You guys may see a little more water coming down

[talltimber]

Wappapello Lake temporary rock berm that was built to raise the effective elevation of the spillway has been topped in about a 25' section of it. KFVS said that the increase in water flow into the St. Francis river could cause a steady rise in levels, but would not cause a wall of water. Just a heads-up to my fellow sportsmen to the south. My wife's co-workers in the Powe area were evacuated last night/this morning.

[olduckhunter]

tall, do they have the gates wide open too? down where you went duck hunting i hear there's about 6 or 8 foot of levy left. i wonder how much more it will come up.

[Billy E]

I went last Wed. to scout the St Francis water way and barrow pits outside Marked tree and found some good water. Went back Sun. and the water was op 6-8" from Wed.

[talltimber]

I don't old, it may get a lot worse before it gets better. I am not sure about the discharge. Seems to me they were putting out like 23,000 cfs but if I remember right, I thought I read somewhere where they were capable of putting out around 125,000 cfs. I would imagine, if they weren't at full output, they are trying to hold enough to save the bottoms/levees down there.

Look on the MO page and see where "T" hwy. USED to be. May be more water coming than I thought.

[talltimber]

old, I looked up the specs on the dam/spillway. The max output of the gates is 18,000. I suppose the 23,000 i saw was counting what's coming over the spillway added on to it. The max gate and spillway output at an ungodly 414 lake elevation is 227,000. I don't know how they can figure the lake would get that high, with the spilllway in operation. Anyhow, it sounds like they are at full output at the gates, plus what's coming over the spillway. Here is where I got the info. http://www.mvs.usace.army.mil/wappapello/wap-facts.htm

[olduckhunter]

thanks tall.