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Bridge, Phillips, Elam Drainage District News From the desk of Milton Sandy Jr

July 2, 2011

Vol 2011-7

This newsletter is directed to friends and supporters of our efforts to get something done about the repetitive flooding in Corinth and Alcorn County which on May 2, 2010, caused loss of life, public and private property and threatened public health and safety by the massive release of raw sewage into flood waters. If you have news, questions or comments, please fire away.

Rainfall – Tuesday, June 28, 2011 Flood Threat for July Wasn't planning a newsletter this week because of the upcoming July 4th activities (hope you have a safe holiday!), but everyone is talking about the rainfall and flooding on Tuesday, April 28 th, 2011. I was out of town that morning and didn't get back until around 2:30 in the afternoon. I drove around town and have been checking out reports from others who were here the whole time. First, we need to look at the daily data. The newspaper quotes Mike Baird's weather station which recorded 3.15” inches of rain. The airport weather station recorded 1.92” of rain- mostly within around an hour and forty minutes- from about 9 am to 10:40 pm. Fred Reiselt recorded around 3.06”. The new USACOE river gage station on Hwy 72 over the Tuscumbia recorded 3.20”. Finally, Doug Mitchell's Corinth station on Hwy 2 on the way to Kossuth recorded 1.10”. So it is highly probable that areas of Corinth received around 3” of rain within around 2 hours. This would amount to around

1,415,743,214 gallons of water within the corporate limits of Corinth, Mississippi. Using my average size swimming pool example, this is enough water to fill up 64,119 swimming pools in under 2 hours. Source: Corinth Airport Weather Station 6/28/2011 This is an example of a daily rainfall that wouldn't make the cut in the record book for all-time high rainfall in 110 years of data because although it was a lot of rain in intensity, the total amount was not that high for a 24 hour period. As a result, most of the flooding reports were not in areas that flooded Contact: Milton Sandy Jr 662-286-6087 - Fax 287-4187 - E-mail mlsandy@tsixroads.com


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