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  • Gavins Point releases to remain above average for the summer and fall

    June runoff in the upper basin was 8.7 million acre feet (MAF), which is 159 percent of average. The average June runoff is 5.4 MAF. Runoff remained particularly high in the Fort Randall to Gavins Point and Gavins Point to Sioux City reaches, which were three and four times average, respectively. The 2019 upper basin runoff forecast is 49.9 million acre-feet (MAF). If realized, this runoff total would be the second highest runoff in 121 years of record-keeping, only surpassed by 2011 (61.0 MAF) and exceeding the 49.0 MAF observed in 1997. Upper basin runoff in 2018 was 42.1 MAF, which is currently third highest.

  • Weekly Missouri Basin flood response update for key stakeholders - June 27

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers emergency and water management officials held a call June 27 to communicate to Midwest Congressional representatives, Tribal, state and local government officials (including levee sponsors and emergency managers) an update of current runoff conditions, system storage and a status of flooding response and recovery activities. All the information provided on this call is accessible through the Missouri Basin “Web App.” The web app has the most up-to-date information from the National Weather Service and the Corps. https://go.usa.gov/xmtYU.

  • Weekly Missouri Basin flood response update for key stakeholders - June 20

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers emergency and water management officials held a call June 20 to communicate to Midwest Congressional representatives, Tribal, state and local government officials (including levee sponsors and emergency managers) an update of current runoff conditions, system storage and a status of flooding response and recovery activities. All of the information provided on this call is accessible through the Missouri Basin “Web App.” The information at the links in the web app is the most up-to-date information from the National Weather Service and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. https://go.usa.gov/xmtYU.

  • Weekly Missouri Basin flood response update for key stakeholders - June 13

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers emergency and water management officials held a call June 13 to communicate to Midwest Congressional representatives, Tribal, state and local government officials (including levee sponsors and emergency managers) an update of current runoff conditions, system storage and a status of flooding response and recovery activities.

  • Spillway flows at Garrison Dam scheduled for Monday, June 17

    As releases are being increased to a targeted 46,000 cubic feet per second from the Garrison Dam, in Riverdale, North Dakota, some flows will be transferred to the spillway beginning on Monday, June 17.

  • Corps communicates basin conditions and flood response to key stakeholders

    As part of the ongoing commitment to communicate to Midwest Congressional representatives, Tribal, state and local government officials (including levee sponsors and emergency managers), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Northwestern Division hosted a call June 6 to provide an update of current runoff conditions, system storage and provide status updates from the Kansas City and Omaha Districts on flooding response and recovery.