PIERRE — The flood threat continues to appear minimal for the upper Missouri River basin this spring. The U-S Army Corps of Engineers held their second update for the 2022 runoff season Thursday. Climatologist Doug Kluck with the National Weather Service in Kansas City says the snow water equivalent right now in the mountain snowpack is very low…
Kluck says drought conditions are not likely to improve…
Ryan Larsen with the Corps says runoff is still forecast to be 84-percent of average…
Mike Swenson with the Corps says the big three Missouri River reservoirs will likely stay below the base of the flood control pool when runoff starts…
Water Year 2021, which runs from October of 2020 to September of 2021, was the 17th driest on record.