A towboat moves barges with commodities March 13, 2024, at the confluence of the Mississippi River and Ohio River. This perspective is from Fort Defiance Park in Cairo, Illinois. (USACE Video by Leon Roberts)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 11, 2024) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District will begin controlled spillway gate water release operations for Center Hill Dam, in Lancaster Tennessee, at noon Sunday, May 12.
Water release operations will continue until further notice to accommodate recovery of flood control storage capacity, following the significant rain event over the area this past week.
USACE expects to increase overall water releases at Center Hill Dam to 18,000 cubic-feet per second (cfs). This includes 11,000 cfs from hydropower generators and 7,000 cfs from spillway gate operation.
River conditions below Center Hill dam will be extremely dangerous and the public is discouraged from recreating in the area....