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New data from TVA shows the French Broad, Nolichucky and Pigeon rivers dumped enough water into Douglas Lake to fill Neyland Stadium 661 times. East Tennessee flooding could have been worse: How ...
Douglas Dam was spilling a record amount of water, 450,000 gallons a second. The Nolichucky Dam withstood twice the water flow of Niagara Falls. Tennessee flooding map shows the dams and rivers ...
By Oct. 1, the only National Weather Service flood warning in East Tennessee was for areas of Sevier and Knox counties below Douglas Dam. Douglas Lake rose nearly 22 feet in three days between ...
The Tennessee Valley Authority is releasing a record amount of water through the spillways and power turbines of Douglas Dam, where the three rivers at the epicenter of flooding in East Tennessee ...
Douglas Lake has a total capacity of roughly 1,461,000 acre⋅ft (1,802,000 dam 3) of water, of which 1,081,880 acre-feet (1,334,480 dam 3) is reserved for flood control. [ 7 ] The water stored in Douglas Lake serves an important purpose during extended dry periods and droughts in East Tennessee and western North Carolina.
East Knox County could see flooding along the French Broad River as a result of the release of an increased amount of water from Douglas Dam, the Knoxville-Knox County Emergency Management Agency ...
The Douglas Dam was built by the Tennessee Valley Authority at a record pace from February 2, 1942, through February 19, 1943, to provide hydroelectric power and to control flooding downstream in the Tennessee River Valley. [1] [2] Douglas Dam is located just over 32 miles (51 km) upstream from the French Broad River's confluence with the ...
The Tennessee Valley Authority operates the Tennessee River system to provide a wide range of public benefits: year-round navigation, flood damage reduction, affordable electricity, improved water quality and water supply, recreation, and economic growth.