The National Weather Service has released the first of its three spring flood forecasts. David Pearson is a hydrologist with the National Weather Service in Omaha. He says the outlook is “grim” for western Iowans who live along the Missouri River below Sioux City. The soil in the Missouri River basin is saturated. Pearson says for the second year in a row, the risk of major flooding along the Mississippi River on the eastern side of Iowa is high. A National Weather Service Hydrologist says there