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<br />HIGHLIGHTS OF 1984 OPERATIONS <br /> <br />Streamfl ows throughout the System were much above normal and exceeded early <br />season forec~st~ for nearly all watersheds. <br />";('!f.Y i '~:J;'J'! '!.~ .' ;'~,~iS:,'! <br />Warm tempey,atiJI-res,<dud'ngfi.May and early June hastened snowmelt, causing runoff <br />volumes tobe of r~<:~r?~;oportion during May. <br />'I . '[ .'.' ::~ ('j ., i \: (;', ,- <br /> <br />Rapid'snoWinslt 'icjiJiOk1'jFiraised, river levels to near flood stage in many <br />areas during June and July. <br /> <br />Controlled spills occurred at many reservoirs including Green Montain, <br />Willow Creek, Granby, Boysen, Seminoe, Kortes, and Pathfinder. High rates <br />of controlled bypass releases were also made below G1endo 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 />Basin above Guernsey;'ReSle>r:voir. " <br /> <br />i'lD. ; .c--',> <br /> <br />G1endo Reservoir storage remained in the flood pool for 51 consecutive days <br />whi 1e us ing 30 percent of the exClus'!ve flood pool space. <br />;;Jr:~ ~ . <br />A controlled, forcediSpA:l'l of Pathfinder<Reservoirwas initiated on May <br />29. Water flowed over~~e.'natural rock spillWay for 50 consecutive days. <br />1'i,.' I.:':: .-. <br /> <br />North Platte River flows through the' city of Casper were <br />near 9,200 cubic feet per".second, causing only minor damage. <br />;~:~ l- ~ . <br />Although not an authorized <br />Reservo ir operations;' ,:' spl'levented <br />damage from flooding. <br /> <br />regulated at ,br <br /> <br />project purpose, <br />the oCcurrence <br /> <br />Seminoe ' and' Pathfinder <br />of s ignificantproperty <br /> <br />..)....;,~: . :'l! ::,J;':;;~A~ t':/,\'~:, <br /> <br />..~'~'1~~1Y -!'.:-;,1i;h:) o,>,:/jo!'(.~:'.' <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />-6- <br />