LATEST FLOOD INFORMATION

SIOUX CITY---BROWNS LAKE NEAR SALIX WILL BE OPEN MONDAY MORNING FOR NORMAL BOATING AND WATER RECREATION ACTIVITIES.

RICK SNYDER WITH THE WOODBURY COUNTY CONSERVATION BOARD SAYS THESE ACTIVITIES HAVEN'T BEEN ALLOWED SINCE EARLY JUNE DUE TO MISSOURI RIVER FLOODING.

SINCE THEN, THE MAIN OUTLET WHICH DRAINS THE LAKE FROM BROWN'S LAKE TO SNYDER'S BEND HAS BEEN PLUGGED.

SNYDER SAYS THERE ARE NO-WAKE ZONES AROUND THE SWIMMING AND BIGELOW PARK AREAS.

SNYDER BEND PARK HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE JUNE AND MOST OF IT IS FLOODED, HOWEVER ALL OF THE FACILITIES REMAIN DRY, THANKS TO VARIOUS DIKES.

SNYDER SAYS THEY'VE LOST ROUGHLY $50-THOUSAND IN REVENUE BY THE PARK CLOSURE AND SUFFERED A $10-THOUSAND LOSS FROM CLOSING BROWNS LAKE AND BIGELOW PARK.

SIOUX CITY---AFTER DAYS OF DECLINE, THE MISSOURI RIVER IN SIOUX CITY IS AT 34.24 FEET.

WOODBURY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER GARY BROWN SAYS THIS IS DAY 63 OF "OPERATION MIGHTY MO".
HE SAYS THE RIVER BOTTOM HAS DECLINED ROUGHLY 6 TO 8 FEET, WHICH WILL IMPACT RECREATION.

BROWN SAYS SOME AREAS MAY FILL BACK IN WITH SEDIMENT AS THE WATERS BEGIN TO SLOW DOWN.

AN UPDATED SCHEDULE OF WATER RELEASE RATES WILL BE RELEASED FRIDAY FROM THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS.