Okatibbee Creek at Arundel, MS
River level and flood forecast · Lauderdale County
Normal3.3 ftas of Mon 3:30 PM
The river is 16.2 ft below flood stage (19.5 ft).
Flow: 56 cubic feet per second (USGS).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Mon, Oct 12, 9:08 AM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 23 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 21 ft |
| Flood stage | 19.5 ft |
| Action stage | 17 ft |
| Record crest (February 16, 1990) | 22.65 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 28 ftWater reaches the road level of the Arundel Road bridge.
- 26 ft0.2 percent flood Annual exceedance probability (AEP) Flood.
- 24 ft.5 percent annual exceedance probability (AEP) Flood.
- 23.5 ft1 per cent annual exceedance probability (AEP)flood.
- 23 ftWater is at the bottom of the Arundel Road bridge. Highway 11 just south of Arundel Road has water on it.
- 22.5 ftWater approaches the level of railroad tracks south of Arundel Road and north of Bronson Road.
- 17 ftWater begins to flood portions of Bronson road on the west side of the creek.
Highest crests on record
- 22.65 ft — February 16, 1990
- 22.25 ft — April 7, 2003
- 21.6 ft — April 25, 2003
- 21.51 ft — April 13, 1979
- 20.32 ft — January 1, 1998
Recent crests: 17.98 ft (March 4, 2020) · 18.87 ft (May 12, 2019) · 18.81 ft (April 3, 2017) · 18.97 ft (March 11, 2016) · 18.19 ft (January 4, 2015)
Up and down the river, and nearby
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (OARM6); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.