Looks like they are going to get a total of over 2 feet of rain from this storm. That's a lot of rain. I'm not sure what would happen if that happened here. The lake has three spillways that can discharge over 40,000 cfs each, but that doesn't sound so big in the context of so much rainfall. The top of the dam is 15 feet above normal level which I believe means the dam would be topped before houses were flooded on the lake. But I don't know what would happen downstream. That kind of rainfall would cause massive flooding all over. Even if my house isn't flooded, it might be impossible to get in and out on the roads.
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6 years ago
-- Rick C Viewed the eclipse at Wintercrest Farms, on the centerline of totality since 1998