Tombigbee River at Aberdeen Lock and Dam
Highest listed crest 189.50 ftFlood stage 188.0 ft13 crests since 1982
The Tombigbee River at Aberdeen Lock and Dam crested above flood stage 2 times among the 13 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1982 to 2019. The highest, 189.50 ft on December 28, 1982, was minor flooding, 1.50 feet above flood stage. 5 other gauges on the Tombigbee River crested above flood stage within a week of it.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 189.50 ft
- December 28, 1982
- Flood stage
- 188.0 ft
- Major flooding from 192.0 ft
- Crests at major
- 0
- 2 above flood stage
- Most recent flood crest
- May 29, 1991
- 189.50 ft, minor flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Action stage | 187.0 | 1 | Feb 25, 2019 |
| Flood stage (minor) | 188.0 | 2 | May 29, 1991 |
| Moderate flood stage | 190.0 | 0 | — |
| Major flood stage | 192.0 | 0 | — |
Every listed crest
13 crests from 1982 to 2019. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.
Crests at or above flood stage, by decade
- These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
- Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.
Highest crests
| 1 | Dec 28, 1982 | 189.50 | +1.50 | Minor |
| 2 | May 29, 1991 | 189.50 | +1.50 | Minor |
| 3 | Feb 25, 2019 | 187.56 | −0.44 | Action |
| 4 | May 22, 1983 | 185.00 | −3.00 | Below flood stage |
| 5 | May 3, 1997 | 180.24 | −7.76 | Below flood stage |
| 6 | Apr 4, 2000 | 179.73 | −8.27 | Below flood stage |
| 7 | Feb 6, 2004 | 178.48 | −9.52 | Below flood stage |
| 8 | Jun 12, 2005 | 175.85 | −12.15 | Below flood stage |
| 9 | Aug 31, 2005 | 173.33 | −14.67 | Below flood stage |
| 10 | Sep 26, 2005 | 172.95 | −15.05 | Below flood stage |
| 11 | Dec 18, 1995 | 171.84 | −16.16 | Below flood stage |
| 12 | Apr 25, 1996 | 169.62 | −18.38 | Below flood stage |
| 13 | Apr 5, 2008 | 169.12 | −18.88 | Below flood stage |
The worst floods along the Tombigbee River
For this gauge's highest crests, the other gauges on the Tombigbee River that crested above flood stage within a week.
December 28, 1982: 189.50 ft here, minor flooding
- Stennis Lock and DamMS · Dec 29, 1982 · 170.55 ft · Major
- AmoryMS · Dec 28, 1982 · 33.15 ft · Major
- BigbeeMS · Dec 28, 1982 · 25.73 ft · Moderate
- Demopolis Lock and DamAL · Jan 4, 1983 · 74.00 ft · Minor
- FultonMS · Dec 27, 1982 · 23.70 ft · Minor
May 29, 1991: 189.50 ft here, minor flooding
- Stennis Lock and DamMS · May 29, 1991 · 169.45 ft · Major
- Bevill Lock and DamAL · May 31, 1991 · 142.73 ft · Major
- Gainesville Lock and DamAL · Jun 1, 1991 · 116.50 ft · Moderate
- Demopolis Lock and DamAL · Jun 4, 1991 · 78.30 ft · Moderate
- FultonMS · May 27, 1991 · 27.72 ft · Moderate · its highest
Gauges on the Tombigbee River
In USGS station-number order, which runs downstream within a river basin.
| Fulton | MS | 27.72 ft, May 27, 1991 | 0 |
| Bigbee | MS | 27.64 ft, Mar 17, 1973 | 2 |
| Amory | MS | 34.65 ft, Mar 17, 1973 | 3 |
| Aberdeen Lock and Dam this gauge | MS | 189.50 ft, Dec 28, 1982 | 0 |
| Stennis Lock and Dam | MS | 171.09 ft, Dec 6, 1983 | 10 |
| Bevill Lock and Dam | AL | 142.95 ft, Feb 23, 1991 | 12 |
| Gainesville Lock and Dam | AL | 120.74 ft, Apr 15, 1979 | 2 |
| Demopolis Lock and Dam | AL | 92.30 ft, Apr 19, 1979 | 1 |
| Coffeeville Dam | AL | 51.46 ft, Apr 22, 1979 | 8 |
| Leroy | AL | 35.89 ft, Apr 1, 1979 | 1 |
Other gauges in Monroe County
Monroe County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Mississippi
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ABEM6, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.