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209 cfs: A new record low for the French Broad -- not just for the day, but for FOREVER New

Forum: BoaterTalk
Date: Aug 08 2008, 0:42 GMT
From: farmschooler
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That's right.

In the past few weeks it's often been the lowest level for "that day" (in 112 years of records), but today it hit the lowest ever for any day, any month, any year all the way back to Oct. 7th, 1890 when they started keeping track.

It is a bit tricksie to get to, but you can find a table with the lowest levels recorded for any day of the month from here.

One year had a September 15th with 215 cfs as the lowest ever, but today's 209 cfs is now THE record low of all time.

I could be wrong, but I looked it over good and that's what I found. Can't link to the table directly.

Un-friggin-believable --- more water in the Green at release than in the French Broad right now.

Drainage-wise, Section IX they say drains 1368 sq. miles, and maybe that's from Hot Springs up, so call upstream of the FB at Asheville around half of that (that's roughly what it looks like on the map -- real rough), and you've got 600-700 square miles all told only delivering 209 cfs.

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