Missouri River

[advcomp2019]

My dad says it was asphalt, but he think it was concrete before that, but he is not sure.

I have never ate at Pop -n- Docs. So I don't know how good that food is. I know they had a hard time getting back going after the flooding.

[advcomp2019]

Here is some news. It was in the local paper and I could not find it online yet.

The Decatur-Onawa bridge is going to be free as of December 1st. The states will have control of it on December 4th.

[Coyote]

I also read that somewhere recently.

[Coyote]

A quick video I took from this morning:

[BBvideo 560,340]http://youtube.com/watch&v?eGkBt3M3X3w[/BBvideo]

[Coyote]

A quick video I took from this morning:

[BBvideo 560,340]http://youtube.com/watch&v?tkyc9MTUGQk[/BBvideo]

[almighty_tuna]

Ice floes are fantastic, especially at night. The sound is pretty cool, too.

[Coyote]

Yeah, the sound of the ice patches hitting each other and the shore are cool.

[BBvideo 560,340]http://youtube.com/watch&v?Y4U1_yRZpAY[/BBvideo]

[Coyote]

One last one from today:

[BBvideo 560,340]http://youtube.com/watch&v?nca5pZM1Uu0[/BBvideo]

[thenewguy]

It's crazy how low the river is right now. I never noticed before but it is below the inlets for the boat dock by Rick's.

[almighty_tuna]

I believe that is an annual occurrence. The Army Corps drop the river level in the winter to mimic the natural, seasonal ebb and flow.

[Brad]

The ice is always cool! Been plenty of it this year.

[Coyote]

Ice floes are fantastic, especially at night.

But, the question begs itself, is there enough light to capture a good vid/pic at the witching hour?

[almighty_tuna]

Ice floes are fantastic, especially at night.

But, the question begs itself, is there enough light to capture a good vid/pic at the witching hour?

I will have to bring my camera to find out. I've never shot the ice floes at night along the river.

[Brad]

There is a lot of Water heading our way

http://www.water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydr ... gage=omhn1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Current Forecast is for a crest at 30.4'. For comparison, 2011 was 36.29'.

Until Sunday, the river had been running about 16'.

[Tornado]

The Platte and Elkhorn are also very high, although the Elkhorn is dropping.

[iamjacobm]

The water is really really high already. Anyway to check the current levels vs. the expect levels?

Edit: Duh on the chart posted by Brad

[skinzfan23]

There is a lot of Water heading our way

http://www.water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydr ... gage=omhn1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Current Forecast is for a crest at 30.4'.  For comparison, 2011 was 36.29'.

Until Sunday, the river had been running about 16'.

Looks like the forecast would put the river levels above what they were in 1993.

[Uffda]

The Sioux Falls area has had 13" of rain since the the first of June. Most of that flows into the Big Sioux River which enters the Missouri at Sioux City. The day of the tornados in Pilger, the city of Canton had 8" of rain that is all coming down the Big Sioux. The area had so much rain/water the other day that I-29 was closed in several spot as water was flowing over it.

http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2 ... /10695969/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;


Found these taken by a company with a small remote helicopter

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set ... 830&type=1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Tornado]

32 ft crest now forecast

[GetUrban]

Looks like they've had a lot of rain in the northern part of the Missouri River basin too. Hopefully the reservoirs will continue to have enough capacity this time. If not, it could be another repeat of 2011.

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mbrfc/

http://www.nwd-mr.usace.army.mil/rcc/re ... _Daily.pdf

Dam release info

[Coyote]

I wish I would have posted the article from a month ago or so, but someone reported on snow melt and reservoir capacity and made it sound like they were all under control. But you never know...

[Brad]

Have they installed the flood gates down by Storz yet?

[Linkin5]

How is Playland Park going to do with this?

[skinzfan23]

How is Playland Park going to do with this?

Thats what I was wondering.

This is from the weather channel's website:
" AT 3:00 PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 20.8 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 29.0 FEET. * FORECAST... THE RIVER MAY RISE TO NEAR 30.9 FEET MONDAY MORNING. * IMPACT... AT 32.0 FEET... INTERSTATE 680 WEST BETWEEN THE MORMON BRIDGE AND INTERSTATE 29 BEGINS TO FLOOD. ALSO... INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN CRESCENT AND COUNCIL BLUFFS BEGINS TO FLOOD. * IMPACT... AT 29.0 FEET... SIGNIFICANT LOWLAND FLOODING OCCURS IN NP DODGE PARK... FREEDOM PARK... PLAYLAND PARK... FONTENELLE FOREST AND HAWORTH PARK. * IMPACT... AT 27.0 FEET... NP DODGE PARK... FREEDOM PARK... PLAYLAND PARK AND FONTENELLE FOREST BEGIN TO FLOOD. * IMPACT... AT 25.0 FEET... A CASINO PARKING LOT BEGINS TO FLOOD ALONG THE IOWA SIDE OF THE RIVER. IN ADDITION, HAWORTH PARK LOCATED IN BELLEVUE BEGINS TO FLOOD. "

[GetUrban]

Not sure what the exact boundaries are for Playland Park in C.B, but I thought it was on the "dry" side of the levy. The new River's Edge park is on the wet side. It will be sad to see that flood so soon after it opened. Comes with the territory though.....

The duration of this flood shouldn't be anything like 2011, I'd guess.

[Brad]

That's not good!

[Coyote]

I would have to believe that us a mistake; by Playland they really mean Hanafan's Rivers Edge?

[skinzfan23]

Not sure what the exact boundaries are for Playland Park in C.B, but I thought it was on the "dry" side of the levy. The new River's Edge park is on the wet side. It will be sad to see that flood so soon after it opened. Comes with the territory though.....

The duration of this flood shouldn't be anything like 2011, I'd guess.

Thats true, that is what was so hard in 2011. The flood lasted weeks and put pressure on the levies and obviously killed many trees and plants. It sounds like this would subside rather quickly and hopefully not do a lot of damage. I sure hope it doesn't kill the new trees they just planted.

[Brad]

It will still cover everything in mud!

[Coyote]

It will still cover everything in mud!

Did they have a game plan to deal with this? You would have to think they would try to at least cosmetically clean it up as soon as possible...

[Brad]

I drove down by Storz last night. The flood gates are not installed, but it looked like water was in to Playland Park. Not a lot, just right up to the edge.

[skinzfan23]

I drove down by Storz last night.  The flood gates are not installed, but it looked like water was in to Playland Park.  Not a lot, just right up to the edge.

Unfortunately it still has around 7 more feet to rise.

[Brad]

Amanda Crawford, KETV Photo:

[Uffda]

I-29 is going to be closed from Sioux City to the Vermillion exit for the next few days as they are going to divert some of the flood waters coming down the Big Sioux River to McCook Lake at North Sioux City.

[Coyote]

The Missouri River Boat Club (Sioux City) is showing pics of dome high waters up there.

[skinzfan23]

According to the latest prediction, the river is going to crest at 29ft. Of course, it all depends on how much rain we get tonight. I am sure the totals are going to be a lot again. The main key though is how much rain falls up north.

[skinzfan23]

Looks like the river is receeding. It currently is under the "action" stage at just over 24ft. The crest was 27.94ft on 6/24/14, which ranks it the 8th highest crest all-time.

Historical Crests
(1) 40.20 ft on 04/18/1952
(2) 36.29 ft on 07/02/2011
(3) 34.22 ft on 04/25/1881
(4) 30.26 ft on 07/10/1993
(5) 29.50 ft on 06/23/1996
(6) 29.02 ft on 06/27/1984
(7) 28.74 ft on 07/01/2010
(8) 27.94 ft on 06/24/2014 (P)
(9) 26.89 ft on 06/17/1990
(10) 26.82 ft on 04/12/1969

[iamjacobm]

Over 24 feet now, projecting to crest at 28.5

[skinzfan23]

Over 24 feet now, projecting to crest at 28.5

Wow, I haven't looked at the numbers in quite a while but looking at the river I figured it was high. Yet another year where the crest is in the top 10 all-time.

[iamjacobm]

Over 24 feet now, projecting to crest at 28.5

Wow, I haven't looked at the numbers in quite a while but looking at the river I figured it was high. Yet another year where the crest is in the top 10 all-time.

That was old, I just checked. Current projection shows just hitting above 30 on Thursday then dropping sharply.

https://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrogr ... gage=omhn1