Associated Press Updated: 17 February 2012 | 7:54 am in Statewide News

Weather Service predicts low chance of spring flooding in Iowa

Conditions that led to flooding last year aren't evident now


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In this June 16, 2011 photo, floodwaters from the Missouri River covering Highway 333 outside of town approach a levee in Hamburg, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

The latest three-month forecast from the National Weather Service says there’s little chance of major spring flooding in Iowa.

Heavy rains and snowmelt upstream overwhelmed the Army Corps of Engineers’ Missouri River reservoir system last year. That led to historic flooding along the river that divides western Iowa from eastern Nebraska.

Hydrologist Jeff Zogg of the service’s Johnston office says last year’s conditions aren’t evident.

Zogg says the usual minor flooding is possible this spring — common along the Missouri River south of Council Bluffs in both Iowa and Nebraska.

The Quad Cities weather service reports conditions are average along the Mississippi River.



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