genieman77
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who's been reading the USGS gauges for awhile??
I see Walnut is at 2110 CFS Must be rockin' what's the highest it's been? same for Brandy Run anyone know? i figure the gauges must have a "highest ever" data reading..but I'm too dum to figure out how to find it  so help a brotha out thanks ..L.T.A.
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Re:who's been reading the USGS gauges for awhile??
2012/10/29 22:58:14
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I "think" I recall seeing it at around 5 or 6,000 cfs a few years ago when there was a quick warm up with an inch+ of rain on top of snow. Thinkin' that was in February or March. Someone had pics of the aftermath at Walnut and Elk access and there were sheets of ice all the way up in the parking lot. From talking to an old timer I've been acquainted with in Erie though, nothing came close to what the remnants of Hurricane Ivan did in 2004. Dunno what the guages were at then though. And I could be wrong, but I don't think the Walnut gauge was around in '04.
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Re:who's been reading the USGS gauges for awhile??
2012/10/29 22:59:07
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I dont think Walnut records that data....if you look at some other gauges they break it down by percentile. I was looking at those earlier today and almost every single in southeast PA has set records for highs. I dont know exactly what year the gauge at Walnut was put in but if it was fairly recent maybe they dont have the data to record the all time highs?
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Re:who's been reading the USGS gauges for awhile??
2012/10/29 23:13:58
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Walnut broke 20k a few years ago during that crazy storm at the end of June
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Re:who's been reading the USGS gauges for awhile??
2012/10/29 23:18:43
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brandy wine discharge max value was 44 in 1988
186 today.
walnut doesnt seem to give historical data.
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Re:who's been reading the USGS gauges for awhile??
2012/10/29 23:19:13
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Re:who's been reading the USGS gauges for awhile??
2012/10/29 23:19:44
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March 2007 is when the walnut gage was activated.
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Re:who's been reading the USGS gauges for awhile??
2012/10/29 23:24:21
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21,900 on Jul 30 2009.
18,000 on Feb 17 2011
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Re:who's been reading the USGS gauges for awhile??
2012/10/29 23:28:45
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Re:who's been reading the USGS gauges for awhile??
2012/10/29 23:39:35
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Did I see the highway Dept boys. With a superduper salmon snaggin rig, hanging over the bridge? 
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Re:who's been reading the USGS gauges for awhile??
2012/10/29 23:46:07
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spoonchucker
Did I see the highway Dept boys. With a superduper salmon snaggin rig, hanging over the bridge?
Could have been.... Actually it was the USGS guys. And by the way the CFS and gauge height are still climbing. I have seen the lake push in as far as the bridge, so I am wondering if that might affect the reading.
post edited by cbeagler - 2012/10/29 23:48:29
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Re:who's been reading the USGS gauges for awhile??
2012/10/29 23:59:46
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I "think" that while an inward push from the lake would increase the stream height. It would also LOWER the flow rate, as it backed it up. ( at least until it "let's loose" ).
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Re:who's been reading the USGS gauges for awhile??
2012/10/30 00:09:47
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the raw power of water amazes me and that video is a prime example!
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Re:who's been reading the USGS gauges for awhile??
2012/10/30 00:23:04
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i can only imagine what it looks like now.
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Re:who's been reading the USGS gauges for awhile??
2012/10/30 00:27:52
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spoonchucker
I "think" that while an inward push from the lake would increase the stream height. It would also LOWER the flow rate, as it backed it up. ( at least until it "let's loose" ).
That is what I was thinking. I know that on the Jun 30 event the lake was chopped but not rolling in. You could see the creek was running very far into the lake.
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Re:who's been reading the USGS gauges for awhile??
2012/10/30 00:34:54
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moooooo4me
i can only imagine what it looks like now.
It is only going to go higher. There is over 20 miles of creek and almost 40 miles of basin. Whoa. Just felt the house move. As I was saying, there is a whole lot of water that is still going to get into the creek. With the leaves off, the trees and other vegetation will not be soaking up the water.
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Re:who's been reading the USGS gauges for awhile??
2012/10/30 00:35:35
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Thanks KJH,there are alot of options on those pages.
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Re:who's been reading the USGS gauges for awhile??
2012/10/30 01:01:01
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Upon further review, the max flow number i posted was for this date. not the max ever recorded.
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Re:who's been reading the USGS gauges for awhile??
2012/10/30 02:13:46
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cbeagler that video is just amazing. I want to just drive up to Erie just to see what everything will look like in the morning.
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Re:who's been reading the USGS gauges for awhile??
2012/10/30 13:30:52
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   10-30-12 7:45 a.m 2640 cfs
post edited by 6point7 - 2012/10/30 13:33:49
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Re:who's been reading the USGS gauges for awhile??
2012/10/30 16:47:55
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thanks gentlemens so the rain we got this week wuddn't nothing "epic" just a welcome "flush"  ..l.T.A.
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