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Heavy rains keep increasing lake levels.
Heavy rains keep increasing lake levels
By BILL MARDIS, Editor Emeritus
The Commonwealth Journal Wed Apr 20, 2011, 07:00 AM EDT
Somerset — Persistent April showers are bringing more than May flowers. Heavy spring rains are keeping Lake Cumberland above comfort levels as
contractors and engineers try to shore up leaky Wolf Creek Dam.
Lake Cumberland was scheduled to peak late Tuesday nearly 32 feet higher than the level the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is trying to maintain. The
lake’s elevation at midmorning Tuesday was 711.4 feet above sea level, about 13 feet below the tree line.
Bare banks, dry for the most part since the water was lowered in 2007, are now inundated. The lake looks almost as it did before troubles began at the
dam. To lake lovers, high water is nostalgically lovely, but it creates a cautionary situation at the dam and is backbreaking for marina operators.
“I wish Mother Nature would shut off this rain,” laughed a spokeswoman at Burnside Marina. “We’re constantly having to move the docks and walkways to
touch land
FULL STORY HERE:
http://somerset-kentucky.com/local/x69804726/Heavy-rains-kee...
WHATEVER floats your boat Dude!
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You know, I talk with people who work at the dam fairly regularly. The higher water has given them the opportunity to use all the instrumentation they
have in place to monitor seepage and how well the work has been going so far. I purposely asked if anyone was nervous down there at the site. I was
told not at all, and as a matter of fact everyone is quite pleased with the data they are getting in with the higher water levels. They have said
there are VAST IMPROVEMENTS.
I, personally, am geting tired of this writer always beating this story into the ground with always a tilt toward the "danger", "nervous" or
"troubled" side.
In my opinion, if Somerset Tourism wants to work to improve the people's perception of the dam situation, they should work to get this writer banned
from writing stories about the lake.
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I agree. Re-reading that first sentence, it makes it sound like gloom and doom.
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Did you ever see a news organization that wasn't slanted towards disaster?
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Nothing happening is not news. They have to ask the questions. I want to know why they didn't follow up with: If you're not concerned now "whatsoever"
then why must the lake levels go back to 680'? Why not raise it this summer? You can't describe the project as being critical to safety if it's no
longer critical. Which is it?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bigmo
Nothing happening is not news. They have to ask the questions. I want to know why they didn't follow up with: If you're not concerned now "whatsoever"
then why must the lake levels go back to 680'? Why not raise it this summer? You can't describe the project as being critical to safety if it's no
longer critical. Which is it? |
Because when you are responsible for the lives of thousands of people downstream and millions in potential property damage and a consulting firm you
paid millions to says to leave the lake a 680 or less until complete.... you leave it at 680 and err on the side of caution.
You know when the lake level will come back up some??? When they want it to and not before.
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I'm not disagreeing with the analysis that 680 is where it should be. I'm wondering why a COE guy is blowing off the 32 foot rise as being of no
concern whatsoever.
If the reporter had asked, "And why is that?," he could have said something about a temporary rise not being problematic and describe
why it wouldn't be. He's the expert. Give the expert an opportunity to explain.
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There is always some disagreements and agreements on certain issues...so cannot say who is write or not.
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From the CORP Site today
Day Time
(Central) Reservoir Elevation
(behind dam)*
Tailwater Elevation
(below dam)* Average Hourly
Discharge*
5/03/2011 10 pm 722.88 543.78 540
5/03/2011 11 pm 722.94 543.74 540
5/03/2011 midnight 723.00 543.70 540
5/04/2011 1 am 723.09 543.69 540
5/04/2011 2 am 723.18 543.68 540
5/04/2011 3 am 723.27 543.67 540
5/04/2011 4 am 723.36 543.66 540
5/04/2011 5 am 723.42 543.62 540
Red Sky at night, makes for a morning bright. Let the fair winds and following seas steer us right.
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Well it's a part of life there are always some issues, in which some agree some not.
Yes at some extent I agree with wings.
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I love this lake level, it was cool seeing this elevation again.
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I wonder... with all the large plants and small trees growing on the exposed areas when water was low.. has increased the opportunity for fishing.
One would think that the increased cover would be welcome by the Bass Fishermen. Maybe even enhance the spawn and viability of the hatch.
Prior to the rains... there were small trees growing on them there hills. Good cover for bass and panfish Id imagine.
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pretty good guess that the spawn this year is in trouble
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sure don't miss that long hike up the hill to tie the HB up...
"Not so easily shall the lights of freedom die." Winston Churchill, June 16, 1941
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Noticed lake is now up to 699.34' per http://www.tva.gov/lakes/wch_r.htm
dam glad it floats our boats
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Yep, I was taken by surprise how high it was when I went out
Saturday... I had to boat over where I have been parking! Not a lot of debris though... I guess the Spring rains pushed it way up the bank...
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The NWS has down graded the amount of rain for South-Central Kentucky since Friday morning - Dec. 2nd.
They have shifted higher rain amounts South and over into Central and Western Tennessee. It now looks
as though we will get maybe 1.5 inches or so instead of the 3.5 to 4 inches previously mentioned in their
Forecast Discussions.
See Map Below and compare to the map shown in the following LC.com thread:
http://lakecumberland.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=32455
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From Channel 5 in Nashville:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Since May, 2010, Nashville will never look at a flood, or the potential for flooding, the same way again.
Rain will overspread Middle Tennessee Sunday night, and all of Middle Tennessee will see the rain on Monday.
Many areas will see one to three inches of rain, with some northwestern areas possibly seeing three to five inches. With all that rain in the
forecast, a Flood Watch is in effect through Monday afternoon for several northwestern counties including Montgomery, Christian, Todd, Stewart,
Houston and Humphreys Counties.
The Army Corps of Engineers is watching approaching rain closely. While they don't want anyone to panic, they are taking this situation seriously
enough to speak publicly about it. They said they are as proactively flood prepared as they can be.
The Cumberland System includes eight dams. One of those, Wolf Creek dam, which has proven to be problematic in the past, was turned off Sunday
morning, so no more water can come through.
Center Hill and Dale Hollow will be turned off within the next 24 hours. The plan is to get the water low enough and catch the rain water that is
expected in a basin.
"And we're prepared to provide sandbags if they're needed. We have those stock piled, and located in key locations," said Bob Sneed, with the Army
Corps of Engineers. "If we did nothing, certainly we could get bad conditions, but right now, the system's in a really good position to take this…if
we get the rain that's forecast, we don't see any major issues in the Cumberland. We're just going to watch that forecast closely."
The Cumberland River in Nashville would have hit flood stage three times this spring if The Army Corps of Engineers did not take these same
precautions.
http://www.newschannel5.com/story/16185964/army-corps-of-eng...
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Thanks Pogo !
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Since Sunday at midnight the Kentucky Mesonet had recorded the following rainfall amounts.
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I saw on the news @ noon that Herrington Lake was at flood stage before all this rain
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anyone have some pics they can post? 
ready for summer!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Nervous_Wreck
anyone have some pics they can post? |
We won't see much in the way of rising water levels here, since we haven't gotten that much rain since
it started raining Sunday. We shouldn't get anything more than a few sprinkles the rest of the day.
Also, we should see the water levels from last weeks rain at Wolf Creek Dam start to fall as the Corp.
pulls the plug later today or tomorrow.
Current Lake Cumberland elevation (midnight): 699.40 Ft.
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Recieved picture yesterday. PC park ramp was almost where it was in the spring.
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I see the lake level is up to 711". That is the highest I have hear it being in a few years isn't it? Are they simply unable to maintain the lower
levels from all the rain or is it a planed increase? JC
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