Tombigbee River at Stennis Lock and Dam, 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 02441390 sits on the Tombigbee River and reads everything draining 4,440 square miles of the Upper Tombigbee basin. Its datum sits 100 feet above sea level NGVD29. Daily flow has been on record here since 1982, 16 years of it.

Where this gauge sits in the drainage

Tombigbee River below Columbus Lock and Dam, MS sits immediately upstream, so dam releases rather than rainfall set the flow here. 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 at Bevill L&d near Pickensville, AL at 5,750 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 77% of the water measured there.

Normal flows here

The Tombigbee River runs a median of 2,845 cfs at this gauge across 16 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 8,230 cfs, and September the leanest at 964 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 166,000 cfs in 1991, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 2025.

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1982 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 161 feet. NWS starts watching it at 160 feet. The highest crest on record is 171.1 feet, in December 1983.

Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CBUM6. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.