Post pictures of the flooding

Lookout shoals. Was 8.5ft over the dam.

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NCJeeplover said:
They are known to have issues with gates. A few years back they couldn't open enough and there was severe flooding...
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A friend has a camper on hickory. He said his dock and jet ski lift were well under water (~3ft) Thurs morning.

You'd think they would have a better understanding of the water levels by now.
 
paradisePWoffrd said:
You'd think they would have a better understanding of the water levels by now.
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Umm... the last 24 months have been foooked up

I don't think nostradamus could have seen this much moisture
 
CasterTroy said:
Umm... the last 24 months have been foooked up

I don't think nostradamus could have seen this much moisture
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I understand that. But they have been operating that dam for a long time. To your point though, they have had big storms lately that could provide data on the top end of the spectrum. They also control the lakes/dams before it and after it. I would think they would know how fast they can raise and lower the water levels based on rainfall, even if its interpolated. I also know it's a balance of all the lakes together.
 
Our bottom got rearranged again. The water actually crested the bridge on highway 64.
First time in my 11 years being down this way.
High water mark on trees was a good average of 5 feet in some of the lower parts. The bridge is easily 15 foot above water level normally.
 
paradisePWoffrd said:
I would think they would know how fast they can raise and lower the water levels based on rainfall, even if its interpolated. I also know it's a balance of all the lakes together.
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Understand....I'm not trying to be a combative....and I'm NO expert. But the last 2 years have baffled local meteorologists. I can see dam operators cross eyed as hell trying to figure out these rates per hour. There's simply no presidents for what's taken place. Kinda hard to reference a chart for averages when you're literally making history
 
CasterTroy said:
Understand....I'm not trying to be a combative....and I'm NO expert. But the last 2 years have baffled local meteorologists. I can see dam operators cross eyed as hell trying to figure out these rates per hour. There's simply no presidents for what's taken place. Kinda hard to reference a chart for averages when you're literally making history
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Not trying to be a smartass...but wouldn't it just be a calculation of average rainfall total (with rate being a factor) over a given surface area (im sure its a well known basin size), and subtract the absorption rate? Obviously not a perfect science, but it seems like it would be pretty easy to get +/-25%, which could then be corrected +/- a gate or two at the real world observation point.

And why you gotta bring Trump into this?
(There, that was being a smartass)
 
jeepinmatt said:
wouldn't it just be a calculation of average rainfall total
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That's the issue..what's average in THIS situation?!?!
And Nixon was framed
 
CasterTroy said:
That's the issue..what's average in THIS situation?!?!
And Nixon was framed
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Yes, but rain gauges are cheap and we're not looking for perfection. A couple dozen placd throughout the drainage basin should be pretty cheap and plenty close enough.
 
Was on 85 in the morning and came back home Wilkinson due to the flooding near little rock exit. Wilkinson was also flooded at Ashley road. Watched a dodge charger hydrolock the motor trying to get through.
 
paradisePWoffrd said:
Sounds like you might want to rethink the drive, or figure out how to divert more runoff.
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It's not my runoff. The dan river had nowhere to go but up. There is a river gauge almost directly across from me and this year has had 3 of the top 10 flood events and 2 top 5 events(this was 5th highest crest recorded). I plan to build this 600ft section of road up to stay above water in all previous floods except for the worst that was in 72, it was 3ft higher than the 2nd worst that happened in February this year. After the first 600' I will be 120' higher in elevation for the remaining 2000' of driveway.
 
Here is a topo map including an rough amateur sketch of my planned driveway. The 4 parcels outlined in red are mine and I have no easier route in. The dan river is about 1500' on the other side of the road from me.
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rodney eppes said:
If it had been up to me, I would have Closed that bridge, Hwy 16 I suppose, until the flooding slowed. That's the type situation that the Bridge collapse's with drivers on it!
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Spoke to a DOT bridge guy about that same thing. He said bridge it's designed to takethat punishment because it's at the dam.
 
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