Tensas River at Tendal, LA
River level and flood forecast · Madison Parish
Normal5.5 ftas of Mon 2:30 PM
The river is 19.5 ft below flood stage (25 ft).
Forecast to hold near 5.5 ft through Sat, Oct 17, 7 AM.
Flow: 1 cubic feet per second (USGS).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Mon, Oct 12, 10:25 AM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 27 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 26 ft |
| Flood stage | 25 ft |
| Action stage | 24 ft |
| Record crest (May 15, 1927) | 34.02 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 25 ftSeveral thousand acres of agricultural and farmland become inundated.
Highest crests on record
- 34.02 ft — May 15, 1927
- 27.21 ft — May 5, 1991
- 26.33 ft — May 24, 1983
- 25.47 ft — January 16, 2013
- 25.41 ft — September 10, 2008
Recent crests: 25.22 ft (February 20, 2020) · 24 ft (January 18, 2020) · 24.25 ft (October 20, 2016) · 25.12 ft (April 15, 2016) · 24.54 ft (March 18, 2016)
Up and down the river, and nearby
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (TDGL1); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.