UPDATE: Golconda river stage exceeds 1997; crest projected on May 4

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[The Ohio River at Golconda is 55.39 feet and rising as of 10 a.m., according to the National Weather Service Internet site. Crest is projected at 57.7 feet on May 4.

The crest projection would be the second-highest recorded stage at Golconda. The record stage at Golconda is 62.6 feet, reached Feb. 2, 1937.

The high-water mark of the 1997 flood was 53.58 feet.