The US Army Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division hosted a update with Basin Stakeholders to present a status of conditions in the Missouri River Basin. Information included levee repair status in the Omaha and Kansas City Districts as well a Reservoir Storage and Runofff and Release forecasts for the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoirs in the upper basin and the Kansas and Osage River Basin Reservoirs in the lower basin. The National Weather Service provided a hydrologic outlook as well as a 3-month climate outlook.
Levees are man–made structures, usually earthen embankments or concrete floodwalls, designed and constructed to engineering standards to contain,
control, or divert the flow of water to provide reasonable temporary flood management. There are a variety of issues or concerns associated with water on levees.
Record rains in the Upper Missouri Basin during the first two weeks of September, has prompted changes to releases from the Missouri River Mainstem dams.
An ad-hoc conference call was held Monday, Sept. 16, to provide an update to basin stakeholders. About 100 callers representing elected officials, emergency managers, levee sponsors and the media participated in the call.
National Weather Service
The National Weather Service provides official river stage and weather forecasts.
Kevin Low from the NWS’s Missouri Basin River Forecast Center provided a status of river gages and a weather and hydrologic outlook for the Missouri Basin.
“As many of you realize, we have had a very active hydrologic start to September. There has...
Record rains in the Upper Missouri Basin during the first two weeks of September, has prompted changes to releases from the Missouri River Mainstem dams.
An ad-hoc conference call was held Monday, Sept. 16, to provide an update to basin stakeholders. About 100 callers representing elected officials, emergency managers, levee sponsors and the media participated in the call.
OMAHA, NE – All 2018 stored flood waters were evacuated from the Missouri River mainstem reservoir system (System) as of Jan. 29. The full 16.3 million acre-feet (MAF) of designated flood control storage is available to manage 2019 runoff. “The System stands ready to capture spring runoff, reducing flood risk while providing support to other authorized project purposes. Current Gavins Point releases are 20,000 cubic feet per second (cfs)...
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) began reducing Gavins Point releases to the winter release rate on December 2. The releases will be stepped down at a rate of 3,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) per day until they reach 20,000 cfs on December 11. Releases are expected to remain at or near 20,000 cfs for the remainder of the winter. Gavins Point Dam winter releases normally range between 12,000 and 17,000 cfs.
Due to the water currently being stored in the reservoirs and the higher-than-average runoff being forecast in the Missouri River Basin above Sioux City, Iowa, the service level was increased 25,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) above full service in late June to facilitate the evacuation of stored flood waters. The increased service level means that Gavins Point releases will be increased to approximately 60,000 cfs, as downstream tributary...
