Chick dam at 180,000 cfs, Unreal

[MrWiskers]

Yesterday after work I stopped by the dam to take some pics and video of 180,000 cfs flow. I have never seen the river flow this hard or be this high. I think it was about 18 feet over normal yesterday. The fishing pier is nowhere to be found and the water is almost top the top of the wing wall. There were 3-4 foot rollers coming from the spill gate side and crashing into the bank in front of me throwing water 10 feet into the air. Fun stuff. </p>

Video - http://youtu.be/QUUKI2Mu78k </p><div class="progress-bars"><div class="progress-bar-uploading"><div class="progress-bar-progress" style="width: 100%"><span class="progress-bar-head" /> </div><span class="progress-bar-text hid" style="display: none"><span class="progress-bar-percentage">100%</span></span> </div><div class="progress-bar-processing"><div class="progress-bar-progress" style="width: 100%"><span class="progress-bar-head" /> </div> </div></div>

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[BassERT]

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[dragfish]

Incredible! Did you happen to see any of those paddle boarders out there, Micheal?

 

[wiggles]

Thanks for the pics, been meaning to get up there to check it out. Been so busy though, I've never seen my house flood and it did so I'm sure I've never seen 180,000 comin through the dam! That's impressive

 

[MrWiskers]

dragfish - 7/9/2013 9:39 PM Incredible! Did you happen to see any of those paddle boarders out there, Micheal?

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No. But I am sure they tried to get out there. I have seen them out with the water below 50. You know what would happen if they fell in?</p>

 

[nate2800]

absolutely amazing!!!

 

[bullett]

Went over it on a train yesterday hoping the bridge wouldn't wash out . It was rolling</p>

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[canoe fisherman]

Here is another interesting thought. That number is cubic feet per second. A cubic foot is equal to 7.480 gallons which equals to 1,346,400.00 gallons per second...

 

[Jammer]

The water level below Chick is 20' higher than above Nick, according to TVA site. No wonder the water is moving so fast. Nick was releasing over 200,000 cu.ft./sec. for a while. Below Nick is crazy. Can't seem to get any pictures to upload...

 

[Jim1066]

Where'd the pier go!!!! Amazing!

 

[shadow2]

that is amazing...something that is not seen very often for sure.

 

[Liveliner]

In the middle Photo ... Was that Heath out there in the torrent trying out the Hot-rod Super Raft? Hard to tell from here...