Tombigbee River at Bigbee, MS Water Level Today

NWS river forecast

Forecast from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service. Issued a few times a day and only while a forecast is active. Not for navigation.

Last 30 days

About this gauge

USGS gauge 02433500 sits on the Tombigbee River and reads everything draining 1,226 square miles of the Upper Tombigbee basin. Its datum sits 190 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1985, 39 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from Tombigbee River near Amory, MS at 1,930 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 64% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Tombigbee River runs a median of 738 cfs at this gauge across 39 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 2,050 cfs, and August the leanest at 344 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 89,500 cfs in 1991, and the lowest is 54 cfs in 1985.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1985 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

Flood stages and record crests

The Tombigbee River reaches flood stage at this gauge at 14 feet. NWS starts watching it at 13 feet. The highest crest on record is 27.6 feet, in March 1973.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BGBM6. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.