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  • Weekly Missouri Basin flood response update – 8/29

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers emergency and water management officials held a call August 29 to communicate an update of current runoff conditions, system storage and a status of flooding response and recovery activities. Next week will mark the beginning of monthly calls. The first call will include a webinar in a format similar to the Monthly Update Webinars which are usually held from January until June or July and were an initiative launched in 2012. The most recent of these webinars was held March 7, 2019, and included a Spring Hydrologic Outlook from the National Weather Service, Missouri Basin River Forecast Center.

  • Weekly Missouri Basin flood response update – 8/22

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers emergency and water management officials held a call August 22 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. Of note, maintenance work at Oahe will require flows to be divided between the power plant and the regulating tunnels.

  • Weekly Missouri Basin flood response update for key stakeholders – 8/15

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers emergency and water management officials held a call August 15 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.

  • Weekly Missouri Basin flood response update for key stakeholders – 8/8

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers emergency and water management officials held a call August 8 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.

  • System storage has peaked; Gavins Point releases to remain at high levels into fall

    System storage peaked at 68.5 million acre feet (MAF) on July 20. Widespread and heavy rainfall in the upper Missouri River basin (above Sioux City) resulted in another month of above average runoff. Areas of Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, and Nebraska received two to three times normal precipitation during July. July runoff in the upper basin was 7.0 MAF, which is 213%of average. The average July runoff is 3.3 MAF. Runoff remained particularly high in the reaches from Garrison Dam in North Dakota to Sioux City, Iowa, which ranged between three to seven times average.

  • Weekly Missouri Basin flood response update for key stakeholders – 8/1

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers emergency and water management officials held a call August 1 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.