How High

[Dutch]

So that makes it 863. Ramps are going to get hard to find soon. Stockton has risen 3' since yesterday morning.

[John Berry]

The Buffalo and Crooked Creek are out of the banks. Norfork is being flooded with a lot of people already evacuated. The water at the handicap access is eight feet deep in the parking lot. River Ridge Road is closed. It is time to start on the Ark!

[Snow Fly]

I made a post on the Bennett Springs thread but you can go to http://missouritrout.com/weavers for some great pictures of the flooding there

[Dave Cook]

From the Springfield weather station Radar Precip Est From 08:50 AM CDT Tue Mar 18 2008

to 10:51 AM CDT Wed Mar 19 2008

[RiverRunner]

The situation on the White River below Buffalo City sounds very bad. I have heard that both the Shied and Calico bridges have been closed and that people are being evacuated out of the river valley all the way to Batesville and beyond. This thing may eclipse 1982 when all is said and done. I imagine there will be major damage to houses just downstream from Norfork. I also heard that Jenkins Boat Dock at Calico is gone. I imagine it will be tough on the docks at Norfork as well.

[Al Agnew]

In looking over the various real time gages, the greatest rise I found was the Buffalo at the Hwy. 14 bridge...

A 42 foot rise! Peak flow was 119,000 cubic feet per second (normal flow for this time of year at that point is about 600 cfs).

The James had a 33 ft. rise at Galena.

The Gasconade had a 32 ft. rise at Hazelgreen.

The Meramec is just reaching peak--a 30 ft. rise at Meramec State Park.

[Trav]

My rain guage said 6 1/2 inches this AM. Im right across the lake from Rockaway.