Key stakeholders in the upper Midwest are staying informed with daily conference calls.

Following extremely heavy rain in southeastern South Dakota, northwestern Iowa, and central and northeastern Nebraska, officials from the National Weather Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Missouri River Water Management Division and the Omaha and Kansas City Districts are holding daily calls to keep key stakeholders including Congressional representatives, Tribal, state and local government officials, levee sponsors, emergency managers, and the media informed of actions along uncontrolled tributaries in the region and the Missouri River.

These calls include runoff conditions and weather forecasts, reservoir release plans, and the Omaha and Kansas City Districts report details about support they are providing to local communities in the affected areas,

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From the National Weather Service Missouri Basin River Forecast Center:

Tributaries that enter the Missouri River after Gavins Point Dam

• James River, South Dakota, crested the night of June 24, at 22.17 feet with flows around 27,000 cubic feet per second
• Vermillion River at the mouth crested on the evening of June 24 at 32.7 feet with flows at nearly 34,000 cfs
• Big Sioux at Sioux City, Iowa, crested the afternoon of June 24 at 44.98 feet with flows of about 96,000 cfs
• Floyd River at the mouth crested the morning of June 23 at 32.39 feet with flows of nearly 46,000 cfs
• Little Sioux River was forecast to crest overnight June 25, at 27.6 feet with flows of around 42,000 cfs 

Crests on the Missouri River main stem after Gavins Point Dam 

• At Sioux City the crest passed the morning of Tuesday, June 25, at 32.2 feet should remain above flood stage until mid-day June 26
• At Omaha the afternoon of Thursday, June 27, at 35.4 feet
• At Nebraska City the morning of Friday, June 28, at 25.2 feet
• At Brownville the morning of Saturday, June 29, at 42.2 feet 
• At Rulo the evening of Saturday, June 29, at 23.8 feet

*These forecasts are subject to change and include any rainfall forecast for the next 24 hours. 

And finally Rulo expecting a crest of 23.8 Saturday night into Sunday morning. Looking ahead as far as rain chances, there's rain chances somewhere just about every day moving forward, but nothing.

Preliminary indications show the following river stage records set following the rains that fell between June 20 and 23. 

These are provisional stage records with this event. They have not been verified for accuracy and are a comparison of recent crests compared to the record stages and times.  The U.S. Geological Survey typically verifies data for historical records.

All rivers are tributaries that join the Missouri River after Gavins Point Dam.

Future rainfall can be viewed here:  https://www.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/#

The public can also view future precipitation here:  https://www.weather.gov/mbrfc/pcpn

Releases from Gavins Point Dam

Releases from Gavins Point Dam are 24,000 cfs with 15,000 cfs through the spillway and 9,000 cfs through the power house.

Releases from Fort Randall Dam 

Minimal with periods of zero release. 

The Omaha and Kansas City Districts are providing information and support to levee sponsors and local emergency managers with several teams dispatched across the region.

More details are provided in the call and from each District.