Corps of Engineers: Flooding may be summer-long experience

June 5, 2011 at 5:58 a.m. | Updated June 5, 2011 at 5:58 a.m.

John Thompson joined a group of volunteers and prisoners loading sandbags onto trailers Friday, June 3, 2011 in Rock Port, Mo. as the area prepares for the worst flooding seen on the Missouri River since 1993.
John Thompson joined a group of volunteers and prisoners loading sandbags onto trailers Friday, June 3, 2011 in Rock Port, Mo. as the area prepares for the worst flooding seen on the Missouri River since 1993.

The National Weather Service said today's the day the Missouri River at Jefferson City creeps above its 23-foot flood-stage level.

The Weather Service noted the Missouri was at 22.3 feet Saturday morning, and was expected "to rise above flood stage" this morning "and continue rising to near 23.4 feet Monday morning."

But then, unless there's more rain (which is not in the forecast through next Saturday), the river is expected to drop back below flood stage by Tuesday morning - falling to a little over 21 feet.

Still, in its long-range "hydrologic (movement of water) outlook," the Weather Service said Saturday that ....

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