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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED TO HEIGHT OF MOUNTAIN

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1020 AM CST WED DEC 14 2005



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REYNOLDS MO-

1020 AM CST WED DEC 14 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CST FOR 

EASTERN REYNOLDS COUNTY...



WATER HAS COMPLETELY DRAINED FROM THE UPPER RESERVOIR OF THE TAUM 

SAUK HYDROELECTRIC PLANT.  THE LOWER RESERVOIR IS COMPLETELY FILLED 

AND HAS 6 TO 8 INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER THE TOP OF THE DAM.  

CURRENTLY...THE STRUCTURE OF THE LOWER RESERVOIR IS HOLDING.  



PARTS OF THE CITY OF LESTERVILLE ARE BEING EVACUATED.  THE FLOOD 

WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO CREST AT LESTERVILLE THIS AFTERNOON.



THE BLACK RIVER NEAR ANNAPOLIS IS EXPECTED TO CREST AT 20 FEET THIS 

AFTERNOON...WHICH IS 12 FEET ABOVE FLOOD STAGE.  THIS FORECAST IS 

BASED ON THE WORST CASE SCENARIO OF BOTH THE UPPER AND LOWER 

RESERVOIRS FAILING.  



THE FLOOD WATERS DOWNSTREAM FROM ANNAPOLIS WILL FLOW INTO CLEARWATER 

LAKE.   THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS EXPECT CLEARWATER TO RISE 6 FEET.

AT THIS TIME...THERE IS NO DANGER TO CLEARWATER LAKE...OR AREAS 

DOWNSTREAM FROM CLEARWATER DAM.



WHILE THERE WAS RAIN ACROSS THE AREA LAST NIGHT...IT DOES NOT APPEAR 

THAT THE RAINFALL WAS ESPECIALLY HEAVY.  IN GENERAL...IT APPEARS 

RAINFALL TOTALS WERE ONE THIRD OF AN INCH OR LESS.



HERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TAKEN FROM A PRESS RELEASE 

ISSUED BY AMEREN UE...



AMEREN UE TAUM SAUK HYDROELECTRIC PLANT...LOCATED NEAR LESERVILLE IN 

REYNOLDS COUNTY MISSOURI EXPERIENCED AN APPARENT BREACH IN THE UPPER 

RESEROIR THAT CAUSED FLOODING IN THE JOHNSON SHUT-INS AND RESULTED 

IN THE CLOSING OF ONE ROAD.



THE PLANTS 1.5 BILLION GALLON UPPER RESERVOIR APPEARS TO HAVE A 

RUPTURE IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER CAUSING WATER TO FLOW DOWNWARD AND 

RESULTING IN THE CLOSING OF ROUTE N.

  

THE INCIDENT APPEARED TO HAVE OCCURRED AROUND 5:30 AM TODAY WITH THE 

UPPER RESERVOIR AT ITS NORMAL LEVEL.  AT THIS POINT...IT APPEARS 

THAT THERE WAS NO FAILURE OF EQUIPMENT USED TO MOVE WATER UPWARD OR 

ANY EVIDENCE OF FOUL PLAY.



BUILT IN 1963...AMEREN UE TAUM SAUK IS A ...PUMPED STORAGE... 

HYRDOELECTRIC PLANT.  IT STORES WATER FROM THE BLACK RIVER IN THE 

UPPER RESERVOIR...BUILT ATOP 1590 FOOT HIGH PROFFIT MOUNTAIN...AND 

RELEASES WATER TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY WHEN POWER IS NEEDED.

THE WATER FLOWS DOWN A MILE LONG TUNNEL INSIDE THE 

MOUNTAIN...TURNING TURBINE GENERATORS TO PRODUCE ELECTRICITY.   



LAT...LON 3707 9097 3706 9077 3733 9076 3759 9080

      3758 9113



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