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ILC003-127-151-153-KYC007-008-011-012-039-075-105-139-
145-MOC133-041900-
HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
605 PM CDT MON MAY 3 2010
...HIGH RELEASES CONTINUE ON KENTUCKY AND BARKLEY LAKES...
DUE TO MAJOR AND EVEN RECORD FLOODING IN TENNESSEE...THROUGHOUT THE
CUMBERLAND AND TENNESEE RIVER VALLEYS...RELEASES OUT OF KENTUCKY AND
BARKLEY LAKES ARE RUNNING HIGH. RELEASES THIS MORNING WERE RUNNING
AROUND 250,000 CUBIC FEET PER SECOND /CFS/. THEY WERE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE INCREASING TO AROUND 300,000 CFS AT BARKLEY AND 350,000
AT KENTUCKY BY THIS EVENING. THEY WILL HOLD AT THESE RELEASES
THROUGH MUCH OF TUESDAY BEFORE THEY START PULLING BACK ON WEDNESDAY.
PERSONS IMMEDIATELY DOWNSTREAM OF THESE DAMS SHOULD PREPARE FOR
SHARP INCREASES IN WATER LEVELS THROUGH TUESDAY. TAILWATER LEVELS
AT KENTUCKY ARE EXPECTED TO PEAK AROUND 335 FEET...AND AT BARKLEY
AROUND 350 FEET...ON TUESDAY.
BEHIND THE DAM...POOL LEVELS ROSE SHARPLY BETWEEN SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY AND HAVE TAPERED OFF TO AROUND 365 FEET. THIS IS 5 FEET
ABOVE NORMAL SUMMER POOL. THIS IS AFFECTING BOAT RAMPS...MARINAS
AND CAMPGROUNDS ALONG BOTH BARKLEY AND KENTUCKY LAKES. NUMEROUS
ROADS NEAR THE LAKES ARE FLOODED. POOL LEVELS SHOULD STAY STEADY
THROUGH MUCH OF TUESDAY BUT AS RELEASES OUT OF THE DAMS ARE
TAPERED OFF...POOL LEVELS WILL BEGIN TO RISE.
SHARP RISES ON THE LOWER OHIO RIVER ARE ALSO EXPECTED AS A RESULT
OF THESE RELEASES. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WARNINGS AND
STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.
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