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occurred along the Missouri River, from Brownville, Nebraska, downstream as the additional runoff caused the river, already high from above average mainstem dam releases, to overflow by September 27th. Releases for the three downstream reservoirs were as follows on October 1 st: Big Bend (Lake Sharpe) Ft. Randall (Lake Francis Case) Gavins Point (Lewis & Clark Lake) 52,000 cfs 64,000 cfs 68,000 cfs Another storm moved through the District on October 11'" and 12th, producing snow at higher elevations of the Black Hills and rains of 1.5 to 2.5 inches across parts of central Nebraska, western Iowa and South Dakota. As tributary streams emptied their runoff the Missouri River at Brownville pushed above flood stage again. The Missouri River at Williston, North Dakota, finally fell below flood stage by mid-October. : Winter weather roared into the southeastern part of the District with a vengeance by October 25th. Blizzard conditions developed as warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico was fed into a deepening low-pressure system tracking northeastward from Colorado towards Iowa. Precipitation began as moderate to heavy rain, then changed to snow. Thunderstorms with heavy snow produced a band of heavy snow from 1 to 2 feet deep from central Nebraska into western Iowa, damaging or destroying many trees, which still had fall foliage. Lincoln, Nebraska, had among the heaviest precipitation from the storm with 3.31 inches reported on October 26th, which included 14 inches of snow. Temperatures behind the blizzard plunged to below zero readings in the Nebraska panhandle and eastern Wyoming to low teens in the eastern part of Nebraska, breaking many low temperature records, Runoff from the rain ahead of the blizzard and snowmelt, once again pushed the Missouri River at Brownville and Rulo 1 to 2 feet above flood stage by October 28th. Following the blizzard, mild and dry weather returned to the District until November 12th, when another snowstorm moved out of the northern Rockies and across the Dakotas dropping 2 to 6 inches of snow on the plains and larger amounts in the mountains, More rain and snow moved in by November 28'". By December 1st, the Missouri River again rose above flood stage from Nebraska City, Nebraska, downstream and the lower Nishnabotna River experienced high within- bank stages near Hamburg, Iowa. A normal late fall or early winter weather pattern prevailed through mid-December, with many areas receiving light to moderate snow with the passage of fronts and storm systems. Much of that snow melted by Christmas as unusually warm and dry weather spread across the District. The mild conditions were attributed to the EI Nino weather phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean. ~ ~ 10