Completed By: A. Clouatre Johnson NWS Current Gage Reading 27.33, as of 1000 hrs Flood Categories (in feet) Change Overnight +.77 Major Flood Stage: 34 Historical Moderate Flood Stage: 30 Forecast 48 Moderate Flood Stage will be reached by (Record Stage 36.01 May 1927) Minor Flood Stage: 27 Monday Evening, May 9 th Action Stage: 25 Rate: CREST Forecast Date: 5/23/2011 Time: Not Available Measurement: 36 Feet Bonnet Carre Opening Flood Category: Above Major Flood Stage PONTCHARTRAIN LEVEE LAFOURCHE LEVEE ATCHAFALAYA LEVEE Levee Gage Used Carrollton Carrollton Baton Rouge Reading 15.62, as of 1200 hrs,.37 Chg ON 15.62, as of 1200 hrs,.37 Chg ON 37.76, +.85, as of 1300 hrs Boils, Seepage, Other Reported Location(s) 100% Touching Toe of Levee No SEEPAGE seen Seen Seepage Marker 298 Between Sunshine Bridge & Dville Pasture land Abend in one of field ditches has water in it. Right by Pump Station in Dville water on highway. NONE at this time Notes Action Level Person Spoke with Dean Smith Randy Trosclair Will Tyson Levee Height on East Side is pretty much 47 51 ft high Donaldsonville Levee Height 39.7 Feet Z:\OEP File System\General Files\G-140 Incidents- Natural Disasters\G-140A Flooding\Mississippi River Watch 5-2011\20110506 1500 - Mississippi River - Levee District Daily Status Log.Doc Page 1 of 6
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Flood Categories (in feet) Major Flood Stage: 40 Moderate Flood Stage: 38 Flood Stage: 35 Action Stage: 30 http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=lix&gage=donl1&view=1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1&toggles=10,7,8,2,9,15,6&type=2 NWS ACTION STATEMENTS/ FLOOD IMPACTS THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT DONALDSONVILLE. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. * AT 12:00 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 27.3 FEET. * MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. * THE FLOOD STAGE IS 27.0 FEET. * FORECAST... THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A STAGE OF 30.7 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MAY 11TH AND CONTINUE RISING TO A CREST NEAR 36.0 FEET BY MONDAY EVENING MAY 23RD. * IMPACT... AT 27.0 FEET... NAVIGATION BECOMES DIFFICULT FOR SMALLER RIVER CRAFT. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR RIVER TRAFFIC ARE URGED. * FORECAST ASSUMES OPERATION OF BONNET CARRE... BUT NOT MORGANZA. 38 THE NET GRADE PROTECTION OF THE LEVEE WILL BE REACHED, THREATENING THE CITY OF DONALDSONVILLE AND SURROUNDING COUNTRYSIDE. 34 RIVER BARGE TRAFFIC BECOMES DANGEROUS, PARTICULARLY WHEN NAVIGATING SHARP TURNS ON THIS STRETCH OF THE RIVER. 27 NAVIGATION BECOMES DIFFICULT FOR SMALLER RIVER CRAFT. SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FOR RIVER TRAFFIC ARE URGED. Z:\OEP File System\General Files\G-140 Incidents- Natural Disasters\G-140A Flooding\Mississippi River Watch 5-2011\20110506 1500 - Mississippi River - Levee District Daily Status Log.Doc Page 5 of 6
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