Floating In The Tropical Depression

[Guest csfishinfool]

wow the path of that is right over the river lol

[Brian Sloss]

It will take a signifigant rain to raise the river to dangerous levels at this point, but I don't know if that will happen yet. I am spending my day tomorrow studying the radar and predictions and calling reservations to give them updates so they can make educated decisions about whether they are coming. If we are getting the worst of the rain, I would think twice about camping on gravel bars.

Problem is a prediction is just that, we could get more or less.

[Guest csfishinfool]

It will take a signifigant rain to raise the river to dangerous levels at this point, but I don't know if that will happen yet. I am spending my day tomorrow studying the radar and predictions and calling reservations to give them updates so they can make educated decisions about whether they are coming. If we are getting the worst of the rain, I would think twice about camping on gravel bars.

Problem is a prediction is just that, we could get more or less.

Thanks for the reply Brian, Thats top notch service calling your reservations and giving them an update. My buddy Mark will be on that list. I'll probably give you a call on Friday evening and maybe Saturday morning and get one of those updates from you. Thanks again

[jdmidwest]

Looking at the latest storm track, it will still be packing 30mph winds when it goes thru the Ozarks Sat. That would concern me more than the rain and flooding. Wind blowing limbs and trees down. Paddling into the wind will be an issue all day too. It would be tough on a lake Sat.

[Brian Sloss]

Good point JD. Just got from Turner and we had a small front move through ahead of the bigger stuff we are getting later. Had to drag a dead tree trunk off the road caused by the wind gusts.

[jdmidwest]

Wind and lightening are my main concerns when I am outdoors. A gust of wind can flip a boat, a widow maker could do damage to a boat or a tent. There is a lake wind advisory posted for the entire region this weekend.

Flash flood would be my least concern in this storm, it looks to be petering out moisture wise. When it hits our dry air, it will probably evaporate.

[Al Agnew]

Guys, five inches coming FAST and over the whole watershed will flood any river. Five inches over three days and it's probably okay, but five inches in three hours will be a gully washer. Hard, dry ground doesn't soak up heavy rain much better than saturated ground.

Many don't realize it, but the Eleven Point has a HUGE watershed. There is something like 40 miles of usually dry riverbed above Thomasville, where the river first becomes floatable. A lot of rain running down into the dry bed sinks underground to come out at the various springs, but if it's too heavy it'll mostly run off instead of sinking in.

[snap]

...I am thinkin there will be better weekends on the horizon...!!!...