Published Jan 15, 12:34pm
Area lakes and rivers saw a rise last week with the much needed rainfall. Kentucky Lake rose to almost 356ft (2 ft over normal) on last Friday (Jan 12th), and we'll see a gradual drop by early this week to a level around 355ft. The flow rates saw a significant increase with the rise in water levels, with flows averaging up to 80,000cfs last Friday. I do expect TVA to keep the flow rates high, in an attempt to get the water levels back towards winter pool. The DO levels continue to rise, with current Oxygen levels at 13mg/L with a pH level of 8.01. The average surface wate temperature on Kentucky Lake last Friday was at 43 degrees. The Duck and Buffalo Rivers saw a good rise this past week as well, with the Duck cresting at 5.6ft on last Thursday, and the Buffalo cresting at 5ft.