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Missouri River Flooding Not Likely

Missouri River Flooding Not Likely

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Even with mountain snowpack well above normal, and several rivers in Montana running high, there isn’t much concern about flooding along the Missouri River.

Doug Kluck, a climatologist with NOAA in Kansas City, says most upstream rivers have crested……

Kluck, during the monthly North Central Climate update, says there could be some spots that do get high water…..

Kevin Low, a National Weather Service Hydrologist, says based on current conditions, he doesn’t see any flooding issues….

Releases from Gavins Point Dam have been increased to over forty-two thousand cubic feet per second to help move the snow pack run off.

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