Posted on 07/01/2015 1:00:48 PM PDT by markomalley
tonight’s storm probably has now doubled the flow from this afternoon and I be the spillway at Truman has to be running now.
Thankfully the drought only lasted a few years and started to recover last year.
We did have drought conditions recently. 2012 was bloody hot and dry. Some areas of MO recovered faster and there was some areas that were still at risk to go back to drought conditions even just a few months ago.
Tornado sirens went off in Osage Beach and Eldon last night. No touch downs, tho.
Water is at 661.2 and slowly rising. Flood gates are more open this morning than they were yesterday. I want to drive down behind the dam and get a few pix...
as of 8:30 your time the discharge was up to 76,900 cubic feet per second.
96k is the max as was reached in the 51 flood with no Truman Lake up stream. I bet you can see the current on the main arm. Prior to last nights storm it was at 36k.
The Osage River below the dam is now about 13 feet higher than it was yesterday morning. Big change for down stream.
Heavy rain and tornado warnings around me most of last night (Lafayette County between Odessa and Lexington). Tornado touchdown in Lee's Summit, suburban KC, a couple of miles from where my boyfriend lives. No injuries, minor damage. Wettest spring I can remember.
over 80,000 CF/S now at 10 am
it is now at 250% of what it was in your first picture.
Another instance where Truman greatly benefitted the Lake of the Ozarks.
I thought the dam was built privately by an electric company long before Truman.
Yes, it was. Truman was built many decades after the Lake of the Ozarks was built.
In the flood of ‘93, it is said that had it not been for Truman, the Bagnell Dam would have been over topped, leading to a major disaster.
The Osage River flows through Truman, then through our lake.
BTW: Bagnell is pumping out 80,360 CFM. The lake is at 662.55.
I know the area and have driven over that dam many times. The latest was a couple of weeks ago when I was at a wedding at the Lodge of the Four Seasons. Love the pizza and the wine at Shawnee Bluff Winery on 54 Buisness.
Ah but the pizza is only half the equation. Shawnee Bluff does this thing where they equally mix their Retro Red with their Casa Cooler and it's unbelievable. It's like a deep red rose'. Unfortunately they don't bottle their Casa Cooler so I don't think I could get it at Pepperoni Bill's.
Still, I'll keep it in mind for a time when pizza and beer sound good.
So we are at 3.55 feet above the summertime full operating level of 659. Damn, I hope my dock rides that alright after the three grand plus I put into it earlier this year. I don’t want to have to do anymore dock repairs.
My neighbor will call me this afternoon and I will hear first hand but I don’t think it has been this high since I bought the cabin and dock in 2009.
Like every maintenance person, realtor, home owner and person down there says when something is screwed-up, poorly repaired, falling apart or torn up by the winter or storms: “Welcome to the Lake.”
A total shut down happened about 30 years ago, or so I'm told. It was in October so the impact was muted. Coming on the 4th of July weekend will be a killer for lake businesses.
!! AM 662.55
Noon 662.54
1pm 662.47 (82,543.12 cfs.
Was the main arm full of flowing debris like the Mighty Mo at flood?
Don’t know.
We disconnected power to the dock so we can lower our pontoon lift but can’t raise it back up.
I think we’ll just hang close for the time being.
I have my dock ramp connected to the top of a four foot sea wall that is topped with a sidewalk. I don’t think it will get that high but it will be close. I have my dock power on a good ground fault breaker that is on a local disconnect on the other side of the sidewalk three foot above that grade. Should go off automatically and instantly at the slightest ground fault — or it did the last time I had it tested.
My only concern is the dock cables will be at a real odd angle with the lake that high and I hope that the ramp doesn’t collapse from the tension or tear out the cables which has happened from ice lock up when my aerator went out.
I think main arm boating to see the fireworks displays is going to have a lot of boaters hitting flood debris in the night-time run home.
Maybe they're getting a handle on this...
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