The Pearl River Valley Water Supply District issued the following statement.
Following this morning’s conference call with the National Weather Service, the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District will slowly increase the discharge from the Barnett Reservoir. This increase is due to the upriver rainfall that is making its way downriver.
The lake currently stands at 297.23 feet above mean sea level. The rain over the last several days has yielded a predicted inflow into the lake of 33,700 cubic feet per second (CFS). The discharge at the Barnett Reservoir will continue to increase through the week and is expected to peak around 33,700 CFS on Saturday.
The river gage at Jackson is predicted to crest at 30.5 feet on Saturday evening, June 24. Although this is still considered minor flooding, creeks and streams will begin backing up, and some low-lying street flooding should be expected.
For National Weather Service information at the Jackson gage, click here.
5 comments:
Push that fecal matter down the river-
11:33 AM: Oh Hell no! Let's build the One Lake fiasco and create the world's largest cesspool!
Give the CoJ a taste of what they've been sending downstream for years!
Wait, how do you spell gauge, or is it gage?.
@8:29 in this application, it would be spelled gage, as in a linear measurement in relation to a standard or system. Think gage station or river gage.
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