157000 CFS June 23, 2011DAILY US ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS RESERVOIR CONTROL CENTER REPORT
150900 CFS June 22, 2011
150000 CFS June 21, 2011
percentage of flood control capacity left in that particular reservoir/lake
66.3% June 23, 2011
62.8% June 22, 2011
51.6% June 21, 2011
52.3% June 15, 2011
KC blogger (hydrologist) who posts these daily
A guide assisting in reading this report:
Located about 19 miles north of Omaha, OPPD’s Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station is designed to withstand severe natural disasters, including:
Omaha Public Power District (OPPD): If you look closely in the photos, our plant, our substation and other buildings are dry behind berms, sandbag walls and AquaDams. The plant is secure from water to the 1,014 feet above sea level elevation (the river is now at 1,006). It also has diesel generators and additional fuel staged to provide power from on site...(read more)
Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD): There have been at least five situations of flooding around the Brownville area since 1952, and Cooper Nuclear Station, which has experienced several floods since it began commercial operation in 1974, was built to withstand various natural disasters, including tornadoes and earthquakes. The site was elevated 13 feet above the natural grade to 903 feet sea level elevation to accommodate the maximum, probable flooding event. (Earlier this week floodwaters came within 18 inches of 902 feet -- the mark at which Cooper would be shut down.)... (read more)
The Big Bend and Oahe hydro-electric dams along the still flooding Missouri River with their subsequent reservoirs are near Pierre, SD
Eastern Montana, the Dakotas, Nebraska and Iowa
Omaha District
http://www.nwo.usace.army.mil/html/op-e/flood.html
Kansas and Missouri
Kansas City District
http://www.nwk.usace.army.mil/Flood/index.cfm
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