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Moderate flooding possible along Missouri River

By John Nixon

08/20/2018

(KLZA)-- Minor to moderate flooding will continue along the Missouri River from Omaha south to Rulo this week.

Flooding is expected to affect Richardson, Nemaha and Otoe counties on the Nebraska side of the river along with Fremont County Iowa and Atchison and Holt counties in Northwest Missouri from Tuesday morning through Friday afternoon.

The Missouri River At Rulo was at 15.9 feet 1.1 feet below flood stage early Monday afternoon.

Minor flooding is forecast. The forecast is for the river to rise above flood stage by late Tuesday morning and continue to rise to near 20.9 feet by Wednesday evening.

At Brownville the flood stage is 33 feet with the crest forecast for 38.3 early Wednesday afternoon.

At Nebraska City the crest is forecast at 21.6 feet Wednesday morning. Flood stage is 18 feet. The river reading Monday afternoon was 17.4 feet.

Further downstream the Missouri River is forecast to crest at St. Joseph Wednesday morning around 7 at 20.4 feet which is nearly 3.5 feet above flood stage.

At Atchision, Kansas the crest if forecast at 21.9 feet early Thursday afternoon which is just below the 22 foot flood stage.

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