Mississippi River At Cape Girardeau

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Hydrograph

Stage Color Key
29 ft - Near Flood 32 ft - Minor Flood 37 ft - Moderate Flood 42 ft - Major Flood

Latest Observation: Tuesday March 10th, 2026 03:30 PM CDT
River Status: Normal

  Height Flow
Currently 19.43 ft 214 kcfs
Record 48.86 ft 1118484 cfs

Forecast
  Date (CDT) Stage (ft) Flow (kcfs)
  Wednesday 12/31/1969 06:00 PM 0.00 N/A
  Tuesday 03/10/2026 07:00 PM 19.60 217.00
  Wednesday 03/11/2026 01:00 AM 20.00 222.00
  Wednesday 03/11/2026 07:00 AM 20.40 228.00
  Wednesday 03/11/2026 01:00 PM 20.80 234.00
  Wednesday 03/11/2026 07:00 PM 21.30 242.00
  Thursday 03/12/2026 01:00 AM 21.70 248.00

Observation
  Date (CDT) Stage (ft) Flow (kcfs)
Tuesday 03/10/2026 05:30 AM 18.75 204.00
Tuesday 03/10/2026 06:00 AM 18.79 205.00
Tuesday 03/10/2026 06:30 AM 18.82 205.00
Tuesday 03/10/2026 07:00 AM 18.86 206.00
Tuesday 03/10/2026 07:30 AM 18.88 206.00
Tuesday 03/10/2026 08:00 AM 18.92 207.00
Tuesday 03/10/2026 08:30 AM 18.94 207.00
Tuesday 03/10/2026 09:00 AM 19.00 208.00
Tuesday 03/10/2026 09:30 AM 19.02 208.00
Tuesday 03/10/2026 10:00 AM 19.03 208.00
Tuesday 03/10/2026 10:30 AM 19.07 209.00
Tuesday 03/10/2026 11:00 AM 19.11 210.00
Tuesday 03/10/2026 11:30 AM 19.14 210.00
Tuesday 03/10/2026 12:00 PM 19.19 211.00
Tuesday 03/10/2026 12:30 PM 19.21 211.00
Tuesday 03/10/2026 01:00 PM 19.23 211.00
Tuesday 03/10/2026 01:30 PM 19.27 212.00
Tuesday 03/10/2026 02:00 PM 19.31 212.00
Tuesday 03/10/2026 02:30 PM 19.38 213.00
Tuesday 03/10/2026 03:00 PM 19.40 214.00

Data Courtesy of the Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service
Script Courtesy of Dennis at East Masonville Weather with mods by Saratoga-weather.org