Jamestown   (CSi)   U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pipestem Dam Manager, James Dixon says adjustments continue to be made in the Jamestown and Pipestem Dam releases.

He says the release from the Jamestown Dam was reduced to zero on Monday.  Pipestem Dam’s release continues at 100 (CFS) cubic feet per second but may also be reduced to zero by mid week this week.

The changes shift the releases from 100 cfs at Jamestown Dam and 100 cfs from Pipestem Dam.

The decreases  are aimed at controlling the potential for downstream flooding from spring snowmelt.

The plans include  keeping the releases from the two dams at zero cfs until the James River at LaMoure is ice free.

Warm weather through Tuesday will restart snowmelt throughout the
James River basin this week before it once again gets tempered by
cooler temperatures on Wednesday and Thursday. A gradual warm-up
late in the week will continue to favor a gentle melt. Overall, what
was a fairly formidable snowpack in early February has been
diminished considerably by very favorable melt conditions and dry
air. Satellite imagery and webcams suggest recent weather patterns
have already removed a fair amount of the water equivalent via
evaporation and sublimation. So while the potential for significant
runoff remains, the threat of damaging high water this week along
either the James River or Pipestem Creek has lessened even though
substantial rises in the areas streams are likely late this week and
into early April.