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Savannah River Dams to make controlled spillway releases due to recent rains
Due to recent above-normal rainfall in the upper Savannah River Basin, Savannah District anticipates a need to operate the spillway gates early on the morning of Dec. 31 at the three major dams in the Savannah River system: Hartwell Dam, Richard B. Russell Dam and J. Strom Thurmond Dam. Once spillway gates are opened they will … Continue reading
November clouds precipitate like it’s 1948
It’s probably best that the last two weeks in November were the polar opposite of the first two record-drenching weeks. However, I must admit, it was interesting – exciting even – to watch the rain gauges rise. Each of the sub-basins exceeded its monthly average early on but quickly fizzled out. Still, that early precipitation … Continue reading
Local weather systems in tune with fiscal calendar
The Savannah River Basin sputtered its way through September but somehow still landed close to par. This feat seems even more astonishing – if watching rain gauges can be considered astonishing – when you consider the entire basin collected more than one third of its monthly average rainfall on a single day, Sept. 25. The … Continue reading