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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

1140 AM CST WED DEC 14 2005



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REYNOLDS MO-

1140 AM CST WED DEC 14 2005



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

EASTERN REYNOLDS COUNTY...



THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM OFFICIALS AT THE TAUM SAUK RESERVOIR 

INDICATE THAT THE FLOW OUT OF THE UPPER RESERVOIR HAS SLOWED 

CONSIDERABLY AND THAT THE UPPER RESERVOIR STILL HAS ABOUT 20 FEET OF 

WATER IN IT. THE DAM AT THE LOWER RESERVOIR HAS ABOUT 1 TO 2 FEET OF 

WATER FLOWING OVER IT...BUT IS HOLDING.   



BASED ON THIS INFORMATION...IF THE LOWER RESERVOIR CONTINUES TO 

HOLD...THE FLOOD CREST ON THE BLACK RIVER NEAR HIGHWAY K IN 

SOUTHEAST REYNOLDS COUNTY WILL BE AROUND 12 FEET. FLOOD STAGE IS 8 

FEET. HOWEVER IF THE LOWER RESERVOIR DOES NOT HOLD...THE FLOOD CREST 

COULD BE AROUND 20 FEET. OFFICIALS ARE MONITORING THE LOWER 

RESERVOIR CLOSELY. AT THIS TIME IS APPEARS TO BE SOUND AND IS 

EXPECTED TO HOLD. 



THE FLOOD WATERS WILL FLOW INTO CLEARWATER LAKE. THE CORPS OF 

ENGINEERS EXPECT CLEARWATER TO RISE ABOUT 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 LESTERVILLE 

IN REYNOLDS COUNTY MISSOURI EXPERIENCED AN APPARENT BREACH IN THE 

UPPER RESERVOIR 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... 

HYDROELECTRIC 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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