RRT6 activated: 2011 mississippi river flood; lower mississippi river states

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RRT6 Activated:  2011 Mississippi River Flood; Lower Mississippi River States.
Lower Mississippi River States.
1. RRT6 Activation Issue: Mississippi Flooding and Opening of Morganza Waterway Could impact Facilities in the Atchafalaya River and Basin. USACE expects to be forced into opening the Morganza Floodway to help mitigate the threat of floodwaters on the Mississippi River on or about 13 May 2011 (possibly even sooner). This will represent the first opening of the Morganza Floodgates since the 1973 Flood and will move flood waters into flood prone areas west of the river. Rainfall and spring flooding in the Ohio River Valley has the Mississippi River running very high and this situation is expected to persist for at least two weeks. Flood gates on the Bonnet Carre Spillway structure in St. Charles Parish Louisiana will be opened starting today (Monday) to release water from the Mississippi River into the Lake Pontchartrain area to reduce the amount of water reaching New Orleans. The USACE will [...]
2. THREAT: OTHER. COMMODITY: UNKOWN.
3. POSITION 40.700N 074.023W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 8318: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/8318