Name:   Osms - Subject:   Surprised about the level rise from the rain Date:   12/1/2016 7:11:00 PM

We kind of became students of the rain vs lake levels during the drought of 2007.  What we found out is the lake will see no rise at all during a drought unless we get at least 2" of rain over the whole watershed.  The ground absorbs just about all of the first couple of inches, especially the forests, which mostly comprises the Tallapoosa watershed.  If we get a 4-5 inch rain in a couple of days you will see a marked increase in the lake because the watershed will have runoff.  I noticed yesterday after that inch rain that there were very few puddles, even though we had gotten two inches the day before.  Now the ground is much wetter, so if we get a good rain this weekend (2-3 inches), we could see a 4-6" lake rise.  BTW, APCo has continued to draw a coninuous 1,200 cfs from Martin to keep the snails happy downstream, and to dilute sewage plant effluent from Montgomery, etc.