By Jeanne Sexton-Brown
The contractors are on their way back to Lisbon to raise the dikes another two feet in Lisbon.
The Army Corps of Engineers raised the predicted crest based on new outflows from Bald Hill Dam. Lake Ashtebulah is at its maximum level requiring the Corps to release 7,500 cfs (cubic feet per second) which will raise the river level in Lisbon to 22 ft. The record level in 2009 was 22.86 ft.
The outflows of 7,500 cfs is more than was released any time in 2009. The corps-managed dam plans to bring the pool level at Lake Ashtabula to its maximum level, 1,271 feet above sea level.
The contractors, Dakota Underground, West Fargo will need to add two feet to the current level on the dikes they just finished raising Thursday, April 14.
It is not yet known what the snow fall on Friday, April 15 will add to the river levels. By 7 a.m. Bald Hill Dam had received two inches of snow with 15 hundredths of an inch of moisture content. The winter storm warning is expected to continue until 9 p.m. Friday, April 15 with predicted amounts of up to 8 inches of snow for the area.

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