Wednesday’s soaking helps quench Smith Mountain Lake
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By Bryan Gentry
Media General News Service
Published: August 28, 2008
The region’s rain on Wednesday filled Appalachian Power Company’s hopes that Smith Mountain Lake could rise.
The amount of water pouring into the lake from the Roanoke River more than tripled between Wednesday morning and 1 p.m.
According to John Shepelwich, APCo spokesman, water was coming in at nearly 3,500 cubic feet per second in the afternoon.
While Leesville Dam was releasing water from the reservoir at 480 cubic feet per second, the Staunton River below the dam was measured at 660 cubic feet per second, Shepelwich said.
That meant the river was receiving more flow from other sources, justifying a cut in outflow from the lake, he said.
The company on Wednesday dropped the release of water from the lake from 480 cubic feet per second to 400 cubic feet per second.
“Hopefully with the increased inflow and a slight decrease in that outflow, we’ll be able to build back some of the water loss,” he said.
- Lynchburg and Campbell County received 2.2 inches of rain from the storm system as of Wednesday evening.
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