. The Ohio and Mississippi floods of 1912 ... te and the Black Rivers also passed the flood stage. There could beno further doubt, and warnings were issued that the coming flood heights from Cairo to the 16 V\ilO AND MlSSISSirri OF 1912. Gulf of Mixico would he (ho <irealcst in history. Tlie stages :U lliis lime and tlio changes mone week were as follows: Table IV.—River stages, Apr. 2, 1912. Stalion. River. Ciuciuuati, Ohio Ohio , lud do X;L4iville, Teiin Cumberland. Johnsouville, Tenu Paducah, Ky Ohio Cairo, 111 . do City, Mo Missouri llannil)al. Mo
. The Ohio and Mississippi floods of 1912 ... te and the Black Rivers also passed the flood stage. There could beno further doubt, and warnings were issued that the coming flood heights from Cairo to the 16 V\ilO AND MlSSISSirri OF 1912. Gulf of Mixico would he (ho <irealcst in history. Tlie stages :U lliis lime and tlio changes mone week were as follows: Table IV.—River stages, Apr. 2, 1912. Stalion. River. Ciuciuuati, Ohio Ohio , lud do X;L4iville, Teiin Cumberland. Johnsouville, Tenu Paducah, Ky Ohio Cairo, 111 . do City, Mo Missouri llannil)al. Mo St. I,,ouL<, Mo do Xew Madrid, Mu do McMnphis, Tenii do Helena, .Vrk do Little Rock. .\rk Arkansas. . .Vrkansas City, Ark i 1 Flood stage. Feel. Change oneweek. Yazoo City, Miss. Vicksburg, Miss Natchez, MLs? Alexandria, La. ...Baton Rouije, La. .Donaldsonville. Orleans, Monroe, La Simmesport, La Melville, La ....do Red ....do do Ouachita Atchafalava. The rains continued during April and May Y^-ith more or less frequency, and at times theyweie heavy, but they do not appear to have done more in the main stream than to prolongthe high-water period, as in most instances the loss of w^ater through the crevasses more thanoll>et the effects of the rains. An exception was noted at New Orleans, where during theevening of May 10 nearly 7 inches of rain fell, forcing the river up to the remarkably highstage of 22 feet, or 4 feet above the flood stage, a few hours later. High southerly winds,however, were an important factor in causing this stage, and a decline to the actual high-Avaterlevel followed shortly afterwards. -Vmong the appendices to this report will he found copies of the United States WeatherBureau charts (Nos. 2 to 7. inclusive) show-ing the storms directly contributory to the flood, copies of the Weekly Snow^ Charts (Nos. 8 to 11, inclusive) showing the depth of snow on(li
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