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RIVER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BOISE ID
300 PM MDT THU MAY 22 2008
..BOISE RIVER FLOWS WILL DECREASE TO 5300 CFS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS AND THE U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
HAVE INDICATED THAT REGULATED FLOWS ON THE BOISE RIVER WILL REDUCED
TO AROUND 5300 CFS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A NOTICEABLE DROP IN RIVER
LEVELS WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON FALLING FROM A STAGE OF 10.3 FEET
TO AROUND 9.4 FEET ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT GLENWOOD BRIDGE. EVEN
THOUGH RIVER LEVELS WILL DROP ABOUT A FOOT...RIVER CURRENTS WILL
STILL REMAIN VERY SWIFT AND WATER WILL BE SLOW TO DRAIN AWAY FROM
SUBMERGED SECTIONS OF THE GREENBELT PATH.
NATURAL INFLOW INTO THE RESERVOIR SYSTEM ABOVE BOISE HAS DECREASED
FROM OVER 18000 CFS ON TUESDAY TO AROUND 14000 CFS TODAY. THIS
REDUCTION IN NATURAL INFLOW RATE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND...WHICH MEANS THAT THE CUTS IN REGULATED
DISCHARGE FROM LUCKY PEAK DAM CAN NOW BE MADE WITHOUT UNDO RISK OF
OVERFILLING THE RESERVOIRS. FURTHER REDUCTIONS IN REGULATED FLOW
BELOW LUCKY PEAK DAM ARE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY MAY 27TH.
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