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<br />HIGHLIGHTS OF 1984 OPERATIONS <br /> <br />Streamflows throughout the System were much above norma land exceeded early <br />season forec?sts for, nearly all watersheds. <br />;''t:_;;" ;'O.',j.i.,' \',1 (j:.r~'.~ ":7J6~'; <br /> <br />Warm tempeYah'i'e's"oduHlh9'ii'May and early June hastened snowmelt, causing runoff <br />volumes toobe ~f record proportion during May. <br />"{,; <'~!,.,,~.: ~i:<i t~~.t }1;J;:iI ,:.:: <br /> <br />Rapid "si\oWmeHq(j'td~)]!yn raised river levels tlJ near flood stage in many <br />areas during June and July. <br /> <br />Controlled spills occurred at many 0 reservoirs including Green Montain, <br />Wi 1101'1 Creek, Granby, Boysen, Seminoe, Kortes, oand Pathfinder. High rates <br />of controlled bypass releases were also made below Glendo Reservoir on the <br />North Platte River. <br /> <br />The near record amount of runoff produced nearly 1,300,000 acre-feet of water <br />in excess of full ownership storage capacity in the North Platte River <br />Bas in above GuernsejH~eSErti(ioir. <br />(;0:-"1'f) 't-::\" <br /> <br />Glendo Reservoir storage !rema'ined intheflood.pool for 51 conSecutive days <br />while using 30 percent of the exclus.ive flood pool space. <br /> <br />fiG;' 1 i:' <br /> <br />A controlled, forced'Spirll IJf Pathfinder Reservoir was initiated.'on May <br />29. Water flowed over the'natural rock spillway for 50 consecutive days. <br />0Ci'Jf' '. <br /> <br />North Platte River flowsrthrough the' city of Casper Were regulatedat'or <br />near 9,200 cubic feet perrtsecond, causing only minor damage. <br />:'I;~ i :.~:' '" . ! <br /> <br />A lthough not an author,i zed . prOject purpose. <br />Reservoir operaticm:si:~~,pt'evented' the. occurrence <br />damage from flooding. <br /> <br />Semi no€! and 0 Pathfinoiler <br />of is ign ificant property <br /> <br />',',1'{~". '_ n;~;'-,.!i'q;:./,l (L.13":;-' <br /> <br />," .~:.', ....: ~.!::! .::_:~'1 ) (, j.. .(."1 :w, f :;:; " <br /> <br />) ~- <br />