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PROJECT ALERT NOTICE (MO) Lower Mississippi Main Stem Flooding in Missouri

Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2016 10:19:03 EST

Summary: Lower Mississippi main stem flooding continues with evident levee breaches.

Agricultural levee breaches on the lower Mississippi River main stem from Commerce, Missouri to Thompson Bend have been overtopped or are currently overtopping, as evident in USGS operated gaging station record at Thebes and USACE operated gaging station records at Cape Girardeau, Grays Point, and Prices Landing.

(1) USGS Crew deployed to Thebes for measurements today as a result of levee breach activity.

Approximately 72 non-routine flood measurements have been made to date, USGS office continues to interact with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and NOAA National Weather Service during this event.

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