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More Flooding Along Missouri River

By John Nixon

09/04/2018

(KLZA)-- Recent rains in the Missouri River basin coupled with higher than normal releases from upstream dams is causing flooding along the river in Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri and Iowa.

A flood warning has been issued affecting Richardson, Nemaha and Otoe counties in Nebraska as well as Atchison and Holt counties in Missouri, Doniphan and Atchison counties in Kansas.

At Nebraska City the Missouri River crest is forecast at 21.2 feet Thursday afternoon. That is 3.2 feet above flood stage. The river reading was at 17.65 feet late Tuesday morning.

At Brownville the Tuesday morning river reading was 34.17 feet, nearly 1.2 feet above flood stage. The crest if forecast for Thursday evening at 37.7 feet which is more than 4.5 feet above flood stage.

At Rulo the river reading Tuesday morning at 11 was 19.6 feet which had dropped from more than 21 feet Monday. The Missouri is predicted to drop to 18.5 feet by Wednesday afternoon, but then begin to rise again with the new crest predicted at 20.6 feet Thursday afternoon.

At St. Joseph, Missouri the river is forecast to crest at 21.2 feet Thursday afternoon which is just over 3 feet above flood stage.

At Atchison, Kansas where flood stage is 22 feet, the crest is predicted for early Tuesday afternoon at 24 feet. The river is forecast to hover around the 22-foot reading at least until Saturday.

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