Large Levee Breach 3 Miles Upsteam from Cooper Nuclear
Posted by JAC on 6/24/2011, 7:50 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnfE3MjHAfs&feature=player_embedded



http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=oax&gage=bron1&view=1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1&toggles=10,7,8,2,9,15,6


http://www.newspressnow.com/localnews/28340881/detail.html

Communities in Atchison County are being asked to evacuate after a levee breached three miles north of the Brownville bridge.

An emergency evacuation has been ordered for those living in the Missouri River Basin, including all of Atchison County west of Interstate 29. Landgdon, Watson, Phelps City, and Nishnabotna should evacuate.

"This is a large breach and water will be moving rapidly. Persons should stay out of this area if previously evacuated due to danger," Atchison County Emergency Management said in a statement.


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PLEASANT HILL HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR A LEVEE FAILURE IN...
WESTERN ATCHISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1030 AM CDT

* AT 921 PM CDT...A LEVEE ON THE MISSOURI RIVER FAILED 3 MILES NORTH
OF BROWNVILLE NEBRASKA...CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OF AREAS NEAR THE
LEVEE FAILURE. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE URGING
PEOPLE IN THE MISSOURI RIVER FLOOD PLAIN WEST OF INTERSTATE 29
IN ATCHISON COUNTY MISSOURI TO EVACUATE TO HIGHER GROUND AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE PHELPS CITY...LANGDON AND WATSON
WESTERN ATCHISON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI...


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