(KLZA)-- The National Weather Service is projecting the Missouri River to drop below flood stage early Thursday morning from Brownville downstream past Rulo.

The river reading at Brownville had dropped to less than a foot above the 33-foot flood stage Wednesday morning and projection indicate the river below flood stage around midnight tonight.

At Rulo,  the river reading was less than 1.5-feet above flood stage Wednesday morning with a predicted fall below flood stage by early Thursday morning. 

At both river gauges, the river crested at about four-feet above flood stage this past weekend.