John1122 Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 1 minute ago, Windspeed said: Don't you have a nearby creek that floods your driveway on occasion? I seem to recall you posting images once. Or perhaps that was someone else. Yes, it actually floods the roadway in front of my house and washes out my driveway at the bottom of it. But the county road department made some repairs to the culvert and bridge the creek flows through and hopefully it won't escape it's banks this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 A break in the rain finally. 5.1 inches fell here so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvers Gap Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 @BlunderStorm and @1234snow, how are things up your way. Seeing a lot of reports of pretty severe flooding out of SW VA. I know we have some other posters up in SW VA and SE KY...how are you all as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvers Gap Posted February 12, 2018 Author Share Posted February 12, 2018 WCYB is reporting the flood walls are being closed in Grundy. Dickenson Co is under a state of emergency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windspeed Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Latest Holston N. Fork and Clinch Rivers, SW VA: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windspeed Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 Cumberland and Tug Fork Rivers, SE KY: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxjagman Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 http://www.iweathernet.com/total-rainfall-map-24-hours-to-72-hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlunderStorm Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 2 hours ago, Carvers Gap said: @BlunderStorm and @1234snow, how are things up your way. Seeing a lot of reports of pretty severe flooding out of SW VA. I know we have some other posters up in SW VA and SE KY...how are you all as well. I'm not sure how accurate my weather station is but it has recorded 3.31 inches of rainfall this weekend. I live just north of the Clinch but haven't crossed it since last night so I haven't got a look for myself. More than anything I'm worried about mudslides especially north and west of here. The topography is a nightmare when it floods out that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234snow Posted February 12, 2018 Share Posted February 12, 2018 [mention=15050]BlunderStorm[/mention] and [mention=6441]1234snow[/mention], how are things up your way. Seeing a lot of reports of pretty severe flooding out of SW VA. I know we have some other posters up in SW VA and SE KY...how are you all as well. I haven’t been home this weekend until now so I missed the event. Gate City recorded 4.2 inches of rain. Just went and checked the Holston and it is extremely high. A lot of county roads are flooded. It’s currently at 16.52 ft. 18 ft is major flood stage. It has been rising about .05 to .1 ft every 30 minutes. This is the second moderate flood in the past 2 years. Last year the flood washed away a crane in Weber City that was being used in constructing a new bridge. It pushed the project back at least a year. Hopefully the cranes were evacuated to higher ground this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 Some pics of Upper and Lower Piney Falls above Spring City, TN as well as Ozone falls. Big difference in temps and conditions from plateau back to Knoxville today. 41 and foggy on top of the plateau near Grandview and 60 and partly sunny when I made it back to Knoxville Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted February 13, 2018 Share Posted February 13, 2018 More pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tnweathernut Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 4 hours ago, Holston_River_Rambler said: More pics Those pictures are AWESOME! Thanks for sharing..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bob Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 Hey Rambler.....great pics. What trail did you use to get the falls? Wife and I have hiked in the Laurel Snow Falls area near Dayton....looking for some other places up that way so we have an excuse to hit Monkey Town Brewing on the way back..... We took these back in Jan when the cold finally broke.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted February 14, 2018 Share Posted February 14, 2018 19 minutes ago, Mr Bob said: Hey Rambler.....great pics. What trail did you use to get the falls? Wife and I have hiked in the Laurel Snow Falls area near Dayton....looking for some other places up that way so we have an excuse to hit Monkey Town Brewing on the way back..... We took these back in Jan when the cold finally broke.... Nice! Monkey Town is always a once a semester trip for me and a colleague (I teach in Roane County). I think its called Piney River falls trail, but not 100% sure. I have attached a google map with an arrow pointing to the trailhead. Basically you go up on the plateau from Spring City on 68 and take the first *sharp* left you come to atop the plateau. Then you drive out on a semi paved road probably 2 miles and there will be parking and a sign on your right. Very short hikes to the falls from there, but nothing in the way of protection on the edge so if you have young ones use caution. There are good signs and maps along the way on the trail. There is another good trail along the Piney River. I would have gone there too, but to get to top (closest to a waterfall) I had to go off road and with the pot holes I was seeing in the gravel, didn't think my car would make it. Here is a link to that trail: https://www.trailrunproject.com/trail/7026785/piney-river-pocket-wilderness. Actually that link only shows half the trail. If you zoom out a bit you can see the top of the trail I was referring to. The whole trail is nice and there's actually a bridge with a deep pool below it, about half way up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Went to Seven Islands State Birding Park to run the dog today. Amazing weather! Temps in the low 70s and strong downsloping winds. Finally a benefit from the SER. Still a lot of standing water on the trails and the French Broad was living up to its name today, full from bank to bank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastKnox Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Downsloping much? One spotter reporting temps of 80 at his home in this area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvers Gap Posted February 16, 2018 Author Share Posted February 16, 2018 4 hours ago, EastKnox said: Downsloping much? One spotter reporting temps of 80 at his home in this area. Absolutely. Winds are howling. Temps here are around 70 right now. Warm day anyway, but like a chinook! This is why having our own forum is so awesome. Great find, eastknox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Interesting features on NEXRAD as of the time of this post. Looks like two little fronts? moving through the area. One in the East TN Valley and the other rolling down through Eastern KY. I'm used to seeing these sort of features, but I can't remember seeing two so close together. The second one is hard to see, so I put a couple of arrows on them. I'm attaching this image in the hopes that someone can help me understand what's causing this (may be fairly common). Also, completely understand that it is no one's job on here to explain things like this to me, so no worries if no time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Last Piney waterfall stuff for a while (promise), but took a group of students hiking today and managed to get a couple of better shots of Upper Piney Falls. Strong wind on the edge of the plateau and plenty of fog. And rain.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Piney Falls 2.mp4 Piney Falls.mp4 These are supposed to be waterfall videos, but am concerned I may have uploaded them wrong. If there is a problem viewing them, let me know and I will delete them since I'm not really sure what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greyhound Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Piney Falls 2.mp4 Piney Falls.mp4 These are supposed to be waterfall videos, but am concerned I may have uploaded them wrong. If there is a problem viewing them, let me know and I will delete them since I'm not really sure what happened. They played fine on my iPad. Pretty impressive water flow!!!Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holston_River_Rambler Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 16 minutes ago, Greyhound said: They played fine on my iPad. Pretty impressive water flow!!! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Thanks for letting me know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvers Gap Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 You know if it had been warm all winter...I would probably less than happy w 70+F days during February. But after the severe cold followed by the deluge...it feels awesome outside!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234snow Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 You know if it had been warm all winter...I would probably less than happy w 70+F days during February. But after the severe cold followed by the deluge...it feels awesome outside!!!!80 for the high today!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvers Gap Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 1 minute ago, 1234snow said: 80 for the high today!!!! Feels awesome. I feel like I have not been able to go outside since early Dec without a coat. The EPS is stone cold after d10. So enjoy it now!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrgjeff Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 Textbook downslope. Y'all enjoy that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvers Gap Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 1 hour ago, 1234snow said: 80 for the high today!!!! Not sure if the airport hit 80...but that is the all time record high for Feb for TRI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 74 and sunny for a good portion of the day. Finally some ground drying. It's still very wet but it was a bog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1234snow Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 81 degrees for a high today. Back down to a cool 78 now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1122 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 It's 73 here. Been cloudy most of the day but the sun is peeking out some right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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