Tracking Storm System Across the Eastern U.S.

A storm system will continue to produce widespread showers and thunderstorms as it progresses eastward across the central U.S. into the Northeast through the weekend. There are risks of severe thunderstorms and excessive rainfall on Saturday from the Ozarks into the mid-Mississippi River Valley with potential for damaging winds, large hail, tornadoes, and flash flooding. Read More >

Mouse over each site to display hydrograph.

Hydrographs (showing stages and flows over time) are available through AHPS (Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service) by clicking site names.

No Flood

Near Flood

Minor Flood

Moderate Flood

Major Flood

River Conditions at: 5:20 PM CDT 10/18/2025
Location	Flood Stage (ft.)	Observed (ft.)	24-Hr Change	Crest (ft.)	Forecast for 7.0 AM
Location	Flood Stage (ft.)	Observed (ft.)	24-Hr Change	Crest (ft.)	Sun.	Mon.	Tue.	Wed.
Ohio River
Owensboro	40.0	19.46	+0.1	-	-	-	-	-
Newburgh Lock and Dam	38.0	13.92	+1.3	13.9	13.6	13.5	13.5	13.5
Evansville	42.0	14.34	+1.0	13.8	13.7	13.7	13.7	13.7
Henderson	36.0	12.95	-	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Mount Vernon	35.0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
JT Myers Lock and Dam	37.0	12.99	+0.2	13.6	13.1	13.0	13.0	13.3
Shawneetown	33.0	14.86	+0.1	14.9	14.8	14.8	14.8	14.9
Golconda	40.0	29.74	-0.1	29.8	29.8	29.8	29.8	29.8
Smithland Lock and Dam	40.0	12.4	+0.1	12.8	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.7
Paducah	39.0	15.84	+0.1	16.0	16.0	15.9	15.9	15.9
Olmsted Lock and Dam	36.0	23.03	0.0	-	-	-	-	-
Olmsted Lock and Dam Tailwater	-	11.22	+0.2	-	-	-	-	-
Cairo	40.0	7.62	+0.3	8.3	8.3	8.2	7.8	7.6
Mississippi River
Red Rock Landing	-	7.37	-0.3	-	-	-	-	-
Grand Tower	-	8.96	-0.1	-	-	-	-	-
Moccasin Springs	-	8.13	0.0	-	-	-	-	-
Cape Girardeau	32.0	9.6	+0.1	9.5	9.4	9.3	9.3	9.0
Thebes	33.0	8.22	+0.1	-	-	-	-	-
Price Landing	-	-1.2	+0.2	-	-	-	-	-
Birds Point	-	4.91	+0.3	-	-	-	-	-
Wickliffe	-	6.7	+0.3	-	-	-	-	-
Hickman	34.0	-1.03	+0.2	-0.3	-0.5	-0.3	-0.4	-0.6
New Madrid	34.0	-4.24	-0.1	-3.9	-4.2	-3.9	-3.9	-3.9
Big Muddy River and Tributaries
Mount Vernon	-	-0.12	+0.1	-	-	-	-	-
Big Muddy Subimpoundment	-	7.19	+0.1	-	-	-	-	-
Rend Lake	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Plumfield	20.0	2.47	-0.0	-	-	-	-	-
Murphysboro	22.0	3.38	0.0	-	-	-	-	-
Casey Fork above Mount Vernon	-	1.6	0.0	-	-	-	-	-
Casey Fork near Bonnie	-	8.27	+0.3	-	-	-	-	-
Rayse Creek above Waltonville	-	0.57	0.0	-	-	-	-	-
Crab Orchard Creen above Marion	-	1.14	0.0	-	-	-	-	-
Crab Orchard Lake	-	404.53	-0.1	-	-	-	-	-
Devils Kitchen Lake	-	509.51	-0.0	-	-	-	-	-
Little Grassy Lake	-	447.33	0.0	-	-	-	-	-
Black River and Tributaries
Clearwater Lake	-	494.56	+0.1	-	-	-	-	-
Leeper	-	2.06	-0.0	-	-	-	-	-
Williamsville	-	3.15	-0.0	-	-	-	-	-
Poplar Bluff	16.0	0.02	-0.3	0.6	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
Little Black River above Fairdealing	-	2.61	0.0	-	-	-	-	-
Cumberland River and Tributaries
Lake Barkley Headwater	-	354.95	-0.1	354.95	-	-	-	-
Lake Barkley Tailwater	-	305.35	+2.6	305.62	-	-	-	-
Little River above Cadiz	-	2.92	-0.1	-	-	-	-	-
N Fork Little River above Hopkinsville	-	3.63	-1.0	-	-	-	-	-
S Fork Little River at Hopkinsville - Hwy 68/80	15.0	4.19	-0.0	-	-	-	-	-
S Fork Little River at Hopkinsville - Bypass	18.0	6.48	+0.1	-	-	-	-	-
S Fork Little River above Hopkinsville	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Current River and Tributaries
Van Buren	20.0	3.04	0.0	4.3	3.4	4.2	3.9	3.4
Doniphan	13.0	-0.12	0.0	1.1	0.1	0.4	1.0	0.2
Big Spring River near Van Buren	-	1.45	0.0	-	-	-	-	-
Green River and Tributaries
Paradise	380.0	-	-	365.5	364.8	365.3	365.4	365.5
Rockport	-	1.46	+0.2	-	-	-	-	-
Livermore	-	4.33	+0.2	-	-	-	-	-
Calhoun Lock and Dam	23.0	10.52	+0.2	10.9	10.5	10.7	10.9	10.9
Spottsville Lock and Dam	-	-1.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	-
Pond River above Apex	-	2.73	-0.1	-	-	-	-	-
Little Wabash River
Carmi	27.0	3.41	0.0	9.2	3.6	6.6	8.7	9.2
Mississippi River Tributaries
S Fork Saline Creek above Perryville	-	4.76	0.0	-	-	-	-	-
Castor River above Zalma	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hubble Creek above Dutchtown	-	5.17	-0.0	-	-	-	-	-
Little River Ditch above Morehouse	-	1.22	+0.1	-	-	-	-	-
Bayou De Chien above Clinton	-	7.16	0.0	-	-	-	-	-
Ohio River Tributaries
Pigeon Creek near Fort Branch	-	3.42	0.0	-	-	-	-	-
M Fork Saline River above Harrisburg	-	9.08	0.0	-	-	-	-	-
S Fork Saline River above Carrier Mills	-	1.93	-0.0	-	-	-	-	-
Lusk Creek above Eddyville	-	2.42	-0.0	-	-	-	-	-
Tradewater River above Olney	-	2.68	-0.0	-	-	-	-	-
Tradewater River above Providence	-	10.54	-0.1	-	-	-	-	-
Massac Creek near Paducah	-	2.82	-0.1	-	-	-	-	-
Cache River above Forman	-	8.42	-0.0	-	-	-	-	-
Patoka River
Winslow	-	9.85	+1.4	-	-	-	-	-
Princeton	18.0	4.59	+1.7	-	-	-	-	-
Skillet Fork River
Wayne City	15.0	4.88	0.0	-	-	-	-	-
St. Francis River and Tributaries
Patterson	16.0	4.79	-0.0	5.9	5.5	5.7	5.0	4.9
Wappepello Dam	-	359.83	-0.1	-	-	-	-	-
Fisk	20.0	-1.01	-0.0	-0.7	-0.8	-0.8	-0.9	-1.0
Big Creek at Sam A Baker State Park	-	1.75	0.0	-	-	-	-	-
Tennessee River and Tributaries
Kentucky Lake Headwater	-	-	-	355.0	-	-	-	-
Kentucky Lake Tailwater	-	-	-	302.23	-	-	-	-
Clarks River above Almo	-	4.47	0.0	-	-	-	-	-
Wabash River and Tributaries
New Harmony	15.0	0.68	-0.0	3.5	0.7	1.3	2.2	3.3
Bonpas Creek above Browns	-	1.59	0.0	-	-	-	-	-
Big Creek above Wadesville	-	1.81	0.0	-	-	-	-	-

PAH RSS Feed

Tracking Storm System Across the Eastern U.S.

PAH NWS River Monitor