Tuesday, March 28, 2017 | 1:21 p.m.
SALT LAKE CITY — Weather including rapid melts of heavy snowpack has a federal water manager warning Utah residents to watch for flooding in coming weeks.
Wayne Pullan, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Provo office manager, tells the Deseret News that Mother Nature has thrown the region what he called a "knuckleball" this year, and higher flows than usual are expected in Cache and Utah counties.
He says downstream water associations and conservancy districts are already releasing water from dams to make room for coming snowmelt.
Pullan says reservoirs are expected to fill and some dams are likely to spill, including East Canyon and Upper Stillwater.
He says the Ogden River below Pineview Dam is a particular concern.
Pullan says 30 major and 19 minor bureau dams in Utah, southwestern Wyoming and parts of Idaho and Nevada are routinely inspected for structural integrity.
