FLOODS OF APRIL 1979,

MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA,

AND GEORGIA

Report prepared jointly by the U.S. Geological Survey 

and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1319
Floods of April 1979,

MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA,

AND GEORGIA
FRONTISPIECE. Sequence of photographs showing the destruction of the bridge on State Highway 50 over the Tallapoosa River below 

Martin Dam near Tallassee, Ala., about 1630 CST, April 14, 1979. Photographs courtesy of H. H. Weldon, Electic, Ala.
FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, 

MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, 

AND GEORGIA

By GEORGE W. EDELEN, JR., K. V. WILSON, and JOE R. HARKINS, U.S. Geological Survey, and 

JOHN F. MILLER and EDWIN H. CHIN, National Weather Service, National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1319

Report prepared jointly by the U.S. Geological Survey 

and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON: 1986
UNITED STATES 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

DONALD PAUL MODEL, Secretary

UNITED STATES 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

MALCOLM BALDRIDGE, Secretary

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

Dallas L. Peck, Director

NATIONAL OCEANIC AND 

ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

Anthony J. Calio, Administrator

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Main entry under title:

Floods of April 1979, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia

(Geological Survey professional paper; 1319)

"Report prepared jointly by the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."

Bibliography: p. 45

1. Floods Mississippi. 2. Floods Alabama 3. Floods Georgia I. Edelen, George W. II. Geological Survey (U.S.)

III. United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. IV. Series. 

GB1399.4.M7F55 1984 551.48'0976 84-600097

For sale by the Books and Open-File Reports Section, U.S. Geological Survey, 

Federal Center, Box 25425, Denver, CO 80225
CONTENTS

Glossary VIII

Abstract 1

Introduction 1

Acknowledgments 3

Meteorological setting 4

Antecedent conditions 4

Early spring storms 4

March 3-4 4

March 10-11, 14, and 21 5

March 23-24 5

April 1-4 7

April 8-9 9

Major storm event: April 11-13 11

500-mb features 11

850-mb features 11

Surface weather features 14

Satellite imagery 15

Precipitation distribution 17

General description of floods 19

Magnitude of floods 23

Flood damages 23

Flood frequency 24

Reservoirs 28

Major river basins of eastern Gulf of Mexico 29

Coosa River basin 29

Tallapoosa River basin 29

Alabama River basin 29

Tombigbee River basin 30

Tombigbee River upstream from Gainesville, Ala 30

Tombigbee River downstream from Gainesville, Ala 31

Pascagoula River basin 33

Pearl River basin 33

Lower Mississippi River basin 39

Big Black River basin 39

Flood-crest stages 39

Streamflow velocities 40

Velocity changes during peak discharges 40

Velocity distribution through bridge openings 40

Flood hydrograph data 41

Ground-water fluctuations 42

Numbering system for wells 44

Salinity and temperature data, Mobile Bay and Gulf of Mexico - 44

Aerial photography 44

Selected references 45

ILLUSTRATIONS

FRONTISPIECE. Sequence of photographs showing the destruction of the bridge on State Highway 50 over the Tallapoosa River below Martin 

Dam near Tallassee, Ala, about 4:30 p.m., April 14,1979.

FIGURE 1. Area affected by floods on the Alabama, Big Black, Chattahoochee, Chickasawhay, Coosa, Pearl, and Tombigbee Rivers

and their tributaries in April 1979 2

2. Significant meteorological features associated with the storm of March 3-4,1979 5

3. Isohyetal analysis of storm rainfall March 3-4,1979 6

4. Significant meteorological features associated with the storm of March 23-24,1979 7

5. Isohyetal analysis of storm rainfall, March 23-24, 1979 8

6. Significant meteorological features associated with the storm of April 1-4,1979 9

7. Isohyetal analysis of storm rainfall, April 1-4, 1979 10

8. 500-mb analyses:

A. 0600 CST, April 11,1979 12 

B. 1800 CST, April 11,1979 12 

C. 0600 CST, April 12,1979 12 

D. 1800 CST, April 12,1979 12 

E. 0600 CST, April 13,1979 12 

F. 1800 CST, April 13,1979 12

9. 850-mb analyses:

A. 0600 CST, April 11,1979 - 

1800 CST, April 11,1979 - 

0600 CST, April 12,1979 - 

1800 CST, April 12,1979 -

B. 

C. 

D. 

E. 

F.

0600 CST, April 13,1979 

1800 CST, April 13,1979
VI CONTENTS

FIGURE 10. Surface analyses: Page 

A. 0600 CST, April 11,1979 16 

B. 1800 CST, April 11,1979 16 

C. 0600 CST, April 12,1979 16 

D. 1800 CST, April 12,1979 16 

E. 0600 CST, April 13,1979 16 

F. 1800 CST, April 13,1979 16

11. Analysis of hourly observations at 1500 CST, April 12, 1979 17

12. GOES visual image for 0730 CST, April 12,1979, with major features of surface weather map superimposed 18

13. Enhanced GOE S infrared images (Mb curve):

A. 0000 CST, April 12,1979 20 

B. 0230 CST, April 12,1979 21

14. Radar summary map:

A. 0535 CST, April 12,1979 22 

B. 1435 CST, April 12,1979 22

15. Rawinsonde plot, 1800 CST, April 12,1979:

A. Jackson, Miss. 23 

B. Centreville, Ala. 23

16. Isohyetal analysis of storm rainfall, April 11-14, 1979 24

17. Rainfall mass curves 25

18. Map showing location of flood determination sites - 26

19. Comparison of April 1979 peak discharges with maximum known flood peaks in Mississippi and Alabama -- 28 

20-23. Hydrographs of discharge at selected gaging stations:

20. Coosa River basin in Alabama, April 1-16,1979 29

21. Tallapoosa River basin in Alabama, April 3-22,1979 30

22. Cahaba River basin in Alabama, April 10-22, 1979 30

23. Noxubee River at Macon, Miss., and near Geiger, Ala., and Sucarnoochee River at Livingston, Ala., April 2-23,

1979 31

24. Photograph showing overflow of Tombigbee River at Demopolis, Ala., April 19,1979 32 

25-27. Hydrographs of discharge at selected gaging stations:

25. Valley Creek in the Black Warrior River basin in Alabama, April 2-21, 1979 33

26. North River and Black Warrior River in Alabama, April 2-21,1979 34

27. Pearl River basin at and upstream from Jackson, Miss., March 2 to April 28,1979 34 

28-31. Photographs showing:

28. Housing development in flooded area along Hanging Moss Creek in northern part of Jackson, Miss., April 16,

1979 35

29. Inundated residential area in the vicinity of Westbrook Road in northern part of Jackson, Miss., April 16,

1979 36

30. Business district of Jackson, Miss., inundated by Pearl River overflow, April 16,1979 37

31. Flooded fairgrounds enclosed by levee, Jackson, Miss., near crest of Pearl River flood, April 16, 1979 38 

32, 33. Hydrographs of discharge at selected gaging stations:

32. Pearl River near Monticello, Miss., and near Bogalusa, La., April 1-30, 1979 39

33. Big Black River at West, Miss., and near Bovina, Miss., April 1-30,1979 39 

34. Graph showing changes in point velocity, mean velocity, stage, and discharge of Alabama River near Montgomery,

Ala., April 13-20, 1979 40 

35-43. Graphs showing velocity distribution and cross sections:

35. Alabama River at U.S. Highway 31 north, near Montgomery, Ala., April 15,1979 41

36. Mulberry Creek at highway bridge at Jones, Ala., April 14,1979 41

37. Hashuqua Creek near Macon, Miss., April 12,1979 41

38. Noxubee River at U.S. Highway 45 bypass near Macon, Miss., April 14,1979 42

39. Noxubee River at State Highway 17 near Geiger, Ala., April 15,1979 42

40. Tombigbee River at Gainesville, Ala. (main channel), April 15, 1979 42

41. North River near Samantha, Ala., April 13, 1979 43

42. Pearl River at Interstate Highway 55 at Jackson, Miss., April 17, 1979 43

43. Zilpha Creek at State Highway 35 near Kosciusko, Miss., April 12,1979 43 

44, 45. Hydrographs of water levels in observation wells:

44. At Centreville, Ala. (Centreville Gin and Cotton Co.), March-April 1979 44

45. Near Pickensville, Ala., in the Tombigbee River basin, March-April 1979 44

46. Map showing location of specific-conductance sampling sites along the Intracoastal Waterway at the mouth of Mobile Bay, 

April 28-29, 1979 -- 45

47. Map showing location of flight lines along streams where aerial photographs were obtained on or near the crest of the flood, 

April 1979 - - 46
CONTENTS VII

TABLES

[All tables appear at end of report]

Page

TABLE 1. Supplementary rainfall data, storm of April 11-13, 1979 49

2. Summary of flood stages and discharges 54

3. Summary of flood damages on main streams and principal tributaries, March 1979 and April 1979 floods 67

4. Summary of stages and contents of storage reservoirs 69

5. Flood-crest stages ^^>

6. Streamflow velocities, Alabama River near Montgomery, Ala, April 12-20, 1979 

7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 

8. Ground-water levels in selected observation wells in Alabama and Mississippi, April 1979 197

9. Specific conductance and temperature of samples at selected sites along the Intracoastal Waterway at the mouth of Mobile

Bay, April 28-29, 1979 209

10. Aerial photographs obtained at or near the crest of the flood, April 1979 212

iii

CONVERSION OF INCH-POUND UNITS TO 

INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS (SI)

Most units of measure used in this report are inch-pound units. The following factors may be used to convert inch-pound units to the International System of Units (SI).

Inch-pound

inch (in.) 

foot (ft) 

mile (mi)

to SI

25.4 mm 

0.3048 m 

1.6093 km

Length

SI

millimeter (mm) 

meter (m) 

kilometer (km)

to Inch-pound

0.03937 in. 

3.2808 ft 

0.6214 mi

square mile (mi2) 

acre

cubic foot (ft3) 

acre-foot (acre-ft)

mile per hour (mph) 

foot per second (ft/s)

cubic foot per second (ft3/s) 

(ft3/s)/mi2

Area

2.5900 km2 square kilometer (km2) 

4046.86 m2 square meter (m2)

Volume

0.0283 m3 cubic meter (m3) 

1233 m3 m3

Velocity

1.6093 km/h kilometer per hour (km/h) 

0.3048 m/s meter per second (m/s)

Flow rate

0.02832 m3/s cubic meter per second (m3/s) 

0.01094 (m3/s)/km2 (m3/s)/km2

Pressure

[The National Weather Service uses millibar (mb) as customary unit for atmospheric pressure.] 

inch of mercury at 32°F (in. Hg) = 33.8639 mb mb

degrees Fahrenheit (°F)

Temperature 

9/5(°C)+32 degrees Celsius (°C)

0.3861 mi2 

0.000247 acre

35.3147 ft3 

0.00081 acre-ft

0.6214 mph 

3.2808 ft/s

35.3147 ft3/s 

91.40768 (ft3/s)/mi2

0.02953 in. Hg 

5/9(°F-32)
VIII GLOSSARY

GLOSSARY

Acre-foot (acre-ft). The volume of water required to cover 1 acre to a 

depth of 1 ft. It equals 43,560 ft3 (cubic feet), 325,851 gal (gallons), 

or 1,233 m3 (cubic meters).

Aquifer. A water-bearing formation.

Contents. The volume of water in a reservoir or lake. Content is computed on the basis of a level pool or reservoir backwater profile 

and does not include bank storage.

Cubic feet per second (ft3/s). A rate of discharge. One cubic foot per 

second is equal to the discharge of a stream of rectangular cross 

sec 1 ft wide and 1 ft deep, flowing at an average velocity of 1 ft/s. 

It equals 28.32 L/s (liters per second) or 0.02832 m3/s (cubic 

meters per second).

Cubic feet per second per square mile [(ft3/s)/mi2]. The average number 

of cubic feet per second flowing from each square mile of area 

drained by a stream, assuming that the runoff is distributed uniformly in time and area. One (ft3/s)/mi2 is equivalent to 

0.0733 (m3/s)/km2 (cubic meters per second per square kilometer).

Cyclone. An atmospheric low-pressure system around which the 

wind blows in a counterclockwise direction in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.

Dewpoint (or dewpoint temperature). The temperature to which a 

given parcel of air must be cooled at constant pressure and constant water-vapor content in order for saturation to occur.

Drainage area of a stream at a specific location. The area measured 

in a horizontal plane, bounded by topographic divides. Drainage 

area is given in square miles. One square mile is equivalent to 

2.590 km2 (square kilometers).

Fall line. A narrow zone between resistant rocks and the softer formations of the coastal plain, characterized by steepened gradients and by waterfalls, locally.

Flood. Any high streamflow that overtops natural or artificial banks 

of a stream and overflows onto land not usually under water or 

ponding caused by precipitation at or near the point it fell.

Flood peak. The highest value of the stage or discharge attained by 

a flood.

Flood profile. A graph of the elevation of water surface of a river in a 

flood plotted as ordinate; against distance plotted as abscissa.

Flood stage. The approximate elevation of the stream when overbank 

flooding begins.

Front. The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of 

different density.

Gage height. The water-surface elevation referred to some arbitrary 

gage datum.

Gaging station. A particular site on a stream, canal, lake, or reservoir where systematic observations of gage height or discharge 

are made.

GOES. Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite.

GMT. Greenwich mean time.

High. A center of high barometric pressure.

Hydrograph. A graph showing stage, flow, velocity, or ground-water 

level of water, with respect to time.

Instability. Areas of instability as referred to in this report are areas 

where the lifted index is less than four.

Isohyet. A line connecting points of equal precipitation.

K index. A measure of the airmass moisture content and stability.

K = <T850-T500> + Td,850-<T700-Td,700>' where T «* Td «"

temperature and dewpoint, respectively, in degrees Celsius (°C); 

subscripts denote pressure levels.

Knot. A velocity of 1 nautical mile per hour.

Lifted index. Difference in degrees Celsius between the observed 

500-millibar (mb) temperature and the computed temperature a 

parcel characterized by the mean temperature and dewpoint of 

the 50-mb-thick surface layer would have if it were lifted from 

25 mb above the surface to 500 mb.

Low. Center of low barometric pressure.

Millibar (mb). A unit of pressure equal to 1,000 dynes per square 

centimeter.

National Geodetic Vertical Datum (NGVD). Formerly called Sea 

Level Datum of 1929. A geodetic datum derived from a general 

adjustment of the first order level nets of both the United States 

and Canada. In the adjustment, sea levels from selected tide stations in both countries were held as fixed. The year indicates the 

time of the last general adjustment. This datum should not be 

confused with mean sea level.

Nautical mile. A distance of 6,080.20 feet (1.853 km).

Occluded front (occlusion). A composite of two fronts, formed as a 

cold front overtakes a warm front or a quasi-stationary front. 

This is a common process in the late stages of cyclone development.

Planck's law. One of the fundamental laws of physics that gives the 

intensity of radiation emission at a specific wavelength as a function of the temperature of a black-body.

Precipitable water. The amount of water contained in an atmospheric 

column if all the vapor between two levels (usually the surface 

and 500 mb) were condensed.

Radiosonde. A balloon-borne instrument package for measuring and 

transmitting meteorological data.

Rawinsonde. A meteorological data-collection system including a 

radiosonde and reflectors for measuring winds by radar.

Recurrence interval. As applied to flood events, the average number 

of years within which a given flood peak will be exceeded once.

Runoff. That part of the precipitation that appears in surface 

streams.

Sounding. A single complete radiosonde observation of the upper 

atmosphere.

Specific conductance. The measure of the ability of water to carry an 

electric current and, therefore, an indication, within rather wide 

limits, of the dissolved-solids concentration or salinity of a solution. Specific conductance is expressed in mhos/centimeter. In 

most waters, conductance is so low that micromho is used as the 

unit of expression.

Stage-discharge relation. The relation between gage height and the 

amount of water flowing in a stream channel.

Time of day is expressed in 24-hour time. For example, 12:30 am. 

is 0030 hours, and 1:00 p.m. is 1300 hours. Central standard time 

(CST) is used throughout this report unless stated otherwise.

Trough. An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure.
FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, 

MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

By GEORGE W. EDELEN, JR., K. V. WILSON, and 

JOE R. HARKINS, of the U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

and JOHN F. MILLER and EDWIN H. CHIN of the NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE,

NATIONAL OCEANIC and ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

ABSTRACT

A major storm brought large amounts of rainfall over the southeastern United States April 11-13. 1979. Heaviest rain fell over 

north-central Mississippi and Alabama. Although the storm extended 

into the headwaters of the Chattahoochee River basin in northwestern Georgia, most flooding there was only moderate. A maximum of 

21.5 inches was observed at a site 14 miles southeast of Louisville, 

Miss. Areal average rainfall exceeded 12 and 8 inches over the upper 

Pearl and upper Tombigbee River basins, respectively. Owing to a 

series of antecedent storms in March and April over the MississippiAlabama area, soils were saturated and many rivers were already 

bankfull. Additional rains April 21-23 in Mississippi and April 24-26 

in Alabama averaged less than 2 inches over the flooded area. A maximum of 6.4 inches was reported at Ruth, Miss., about 65 miles south 

of Jackson, where little or no rain fell during the major storm of April 

11-13.

Floods in Mississippi and Alabama caused by the series of storms 

were the maximum of record at 60 streamflow gaging stations in the 

Coosa, Alabama, Tombigbee, Chickasawhay, Pearl, and Big Black 

River basins.

On the Pearl River, peak discharges at main stem gaging stations 

generally approached or exceeded those of the great flood of 1874, 

and recurrence intervals generally were greater than 100 years.

On some streams, maximum stages and discharges produced by 

the March 3-4 storm, although greater than those previously observed, were exceeded during the April 11-13 storm. Other storms in 

April extended the flood duration and added materially to the flood 

volume.

A comparison with the greatest known floods indicates that floods 

generally one-third greater than those in 1979 may occur in large 

basins and that floods two or three times greater may occur in small 

basins. Floods much greater than those observed in April 1979 or 

than the greatest known floods in the area are likely to occur if the 

probable maximum precipitation occurs.

Nine lives were reported lost. Estimated damages from the March 

and April flooding totaled nearly $400 million. During April 1979, 75 

percent of the total damage occurred in the Pearl River Basin, and 65 

percent of the damage occurred in Jackson, Miss., and vicinity. 

Seventeen thousand people were driven from their homes in Jackson, 

Miss.

The report presents analyses of the meteorological settings of the 

storms, the distribution of rainfall, and supplementary rainfall data 

that have not been published elsewhere. It also gives summaries of 

flood stages and discharges at 221 streamflow gaging stations, stages 

and contents of 10 reservoirs, flood-crest stages and hydrograph data 

(gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff at selected times) at 

46 gaging stations, ground-water fluctuations in 11 observation wells, 

and water salinity and temperature at 22 sites along the Intracoastal 

Waterway in Mobile Bay. The availability of aerial photography 

obtained during the flood is summarized, and flood damages are 

discussed.

INTRODUCTION

During March and April 1979, a series of storms in 

Mississippi and Alabama resulted in recordbreaking 

floods on streams in the Coosa, Alabama, Tombigbee, 

Chickasawhay, Pearl, and Big Black River basins. The 

first storm, March 3-4, produced maximum stages and 

discharges greater than previously observed on several 

streams in the Coosa, Tombigbee, and Chickasawhay 

River basins. Some of these floods were exceeded during 

the major storm of the series, April 11-13, which produced most of the recordbreaking floods.

The storms of March 23-24 and April 1-4 produced 

bankfull stages on many streams.

A major rainstorm occurred April 11-13, 1979, over 

the Southeastern United States. Rain fell over large 

areas of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, 

Tennessee, and Arkansas. However, the heaviest rain 

fell in central and northern Mississippi and Alabama 

(henceforth referred to as "the two-State region" or "the 

region"), over the Tombigbee and Pearl River basins.
FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

90° 85°

GULF OF MEXICO

25'

FIGURE 1. Area affected by floods on the Alabama, Big Black, Chattahoochee, Chickasawhay, Coosa, Pearl, and

Tombigbee Rivers and their tributaries in April 1979.

Stages were still high on many streams when the extremely heavy rains fell. The most severe flooding occurred in the middle reaches of the Tombigbee River 

and along the Pearl River at Jackson, Miss. Moderate 

flooding occurred along the Pascagoula River and the 

Yazoo River, a tributary to the lower Mississippi River. 

Although the storm extended into the headwaters of the 

Chattahoochee River basin in northwestern Georgia, 

most flooding there was only moderate.

Minor storms, April 21-26, caused small streams in 

the lower Pearl River basin to rise coincidentally with 

the arrival of floodwaters from the April 11-13 storm. 

The April 21-26 runoff added materially to flood 

volumes and extended the duration of flooding along

the lower Pearl River. Figure 1 is a map showing major 

rivers and areas affected by the floods.

Peak flows in March and April at more than 60 

streamflow gaging stations in Alabama and Mississippi 

were greater than those previously recorded. Maximum 

stages and discharges of record occurred along the main 

stems of the Coosa, Tombigbee, Pearl, and Big Black 

Rivers.

Nine lives were reported lost. Damages estimated by 

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (1980a, b) totaled 

nearly $400 million.

All rivers in Mississippi and Alabama drain into the 

Gulf of Mexico. The major rivers are the Alabama and
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Tombigbee Rivers, which drain into Mobile Bay 

through the Mobile and Tensaw Rivers, and the Pascagoula, Pearl, and lower Mississippi Rivers.

The states of Mississippi and Alabama, bounded on 

the north by 35° N. latitude and on the south by the 

Gulf of Mexico, have ample rainfall. Mean annual total 

precipitation over the two-State region exceeds 50 in., 

and the number of days with appreciable rain (.01 in. or 

more) exceeds 100 each year. Rainfall is distributed 

throughout the year, with a maximum in March and a 

minimum in October.

The Tombigbee River rises in the fall-line hills in 

northeastern Mississippi and flows southeastward to 

western Alabama and then southward to join the Alabama River to form the Mobile and Tensaw Rivers, 

which flow into Mobile Bay. The Tombigbee is 442 

miles long; about 350 miles are navigable because of a 

series of improvements in the form of dams and locks. 

Unlike the Pearl River in Mississippi, the Tombigbee 

River is an important artery for manufactured goods; it 

can be accessed by the Birmingham industrial area 

through the Black Warrior River tributary. The Tombigbee drainage basin is 22,100 square miles in area and 

is shaped like an inverted triangle. At the northernmost 

headwater region the drainage width is 170 miles; the 

width reduces to 80 miles at the midpoint of the river 

course near Demopolis, Ala, and narrows further as the 

river flows south, reaching a vertex near Mobile, Ala. 

Land use adjoining the Tombigbee River is predominantly agricultural. There is no city along the Tombigbee River main steam that compares in size with 

metropolitan Jackson, Miss., on the Pearl River.

At Demopolis, Ala., the Tombigbee River crested 

April 18, at 37.03 feet, more than 24 feet above flood 

stage and 1.3 feet above the previous record, established 

in 1961.

The Pearl River is the principal outlet for runoff from 

south-central Mississippi. Its watershed extends 240 

miles from headwaters to the Gulf of Mexico and has a 

maximum width of about 50 miles. The total area 

drained is about 8,670 square miles. Except in its final 

60-mile reach, where it forms the boundary between 

Louisiana and Mississippi, the Pearl River lies within 

the State of Mississippi. Its gradient is relatively flat, 

only about 1 in 5,000. It is mostly a shallow, meandering stream, nonnavigable except for recreational boating. Land use along the Pearl River is predominantly 

rural, agricultural, and woodlands except for the 

Jackson, Miss., metropolitan area. Jackson is located on 

the west side of the Pearl River about two-fifths of the 

way from its source. It lies on a rolh'ng upland dissected 

by some 14 tributary creeks which drain eastward to 

the Pearl River. These creeks pose a double threat to the 

adjoining metropolitan area: flash floods from urban

runoff within each tributary watershed and backwater 

from the Pearl River main stem. The natural flood plain 

at Jackson, about 2 miles in width, has been modified 

extensively by levees. About 10 miles upstream from 

Jackson is the Ross Barnett Dam, built in 1962 to provide water supply and recreation for Jackson. The reservoir behind this dam is maintained at a high level, to 

within a foot or two of capacity, to provide maximum 

recreational benefits; therefore, the flood control capacity of the system is minimal.

The April 1979 Pearl River flood set a new stage 

record of 43.28 feet at Jackson. The levee was overtopped. Nearly 2,000 dwellings and 298 commercial 

buildings were flooded. Seventeen thousand people were 

driven from their homes. A new $54 million sewage 

treatment plant was damaged substantially and raw 

sewage flowed directly into the Pearl River. Vital public 

services water supply, electric power, telephone, and 

fire protection were curtailed or hampered.

The purpose of this report is to present an analysis of 

the meteorological settings associated with the storm; 

stages, discharges, and accumulated runoff of the flood; 

contents of reservoirs, flood-crest elevations, and magnitude and frequency of peak discharges for comparison 

with previous large floods; ground-water levels; and a 

summary of flood damages.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The meteorological and rainfall analyses contained in 

this report are based on data obtained by the National 

Weather Service and represent the collective effort of 

many professional people.

The supplementary rainfall data were obtained by a 

field survey team that included Roy Roberts (National 

Weather Service Lower Mississippi River Forecast 

Center, Slidell, La.) Rovert Ellis and Robert Manning 

(National Weather Service, Southern Region), cooperative program managers from Mississippi, Alabama, and 

Arkansas, and personnel from the Mississippi Department of Natural Resources.

Discharge records and other streamflow data appearing in this report were obtained as part of cooperative 

programs between the U.S. Geological Survey and the 

States of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Louisiana; county and municipal agencies within those 

States; and agencies of the Federal Government. The 

cooperation of the Mobile and Vicksburg Districts of 

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in providing photography and information on reservoir operation, flood 

heights, salinity, temperature, and flood damages is 

gratefully acknowledged. Other Federal and State agencies, municipalities, universities, corporations, and individuals assisted, financially or otherwise, in the data-
FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

collection effort. Credit for this assistance is given in the 

appropriate places in the text.

METEOROLOGICAL SETTING 

ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS

The 1978-1979 winter season was much wetter than 

normal over the two-State region. The December 1978 

precipitation over central and northern Mississippi and 

northwestern Alabama was more than one and one-half 

times normal. Jackson, Miss., had a monthly total of 

8.4 in., or 3.4 in. above normal.

Beginning in January 1979 a series of storms swept 

through the two-State region. The storm of January 1-3 

was characterized by rapid movement of a Low from the 

lower Mississippi Valley to Quebec. The passage of the 

associated cold front caused precipitation to fall over 

the whole region. Jackson, Miss., had 2.74 in., and Birmingham, Ala., had 1.51 in. Subsequent storms that 

produced significant amounts of precipitation occurred 

during the periods January 6-8 and 18-21 and on 

January 24, 27, and 31. All of Mississippi, except the 

northernmost part, and western and southern Alabama 

had more than one and one-half times the normal precipitation in January, and the midsection of the Pearl 

River drainage basin, centered around Jackson, had 

more than three times the normal January amount. 

Jackson itself received 14.1 in. in January 1979, compared with a normal of 4.4 in.

Cyclogenesis occurred on February 5 and 6 off the 

Texas coast in the Gulf of Mexico. The surface Low 

moved eastward, and the southerly flow in advance of 

the center was lifted by the associated warm front, causing rain to fall over Mississippi and Alabama on 

February 6 and 7. Other periods of appreciable precipitation over the region were February 18-19 and 

21-25. For the month, the central and southern parts of 

the two-State region had precipitation more than 50 percent above the February normal. Although departures 

were less for the northern half of Mississippi, precipitation was still above normal. Total February precipitation at Jackson, Miss., was 8.4 in., or 3.8 in. above 

normal. Thus, after three consecutive wet months in the 

winter season over the central part of the region, particularly over the middle Pearl River basin, the soil was 

thoroughly saturated. Streamflows were more than ample in the Pearl River, in several headwater tributaries 

of the Pascagula River, and in the Tombigbee River, 

and reservoirs in the region were nearly filled even 

before spring season.

EARLY SPRING STORMS

The series of storms continued into the spring. Prior 

to the large storm of April 11-13 which produced the

major flooding, there were seven spring storms that 

brought significant amounts of precipitation to the 

region. These storms occurred on March 3-4, March 

10-11, March 14, March 21, March 23-24, April 1-4, 

and April 8-9. Among these storms, the more important rainfall periods were associated with the storms of 

March 3-4, March 23-24, and April 1-4. The weather 

situations accompanying each of these storms are discussed briefly, with the three most significant storms 

discussed in some detail.

MARCH 3-4

On February 28, a surface Low moved across the 

northern Pacific coast of the United States. Significant 

meteorological features associated with the storm are 

shown in figure 2. The surface system was over Nevada 

by the morning of March 1 and continued toward the 

southeast crossing the intermountain region. Aloft, at 

500 mb, a deep short wave trough moved onshore the 

night of February 28-March 1 and continued its eastward movement. By the evening of the 2d, the trough 

was over the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains. The 

trough induced the re-formation of the surface Low in 

southeastern Colorado and the Oklahoma-Texas 

panhandle region. The Low stagnated briefly while its 

cyclonic circulation reorganized, then moved slowly 

eastward. By the morning of the 3d, the storm had 

become a well-organized system with a central pressure 

of 1,000 mb located over eastern Oklahoma. The warm 

front extended eastward from this system, across central Arkansas, southern Kentucky, and eastern Tennessee to western North Carolina, The cold front extended southward along the Oklahoma-Arkansas and 

Texas-Louisiana borders. Across the Southeastern 

United States, warm moist air was advected from the 

Gulf of Mexico. At 0600 CST, March 3, the precipitable 

water in this air flow was 1.56 in. at Boothville, La., and 

1.43 in. at Jackson, Miss. These values compare with 

the climatological values of the semimonthly maxima of 

1.91 in. at Boothville and 1.68 in. at Jackson. The K index on the morning of the 3d was 30 at Boothville and 

40 at Jackson, indicating thunderstorm probabilities of 

50 percent at the former and near 100 percent at the 

latter. As warm maritime air from the Gulf of Mexico 

moved into the region, thundershowers were prevalent. 

From eastern Oklahoma, the Low turned northeastward 

and by the morning of the 4th was located over the eastcentral coast of Lake Michigan. The 500-mb trough continued a steady eastward movement and passed over 

the region by the evening of the 4th. The eastward 

movement of these systems brought an end to the rain.

The rain in the March 3-4 storm began over southern 

Mississippi during the evening of the 2d and then 

spread northeastward to large areas of the Pearl, Pascagoula, Tombigbee, and Alabama River basins. Much of
METEOROLOGICAL SETTING

®- *- Position and track of surface low 

* * * Cold front

^ *> ^ Warm front

EXPLANATION

 500-mb trough position at indicated time 

030600 Six-digit numbers denote date and time

Example: 030600 is March 3d at 0600 CST

FIGURE 2. Significant meteorological features associated with the storm of March 3-4, 1979.

the rain fell on the 3d. The greatest rainfall total for the 

storm was 13.08 in., at the Hickory IE, Miss., station. 

The largest single-day amount was 8.52 in. on the 3d at 

Codin, Ala., on the Gulf coast. The axis of heaviest rainfall (fig. 3) extended between these two stations and continued northeastward across Alabama. Rain was widespread over the two-State area. Areal average rainfall 

was greatest, amounting to more than 5 in., over the 

Chickasawhay and Tombigbee River basins.

MARCH 10-11, 14, AND 21

Weak weather systems crossed the Southeastern 

United States on March 10-11 and March 14, and again 

on March 21. These storms caused rather widespread 

but light rain over Mississippi and Alabama. On March 

10-11, rain over the coastal regions of Alabama averaged about 1 in., while over the rest of the two-State 

area rainfall averaged less than 0.5 in. The rainfall on 

March 14 and 21 was primarily centered over the northern portion of the two-State area and in each case averaged only about 0.25 in. Though the rainfall in these 

storms was light, it served to maintain a high level of 

soil moisture.

MARCH 23-24

The second significant early spring storm occurred on 

March 23-24. The chain of events began when a Low 

crossed the California coast on March 18 and moved 

slowly eastward across Arizona and New Mexico. By 

late afternoon on March 21, the Low was in central New 

Mexico (fig. 4). At this time, it started to^move in a 

northeasterly direction. The Low crossed southeastern 

Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri, and by the morning of 

the 23d it was centered in southeastern Iowa. The cold 

frontal system stretched southward from the surface 

Low. The primary front extended through Missouri, 

Arkansas, and Louisiana, crossing the Gulf of Mexico 

coast near Lake Charles. A secondary front and instability line/squall line existed in advance of the primary 

front. Most of the rainfall associated with the system
92° 91

FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

90° 89° 88° 87° 86° 85°

TENNESSEE 1 n-r-'**-./jAv-^ii \J*r

' GEORGIAN

'£ UP -#

LOLHSIANA

EXPLANATION

 4 Isohyet showing total precipitation, March 3-4, 1979, in inches

 2 Supplementary isohyet, in inches

29°

0 50 100 200 MILES

iii 

0 50 100 200 300 KILOMETERS 

FIGURE 3. Isohyetal analysis of storm rainfall. March 3-4, 1979.

was a result of the secondary front and instability line/ 

squall line. By the morning of the 24th, the Low had 

moved over central Lake Michigan and the frontal 

system had moved through the two-State region. The 

cold front extended from Lake Michigan through 

Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, North and 

South Carolina, crossing the coast near Charleston, S.C. 

Some lingering rainfall was occurring in northeastern 

Alabama, but the significant storm rainfall over the 

basin had ended.

The 500-mb circulation had large meridional components prior to the storm. By the morning of the 22d, the 

flow aloft had split into two separate waves, with one remaining offshore and the other centered over northern 

New Mexico. The easternmost 500-mb closed Low and 

trough were associated with the surface system that 

caused the rain over the two-State region. By the morning of the 23d the Low had reached approximately 95° 

W. This position placed the two-State region under a 

trough-to-downwind ridge flow pattern. Both mass and
METEOROLOGICAL SETTING

400 KILOMETERS

0- *- Position and track of surface low 

A A A Cold front 

Warm front

EXPLANATION

 500-mb trough position at indicated time 

220600 Six-digit numbers denote date and time

Example: 220600 is March 22d at 0600 CST

 - Squall line

FIGURE 4. Significant meteorological features associated with the storm of March 23-24, 1979.

isobaric convergence (divergence) existed in a deep layer 

below (above) about 500 mb. This condition is very 

favorable for intensification of weather systems, and in 

fact both the surface and 500-mb Lows deepened as 

they moved to the northeast.

In the warm, moist airflow in advance of the surface 

and upper air systems, precipitable water was only moderate. At Jackson, Miss., the observed amount from surface to 500 mb at 1200 GMT was 0.95 in. on the 22d and 

0.43 in. on the 23d. These can be compared with the 

March mean at Jackson of .63 in. (standard deviation, 

.34). At Centreville, Ala., the observed amounts of precipitable water for the same layer were 0.91 and 1.12 in. 

on those dates; climatological values are not available 

for Centreville.

Rain began in the early morning of the 22d over a 

large part of Mississippi and spread to Alabama. The 

period of rainfall over Mississippi was March 22-23, 

with the 22d the rainier day, while the period of rainfall 

over Alabama was March 22-24, with the 23d the rainiest day. A maximum storm precipitation of 4.42 in. fell 

at Dayton, Ala., (32°22' N, 81°39fW) in the Tombigbee 

River drainage basin. The average depth of rain was less 

than 1.0 in. over the Pearl River basin and approximately 1.5 in. over the Tombigbee River basin. A generalized isohyetal map for this storm is shown in figure 5.

APRIL 1-4

The third significant spring storm occurred during 

the period April 1-4. At 1800 on March 30, the 500-mb 

circulation over North America was characterized by a 

long wave trough over the Western United States, with 

the trough axis extending from western Montana to 

eastern Arizona. Meanwhile, off the west coast, a short 

wave impulse appeared and moved rapidly southeastward along the major trough. By the morning of April 1, 

this short wave trough was passing over the OklahomaTexas panhandle region (fig. 6), while the major long 

wave trough was still over the Rocky Mountains. The
FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

91° 90° 89° 88° 87° 86° 85°

 vS'v-^

TENNESSEE

ARKANSAS v^y

GEORGIA

LOUISIANA

f FLORIDA

EXPLANATION

 7 Isohyet showing total precipitation, March 23 24, 1979, in inches

 ~0.5~ Supplementary isohyet, in inches

30

29°

0 50

i. i . i. i . I . i. i i

100 200 MILES

_J i i ii 

0 50 100 200 300 KILOMETERS

FIGURE 5. Isohyetal analysis of storm rainfall, March 23-24, 1979.

passage of the upper air short wave trough over an 

existing diffuse surface frontal system over the Southeastern United States triggered frontal wave formation 

and cyclogenesis. A weak depression located over north 

central Texas on April 1 intensified, and by that evening it had become a well-formed system centered on the 

Arkansas-Missouri border (fig. 6). The Low continued to 

deepen, and its cyclonic circulation expanded over an 

even larger region as it moved rapidly northeastward to 

the Great Lakes region and then to the Hudson Bay 

coast of Quebec by the evening of the 3d. Simultaneously, the 500-mb short wave disturbance propogated 

rapidly toward Quebec. A section of the preexisting 

weak surface frontal system was already in place over 

northernmost Mississippi on the evening of March 31, 

with precipitation generally to the north of the front. As 

the frontal wave developed and the closed Low formed, 

a squall line was generated ahead of the cold front that 

extended from the center of the Low southward into the 

Gulf of Mexico. By the morning of the 2d, the cold front 

was moving through northwestern Mississippi while 

the squall line was already in western Alabama The
METEOROLOGICAL SETTING

EXPLANATION 

0- *> Position and track of surface low 010600 Six-digit numbers denote date and time

Cold front Example: 010600 is April 1st at 0600 CST 

 500-mb trough position at indicated time " Squall line

FIGURE 6. Significant meteorological features associated with the storm of April 1-4, 1979.

precipitable water in the warm, moist airflow in advance 

of the cold front was 1.46 and 1.13 in. at Jackson, Miss., 

and Centreville, Ala., respectively, at 1200 GMT on 

April 2, and 1.11 and 1.22 in., respectively, at 1200 

GMT on April 3. These values at Jackson compare with 

1.74 in. for the climatological April 1-15 semimonthly 

maximum. The K index was 38 at Jackson and 30 at 

Centreville on the 2d, indicating a thunderstorm probability of 80 to 90 percent at the former and 40 to 60 percent of the latter.

Rain started over northwestern Mississippi on the 

morning of March 31 and spread southeastward. Precipitation fell over the whole two-State region during the 

period March 31-April 4. However, most of the rain fell 

between April 1 and 3 over Mississippi and between 

April 2 and 4 over Alabama. Maximum amounts for the 

storm were centered over the Alabama River basin, 

where an average of 5 in. was received. A point maximum of 11.03 in. was observed at the Camden 3NW, 

Ala., station, on April 1- 4; 8.06 in. of that fell on the 3d.

The Tombigbee and Chickasawhay River basins received average rainfalls of 3.5 and 4 in., respectively. A 

generalized isohohyetal analysis for this storm is shown 

in figure 7.

APRIL 8-9

The next period of rain over the region occurred April 

8-9, with amounts considerably less than those contributed by the three significant spring storms previously 

described. On April 6, a Low over the border region of 

British Columbia and Alberta in western Canada began 

to move southeastward, and by noon of the 7th it had 

reached the Dakotas. Once over the Iowa-Nebraska 

border region, the Low began to curve northeastward. 

It was over the Iowa-Illinois area on the morning of the 

8th and over the Indiana-Ohio area on the evening of the 

8th. Then it turned and moved toward New Brunswick. 

The associated 500-mb trough initially lagged behind
10 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

90° 89° 88° 87° 86° 85°

ARKANSAS

/^y--'^~v

ALABAMA

LOUISIANA> ^"

: /^' /..iA7. -, ^ - K

EXPLANATION w

Isohyet showing total precipitation, April 1-4, 1979, in inches 

 7. Supplementary isohyet, in inches

30°

29'

0 50 100

i i I i i i i I

200 MILES

I I I I

0 50 100 200 300 KILOMETERS 

FIGURE 7. Isohyetal analysis of storm rainfall, April 1-4, 1979.

the surface Low and was over western Montana and 

Idaho when the surface Low was already over the 

Dakotas. But by the morning of the 8th, the upper level 

trough had caught up with the surface system. Much of 

the wave undulation of the 500-mb circulation pattern 

occurred to the north of the region of interest. The 

500-mb flow over Mississippi-Alabama was predominantly zonal and was only marginally affected by the 

passing of the short wave trough early on the morning 

of the 9th. This situation was in marked contrast to 

those associated with the three significant earlier

storms, when the two-State region was under a pronounced 500-mb trough-to-ridge pattern sometime during the storms.

The precipitable water in the southerly airflow over 

the region at 1200 GMT on April 8 was 1.22 in. and 0.75 

in. at Jackson, Miss., and Centreville, Ala., respectively. 

As the Low turned toward the northeast on the morning 

of the 8th, the associated cold front moved eastward 

toward the two-State region. The distance of this surface system from the two-State region, the primarily 

zonal flow aloft over the region, and the lower moisture
METEOROLOGICAL SETTING 11

content of the air than in the previous storms resulted in 

generally lower precipitation amounts. Scattered 

moderate rain began to fall over the northern two-thirds 

of the region on the morning of the 8th and continued 

intermittently throughout the day. At a few stations, 

the rain extended into the 9th. A maximum of 2.99 in. 

was observed at the Collinsville 7SE, Miss., station in 

the Chickasawhay River basin.

MAJOR STORM EVENT: 

APRIL 11-13

The cumulative effect of these antecedent storms was 

to saturate the soil in the region. Many rivers were at 

high stages or exceeded bankfull along some sections 

before the outbreak of the major storm of April 11-13. 

For example, the Pearl River at Jackson, Miss., was 

already 10 feet above flood stage before heavy rain 

began on the llth.

The storm that was the direct cause of the floods on 

the Pearl and Tombigbee Rivers occurred on April 

11-13. Precipitation was heavy through most of the 

two-State area but was concentrated primarily in the 

Pearl and Tombigbee River basins. The prolonged, large 

precipitation event resulted from a large, slow-moving 

weather system that for a period of several days 

brought warm, moist air over the Southeastern States. 

The discussion of meteorological conditions will proceed 

from the 500-mb to the 850-mb level, and then cover the 

surface features.

500-MB FEATURES

Prior to the storm, on the evening of the 9th, a deep, 

long wave trough at the 500-mb level became established over the Western United States. This trough advanced very slowly eastward, and by the morning of the 

llth a cutoff Low was located on the Colorado-New 

Mexico border at approximately 104° W (fig. 8.4). The 

associated downwind ridge extended southeastward 

from Michigan through Ohio and West Virginia to the 

Atlantic coast of North Carolina. This circulation pattern placed large portions of the Southeastern United 

States under a trough-to-ridge pattern and resulted in a 

southwesterly flow over the two-State area Windspeeds were about 40 knots over the region, and dewpoint depressions at the 500-mb level averaged about 5 

degrees. The 500-mb pattern changed very little during 

the next 12 hours. The center of the cutoff Low moved 

northeastward to the Kansas-Nebraska border at a 

speed of only about 10 miles per hour, and the trough 

now extended southward from this locaton into extreme 

western Texas (fig. 8B). Over the two-State area, southwesterly winds still prevailed, with some increase in 

windspeed. The 500-mb Low continued to move northward, with very little eastward component. By the 

morning of the 12th, it was centered in east-central

South Dakota (fig. 8C). During the next 12 hours movement slowed, and by the evening of the 12th the Low 

had moved to southern North Dakota (fig. 8D). From 

the morning of the 13th, the Low progressed slowly to 

eastern North Dakota, reaching the MinnesotaManitoba border by the evening of the 13th (figs. 8E, 

8F).

The very slow progression of the Low and the predominant northward (rather than northeastward) 

trajectory was matched by a corresponding slow progression of the associated trough. From a position 

extending from the Kansas-Nebraska border to extreme 

western Texas on the morning of the 12th, the trough 

progressed very slowly eastward, reaching the 

Mississippi-Alabama regon on the night of the 13th. 

Therefore, the two-State region was under a prolonged 

500-mb trough to downwind ridge pattern with a strong 

southwesterly flow a most favorable prerequisite for 

flood-producing storms to develop.

850-MB FEATURES

At the 850-mb level, the major feature associated 

with the deep 500-mb trough was a Low over Wyoming 

on the evening of the 9th. The Low progressed southeastward through Colorado and brushed the Texas Panhandle by the evening of the 10th before slowing down 

and beginning to turn northeastward. Prior to the storm 

period, the 850-mb wind over the two-State region was 

westerly. As the Low approached, the wind direction 

began to change and became predominantly southerly 

by the evening of the 10th. By the morning of the llth, 

the 850-mb Low was located over the Colorado-Kansas 

border region; it deepened as the circulation pattern 

over the Southeastern United States became more meridional (fig. 9A). Warm, moisture-laden air from the Gulf 

of Mexico was advected into the region by southerly 

winds reaching 40 to 45 knots as the 850-mb contour 

gradient tightened. The 850-mb Low continued to 

deepen, and by the evening of the llth, when it was 

centered over the Kansas-Nebraska border (fig. 9B), its 

central height was 1,230 meters, a decrease of 110 

meters in 2 days. A tongue of warm air extended northward from the Gulf of Mexico over the Pearl and Tombigbee River basins, with temperatures exceeding 16 °C 

(shaded regon in fig. 9B). Dewpoint depressions in this 

tongue of warm air ranged between 2 and 6 degrees, indicative of the high moisture content.

On the evening of the llth, the 850-mb Low took a 

mostly northward track, with only limited eastward 

drift. By the morning of the 12th, the Low was centered 

over eastern South Dakota (fig. 9C), and 24 hours later 

it was over the North Dakota-Minnesota border (figs. 

9A 9E). By the evening of the 13th, it was over the 

Minnesota-Manitoba border (fig. 9F). The strong southerly flow over the Mississippi-Alabama region persisted
12 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

EXPLANATION

 570 Isobar, in tens of meters L Center of low pressure

 5 Isotherm, in degrees Celsius (°C) H Center of high pressure

FIGURE 8.-500-mb analyses. A, 0600 CST, April 11, 1979. B, 1800 CST, April 11, 1979. C, 0600 CST, April 12, 1979. D, 1800 CST, April 12,

1979. E, 0600 CST, April 13, 1979. F, 1800 CST, April 13, 1979.
METEOROLOGICAL SETTING 13

EXPLANATION

-153 Isobar, in tens of meters

-10 Isotherm, in degrees Celsius (°C)

L Center of low pressure

H Center of high pressure

^^ Temperature 16°C or higher

FIGURE 9.-850-mb analyses. A, 0600 CST, April 11, 1979. B, 1800 CST, April 11, 1979. C, 0600 CST, April 12, 1979. D, 1800 CST, April 12,

1979. E, 0600 CST, April 13, 1979. F, 1800 CST, April 13, 1979.
14 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

from the morning of the llth until the morning of the 

13th, when the circulation pattern began to change significantly. By the evening of the 13th, the region of interest came under a ridge-to-downwind trough flow 

pattern and the 850-mb wind became northwesterly, 

signifying that the storm had ended.

The average precipitable water over the two-State 

region increased from 0.6 in. on the morning of the 12th 

to more than 1.4 in. on the morning of the 13th. Then, as 

northwesterly flow replaced southerly flow, the precipitable water decreased, to about 0.3 in. on the morning of 

the 14th. Specifically, the precipitable water in the 

airflow on the morning of the 13th was 1.47 and 1.55 in. 

at Jackson and Centreville, respectively. The 1.47 in. at 

Jackson can be compared with the mean of record there 

of semimonthly maxima of 1.29 (standard deviation, 

.21) and a maximum semimonthly value of 1.74. Comparative statistics for Centreville are not available. The 

stability condition, as depicted by the daily lifted index 

analysis, indicated less than +4 (unstable condition) 

over the two-State region, from the morning of the llth 

and throughout the duration of the storm.

SURFACE WEATHER FEATURES

On the evening of the 9th, the surface Low associated 

with this system was located over southern Montana, to 

the lee of the Continental Divide. By the evening of the 

10th it had moved southward through Wyoming to 

eastern Colorado and deepened. The central pressure 

dropped from 992 to 985 mb. By the morning of the 

llth, the Low was located in southeastern Colorado and 

had a central pressure of 982 mb (fig. 10.A). By this time, 

occlusion of the frontal system had already occurred. 

The air near the center of the Low became well mixed 

with the occluded front, extending from the Center of 

the Low through Colorado, Kansas, and Oklahoma into 

Texas to the confluence of the warm and cold fronts. 

The warm front extended eastward through southern 

Oklahoma, Arkansas, central Mississippi, and southwestern Alabama to northern Florida, while the cold 

front extended through east-central Texas southward 

into northern Mexico. The warm front, under the influence of the strong southerly flow from the surface to 

above 500 mb, moved rapidly northward during the 

day. This was the same warm front that passed through 

the Red River Valley near the Texas-Oklahoma border 

region on the afternoon of the 10th, triggering severe 

thunderstorms and tornadoes that touched down at 

Veron and Wichita Falls, Tex., causing considerable 

destruction. The surface Low began a curvature to the 

northeast and by the evening of the llth was centered 

in north-central Kansas (fig. WB). The occluded front 

became indistinct near the center of the Low but was 

clearly defined from north of the Low into south-central 

Missouri. The cold front extended from this location

southward through central Arkansas to eastern Texas. 

The warm front extended from the confluence of the 

fronts northeastward through southern Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to West Virginia. The two-State area 

now was wholly within the warm sector of this storm 

and would remain in it until the rain ended with the 

passage of the cold front some 2 days later. As the cold 

front was progressing slowly eastward, a squall line had 

developed in advance of the front in the warm, moist, 

convectively unstable air in the warm sector. At 1800 

CST on the llth, the squall line extended from the 

Arkansas-Mississippi border to central Louisiana and 

was moving very slowly eastward across Tennessee and 

northern Mississippi and Alabama. Most of the rain 

during this storm was associated with this and other 

squall lines that developed in the warm sector of the 

storm.

By the morning of the 12th, the Low had moved to 

southeastern South Dakota while the associated cold 

front, after reaching western Mississippi, had become a 

weak, quasi-stationary front (fig. 10C). Ahead of this 

front, a major squall line in the warm sector now extended form central-eastern Mississippi to northeastern 

Alabama and northeastward. The movement of the Low 

slowed, and it had reached the North Dakota-Minnesota 

border region by 1800 (fig. IOD).

The northern portion of the instability line had moved 

eastward more rapidly than the southern end during the 

day on the 12th. By 1800 it was oriented east-northeast 

to west-southwest from south of McComb, Miss., to 

just south of Atlanta, Ga. (fig. 10D). An analysis of 

hourly surface observations at 1500 on April 12 for the 

region is shown in figure 11. At this time, heavy rain 

was falling in central-western Alabama. A very interesting feature was the presence of a sharp surface 

trough oriented nearly east-west. The squall line was 

alined with this deep trough and took on the characteristics of a front, acting as a boundary between the 

warm maritime airmass to the south and the continental airmass to the north. Most of the thunderstorms and 

rains occurred to the north of the trough as incoming 

maritime air was lifted along this line of low level 

convergence.

The Low continued a very slow drift northward for 

the next 24 hours and was over the Minnesota-Canada 

border by the evening of the 13th (figs. 1QE, 10F). The 

two-State region was still in the warm sector of the primary system as a weak Low developed in northern Mississippi by the morning of the 13th and then moved 

northward along the cold front. The squall line, meanwhile, persisted over the two-State region (fig. 10Q. The 

southerly inflow weakened noticeably as the cold front 

started to sweep past the region.

Beginning on the morning of the 13th, the upper air 

circulation pattern over the Southeastern United States 

gradually shifted from southwesterly to a more zonal
METEOROLOGICAL SETTING 15

front. As the cooler and drier airmass from the interior 

of the continent replaced the maritime airmass, the 

850-mb temperature at Jackson, Miss., decreased (from 

16°C to 11 °C) and the dew point dropped (from 15°C to 

1°C) during the 12-hour period ending at 1800, April 13. 

At the surface, the cold front had moved across Mississippi and northwestern Alabama by then, and a High 

developed covering an area extending from central 

Texas to central Mississippi (fig. 10F). Surface winds 

became predominantly northerly over the MississippiAlabama as the storm ended and clear weather returned.

SATELLITE IMAGERY

A visible imagery photograph from GOES East taken 

at 0730 CST, April 12, with major features of the surface map superimposed, is shown in figure 12. The visible range photograph is the result of reflected sunlight 

sensed in the 0.55-0.70 /*m band. Clouds, particularly 

large cumulonimbus towers with a reflectivity of 92 percent, appear very white on such photographs. Water 

surfaces, which are very poor reflectors, with a reflectivity of 9 percent, appear very dark. Between these two 

extremes are various shades of gray representing different surface reflectivity characteristics. It is evident that 

little active weather was associated with the stationary 

front that extended from Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, and 

Arkansas southwestward to the Texas coast. Most of 

the strong convective activity occurred along the squall 

line ahead of the front in the warm sector. At the time 

this satellite picture was taken, the very intense major 

burst of rain around Louisville, Miss., in the Pearl River 

headwaters was near its end, while heavy rain had just 

started to fall around Pickensville, Ala., in the Tombigbee River headwaters.

As the thunderstorm downdrafts were chilled by the 

evaporation of raindrops and became colder than the 

environment, the denser and colder airmass gradually 

spread out from the squall line to form a boundary. 

Such a boundary could assume the characteristics of a 

cold front and provide the necessary lifting to a warm, 

moist, convectively unstable maritime airmass coming 

in from the Gulf of Mexico. This would lead to condensation and continuous replenishment of cloud material 

and thus would prolong the rainfall. The narrow clear 

strip just ahead of part of the squall line in figure 12 

represents such a boundary created by squall line downdrafts and raindrop evaporation (in this case, the boundary was not obscured by higher clouds). Ahead of this 

major squall line but oriented similarly, in the central 

Alabama-Georgia region, is a less well-defined clear 

strip. This represents a secondary squall line whose 

associated thunderstorm clouds are much thinner than 

those along the main squall line.

Two infrared pictures taken by the GOES East satellite are shown in figure 13. Every object having a

temperature above absolute zero radiates electromagnetic energy in a spectrum that is a function of its temperature. The transfer of infrared radiation in clouds is 

dominated by water droplet absorption. If the liquid 

path through a cloud is greater than 30 grrr2 , which is 

the case for the great majority of clouds except thin cirrus and clouds with very high base, the cloud is optically thick. The intensity of the emitted radiation will be 

close to that given by the Planck's law at the cloud top 

temperature with no contribution from the underlying 

surface of the earth and internal cloud structure. The infrared sensor aboard GOES measures the outgoing long 

wave radiation emitted from the surface of the Earth in 

a cloud-free area and from the tops of clouds in the atmospheric transparent window band 10.5-12.6 pirn. 

This radiametric information is eventually transmitted 

to a central facility in Marlow Heights, Md., where it is 

converted by computer processing into shades of gray. 

The computer is capable of producing and recognizing 

255 distinctive shades between black and white. This is 

far beyond the ability of human eyes to distinguish and 

digest properly in an operational environment. Therefore, the infrared image is usually enhanced to facilitate 

interpretation. In the enhancement process, any shade 

of gray may be assigned to any temperature when more 

contrast is needed to highlight a certain temperature 

range of specific interest. Thus, the enhancement process increases the contrast between features of interest 

and their backgrounds. There are different enhancement 

curves designed for hurricane detection, for viewing 

convective activity, for determining the extent of ice 

and snow covers, for viewing coastal upwelling, and so 

on. The two photos in figure 13 were enhanced according to the Mb curve, whose specification is listed in 

"The GOES/SMS User's Guide" (NOAA and NASA, 

undated). The Mb enhancement gives good definition to 

the low and middle clouds, but its main purpose is to 

highlight convective thunderstorms. Cloud-top 

temperatures between 42° and 52.2 °C are shown in 

light gray, between 53.2 and 58.2 °C in dark gray, 

between -59.2 and -62.2°C in black, between -63.2 

and -80.2°C in medium gray, and below -80.2°C 

(characteristic of overshooting cumulonimbus turrets) 

in vivid white.

The relationship between cloud-top temperature of 

convective thunderstorms and the amount of precipitation is complex and depends on many concurrent 

meteorological factors. Scofield and Oliver (1977), using 

the Mb-enhanced GOES infrared images, developed an 

empirical technique for estimating rainfall from shortlived isolated thunderstorms that produce heavy rain 

because of large updrafts. For thunderstorms in a saturated environment that is stationary over an area for 

more than 1 hour, as was the case for the storm over 

Louisville, Miss., on April 12, the rainfall rate will be

L

H

EXPLANATION

- Isobar, in millibars 

Center of low pressure 

Center of high pressure 

Cold front 

Warm front 

Occluded front 

Stationary front 

Squall line

FIGURE 10. Surface analyses. A, 0600 CST, April 11, 1979, B, 1800 

CST, April 11, 1979. C, 0600 CST, April 12, 1979. D, 1800 CST, 

April 12, 1979.#, 0600 CST, April 13, 1979. F, 1800 CST, April 13, 

1979.

greater than that expected from a short-lived storm, 

and adjustments must be made (Scofield and Oliver, 

1980).

Qualitatively, an estimate of the amount of convective rainfall depends on cloud-top growth, the existence 

of any overshooting top cloud, the merge factor, the 

saturated environment factor, and the observed surface 

to 500-mb precipitable water. Heavy precipitation is 

associated with expanding, overshooting cold top, with 

the merging of cold tops, with persistent white contour 

over a geographical area, and with high precipitable 

water content in the atmospheric environment. Each of 

these empirical factors has its meteorological basis. For 

example, a convective storm with rapidly expanding 

cold top indicates strong rising motion and vigorous 

growth and, consequently, heavy rainfall. Another 

storm of exactly the same size but with contracting cold 

top is in a stage of dissipation. Rainfall rates of the two 

storms could differ by a factor of 20.

At 0000 CST on April 12, there were two cumulonimbus overshootings with cloud-top temperature less than 

-80°C over the State of Mississippi (fig. ISA). A 

smaller top in the northern part of the State covered 

areas of Yalobusha and Calhoun Counties. Sarepta 

1NNE (34°08' N., 89° 17' W.), in Calhoun County, had 

2.1 in. of rain during the first hour of April 12. The much 

more extensive overshooting tops were in north-central 

Mississippi and covered Winston, Attala, and Holmes 

Counties and adjacent areas to the north. By 0230 these 

two tops had merged and expanded northeastward into 

northwestern Alabama (fig. 13B). At this time, 

Louisville, Miss. (33°08' N., 89°04' W.), in Winston 

County had already received 3 in. of rain, while at 

Pickensville IE, Ala. (33° 14' N., 88° 16' W.), rain had 

just begun to fall. The great expansion of the white top 

area in the 2 1/2-hour period indicates vigorous growth of 

convective storm activity as the Pearl, Noxubee, and 

Tombigbee River headwaters were inundated with 

heavy rainfall.

PRECIPITATION DISTRIBUTION

Rain began to fall over western Mississippi on the 

evening of the llth. As warm, moist maritime air conEXPLANATION

1008 Isobar, in millibars. Surface trough

 w ^ Stationary front Interval 2 mb

For other symbols, refer to specimen station model in 

daily weather maps published by National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration

FIGURE 11. Analysis of hourly observations at 1500 CST, April 12, 

1979. The deep surface trough extending across the central region 

of Mississippi and Alabama is a major feature.

verged into the warm sector and was lifted, numerous 

thundershowers occurred in the unstable environment, 

and some cumulonimbus turrets reached to a height of 

15 km along the squall line. By midnight, the rain had 

extended over central and northern Mississippi. Heavy 

rains were falling over the headwaters of the Pearl, Noxubee, and Tombigbee Rivers, and by the morning of the 

12th, rain had spread to adjacent areas of Alabama. The 

time distribution pattern demonstrates that two different rainfall intensities existed over the Pearl River headwaters. Starting late on the night of the llth, and mainly during the early morning of the 12th, extremely 

intense rain fall; this was followed by prolonged heavy 

rain ending early on the morning of the 13th. For example, Louisville, Miss., in a 31-hour period ending at 0400 

on April 13, had a total of 18.7 in. of rain, but 9.1 in. of 

this fell during a 5-hour period ending at 0600 on the 

12th. Over the Tombigbee and Alabama Rivers headwaters farther to the east, rain began and ended later,
18 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

I

t:

o

o

13

3

CO

CO 

H 

O 

O
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF FLOODS 19

and differences in the rainfall intensity pattern became 

less distinguishable.

Radar summary maps of the United States east of 

100° W. for 0535 and 1435 CST, April 12, are shown in 

figures 14A and 14B. At 0535 CST, a solid line of echoes 

in intensity 5, corresponding to a rainfall rate of 4.5- 

7.1 in./hour, extended from southeast of Louisville, 

Miss. (38°08' N., 89°04' W.), through north-central 

Alabama. This was near the end of the period when torrential rain had been falling at Louisville 14SE, Miss. 

At 1435, a closed area with echo intensity 3, representing a rainfall rate of 1.1-2.2 in./hour, over east-central 

Mississippi and north-central Alabama corresponded to 

the area north of the trough line in figure 11 where rain 

was prevalent. A cumulonimbus tower having a cloudtop height greater than 15 km was located near the 

maximum precipitation center just to the southeast of 

Louisville, Miss.

As the heavy rain progressed eastward into northwestern Alabama, by 0600 CST, April 12, the squall line 

reached a position extending from northeastern Alabama to southwestern Mississippi. By 0800, precipitation had reached all of Alabama except the southeast 

and coastal areas. The headwaters of the Black Warrior, 

Coosa, and Tallapoosa Rivers in central Alabama had 

been receiving considerable rain. By late morning, moderate rain began to spread over northwestern Georgia. 

Rawinsonde observations for Jackson, Miss., and 

Centreville, Ala., for 1800 on April 12 are shown in 

figures 15^4 and 15B. The K indices associated with the 

soundings were 38 and 39 for Jackson and Centreville, 

respectively, indicating a thunderstorm probability of 

80-90 percent. The wind shears through the cloud layer 

for both soundings were weak, a condition favoring a 

longer mature stage once a thunderstorm formed. At 

1800 on the 12th, storm precipitation had occurred and 

was near its end at Jackson but was still in progress 

around Centreville.

Most of the rain of the storm fell on the 12th and was 

a consequence of thundershowers associated with a major squall line. The rain continued over the entire northcentral portion of the two-State region throughout the 

12th, with only occasional respite before tapering off. 

Rain essentially ended in Mississippi by noon of April 

13, but continued into the afternoon over some areas of 

Alabama. Heaviest rain occurred in east-central Mississippi near Louisville, Miss., in the headwater region of 

the Pearl and Noxubee Rivers. Isohyetal analysis of the 

total storm rainfall is shown in figure 16. The maximum 

point rainfall of more than 21.5 in. in about 32 hours 

was located 14 miles east-southeast of Louisville, Miss. 

Area! average rainfall over the Pearl River headwaters 

above Carthage amounted to more than 12 in. Louisville 

itself, which is 80 miles northeast of Jackson, Miss., received a storm total of 18.7 in. Jackson recorded a storm 

total of 8.60 in., of which 4.16 in. fell in the 1-hour period 

ending at 2300 on April 11. The monthly total rainfall of

14.38 in. was 9.73 in. above normal and made April 1979 

the wettest April on record for Jackson. To the south of 

Jackson, the storm rainfall decreased rapidly, dropping 

to 3 in. about 35 miles southward and to only 0.7 in. at 

Brookhaven, 52 mi. south by west from Jackson. Very 

little rain fell over the southern one-third of the Pearl 

River basin. A secondary precipitation maximum of 

17.3 in. was located 1 mile east of Pickensville, Ala, in 

the headwaters of the Tombigbee River, just across the 

Mississippi border in central Alabama The areal average rainfall over the Tombigbee River basin above Livingston exceeded 8 in. It should be pointed out that 

both the primary and secondary point maxima of 21.6+ 

in. and 17.3 in. far exceeded the 100-year 4-day rainfall 

of 13 in. over the region (Miller, 1964).

In figure 16, it is seen that the axis joining the 

primary precipitation center at Louisville 14 SE, Miss., 

and the secondary center at Pickensville IE Ala, was 

nearly zonal and took a direction southwest-northeast. 

So was the orientation of the area receiving 6 in. or more 

of rain. This phenomenon could be explained by the fact 

that during the early morning of the 12th, the very intense thunderstorms that brought heavy rain over 

Louisville, Miss., took a nearly eastward track. Furthermore, the instability line over central Mississippi and 

Alabama, along which the incoming maritime air was 

lifted and processed into rainfall, was alined along a surface trough that had a zonal orientation throughout the 

late morning and afternoon of the 12th.

Selected rainfall mass curves are shown in figure 17. 

Time distributions of rainfall for the two reported rainfall maxima at Louisville 14 SE, Miss., and Pickensville 

IE, Ala, were estimated using data from the nearest 

recording gages. Supplementary rainfall data for the 

storm of April 11-13 are published in table 1 (at end of 

report) for convenient reference.

Later in the month rain fell again, over Mississippi 

during the period April 21-23 and over Alabama on 

April 24-26. The area receiving the most rain was the 

lower Pearl River drainage basin, where very little or no 

rain fell during the major storm of April 11-13. A maximum of 6.4 in. was reported at Ruth, Miss., about 65 

miles south of Jackson. However, when averaged over 

the still-flooded areas of the two-State region, less than 

2 in. was added. The main effect of this postflood rain 

was to retard floodwater recession and thus to prolong 

the period of flooding. The Pearl River at Monticello, 

Miss., was above flood stage for 27 days during the 

month of April, returning to its normal channel in early 

May.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF FLOODS

The area affected by the floods of March-April 1979 

in Alabama, Mississippi, and adjacent parts of Georgia 

and Louisiana is shown in figure 1. Streams throughout 

the area were high in early March as a result of storms
20 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

FIGURE ISA GOES infrared images enhanced by Mb curve: 0000 CST, April 12,1979.

centered over the Chunky River basin in east-central 

Mississippi and the Satilpa Creek basin in west-central 

Alabama. Successive storm periods in March and April 

over central Alabama and Mississippi increased soil 

moisture conditions favorable for high runoff yields and 

culminated in widespread, recordbreaking floods in midApril.

Data at 221 streamflow gaging sites are presented in 

table 2 (at end of report). The first column in table 2 lists 

a number assigned to each site, for use only in this

report. For convenience, these site numbers are used 

throughout this report in illustrations, tables, and 

discussions.

Flood data in table 2 are presented in the downstream 

order used in the annual water-resources data reports. 

Gaging station records are listed in a downstream direction along the mainstream, and stations on tributaries 

are listed between stations on the mainstream in the 

order in which those tributaries enter the mainstream. 

Stations on tributaries entering above all mainstream
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF FLOODS 21

FIGURE 135 GOES infrared images enhanced by Mb curve: 0230 CST, April 12,1979.

stations are listed before the first mainstream station. 

Stations on tributaries to tributaries are listed in a similar manner.

Each gaging station has been assigned a permanent 

station number (column 2) conforming to the downstream order. The 8-digit permanent station number (for 

example 02441500) includes a 2-digit part number 

("02") plus a 6-digit "downstream order number" 

("441500"). In this report, the records are listed in 

downstream order by part. The part number refers to an

area whose boundaries coincide with certain natural 

drainage lines. Records in this report are in Part 2 

(South Atlantic slope and Eastern Gulf of Mexico 

basins) and Part 7 (Lower Mississippi River basin).

Datum of gage above National Geodetic Vertical 

Datum (NGVD) is the elevation of the "zero" reading of 

the gage.

The location of each gaging station site is shown in 

figure 18. The site numbers on that map correspond to 

those in table 2.
to to

Echo areas. Contours at intensities 1-3-5. 20 Movement-cell showing: speed, number; precipita- TRW Moderate thunderstorm

^ / tion type, letters; and change of intensity, ( + ) TRW+ Heavy thunderstorm 

240 Tops shown by underline. Number indicates 100's RW+ new or increasing, and (-) decreasing TRW- Thunderstorm apparently weakening 

_ of feet r I weather watch box STL Three-letter symbols refer to station names used by 

100 Bases shown b overline. Number indicates 100's L--J National Weather Service. For other symbols,

refer to speciman station model in daily weather maps published by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Bases shown by overline. Number indicates 100's L-^-J £cho jg SQ|Jd

°ffeet R pa -|n

Movement-areas. Increasing shown by lines R s Rgjn gnd snQw

Decreasing shown by pennants "w Moderate rainshower

D 

ccO

o 

ooo >

FIGURE 14. Radar summary map: A, 0535 CST, April 12, 1979. B, 1435 CST, April 12, 1979.
FLOOD DAMAGES 23

400

1000

1050

-50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 

A TEMPERATURE. IN DEGREES CELSIUS (°C)

400

500

E9 600

700

800

900

1000

1 5 -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 

B TEMPERATURE, IN DEGREES CELSIUS (°C)

 ^/ Direction and speed of wind. Pennants and 

barbs on shaft indicate wind speed. 

Pennants = 50 knots, long barb = 10 knots, 

short barb = 5 knots. North is at top. Example 

shown indicates 60-knot northeasterly wind

FIGURE 15. Rawinsonde plot, 1800 CST, April 12, 1979. A, Jackson, 

Miss. B, Centreville, Ala.

MAGNITUDE OF FLOODS

Peak discharges at about one-fourth of the streamflow stations were the greatest recorded since the stations were established. In the Pearl River basin above 

Jackson, record floods occurred at most gaged sites. 

Figure 19, which relates flood discharge rates to corresponding drainage areas, provides a comparison of flood 

discharges in 1979 with those of the greatest known 

floods in the area. Curves A and B (fig. 19), developed by 

Crippen and Bue (1977), are defined by the greatest 

known floods through September 1974, in areas above 

and below the fall line, respectively, in the regions that 

include the area of this report. The curves provide a 

guide for estimating potential maximum floodflows. 

Curve C (fig. 19) is an enveloping curve through the 

greatest discharge rates during the 1979 floods. The 

curves indicate that floods generally about one-third 

greater than those in 1979 may occur in large basins and 

that floods two or three times greater may occur in 

small basins. However, the all-season probable maximum precipitation (PMP) over the central MississippiAlabama region is 27 in. in 72 hours over a 5,000-squaremile area (Schreiner and Riedl, 1978). Therefore, potential floods much greater than those observed in April 

1979 or those indicated by an envelope curve of historic 

floods are likely to occur if precipitation is near or equal 

to the magnitude of the PMP.

FLOOD DAMAGES

Flood damages provide a measure of the relative magnitude of floods. Exact amounts of flood damage for this 

flood, which extended over a wide area, are not known. 

Estimates of flood damage were obtained from the U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District (1980a), and 

Vicksburg District (1980b). Summaries of estimated 

damages on main streams and principal tributaries for 

the floods of March and April 1979 are shown in table 3 

(at end of report). In the area of this report, estimated 

flood damages were $41,916,000 for March 1979 and 

$344,239,000 for April 1979.

During April 1979, 75 percent of the total flood 

damage occurred in the Pearl River basin, and 65 percent of the total damage occurred in Jackson, Miss., and 

vicinity (Hinds and Rankin Counties).

At least nine lives were lost.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency reported that within the areas declared eligible for Federal 

disaster relief assistance, 5,549 flood insurance policies 

were in force in Mississippi, with $130,076,100 of coverage, and 1,450 flood insurance policies were in force in 

Alabama, with $45,853,000 of coverage, prior to the 

April 1979 flood.
24

92° 91

FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI. ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

90° 89° 88° 87° 86° 85°

ARKANSAS

GEORGIA

ALABAMA

) FLORIDA

 4 Isohyet showing total precipitation, April 11 13, 1979, in inches

30°

29'

0 50 100 200 MILES

i i i i | i i 

0 50 100 200 300 KILOMETERS

FIGURE 16. Isohyetal analysis of storm rainfall, April 11-14, 1979.

FLOOD FREQUENCY

Knowledge of the magnitude and probable frequency 

of recurrence of floodflows is useful in designing and 

locating structures to be situated on the flood plain so 

as to minimize flood losses and in providing a technical 

basis on which to develop criteria for flood-plain 

management.

Frequency of flooding was derived from a statistical 

evaluation of historical records of floodflows from a network of streamflow gaging stations distributed 

throughout the flood area (fig. 18). The techniques generally used to determine flood-frequency relations are 

those described by the U.S. Water Resources Council 

(1977). Recurrence intervals at most sites in Mississippi 

were obtained from flood-frequency relations described
INCHES IN RAINFALL, CUMULATIVE INCHES IN RAINFALL, CUMULATIVE 

CO
26 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

92° 91°

S* M02*~F»1w

GfcORG E J MOBiLE 

, I \**z _^ HELENA! ' "i

^ - > f * -. ^__^ i /? i

<-7BAim X" 1 "1 ' 

-,-,,,-<-«e(jtf&»i|ROU6j

BATfoN. ROUGE^

1&±\^3X?'£'*

^ '-\^UMP>iONj- -^- ^i? ^ ; < .^fHARLE^w- /'

30°

FIGURE 18. Location of flood determination sites.
FLOOD FREQUENCY

85°

27

"* ^ /BARRPVCI,'' x ^"-" =

c# \ \ ^%«i. r ^°

I ... ITN v ,X--^ i

 v x t^r^-^f "YTx,? /'/ . s ; Y V ~ \v \S -i <#

,-% ^- ^VNE^TON^ISSORGAN^ ic )_^r^

f 1 P I K E V __^^ 

: ' (< lAffftif 4M>/, /

* ' 7' 7

/ i TV; \ ! XTT v -, -I ~f t A^Tx"t-Wo,

EXPLANATION

Flood determination point. Number 

corresponds to that in table 2.

300 KILOMETERS
28

10,000

=! 1000

m 1

~ CL 

UJ

CC Z

< o

^Srl o m

Q CC 

CL

100

10

1

0.01

FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

A Maximum discharge known in the 

flood area

 o Maximum discharge in April 1979 

^181 Number corresponds to flood 

determination point in table 1

Curve A: Enveloping curve through 

greatest known discharge rates in area 

above the fall line through September 

1974 (Crippen and Bue, 1977, figure 7)

O< 

£

Curve B: Enveloping curve through 

greatest known discharge rates in area 

below the fall line through September 

1974 (Crippen and Bue, 1977, figure 5)

Curve C: Enveloping curve through 

greatest discharge rates during flood 

of April 1979

0.1 1 10 100

DRAINAGE AREA, IN SQUARE MILES

1000 10,000 100,000

FIGURE 19. Comparison of April 1979 peak discharges with maximum known flood peaks in Mississippi and Alabama.

by Colson and Hudson (1976), and in Alabama by Olin 

and Bingham (1977). At sites where the 1979 flood 

events significantly affected flood-frequency relations, 

1979 peak discharges were combined with those of other 

floods to determine the floodflow potential.

Recurrence interval, as applied to flood events, is the 

average number of years within which a given flood 

peak will be exceeded once. Frequencies of floodflows 

may also be stated in terms of their probabilities of occurrence, which for large floods are virtually the 

reciprocals of the recurrence intervals. Thus, a flood 

with a 25-year recurrence interval would have a 

4-percent chance of being exceeded in any given year, 

and a flood with a 100-year recurrence interval would 

have a 1-percent chance of being exceeded in any given 

year. Recurrence intervals are average figures the 

average number of years that will lapse between occurrences of floods that exceed a given magnitude. The 

occurrence of a major flood in one year does not reduce 

the probability of that flood being exceeded in the next 

year, or later in the same year.

In the area of this report, the lengths of available 

streamflow records generally are adequate to reliably 

define flood-frequency relations for recurrence intervals 

of up to 100 years. The 100-year (1-percent chance) flood 

discharges at most sites are shown in table 2 for comparison with the discharges of the March-April 1979

floods. The 100-year flood discharge is not shown tor 

sites with less than 10 years of record or for sites on 

streams materially affected by regulation or diversion. 

Estimates of 100-year discharges for some streams in 

small drainage basins were based both on observed peak 

discharges and on synthetic discharge data generated 

with a calibrated rainfall-runoff model. Peak discharges 

based on modeling techniques are identified in table 2 

by appropriate footnote.

RESERVOIRS

Many reservoirs are located on the main stems of the 

Coosa, Tombigbee, and Alabama Rivers. A summary of 

stages and contents of selected reservoirs in the Coosa, 

Tallapoosa, Black, Warrior, Chickasawhay, and Pearl 

River basins is presented in table 4 (at end of report).

Many relatively small Soil Conservation Service 

flood-control reservoirs are located in the Tombigbee, 

Pearl, and Black River basins. Emergency spillways of 

some of these reservoirs were overtopped. The Soil Conservation Service reports that substantial reductions of 

peak stages existed in the reaches just below the reservoirs. Storage in the reservoirs in the Pearl River basin, 

about 18,000 acre-feet, had little effect on Pearl River at 

Jackson, which discharged about 250,000 acre-feet per 

day for several days.
MAJOR RIVER BASINS OF EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO 29

100,000

10,000

- 1000 111

u

100

i i i i n TIT . Choccolocco Creek at Jackson Shoals Ala.

Station No. 02404400, Site No. 30 

Big Canoe Creek at Ashville, Ala.

Station No. 02401390 Site No. 24

\

Drainage area,

Dniina je a ea, 148 ni

\

Site number corresponds to flood determination point in table 2

484 mi

3456 7 8 9 10 

APRIL 1979

11 12 13 14 15 16

FIGURE 20. Discharge at gaging stations in the Coosa River basin in 

Alabama, April 1-16, 1979.

Bluff and Loakfoma Lakes, adjacent lakes in the Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge, 38 miles upstream from 

Macon, Miss., were washed out near the crest of the 

flood. They are shallow lakes located on the Noxubee 

River flood plain. Estimated total storage is less than 

5,000 acre-feet. Levees surrounding the two lakes 

developed six crevasses during the flood.

Storage in Okatibbee Reservoir on Okatibbee Creek 

near Meridian, Miss., during both the March and April 

floods caused substantial reductions in peak stages 

along Okatibbee Creek and upper Chickasawhay River, 

according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Okatibbee Reservoir crested March 5 at elevation 350.7 feet 

(table 4), fell to 341.9 feet April 1, and crested again 

April 15 at 355.2 feet (3.8 feet below the crest of the 

emergency spillway). The peak inflow of 15,100 ft3/s 

April 13 was reduced to an outflow of 1,240 ft3/s, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The Ross Barnett Reservoir on the Pearl River just 

upstream from Jackson, Miss., is primarily a watersupply and recreation reservoir with a relatively small 

capacity for storing floodflows. On April 14, prior to the 

arrival of the flood crest, the reservoir was drawn down 

tojpool elevation of 296.5 feet. Floodwaters were stored 

in the reservoir, and on April 16 the pool elevation 

crested at 299.8 feet. This represented an increase in 

storage of about 120,000 acre-feet during the passage of 

the flood wave.

MAJOR RIVER BASINS OF 

EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO

COOSA RIVER BASIN

Recurrence intervals of peak discharges in the Coosa 

River basin in Georgia, upstream from Weiss Reservoir,

were in the 10- to 20-year flood range. Little River, just 

upstream from Weiss Dam in Alabama, had a peak discharge slightly less than that of the 100-year flood.

Severe flooding occurred along the Coosa River and 

its tributaries downstream from Weiss Dam near Centre, Ala., to its confluence with the Tallapoosa River 

near Montgomery, Ala. Along the Coosa River main 

steam, recurrence intervals of peak flows were approximately 5 years at Gadsden (site 22), 50 years at Childersburg (site 35), and more than 100 years at Jordan 

Dam (site 48). Tributaries to the Coosa River between 

Weiss Dam and Jordan Dam near Wetumpka, Ala., 

recorded peak discharges generally approaching 

100-year floods. An exception was Hatchet Creek basin, 

where peak flows were nearly double those of a 100-year 

flood.

Hydrographs of discharge April 1-16, 1979, at 

streamflow gaging stations on Big Canoe Creek at Ashville, Ala. (site 24), and Choccolocco Creek at Jackson 

Shoals, Ala. (site 30), are shown in figure 20.

TALLAPOOSA RIVER BASIN

The flood of April 1979 in the Tallapoosa River basin 

was characterized by heavy rainfall and high runoff 

yields. The combination of high antecedent streamflow, 

saturated soils, and intense rainfall resulted in widespread flooding. At the gaging station, Tallapoosa 

River at Wadley, Ala. (site 57), a new maximum (period 

1924-79) occurred on March 4, 1979, and that in turn 

was exceeded by the April 14, 1979, flood peak. Lesser 

peaks occurred April 3, 4, and 9.

In the Alabama counties of Clay, Randolph, and 

Tallapoosa, peak discharges were in the 100-year flood 

range. The high unit runoff in this part (middle third) of 

the basin is documented at two discontinued gaging stations. Harbuck Creek near Hackneyville, Ala. (site 59), 

and Hillabee Creek near Hackneyville, Ala. (site 60).

Along the main stem Tallapoosa River, the peak discharge at Heflin, Ala. (site 51), was that of a 25-year 

flood, and at Wadley, Ala. (site 57), was greater than the 

100-year flood. The peak discharge passing Martin Dam 

(site 63), 142,000 ft3/s, attenuated to 128,000 ft3/s at the 

gaging station Tallapoosa River below Tallassee, Ala. 

(site 64), which equaled the February 1961 flood and 

was exceeded only by the December 1919 flood (the 

highest since 1886).

Hydrographs of discharge of the Tallapoosa River, 

April 3-22, at gaging stations near Heflin, Ala., and at 

Wadley, Ala., are shown in figure 21.

ALABAMA RIVER BASIN

The combined flows of the Coosa and Tallapoosa 

Rivers resulted in a peak discharge in the 50-year frequency range on the Alabama River at Montgomery,
30 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

100,000 rr

10,000 -

T

Tallapoosa River at Wadley, Ala.

Station No. 02414500, Site No. 57 

Tallapoosa River near Heflin, Ala.

Station No. 02472000, Site No. 51 

Note: Site number corresponds to flood 

determination point in table 2

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 

APRIL 1979

FIGLIRK 21. Discharge at gaging stations in the Tallapoosa River 

basin in Alabama, April 3-22, 1979.

Ala. (site 68). The April 1979 peak discharge at the gaging station near Montgomery (site 69) was exceeded 

only by the April 1, 1886, March 3, 1888, and February 

26, 1961, floods. The April 1979 flood was the fourth 

highest flood since 1833.

Discharge of the Alabama River was measured near 

the peak on April 18, 1979, at Selma, Ala. (site 74). The 

measured discharge (less than the peak discharge) was 

within 10 percent of the 50-year flood at Selma. This discharge was exceeded only by the floods of March 1, 

1961, and April 8, 1886.

Peak discharge at the most downstream gaging station at Claiborne, Ala. (site 85), was the fourth highest 

peak since 1886 and was in the 25-year flood range.

In the Cahaba River basin, in central Alabama, flood 

magnitudes varied widely. Recurrence intervals of peak 

discharges on Shades Creek, a tributary to the Cahaba 

River upstream from Centreville, draining part of the 

urban and industrial areas of Birmingham, ranged from 

about 10 years in the upstream part of the basin to 100 

years downstream from Greenwood in the lower part.

Peak discharges on the Cahaba River at Centreville 

(site 79) and Marion Junction (site 81) were the fourth 

greatest floods during the period of record (1902-1979) 

and were in the 25-year flood range.

Hydrographs of discharge at gaging stations on the 

Cahaba River near Cahaba Heights, at Centreville, and 

near Marion Junction, Ala., were shown in figure 22.

TOMBIGBEE RIVER BASIN

TOMBIGBEE RIVER UPSTREAM 

FROM GAINESVILLE, ALA.

In the Tombigbee River basin, the greatest rains fell 

in the middle third. Severe flooding occurred along the 

Tombigbee River from Columbus, Miss., downstream to

the mouth and on tributaries upstream from Choctaw 

County, Ala. Upstream from Columbus, Miss., flooding 

was not severe. Tributaries in northern Alabama flowing westward into Mississippi, the Buttahatchee River 

and Luxapallila Creek, experienced only minor flooding 

in the upstream reaches.

Recorded peak discharges on the Buttahatchee River 

were in the 2-year frequency range. In the adjacent 

basin to the south, Luxapallila Creek, a major left-bank 

tributary of the Tombigbee River at Columbus, Miss., 

had a peak flow of 40,400 ft3/s, with a recurrence interval greater than 50 years at the gaging station near 

Columbus (site 96). Yellow Creek, which flows into 

Luxapallila Creek just downstream from the Steens, 

Miss., gaging station contributed substantially to the 

floodflow.

Along the main stem Tombigbee River, peak discharges upstream from Cochrane, Ala., were in the 

10-year range. In contrast, the peak discharge at 

Gainesville, Ala., augmented by inflow between 

Cochrane and Gainesville, exceeded that of a 100-year 

flood and was the greatest known since at least 1892.

Tributary inflow between Cochrane and Gainesville 

was documented at two gaging stations Sipsey River 

near Elrod, Ala. (site 101), and Noxubee River near 

Geiger, Ala. (site 109).

100,000

50,000

10,000 -

5000

1000

500

100

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 

APRIL 1979

Cahaba River near Marion Jet., Ala. Station No. 02425000, Site No. 81 

Cahaba River at Centreville, Ala. Station No. 02424000, Site No. 79 

Cahaba River near Cahaba Heights, Ala. Station No. 02423425, Site No. 75 

Note: Site number corresponds to flood determination point in table 2

FIGURE 22. Discharge at gaging stations in the Cahaba River basin 

in Alabama, April 10-22, 1979.
MAJOR RIVER BASINS OF EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO 31

1,000,000

8

HI

HI HI

LL.

100,000

y 10,000

00

D

o

1000

100

-1 I i i i i i i i rn n rn i i i i id

Noxubee River at Macon, Miss., 

Station No. 02448000, Site No. 107

Noxubee River near Geiger, Ala., 

Station No. 02448500, Site No. 109

Sucarnoochee River at Livingston, Ala., 

Station No. 02467500, Site No. 148

Drainage area, 768 mi2-J /

\ ''-./Drainage area, 

\ \ 1410 mi2

Note: Site number corresponds to flood 

determination point in table 2

I I I I I I

10 15 

APRIL 1979

20 23

FIGURE 23. Discharge at gaging stations on the Noxubee River at 

Macon, Miss., and near Geiger, Ala, and on the Sucarnoochee 

River at Livingston, Ala, April 2-23, 1979.

Sipsey River, located between the Tombigbee and 

Black Warrior Rivers, flows southwestward to the Tombigbee River. The peak discharge of the Sipsey River at 

the gaging station near Elrod (site 101) was the second 

highest known flood since 1900 and was exceeded only 

by the flood of February 23, 1961. The recurrence interval of the peak discharge April 13, 1979, was about 25 

years.

Noxubee River, which flows southeastward from 

Mississippi to its confluence with the Tombigbee River 

in Alabama, experienced the heaviest rainfall of the 

storm, over most of its drainage area. At the gaging station at Macon, Miss, (site 107), the stream reached a 

stage of 38.97 feet (discharge 125,000 ft3/s), which is 6 

feet higher than the flood of March 1951, the previous 

maximum of record. At Geiger, Ala. (site 109), near the 

mouth, the runoff resulted in a peak discharge more 

than four times the maximum known flood and more 

than double that of a 100-year flood. Tributaries to the 

Noxubee River had lesser floods, with peak discharges 

having recurrence intervals generally ranging from 20 

to 100 years.

Hydrographs of discharge for the period April 2-23, 

1979, at gaging stations on the Noxubee River at

Macon, Miss., and Geiger, Ala., and on the Sucarnoochee River at Livingston, are shown in figure 23.

TOMBIGBEE RIVER DOWNSTREAM 

FROM GAINESVILLE, ALA.

In the reach of the Tombigbee River between Gainesville and Demopolis, Ala., the flood was the highest 

known at Epes, Ala. (site 115), since 1892. The Black 

Warrior River flows into the Tombigbee River just 

upstream from Demopolis. The combined flow of the 

Tombigbee and Black Warrior Rivers produced the 

maximum known flood since 1874, and probably since 

1812, on the Tombigbee River at Demopolis lock and 

dam gaging station (site 143) (fig. 24). The April 1979 

peak discharge at Demopolis exceeded that of a 

100-year flood by nearly a third.

The lower half of the Black Warrior River basin received the heaviest rainfall, and severe flooding occurred along the Black Warrior River and its tributaries. In the Tuscaloosa-Oliver lock and dam area at 

Northport, Ala. (site 138), the flood on Black Warrior 

River was the greatest since 1900 and the peak discharge (272,000 ft3/s) exceeded that of the 100-year flood 

by 9 percent. Peak discharges on tributaries of the 

Black Warrior River approached those of a 100-year 

flood.

Hydrographs of discharge of Valley Creek, April 

2-21, 1979, near Bessemer (site 128) and near Oak 

Grove, Ala. (site 129), are shown in figure 25.

Hydrographs of discharge of North River near 

Samantha, Ala. (site 137), and Black Warrior River at 

Northport, Ala. (site 138), for the period April 12-21, 

1979, are shown in figure 26.

The flood on the Tombigbee River from Demopolis 

downstream to Coffeeville, Ala., was the greatest 

known since 1874 and exceeded the 100-year flood discharge at Demopolis (site 143) and at Coffeeville, Ala. 

(site 151). Sucarnoochee River, a large right-bank tributary flowing into the Tombigbee River near Demopolis, 

Ala, had peak discharges with recurrence intervals 

greater than 100 years at all gaged sites downstream 

from State Highway 16 near Dekalb, Miss.

The April 1979 peak flow of the Sucarnoochee River 

at Livingston, Ala. (site 148), was nearly double that of 

the maximum known flood (1939-79) in February 1961 

and a third greater than the 100-year flood discharge. A 

hydrograph of the discharge of the Sucarnoochee River 

at Livingston, Ala., is shown in figure 23. Pawticfaw 

and Ponta Creeks, right-bank tributaries to Sucarnoochee Creek, had peak discharges with recurrence 

intervals in excess of 100 years at their crossings of U.S. 

Highway 45 (sites 146 and 147, respectively).
32 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

'B

co

5

O

en

1 

I

bp

^D

I

I

o
MAJOR RIVER BASINS OF EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO 33

100,000^

O 

O LJJ 

en

cc LII

Q.

o

QQ 

D 

O

I

o 

en

Q

10,000

Valley Creek near Oak Grove, Ala. 

Station No. 02462000, Site No. 129

o o o Valley Creek near Bessemer, Ala.

Station No. 02461500, Site No. 128 

Note: Site number corresponds to flood 

determination poht in t.ible 2

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

1000

FIGURE 25. Discharge at gaging stations on Valley Creek in the Black Warrior River basin in Alabama, April 2-21, 1979.

PASCAGOULA RIVER BASIN

In the Pascagoula River basin the March floods generally were greater than those in April. The heaviest 

rains, March 3-4, were centered over the upstream part 

of the Chickasawhay River. The peak discharge of 

Chunky Creek, head of Chickasawhay River, March 4, 

near Chunky, Miss, (site 156), was the greatest since 

records began in 1939, exceeding the 100-year flood 

discharge.

The stage of the flood on Sowashee Creek at Meridian, 

Miss, (site 158), on April 13 was the highest since 

records began in 1939, but it was only 0.8 foot higher 

than that reached on March 4. The March 5 flood on 

Chickasawhay River at Enterprise, Miss, (site 160), 

was a foot lower than the previous maximum (since 

1900) flood in 1961 and was equaled a few weeks later, 

April 14.

PEARL RIVER BASIN

Pearl River is formed by the confluence of Tallahaga, 

Nanih Waiya, and Bogue Chitto Creeks about 10 miles

east of Philadelphia, Miss. Recurrence intervals of peak 

discharges on most streams in the northern and eastern 

parts of the basin were much greater than 100 years. 

Exceptions were Tuscolameta Creek and eastern tributaries downstream from Tuscolameta Creek, where 

flood peaks generally had recurrence intervals of less 

than 10 years.

Floods on Pearl River at all gaged sites from Bumside, Miss, (site 169), downstream to Jackson (site 194) 

were the greatest known since at least 1874. Recurrence 

intervals of peak discharges near Monticello (site 196), 

and Columbia, Miss, (site 197), and near Bogalusa, La. 

(site 198), were equal to or greater than 100 years, 

although the April 1979 flood may not have exceeded 

the great flood of 1874.

On Lobutcha Creek and Yockanookany River, rightbank tributaries to the Pearl River upstream and downstream, respectively, from Carthage, Miss., (site 178), 

peak flows were two to three times those of a 100-year 

flood.

The three gaging stations that measure most of the inflow into Ross Barnett Reservoir immediately upstream 

from Jackson Pearl River at Carthage (site 178),
34 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

1,000,000

100

Black Warrior River at Northport, Ala. 

Station No. 02465000, Site No. 138 

' ° o North River near Samantha, Ala.

Station No. 02464000, Site No. 137 

Note: Site number corresponds to flood determination point in table 2

J___I___I___L

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 

APRIL 1979

FIGURE 26. Discharge at gaging stations on North River and Black 

Warrior River in Alabama, April 2-21, 1979.

Yockanookany River near Ofahoma (site 184), and Tuscolameta Creek at Walnut Grove (site 179), had peak 

discharges of 102,000 ft3/s, 46,500 ft3/s, and 23,600 ft3/s, 

respectively. A near-peak discharge of 143,000 ft3/s was 

measured in Ross Barnett Reservoir at State Highway 

43 about 10 miles upstream from the Ross Barnett 

Reservoir dam. A peak discharge of 145,000 ft3/s in the 

vicinity of Jackson, representing natural flow of the Pearl 

River without the effects of storage in Ross Barnett 

Reservoir, was estimated on the basis of reservoir inflow 

and discharge measurements made at State Highway 43 

and at the gage at U.S. Highway 80. The exceedance 

probability of a peak discharge of 145,000 ft3/s estimated 

from a frequency relation based on the period of known 

floods, 1874-1980, is about 0.2 percent equivalent to an 

average recurrence interval of about 500 years. The peak 

flow at the gaging station at U.S. Highway 80 (site 194) 

in Jackson, based on a series of discharge measurements, 

attenuated to 128,000 ft3/s on April 17, 1979. Hydrographs of discharge at gaging stations on Pearl River, 

Tuscolameta Creek, and Yockanookany River are shown 

in figure 27.

The Pearl River at Jackson, Miss, (site 194), crested 

at 43.28 feet April 17, nearly 6 feet higher than the 

previous record stage of 37.5 feet in 1902. The 

43.28-foot stage resulted in extensive flooding along the 

Pearl River and its tributaries in Jackson, Miss., and 

vicinity, both in the business district and in residential 

areas (figs. 28 to 31).

At Monticello, Miss, (site 196), the Pearl River crested 

on April 20 with a peak discharge of 122,000 ft3/s at a 

stage of 34.08 feet, a foot higher than the flood of April 

1902. At Columbia, Miss, (site 197), the Pearl River 

crested with a discharge of 120,000 ft3/s at a stage of 

27.8 feet, nearly as high as that of a flood in 1900 but 1 

to 3 feet lower than the extreme flood of 1874. Watersurface differentials of 4 feet developed between the upstream and downstream sides of the U.S. Highway 98 

crossing of the east flood plain at Columbia, and the 

highway embankment was cut in two places by the 

floodflow.

The Pearl River at Bogalusa, La. (site 198), crested 

April 24 at a stage of 23.2 feet and a discharge of 

129,000 ft3/s. The increase in discharge between Columbia and Bogalusa resulted from moderately heavy 

rain in the vicinity (3.41 in. at Bogalusa) April 21-23. 

The flood at Bugalusa exceeded the previous maximum 

(records since 1938) of April 17, 1974, by 1.1 feet.

,000,000

500,000

100,000

50,000

10,000

5000

1000

500

100

- Tuscolameta Creek at :Wa Walnut Grove, Miss., 

Station No. 02483000, Site No. 179

------ Yockanookany River near Ofahoma, Miss.,

Station No. 02484500, Site No. 184

 Pearl River near Carthage, Miss.,

Station No. 02482550, Site No. 178

 Pearl River at Jackson, Miss.,

Station No. 02486000, Site No. 194

Note: Site number corresponds

to flood determination point 

\ in table 2 

\ 

\

10 20 

MARCH 1979

30 10 20 

APRIL 1979

30

FIGURE 27. Discharge at gaging stations in the Pearl River basin at 

and upstream from Jackson, Miss., March 2 to April 28, 1979.
2

£o5 <

to03

w

I

FIGURE 28. Housing development in flooded area along Hanging Moss Creek in northern part of Jackson, Miss., April 16, 1979. Photograph

courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District.

CO
36 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

"

"

la
MAJOR RIVER BASINS OF EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO 37

c 

K

O 

I

f

a
38 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

I

-c

II

.25 o

 8 I
FLOOD-CREST STAGES 39

1,000,000

Q

2

o

o

LLJ

I I I I I I I I I I I

Pearl River near Bogalusa, La.,

Station No. 02489500, Site No. 198 

- Pearl River near Monticello. Miss.,

Station No. 02488500, Site No. 196

100,000

£ 10,000

o

CO

1000

Drainage area, 5040 mi2 ^ /

\ -

Drainage area, 6630 mi2 V

Note: Site number corresponds to flood determination point in table 2

I I I i I I I i I I i i i i i i I I i i

10 15 20 

APRIL 1979

25 30

FIGURE 32. Discharge at gaging stations at Pearl River near Monticello, Miss., and near Bogalusa, La., April 1-30, 1979.

Hydrographs of discharge of the Pearl River, April 

1-30, 1979, at gaging stations near Monticello, Miss, 

(site 196), and Bogalusa, La. (site 198), are shown in figure 32.

A discharge of 155,000 ft3/s was measured at the 

Interstate 59 crossing of Pearl River near Pearl River, 

La. (site 199), on April 26 near the crest. A discharge of 

152,000 ft3/s was measured at the Interstate 10 crossing 

of Pearl River near Slidell, La. (site 200), on April 26.

LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN

BIG BLACK RIVER BASIN

The major flood along the Big Black River, which 

flows into the Mississippi River about 25 miles downstream from Vicksburg, Miss., occurred April 12-16, 

1979. Runoff from tributaries in the central part of the 

basin contributed substantially to the flood. Extreme 

floods occurred on medium-sized tributaries draining up 

to 160 square miles. Zilpha Creek near Kosciusko (site 

204) had a peak discharge approaching that of a 

100-year flood, and Doaks Creek near Canton, Miss, 

(site 210), had a peak flow more than twice that of a 

100-year flood. Major floods occurred also on Long 

Creek near Kosciusko (site 207) and Bear Creek near 

Canton, Miss, (site 213).

Recurrence intervals of peak flows on the main stem 

of Big Black River ranged from about 25 years at the 

gaging staton at West, Miss, (site 205), to more than 

100 years downstream near Bovina, Miss, (site 219).

Big Black River at West (site 205) crested at a stage 

of 24.27 feet (discharge 48,000 ft3/s). Big Black River at

Pickens (site 208) crested at a stage of 23.6 feet and at 

State Highway 16 near Canton (site 211) crested at an 

elevation of 193.22 feet (discharge 85,800 ft3/s). The 

increase in flood magnitude resulted from extreme tributary inflow from Big Cypress and Doaks Creeks between Pickens and Canton. At the U.S. Highway 80 

gage near Bovina, Miss, (site 219), Big Black River 

crested at 40.56 feet (discharge 81,200 ft3/s), the greatest flood since at least 1912.

Hydrographs of discharge of the Big Black River, 

April 1-30,1979, at gaging stations near West (site 205) 

and Bovina, Miss, (site 219), are shown in figure 33.

FLOOD-CREST STAGES

Flood-crest elevations at many ungaged points along 

streams were obtained by leveling to floodmarks identified during or immediately following the floods. Floodcrest stages provide a means to determine the extent of 

overflows and are useful in land-use management of 

flood-plain lands.

Both the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers (Mobile and Vicksburg Districts) 

participated in flagging the floodmarks. Most of the 

elevations were determined by the Corps of Engineers.

Records of flood-crest stages in the Mobile, Pascagoula, Pearl, and Big Black River basins are presented 

in table 5 (at end of report). Data on both main-stem 

streams and several tributaries are included.

Points of measurement are referred to distance in 

miles upstream from the mouth of the stream. River 

mileage was determined by the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers (1972) unless otherwise noted. Flood-crest

1 00,000 rr

10,000 =

- 1000

Drainage area, 985 mi2 \-

100

Big Black River near West, Miss.,

Station No. 07289350, Site No. 205 

 Big Black River near Bovina, Miss., 

Station No. 07290000, Site No. 219

Note: Site number corresponds to flood 

determination point in table 2

I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I

1 10 15 20 

APRIL 1979

25 30

FIGURE 33. Discharge at gaging stations on Big Black River at 

West, Miss., and near Bovina, Miss., April 1-30, 1979.
40 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

 10

o 

o

LU 

C/)

UJ 

Q_

__ LU 5 

III *J

o 

o

Mean

-Sim

260 § 

u 

su

CO

240 DC

HI 

GL

220

u.

U

180

o

z

160

140

120

D 

O 

I

Z 

UJ

cc

X

100 o

13 14 15 16 17 

APRIL 1979

18 19 20

FIGURE 34. Changes in point velocity, mean velocity, stage, and discharge of Alabama River near Montgomery, Ala., April 13-20, 

1979. Meter location for point velocity is at stage 15.0 ft, 25 ft above streambed at upstream side of the center bridge pier on 

U.S. Highway 31.

elevations are water-surface elevations in feet above 

National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD of 

1929).

Flood-crest elevations at U.S. Geological Survey 

gaged sites may be determined from Table 2, "Summary of Flood Stages and Discharges" by adding the 

gage height of the flood to the datum of the gage 

(NGVD of 1929), where the datum is known.

Additional records of flood-crest stages and other detailed information may be obtained from the U.S. Corps 

of Engineers and the U.S. Geological Survey.

STREAMFLOW VELOCITIES

VELOCITY CHANGES DURING 

PEAK DISCHARGES

Velocity changes with respect to time and stage during the passage of a flood wave are of great interest to 

hydrologists. The gaging station, Alabama River near 

Montgomery, Ala. (site 69), records a point velocity that 

has been calibrated to the mean velocity in the cross section at the gage (table 6) (at end of report). The relations

of point velocity, mean velocity, stage, and discharge, to 

time every 6 hours for the period April 13-20, 1979, are 

shown in figure 34.

VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION THROUGH 

BRIDGE OPENINGS

Velocity distribution through channel constrictions 

during peak flows is of great interest to designers of 

bridges, culverts, and other hydraulic structures. The 

distribution of velocities is an integral part of a velocitymeter discharge measurement of flow.

Stream velocities obtained at or near the crest of the 

floods exceeded 10 feet per second at some sites. 

Velocities at bridges were far from uniform, varying 

greatly both in vertical and horizontal directions. Maximum velocities were 1 1/2 to 2 times the average velocities at the bridge openings. Variations were related to 

bridge and channel geometry and to the extent of channel (or flood plain) contraction at the bridge.

Velocity distribution diagrams are shown for nine selected bridges, five in Alabama and four in Mississippi
FLOOD HYDROGRAPH DATA 41

J.U . UU 

0 9.00

8.00

1 7.00

1; 6.00

t! 5.00

4.00

3.00

2.00

> 1.00 

n nn

, t'

-Surface or other obse 

A 0.2 observation 

* 0.6 observation /, 

A 0.8 observation //'''

A''"

t

i

i

]

i ' ;/

L

i\f*- 

Id i

L t

rvation

A A

A

A

A

i i

j -

t :

t, , , :

150.0

§140.0

<:

° 130.0

S

P 120.0

UJ

oiio.o

UJ

g100.0

UJ

e>

90.0

80.0

200 400 600 800 1000 

DISTANCE FROM LEFT ABUTMENT, IN FEET

1200

FIGURE 35. Velocity distribution and cross section: Alabama River 

at U.S. Highway 31 north, near Montgomery, Ala., April 15, 1979. 

Water-surface elevation, 151.50 ft; total discharge, 261,000 ft3/s.

(figs. 35-43). The velocity diagrams for the highly contracted bridges (Hashuqua and Zilpha Creeks and Noxubee River in Mississippi) show higher velocities in the 

overflow areas (on the flood plain) than in the channels. 

Moderately contracted bridges (Noxubee, Tombigbee, 

and Alabama Rivers in Alabama) show fairly high 

velocities near one abutment but not as great as those in 

the channels. Velocities near the abutment are low on 

Mulberry Creek and North River in Alabama.

FLOOD HYDROGRAPH DATA

Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff at selected times during the flood at 47 gaging stations in 

Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana are shown in table 

7 (at end of report). The period begins prior to the major 

rise and extends to the end of the gaged record or to an 

arbitrary cutoff point on the recession, when the discharge approaches that of the antecedent flow. The 

period for some gaging stations starts March 1,1979, to 

define flow conditions prior to the floods of March 1979, 

whose peak flows exceeded those in April 1979 at some 

stations. The intervals selected for presenting momentary stage and discharge information provide sufficient 

detail to define the flood hydrograph. Runoff in inches 

shows the depth to which the drainage basin would be

10.00

9.00

8.00

7.00

6.00

5.00

4.00

3.00

2.00

1.00

0.00

190.0

A0.2 observation 

& 0.8 observation

155.0 50 100 150 200 

DISTANCE FROM LEFT ABUTMENT, IN FEET

FIGURE 36. Velocity distribution and cross section: Mulberry Creek 

at highway bridge at Jones, Ala, April 14, 1979. Water-surface 

elevation, 186.35 ft; total discharge, 15,600 ft3/s.

11.00

,10.00

1 9.00

; 8.00

! 7.00 

j 6.00 

'. 5.00 

1 4.00

; s.oo

I 2.00

'1.00

0.00

100.0

98.0,

i 96.0

! 94.0

i 92.0

i 90.0

; 88.0

! 86.0

1 84.0

82.0

80.0

AQ.2 observation

A 0.6 observation

^0.8 observation

. t

Ground surface 

elevation

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 

DISTANCE FROM LEFT ABUTMENT, IN FEET

FIGURE 37. Velocity distribution and cross section: Hashuqua Creek 

near Macon, Miss., April 12, 1979. Gage height, 97.85 ft; total 

discharge, 13,900 ft3/s.
42 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979. MISSISSIPPI. ALABAMA. AND GEORGIA

10.00

8.00 -

6.00 -

E 4.00 

2.00

0.00

-2.00

180.0

1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 

A A

: :: ffi

" /, " "

A

_t"

A 0.2 observation

A A A 0.6 observation

^ A ^ °' 8

A^M M

V

 i i i i i i i i

observation

M^ ' ^ 2,

L \ 

L k

-

 i i

140.0 200 400 600 800 

DISTANCE FROM LEFT ABUTMENT, IN FEET

1000

FIGURE 38. Velocity distribution and cross section: Noxubee River 

at U.S. Highway 45 bypass near Macon, Miss., April 14, 1979. 

Water-surface elevation, 36.25 ft; main channel discharge, 69,400 

ft3/s; total discharge, 81,700 ft3/s.

covered if all the runoff during a given period were uniformly distributed. The runoff for the March or April 

storm can be roughly approximated by subtracting the 

accumulated runoff at the beginning of the flood from 

the runoff at the end of the flood period.

GROUND-WATER FLUCTUATIONS

Descriptions of selected ground-water observation 

wells influenced by the storm of April 1979 are shown in 

table 8 (at end of report). These wells tap unconsolidated 

aquifers of Late Cretaceous and Quaternary age in the 

Black Warrior and Tombigbee River basins and consolidated aquifers of Late Cambrian, Early Ordovician, 

and Early Mississippian ages and metamorphic rocks in 

the Coosa and Tallapoosa basins.

The water-level fluctuations, shown on the hydrograph of well 1W (fig. 44) and other wells, during the 

storm of April 1979 were influenced by local precipitation and direct infiltration and loading effects from 

nearby streams. An absence of rises in the water levels 

in wells 3W and 5W until several days after the storm 

may indicate a lag in recharge to the aquifer from the 

outcrop area to the vicinity of the wells. The variations 

in water level in these observation wells are shown in 

table 8.

10.00 

9.00 

8.00 

7.00 

6.00 

5.00 

4.00 

3.00 

2.00 

 1.00 

0.00

135.0,

i-125.0

A0.2 observation 

AQ.6 observation 

AQ.8 observation

85.0, 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 

DISTANCE FROM LEFT ABUTMENT, IN FEET

6000

FIGURE 39. Velocity distribution and cross section: Noxubee River 

at State Highway 17 near Geiger. Ala., April 15, 1979. Watersurface elevation, 133.62 ft; total discharge, 125,000 fts/s.

1U.UU

o 9.00 

I 8 '°°

^ 7.00

UJ

^ 6.00

ff 5.00

^ 4.00

£ 3.00

o 2.00

UJ

> 1.00 

n nn

! ^0.2 obse 

^0.8 obse

;

t

"

^ ll ''

-

i

': |

i j|

^

rvation 

rvation

! frit"

""' A

1

/i ;

: , f

>

/

A '

1 T '

k y 

j

-

1

>

 t ! t

L |j

g 110.0 

o

g^ioo.o

<£

LU O

g^ 90.0

«£ O

t t 

££ 80.0

 z. o 

~E 70.0

 Z. Q 

O O

g S 60.0

LU

d 50.0

Ground surface elevation

-a o -

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 1100 1200 

DISTANCE FROM LEFT ABUTMENT, IN FEET

FIGURE 40. Velocity distribution and cross section: Tombigbee 

River at Gainesville, Ala. (main channel), April 15, 1979. Watersurface elevation, 113.88 ft; total discharge, 124,000 ft3/s.
GROUND-WATER FLUCTUATIONS 43

10.00 

o 9.00 

" 8.00 

7.00- 

6.00 

5.00- 

4.00 

3.00 

2.00 

1.00 - 

0.00 

265.0

AQ.2 observation 

A0.6 observation 

£0.8 observation

2 260.0

245.0

235.0

230.0

50 100 150 200 250 

DISTANCE FROM LEFT ABUTMENT, IN FEET

300

FIGURE 41. Velocity distribution and cross section: North River 

near Samantha, Ala., April 13, 1979. Water-surface elevation, 

262.84 ft; total discharge, 18,500 ft3/s.

Water-level fluctuations in observation wells near the 

Tombigbee River were influenced primarily by the stage 

of the river during the flood, and this influence decreased with distance from the river. The rise in water 

levels in response to high river stages and to local precipitation during the flood and resultant recharge to the 

adjacent alluvial deposits of Quaternary age is shown 

on the hydrograph for observation well 15W (fig. 45). 

The decline of water levels March 5 to April 1, and April 

13-30, resulted from water draining from the alluvial 

deposits subsequent to lowering of the stage of the 

river.

The water levels in observation wells tapping the 

Eutaw Formation of Late Cretaceous age near the Tombigbee River were influenced during the flood in part by 

direct infiltration from the river to the aquifer, in part 

by recharge on outcrop areas, and in part by loading effects from high river stages. Wells 8W, 9W, 11W, and 

12W, which tap the Eutaw Formation, are separated 

from the river by the relatively impermeable Mooreville 

Chalk of Late Cretaceous age, suggesting that the fluctuations shown on the hydrographs are caused principally by loading effects from an increase in the volume 

of water in the river and in the adjoining alluvial 

deposits.

10.00 

o 9.00 

§ 8.00

1/5

o: 7.00

UJ

^ 6.00

UJ

E 5.00

^ 4.00

£ 3.00

o 2.00

UJ= i.oo.

0.00

280.0

- Surface or other obser 

~ A o.2 observation 

" A 0.6 observation 

£ 0.8 observation '^

i \

A

 A

i

1 L *i\

i

'

1

I \

t

W

v /

i

, i

A

"

'*

/

vati

/v

on.

^ ^

A

1

L

1

-

1

L i

"

,

,

j

^

i

i

t

t

.

L \ L

v

If

100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 

DISTANCE FROM LEFT ABUTMENT, IN FEET

FIGURE 42. Velocity distribution and cross section: Pearl River at 

Interstate Highway 55 at Jackson, Miss., April 17, 1979. Gage 

height, 43.21 ft; total discharge, 128,000 ft3/s.

10.00

o 9.00

z

8 8.00 

^7.00

UJ

^ 6.00

UJ

£ 5.00 

5 4.00

>: 3.00

o 2.00 _]

> 1.00

0.00

300.0

1

.

t

-

-T

-

-

t

. - Surface or other observation -

1 A 0.2 observation

A 0.6 observation >

t

'

, t

t

t

i

K ^ 0.8 observation

;

' /

. '

. i

i

i

l

' 1

-

;

>

L

\

290.0 -

280.0

0 100 200 300 

DISTANCE FROM LEFT ABUTMENT, IN FEET

400

FIGURE 43. Velocity distribution and cross section: Zilpha Creek at 

State Highway 35 near Kosciusko, Miss., April 12, 1979. Watersurface elevation, 291.41 ft; total discharge, 21,400 ff/s.
44 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

Site number corresponds 

to that in table 8

10 15 20 25 30 

MARCH 1979

10 15 20 

APRIL 1979

FIGURE 44. Water level in observation well 3256220870755501, at 

Centreville, Ala. (site 1W) (Centreville Gin and Cotton Co.), MarchApril 1979.

NUMBERING SYSTEM FOR WELLS

The well-numbering system of the U.S. Geological 

Survey is based on the grid system of latitude and longitude. The system provides the geographic location of 

the well and a unique number for each well. The number 

consists of 15 digits. The first 6 digits denote the degrees, minutes, and seconds of latitude, the next 7 digits 

denote degrees, minutes, and seconds of longitude, and 

the last 2 digits (assigned sequentially) identify the 

wells within a 1-second grid.

SALINITY AND TEMPERATURE DATA, 

MOBILE BAY AND GULF OF MEXICO

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the 

Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, collected salinity 

and temperature data along the Intracoastal Waterway 

in Mobile Bay during the flood period April 28-29, 

1979. The data are summarized in table 9 (at end of 

report), and the locations of sites are shown in figure 46. 

Specific conductance readings indicate that salinity, 

ranging from 20 to 3,000 micromhos per centimeter, is 

relatively low in the waterway sampled except for the 

Mobile Ship Channel. The specific conductance in the 

ship channel (site 16, fig. 46) at a depth of 35 feet was 

45,000 micromhos per centimeter (compared with about 

55,000 micromhos per centimeter in the Gulf of Mexico).

Specific conductance readings from 10 feet to the surface at site 16 were about 300 micromhos per centimeter, indicating the "wedge" effect of freshwater 

floodflow over the more saline Gulf water.

The temperature was relatively constant from water 

surface to the floor of the waterway. Generally, temperatures at the surface were higher, 0.5° to 1.0° 

(Celsius), than the temperatures near the floor of the 

waterway.

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY

Aerial photographs were taken April 14-19, 1979, at 

or near the crest of the flood on several streams in the 

Mobile and Pearl River basins. The photographs are 

useful in identifying inundated areas and analyzing 

hydraulic conditions.

Flight lines along streams where aerial photographs 

were obtained are listed in table 10 (at end of report). 

The table furnishes information on date the photographs were taken, flight heights, and type of film used. 

The date, time, and altitude are also shown on each 

photograph. The approximate locations of the flight 

lines are shown in figure 47.

The photographs listed in table 10 were obtained by 

the U.S. Geological Survey or the Corps of Engineers 

and are on file in the U.S. Geological Survey District 

Offices in Tuscaloosa, Ala., or Jackson, Miss.

Aerial photographs were obtained near the crest of 

the flood at 15 highway and railroad crossings of Pearl 

River (5 on April 14 and 10 on April 19). These photographs, together with stage and discharge data, are useful in analyzing the hydraulics at these crossings.

f 1

h-<

tti Q 2 LL. LLJ

*3

LJ_ O

_l CC 0

u-1 ^ 

-IQ4

°=i (if 5

lg 5

Site No. 15 W

Site number corresponds 

to that in table 8

111

1 5 10 15 20 25 30 5 10 15 20 25 

MARCH 1979 APRIL 1979

FIGURE 45. Water level in observation well 331426088192202, at site 

3.4 miles west of Pickensville, Ala. (site 15W), at river mile 292.0 

above the mouth of the Tombigbee River, March-April 1979.
SELECTED REFERENCES

88°07'30"

30°22'30"

15'

30°07'30"

MEXICO

EXPLANATION

O 22 Sampling site. Number corresponds to that in table 9

10 MILES

FIGURE LOCATION

15 KILOMETERS

FIGURE 46. Location of specific-conductance sampling sites at selected sites along the Intracoastal Waterway at the mouth of Mobile Bay,

April 28-29, 1979.

Aerial photographs were taken April 16 from a height 

of 1,200 feet along Alabama Highway 17 crossing Noxubee River near Geiger, Ala. April 18 photographs were 

taken from a height of 1,900 feet along U.S. Highway 80 

at Selma, Ala.

Low-altitude photographs of the Jackson, Miss., 

vicinity on April 16 near the time of the crest are shown 

in figures 28 through 31.

Video-tape photographs taken from a helicopter (at 

low altitude), of Jackson, Monticello, and Columbia, 

Miss., and Bogalusa, La., were obtained by the U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, April 15-23. 

The tapes include inspections of the levees at Jackson 

beginning on April 15 and end with the crest of flood at 

Columbia on April 23. Video-tape photography is useful 

for analyzing flow through and over highways, railroads, levees, and landfills.

Video tapes of Interstate Highway 65 bridges spanning the Alabama River at Montgomery, Ala., April 16, 

and U.S. Highway 80 at Selma, April 18, and the inundated area along the Tombigbee River at Demopolis, 

April 18, were made at low altitudes.

SELECTED REFERENCES

Colson, B. E., and Hudson, J. W., 1976, Flood frequency of Mississippi streams: Mississippi State Highway Department, 34 p.

Crippen, J. R., and Bue, Conrad D., 1977, Maximum floodflows in 

the conterminous United States: U.S. Geological Survey WaterSupply Paper 1887, 52 p., figs. 3,5.

Miller, J. F., 1964, Two- to ten-day precipitation for return periods 

of 2 to 100 years in the contiguous United States: U.S. Weather 

Bureau Technical Paper 49, 29 p.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 1979, Climatological data, Alabama, v. 85, no. 4: Ashville, N.C., National 

Climatic Center, 16 p.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA), The GOES/ 

SMS User's Guide (updated continuously by amendments distributed by NOAA).

Olin, D. A, and Bingham, R. H., 1977, Flood frequency of small 

streams in Alabama: Ala. Highway Dept. Research Report HPR 

No. 30, 44 p.

Schreiner, L. C., and Riedl, J. T., 1978, Probable maximum precipitation estimates, United States, east of 105th meridian: U.S. 

Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Hydrometeorological Report No. 51,87 p.
46

92° 91

FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

90° 89° 88° 87°

GEORGIA

33-40

MISSISSIPPI

41

Montgomery

22-25

ALABAMA

. ^LOUISIANA

EXPLANATION

Single or mosaic coverage 

Flight lines

Numbers correspond to those in table 10 29(

0 100 200 MILES

r T T r i T i i 

0 50 100 200 300 KILOMETERS 

FIGURE 47. Flight lines along streams where aerial photographs were obtained on or near the crest of the flood, April 1979.

Scofield, R. A., and Oliver, V. J., 1977, A scheme for estimating 

convective rainfall from satellite imagery: NOAA/NESS Technical Memorandum 86,47 p.

___1980, Some improvements to the Scofield/Oliver technique: 

Preprint volume, Second Conference on Flash Floods, Atlanta, 

Ga, March 8-10,1980: American Meteorological Society.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, 1972, Stream mileage tables with drainage areas: Mobile, Ala, 164 p.

_1980a, Post disaster report on spring floods of 1979 in the 

Mobile District: Mobile, Ala, 83 p., 80 pi. 

_1980b, Vicksburg District, Post flood report flood of 1979:

Vicksburg, Miss., U.S. Army Waterways Experiment Station, 

93 p., 34 pi.

U.S. Water Resources Council, 1977, Guidelines for determining 

flood flow frequency: Washington, D.C., Water Resources Council, Hydrology Committee, Bulletin 17A, 163 p.
TABLES 1-10

TABLE 1. Supplementary rainfall data, storm of April 11-13, 1979

LOCATION LAT. N. LONG. W.

AMIS. TIME

(IN.) DATE CST TY?E OF RAIN GAGE ACCURACY REMARKS

ALABAMA:

Fayette Co.

Belk

Berry

Greene Co.

Clinton

Eutaw

Lewiston(l)

Lewis ton (2)

Pleasantr idge (1)

Pleasantridge(2)

Snoddy

Lamar Co.

Millport

Pickens Co.

Aliceville

Carrolton

Dancy

Ethelsville(l)

Ethelsville(2)

Gordo (1)

Gordo (2)

Pickensville (1)

Pickensville (2)

Reform (1)

Reform (2) 

Reform (3)

Reform (4)

Reform (5)

Sumter Co.

Panola (1)

Fanola (2)

33°

33°

32"

32 e

33 e

33 e

32°

32°

33 e

33°

33°

33e

33e

33 e

33°

33°

33*

33"

33*

33*

33° 

33 e

33 e

33 e

32*

32°

39'

40'

54'

53'

03'

02'

59'

55'

02'

34'

08'

16'

04'

21'

27'

19'

19'

13'

14'

23'

20' 

20'

21'

23'

59'

57'

87*

87*

87"

87°

88"

88"

88 e

88"

87 e

88"

88 e

88"

88"

88 e

88°

87 e

87 e

88"

88°

88 e

88° 

88"

88°

88°

88°

88°

56'

36'

59'

52'

01'

02'

09'

08'

53'

02'

10'

07'

16'

14'

15'

55'

53'

17'

16'

05'

07'

01'

01'

00'

13'

16'

1.44

6.50

12.00+

7.50

9.00

10.75

13.00

11.00

13.00

11.50

1.75

8.50

10.25

3.05

8.57

.03

11.65

10.00

5.50

15.50

8.00

10.00

4.00+

2.00

10.00+

8.00

13.50

3.38

12.34

15.72

3.60

5.50

4.00

4.00

.20

17.30

3.50

8.60

12.10

15.00 

15.50

15.50

15.60

9.75

10.60

12

13

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

12

13

12

13

14

12

13

-

-

12

13

_

-

12

13

12

12

12

13

13

12

13

-

-

-

-

-

6

6

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5

3

7

7

7

1

1

-

-

-

-

7

7

9:

1:

4:

6:

AM 12-in

AM

12-in

Test

Test

6-in.

6-in.

8-in.

4-in.

4-in.

PM 5-in.

:30PM

AM 8-in.

AM

AM

PM 8-in.

PM

5-in.

4-in.

AM 5-in.

PM

4-in.

5-in.

. CAP. Taylor

. CAP. Taylor

tube

tube

Test Tube

Test Tube

Standard

Test Tube

Test Tube

Cap. Taylor

Standard

Standard

Test Tube

Test Tube

Test Tube

Test Tube

Test Tube

:30AM 8-in. Standard

:30AM

30AM 5-in

30PM

00PM

30AM

. Test Tube

Good

Poor

Good

Good

Good

Poor

Good

Good

Good

Good

Good

Good

-

Good

Fair

Poor

Good

Good

Good

Rain ended during night AM on 

Gage overflowed, but not known 

Rain ended during night AM on 

Exposure good.

Exposure good.

Rain began 2 AM on 12th and end

Exposure good.

Exposure good.

Rain began 4 AM on 12th and end

Rain began 4 AM on 12th and end

. 

Rain began during night FM on 

13th. Some splash out of th

observations.

Rain began 8 AM on 12th and en

Rain began 3 AM on 12th and en

~

~

9:00 AM

7

7

-

-

-

-

-

AM 5-in

AM

4-in 

5-in

6-in

5-in

6-in

6-in

. Test Tuba

. Test Tube 

. Test Tube

. Test Tube

. Test Tube

. Wedge

. Wedge

Good

Good 

Good

Good

-

Good

Good

Rain began 11 PM on llth and e

night AM on 13th. Observer ha

precip. log for over 20 years.

Rain began 4 AM on 12th and en

Rain began 2 AM on 12th and en

Rain began 1 AM on 12th and en

Rain began 2 AM on 12th and en

Rain began 5 AM on 12th and en
TABLE I. Supplementary rainfall data, storm of April 11-13, 1979 Continued 

LOCATION LAT. N. LONG. W.

RAFL

AMIS. TIME

(IN.) DATE CST TYPE OF RAIN GAGE ACCURACY REMA

ALABAMA: (continued) 

Tuscaloosa Co.

Buhl

Fosters

Moundsville

MISSISSIPPI:

Attala Co.

Ethel (1)

Ethel (2)

Hesterville (1)

Hesterville (2)

Kosciusko (1)

Kosciusko (2)

Sallis (1)

Sallis (2)

33° 14'

33° 07'

32° 29'

33° 11'

33° 12'

33° 09'

33° 10*

33* 06'

33° 06'

32° 59'

33° 02'

87° 44'

87° 38'

87* 33'

89° 29'

89° 28'

89° 44'

89° 40'

89° 34'

89° 36'

89° 45'

89° 43'

4.05

5.82

9.87

10.50

10.83

10.80

13.00

4.70

4.30

3.60

12.60

5.80+

3.70

4.90

14.40+

4.50+

3.50

3.20

11.20

13.68

5.00+

4.00+

3.00

7.00+

12

13

-

-

-

12

12

13

12

12

13

12

12

13

-

12

12

13

1PM

1PM

-

-

-

AM

PM

AM

AM

PM

AM

7AM

6PM

7AM

-

7AM

AM

AM

Sallis (3) 

Sallis (4)

Vaiden 

Zatna

Choctaw Co. 

Ackerman (1)

32° 56' 89° 42' 

33° 00' 89° 40'

3.70 12

12

12

13

33° 17' 

32° 58'

89° 33' 

89° 23'

33" 24' 89° 10'

10.50-11.00 

11.00+

9.25

Noon

7 AM

6 PM

7 AM

8 in. Standard

5-in, Test Tube

6-in. Wedge

Good

Fair 

Good

4-in. Test Tube Good

4-in. Test Tube Fair

6-in Cap. Test Tube Good

6-in. Cap. Test Tube Good

5-in. Test Tube Good

5-in. Cap. Cone Poor 

5-in. Test Tube Fair

5-in. Test Tube 

4-in. Test Tube

4-in. Test Tube 

Washtub

4-in. Test Tube

Good 

Good

Fair 

Poor

Good

Rain began AM on 12th 

Rain began AM on 12th 

Rain began PM on llth 

Observer has maintain

log for several years

Rain began 9 PM on l

Observation good exc

on morning of 12th.

Rain began during nig

AM on 13th. Good obs

splash out probably o

at 7 AM on 12th.

Rain begain during ni

AM on 13th

Rain began during nig

AM on 13th.

Observation fair due 

Observer. Observer's 

major flash flood dam

at 2:30 AM by rushing 

turned power off at 2

before he could retur

children a 3 ft wall 

door from facing and 

the store.

Rain began during nig

ended AM on 13th.

Rain began during nig

AM on 13th. Good obs

some overflow during 

of 12th. Much eviden

Rain began AM on 12th 

Rain began AM on 12th 

Washtub overflowed.

Rain began 7 AM on 12
TABLE I. Supplementary rainfall data, storm of April 11-13, 1979 Continued

LOCATION LAT. N. LONG. W.

RAFL 

AMIS. 

(IS.) DATE

TIME 

CST TYPE OF RAIN GAGE ACCURACY REMARK

MISSISSIPPI (continued)

Ackerman (2) 

Machiston

McCool (1)

McCool (2)

Weir

Keraper Co.

Bluff Springs

Dekalb

Electric Mills

Electric Mills

Gholson

Lynville (1)

Lynville (2)

Lynville (3)

Lynville (4)

Lynville (5)

Porterville

Scooba (1)

Scooba (2)

Leake Co.

Barnes

Carthage

Dossville

Edinburg

Good Hope .

Pearl Hill

Renfroe

Singleton

Tuscola

Lowndes Co.

Artesia (1)

Artesia (2)

Artesia (3)

Bent Oak (1)

33° 23' 

33° 27'

33° 19'

33° 10'

33° 14'

32° 46'

32° 45'

(1) 32° 44'

(2) 32° 45'

32° 55'

32° 50'

32° 50'

32° 51'

32° 51*

32 e 52'

32° 41'

32° 49'

32° 49'

32° 54'

32° 37'

32° 56'

32° 48'

32° 38'

32° 47'

32° 52'

32* 53'

32° 37'

33° 25'

33 e 25'

33° 25'

33° 24'

89° 17' 

89° 07'

89° 25'

89° 19'

89° 17'

88° 48'

88° 40'

88° 28'

88° 28'

88° 45'

88° 49'

88° 49'

88° 48'

88° 49'

88° 49'

88° 28'

88° 28'

88° 24'

89° 30'

89° 32'

89° 33'

89° 22'

89° 38'

89° 24'

89° 28'

89° 32'

89° 32'

88° 36'

88° 38'

88° 36'

88° 30'

8.90 

10.25

12.00+

15.00

13.00

9.00

10.94

5.00

2.00

7.00

8.00

10.50

3.30

3.00

6.30

7.00

2.00

5.20

2.30

9.50

4.60

5.50

10.19

12.00

8.00

10.00

10.90

10.50

9.00

12.00

11.00

11.00

9.50

8.00

10.00

9.00

13.20

13.25

13.30

3.50

5.00

3.00

11.50

mm

-

-

-

-

-

12

13

.

-

11

12

_

12

12

13

12

13

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

12

12

13

-

-

-

-

-

-

1 PM

8 AM

-

-

-

-

_

6 AM

9 PM

6:30 AM

5:15 PM

6:30 AM

_

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

8 AM

5:30 PM

8 AM

Test Tube 

5-in, Test Tube

-

A -in. Test Tube

Test Tube

5-in. Test Tube

-

6-in

4-in.

5-in. Plastic

4-in.

5-in.

5-in. Wedge

6-in.

4-in.

4-in.

4-in.

11-in.

4-in. Teat Tube

6--in. Tan Plastic

5-in. Plastic

n Washtub

12 Washtub

6-in. Glass Tube

4-in Glass Tube

#2 Wash Tub

-

6-in.

6-in.

6-in.

5-in.

Poor

Fair

Fair

Good

Good

-

Fair

Fair

_

Fair

Good

-

Good

Good

Fair

Good

Good

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Good

Good

Good

Good

Rain began 

Rain began

-

Rain began

-

Rain began

-

Rain begen

Rain begen

_

-

Rain began

Rain began

on 13th.

Rain began

13th.

Rain began

13th

Rain began

Rain began

Rain began

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Rain began

Rain began

Rain began

Rain began

midnight)

10 PM on ll

8 AM on 12t

AM

9

8

9

7

on 12th 

PM on ll

AM on ll

AM on ll

PM on ll

4:30 FM In 

10 PM on l

10 PM on l

1

4

4

10

10

10

FM on ll

AM on 12

AM on 12

PM on l

PM on l

PM on l

early AM o
TABLE 1. Supplementary rainfall data, storm of April 11-13, 1979 Continued

LOCATION LAT. N. LONG. W.

RAFL 

AMIS. 

(IN.) DATE

TIME 

CST TYPE OF RAIN GAGE ACCURACY REMAR

MISSISSIPPI (continued)

Bent Oak (2)

Columbus (1)

Columbus (2)

Columbus (3)

33°

33°

33°

33°

24'

38'

21'

28'

88°

88°

88°

88°

30'

27'

18'

33'

4.

5.

2.

11.

.

5.

2.

8.

11.

13.

50

10

30

90

05

76

25

06

50

80

12

12

13

11

12

13

-

-

Noon

5 PM

Noon

9 PM

-

-

-

-

5-in.

8-in.

5-in.

25-in.

Good

Standard Good

Good

Tall and 20-in. Good

diameter container

Crawford (1)

Crawford (2)

Kolola Spgs (1)

Kolola Spgs (2)

Trinity (1)

Trinity (2)

Madison Co.

Sharon

Neshoba Co.

Burnsides (1)

Burnsides (2)

Dixson

Linwood

Neshoba

Philadelphia

Stallo

Union (1)

Union (2)

Zaphyr Hill

Noxubee Co.

Brooksville (1)

nrooksvilte (2)

Brooksville (3)

Brooksville (4)

33°

33°

33°

33°

33°

33°

32°

32°

32°

32°

32°

32°

32°

32°

32°

32°

32°

33°

33°

33°

33°

18'

18'

44'

39'

18;

20'

42'

53'

51'

40'

40'

38'

48'

55'

38'

37'

46'

14'

14'

15'

14'

88°

88°

88°

88°

77°

88°

89°

89°

89°

89°

89°

89°

89°

89°

89°

89°

89°

88°

88°

88°

88°

31'

38'

16'

24'

26'

27'

54'

06'

06'

13'

11'

09'

00'

06'

08'

16'

14'

35'

40'

34'

46'

4.

5.

,

3.

13.

3.

3.

3.

3.

13.

4.

8.

5.

5.

10.

13.

12.

12.

12.

5.

5.

5.

10.

12.

7.

7.

7.

13.

14.

15.

17.

00

00

90

40

30

50

50

30

00

30

50

95

00

00

00

00

05

00

00

50

30

00

67

00

20

50

50

25

10

60

00

12

12

12

13

12

12

12

13

_

-

12

13

-

_

8 AM

1 PM

5 PM

8 PM

8 AM

11:30 AM

4:30 PM

8 AM

-

-

10:30 AM

11 AM

-

_

5-in.

4-in.

5-in.

6-in.

6-in.

5-in.

8-in.

Wedge Good

Good

Fair

Good

Good

Wedge Fair

Standard -

- - #3 Washtub

- #3 Washtub -

_

-

-

-

_

_

_

-

6-in.

6-in.

6-in.

8-in.

Glasstube

Wedge -

Glass Tube

Standard

Rain began early AM on 1

_

Rain began 3 AM on 12th 

Rain began 11 PM on llth 

Rain began 11 PM on llth 

Rain began 3:30 PM on 12

Rain began 8 PM on llth 

I 

-

-

- Foot Tub - -

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

_

5-in.

6-in.

8-in.

-

-

8-in.

Glass Tube

Glass Tube -

Standard

-

-

Standard -

_

-

-

Rain began morning of ll

Rain began 3 AM on llth 

_

- Can 14'14-in. High Good
TABLE 1. Supplementary rainfall data, storm of April 11-13, 1979 Continued

LOCATION LAT . N. LONG. W.

MISSISSIPPI (continued

Macon (1)

Macon (2)

Macon (3)

Prairie Point

Prairie Point

Oktibbeha Co.

Longview (1)

Longview (2)

Starkville (1)

Starkville (2)

Starkville (3)

Starkville (4)

Sturgis (1)

Sturgis (2)

Webster Co.

Mathiston

Winston Co..

Betheden (1)

Betheden (2)

Fearns Springs

Louisville (1)

Louisville (2)

Louisville (3)

Louisville (4)

Louisville (5)

Louisville (6)

Louisville (7)

Noxapater (1)

Noxapater (2)

33*

33'

33*

33*

33°

33°

33°

33°

*

33°

33'

33*

33*

33*

33°

33'

33°

32*

33°

32°

33'

33°

33°

33'

33°

32°

33*.

07'

07'

04'

11'

09'

24'

24'

26'

20'

27'

26'

19'

17'

33'

17'

16'

58'

01'

59'

05'

07'

12'

10'

06'

59'

00'

88°

88°

88*

88°

88°

88*

88°

88*

88°

88°

88°

89*

88'

89°

88*

88°

88°

88*

88°

89*

89°

89*

89°

88°

89°

89 

38'

34'

45'

23'

26'

54'

54'

47'

45'

47'

46'

01'

59'

06'

54'

55'

53'

51'

59'

09'

03'

02'

05'

53'

04'

00'

RAFL 

AMTS. 

(IN.) DATE

9.93

4.20

8.90

.10

13.20

16.00

13.00

15.00

14. SOIlS. 00

5.00

2.50

2.25

4.50

14.25

15.00

5.80

5.90

4.80

16.50

16.50

15.00+

16.50

5.50

13.56

4.05

17.61

17.61

12.00

10.40

2.60

13.00

13.00+

5.00+

3.50

4.70

3.60

16.80+

17.65

19.35

12.75

fr.60

19.35

21.50-22.00

13.80

13.00-15.00

12

13

13

-

-.

-

-

-

12

12

12

13-

-

12

12

13

-

-

-

-

12

13

-

-

12

13

-

12

12

12

12

-

-

12

13

-

-

TIME 

CST

_

8

7

3

-

-

-

-

-

_

8

2

8

_

-

-

-

5

5

_

-

6:30

6:30

_

7

11

7

11

-

-

8

8

-

-

-

AM

AM

PM

AM

AM

PM

AM

AM

PM

AM

PM

PM

PM

PM

AM

AM

PM

PM

AM

AM

TYPE OF RAIN GAGE ACCURACY REMARKS

8-in. Standard

15-in. Tube - Rain began approximately 4 

8 AM on 13th

Test Tube Good Rain began 4:30 AM on 12th 

AM on 13th.

 - -

- -

 -

6-in. Plastic

5-in.

_ - -

6-in. Good -

Rain began 10 PM llth and e

-. 

_ _ -

_ _ -

5-in. Good Rain began 8 AM on 12th and 

_ - -

5-in.

Small Wedge Good

13-in. Can Fair Rain began 10 PM on llth an

5-in. Poor -

6-in. Wedge Good

8-in. Standard -' ~

 Good -

5-gal. Grease Bucket

- - -

5-gal. Bucket Poor
TABLE 2. Summary of flood stages and discharges

Permanent 

Site station 

number number

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

02336000

02336300

02337000

02337170

02338000

02383500

02387500

02388000

02388500

02392000

02395000

02397000

02397500

02398000

02398300

02399200

02399499

02399500

Stream and place of determination

APALACHICOLA RIVER BASIN

Chattahoochee River at Atlanta, Ga...

Sweet water Creek near Austell, Ga....

Chattahoochee River near Fair burn.

Ga. ................................

Chattahoochee River near

COOS A RIVER BASIN

Coosawattee River at Pine Chapel,

Ga. ................................

Oostaneula River at Resaca, Ga. ......

West Armuchee Creek near Subligna,

Ga

Chattooga River at Summery 1 lie, Ga...

Chattooga River above Gaylesvil le.

Ala................................

Little River near Blue Pond, Ala.....

Welss Reservoir, near Centre, Ala....

Datum of gage 

above National 

Dra 1 n- Geodet ic 

age Vertical 

area Datum of 1929 

(ml 2 ) (ft)

1,450

86.8

246

2,060

2,430

856

1,610

34.5

2,120

605

1,630

1,810

4,040

109

193

368

194

5,270

5,270

750. 10

763.96

857.81

719.07

682.06

616.16

604. 14

^750

561.70

844.55

609.97

561.70

553.05

724.22

613.47

562. 1 1

581.38

0.00

0.00

Maximum previously

1 Period 

of 

known 

floods

1880-1979

1948-79

1916-79

1919-79

1896-1979

1938-79

1834-1979

1951-79

1834-1979

1AQ9 1O7O lOyA I y / y

1916-79

1916-79

1834-1979

1886-1979

1938-79

1951-79

1958-79

1961-79

1938-58

1961-79

Date

December

Mar. 16,

July 8,

December

December

Mar. 30,

Apr. 1,

Mar. 29,

Apr. 1,

January

Dec. 1 1

Dec. 1 1 '

Apr. 1,

Apr. 4,

Mar. 29,

Mar 30

Mar. 4,

Mar. 4,

Apr. 15,

Feb. 14,

Jan. 24,

1919

1976

1916

1919

1919

1951

1886

1951

1886

1892

1919

1919

1886

1974

1951

1951

1966

1979

1964

1946

1947

Gage 

height 

(ft)

29.0

20.30

20.0

29.8

-

30.80

36.3

12.10

25.0

43.0

16.40

21.0

23.48

14.45

14.09

569. 1 1

^552.*87

known!/

Discharge 

(ft3/s)

64,000

8,660

12,600

87,000

100,000

40,200

68,600

12,400

70,000

36,700

52,000

52,000

100,000

8,820

24,500

33,700

32,200

29,600

nl

 ^244.2

73,200

73,200

Maximum during flo

Date

Apr.

Apr.

Apr.

Apr.

Apr.

Apr.

Apr.

Apr.

Apr.

Apr.

Apr.

Apr.

Anr npr.

Apr.

Apr.

Apr.

Apr.

Apr.

Apr.

13

13

14

14

14

14

15

13

16

14

13

14

14

14

13

13

13

16

16

Gage 

height 

(ft) (f

22.3 -^2

19.0 

17.5 

25.2 -^3

23.8 43

29.23 / 

27.5 -^2

8.62 

35.0 31

23.7 2

21.2 /

35.5 34

35.0 ^

16.7 

16.9 

21.17 

14.30 

570.37 

 4

20 02400033 Nances Creek near White Plains, Ala. 

See footnotes at end of table.

d/ 

4.60 770 1,430 Apr. 13 5.83 
TABLE 2. Summary of flood stages and discharges Continued

Site 

number

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28

29 

30

31 

32 

33

34

35 

36

37

38

39

Permanent 

station 

number

02400100 

02400500 

02401000 

02401390 

02401450 

02401620 

02401621 

02404000

02404245 

02404400

02405200 

02405201 

02405500

02406500

02407000 

02407500

02407680

02407950 

02407951

Datum of gage Maximum previously

above National 

Drain- Geodetic Period 

age Vertical of Gage 

area Datum of 1929 know height 

Stream and place of determination (ml 2 ) (ft) floods Date (ft)

COOSA RIVER BASIN Contlnued 

Terrapin Creek near Elllsvllle, Ala... 258 539.07

Choccolocco Creek near Jenifer, Ala... 281 554.15

Choccolocco Creek at Jackson Shoals,

Logon Martin Dan, Ala................. 7,770

Yel lowleaf Creek near Wllsonvllle, 

Ala................................. 97.2 430.56

Waxahatchee Creek near Columbians, 

Ala................................. 32.7

1963-79 Mar. 4, 1979 19.72 

1886-1979 Apr. 6, 1886 37.9 

1944-79 1884 16.3 

1966-79 Mar. 4, 1979 17.39 

1976-79 Apr. 4, 1977 6.57 

1966-79 Oct. 19, 1966 508.52 

1966-79

1904-07, Apr. 30, 1963 17.68 

1930-32, 

1936-70, 

1979

1951-79 Mar. 29, 1951 20.2

1961-79 Apr. 30, 1963 39.98 

Mar. 4, 1979 37.76

1964-79 Apr. 6, 1977 475.31 

1964-79

1952-70, Feb. 22, 1961 27.08 

1979

1901-04, Mar. 29, 1951 16.60 

1939-70, 

1979

1914-79 Mar. 30, 1951 30.1 

Mar. 5, 1979 25.16

1951-70, Feb. 21, 1961 25.20 

1979

1971-79 Mar. 29, 1977 16.32 

1939-79 

1939-79

kno*n£/

Discharge 

(f-P/s)

19,700 

115,000 

18,000 

9,940 

1,780 

 ^63.9

22,500

16,000

36,900 

30,100

 ^239.8

30,900 

39,000

146,000 

116,000

26,700 

8,320

Maximum during flo

Gage 

height 

Date (ft) (f

Apr. 13 17.68 

Apr. 14 27.45 -^5

Apr. 13 13.48 

Apr. 13 18.75 

Apr. 13 5.57 

Apr. 13 502.57 

Apr. 13 502.48 

Apr. 13 17.85 

Apr. 13 13.2 

Apr. 13 37.76 

Apr. 15 474.04 

Apr. 15 474.03 1

Apr. 13 27.39 

Apr. 13 14.81 

Apr. 14 28.99 /1

Apr. 13 23.17 

Apr. 13 15.90 

Apr. 13 396.08 

Apr. 13 395.95 1

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 2. Summary offload stages and discharges Continued

Site 

number

40

41

42

43

44

45

46

47

48

49

50

51

52

53

54

55

56

57

Permanent 

station 

number

02408340

02408500

02409000

02409400

02409401

02409540

02410000

02410400

02411000

02411600

02411800

02412000

02412500

02413300

02413400

02413475

02413500

02414500

Datum of gage 

above National 

Drain- Geodetic Period 

age Vertical of 

area Datum of 1929 known 

Stream and place of determination (mi 2) (ft) floods

COOSA RIVER BASIN Continued

Little Hatchet Creek near

Good water Ala 9 94 

d/ 

Hatchet Creek near Rockford, Ala.. 244 450

Weogufka Creek near Weogufka, Ala. 73.6 593.08

MItchell Reservoir near Verbena,

Mitchell Dam near Verbena, Ala.... 9,830 0.00

Proctor Creek near Rockford, Ala.. 1.02

Paterson Creek near Central, Ala.. 4.95 

Jordan Lake near Wetumpka, Ala.... 10,200 0.00

Coosa River at Jordan Dam, Ala.... 10,200 141.6

Coosa River at Wetumpka, Ala. ... 10,200 113.72

d/ 

Little River near Buchanan, Ga.... 18 1,110

d/ 

Tallapoosa River near Heflin, Ala. 444 830

Tallapoosa River near Ofelia, Ala. 787 665

Little Tallapoosa River near

Wedowae Creek above Wedowae, Ala.. 6.5 1,050

Wedowae Creek near Wedowae, Ala... 51.1 772.09

Little Tallapoosa River near

Wedowae, Ala.................... 592 d/690

Tallapoosa River at Wadley, Ala... 1,660 599.87

1967-72,

1979

1945-79

1951-70,

1979

1939-79

1939-79

1972-79

1953-79

1953-79

1913-14,

1927-79

-

1960-79

1953-79

1939-70,

1979

1975-79

1960-72

1951-75,

1979

1940-70,

1979

1924-79

Apr.

Mar.

Mar.

Jan.

Mar.

Aug.

Apr.

Mar.

Apr.

Mar.

Mar.

Mar.

Maximum previously

Date

5,

4,

29,

-

-

21,

4,

2,

-

8,

4,

1,

4,

31,

5,

December

February

Mar. 4,

Oct.

Feb.

Feb.

Mar.

1,

25,

25,

4,

1968

1979

1951

1976

1979

1969

1938

1979

1886

1966

1977

1979

1919

1975

1979

1965

1961

1961

1979

Gage 

height 

(ft)

6.68

27.03

16.8

-

-

8.38

8.33

10.10

-

46.4

41.7ff

61.7

12.58

31.34

28.05

21

19.3

15.45

7.38

13.01

22.58

28.23

knownS.'

Discharge 

(fP/s)

1,160

35,000

24,200

-

-

990

981

4,310

.

298,000

256,000

-

3,820

32,500

23,100

41,000

8,050

1,490

4,120

25,500

76,200

Maximum during flo

Gage 

he ig ht 

Date (ft) (ft

Apr. 13 13.71 

Apr. 13 31.83 6

Apr. 13 15.41 

Apr. 13 316.6 

Apr. 13 316.6 28

Apr. 13 6.39 

Apr. 13 8.10 

Apr. 13 256.79 

Apr. 13 47.67 316

Apr. 14 55.83 

Apr. 13 8.89 

Apr. 14 27.17 2

Apr. 14 18.52 3

Apr. 13 17.80 1

Apr. 13 8.22 ' 

Apr. 13 14.1 

Apr. 13 22.72 2

Apr. 14 30.57 8

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 2. Summary of flood stages and discharges Continued

Permanent

Site station 

number number Stream and place of determination

Drainage 

area

(ml 2)

Datum of gage 

above National

Geodetic

Vertical

Datum of 1929

(ft)

Period

of

known 

floods

Maximum previously known8/

Gage DIshelght change 

Date______(ft)____(f-P/s)

Maximum during floo

Gage 

height 

Date (ft) (ft

COOSA RIVER BASIN Continued

58 02414765 Enitachopco Creek below Ashland, 

Ala............................ 25.8 1972-79 Mar. 4, 1979 15.38 8,820 Apr. 13 12.80 

59 02414800 Harbuck Creek near HackneyviIle, 

Ala............................ 6.7 1\Q 1951-70 May 22, 1955 8.9 3,320 Apr. 14 11.87 

60 02415000 Mil labee Creek near Hackneyv I Me, 

Ala.............................

61 02417400

62 02417500

63 02417501

64 02418500

65 02419000

66 02419500

Stearns Creek near Seman, Ala......

Lake Martin near Tallessee, Ala....

Martin Dam near TaI lessee, Ala.....

Tallapoosa River below Tatlassee, 

Ala..............................

Uphapee Creek near Tuskegee, Ala...

Tallapoosa River at Mi I stead,

Ala.^...........................

196 557.92 1953-73 Apr. 5, 1957 25.7

1.28 /650 1966-71 Aug. 2, 1969 6.57

3,000 0.00 1927-79 Mar. 15, 1929 491.10

3,000 0.00 1927-79

3.750

67 02419890 Tallapoosa River near Montgomery, 

Ala.^..........................

15,600 Apr. 13 28.10 2

676 Apr. 13 5.24 

 ^841.8 Apr. 14 490.85 ^

Apr. 13 490.81 14

3.320 164.01 1929-79 December 1919 - 177,000 Apr. 14 48.6 -^ 12

330 223.65 1940-79 Apr. 9, 1964 28.18 32,200 Apr. 15 6.65 

153.84 1898-1979 Dac. 10, 1919 54.0

4,600 129.13 1966-70, Feb. 26, 1961 41.9 

1972-79

Apr. 14 49.63

Apr. 14 38.48

ALABAMA RIVER BASIN

68 02419988 Alabama River at Montgomery, Ala... 15,000 103.30 1890-1979 Feb. 26, 1961 58.1

69 02420000 Alabama River near Montgomery, Ala. 15,100

Apr. 16 52.9

97.90 1886-1904, Apr. 1, 1886 62.7 322,000 Apr. 16 54.50 260

1927-79

70 02420500 Autauga Creek at Prattville, Ala. 109 164.38 1939-70, Dec. 9, 1919 

1979

23,000 Apr. 13 7.88 5

71 02421300 Ivy Creek near Mulberry, Ala....... 10.5 "^210 1961-72 Apr. 4, 1964 15.81 2,440 Apr. 13 7.63 1

72 02421351 Alabama River at Jones Bluff lock

and dam, Ala..................... 16,300

73 02422500 Mulberry Creek at Jones, Ala.

74 02423000 Alabama River at Selma, Ala..

75 02423425 Cahaba River at Cahaba Heights, 

Ala...........................

208

17,100

201

0.00 1972-79 Mar. 7, 1979 128.7 

165.23 1938-79 April 1938 33.6

Apr. 17 138.16

48,000 Apr. 14 25.76 20

61.80 1886-1979 Apr. 8, 1886 57.0 248,000 Apr. 18 55.02-^211,

Mar. 1, 1961 57.97 284,000

1975-79 Apr. 5, 1977 21.67 14,400 Apr. 13 28.86 23

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 2. Summary of flood stages and discharges Continued

Site 

number

76

77

78

79

Permanent

station 

number

02423500

02423630

02423647

02424000

Stream and

ALABAMA Rl 

Cahaba River

Shades Creek

Cahaba River

Cahaba River

place of determination

VER BASIN Continued

near Greenwood, Ala....

near West Blocton, Ala.

at Cent rev I lie, Ala....

Drainage

area 

(ml 2 )

230

72.4

529

1,029

Datum of gage 

above National 

Geodetic 

Vertical

Datum of 1929 

(ft)

375.00

480. 37

^240

180.74

Maximum

Period 

of

known 

floods Date

1939-57, Dec. 29, 1942 

1961-79

1965-79 Mar. 20, 1970

1976-79 Mar. 16, 1976

1902-79 Apr. 8, 1938

Mar. 29, 1951

previously known!/ Maximum during f l

Gage

height 

(ft)

44.23

13.04

18.75

36.63

34.80

Discharge 

(ft3/s) Date

25,500 Apr. 13

7,220 Apr. 13

36,900 Apr. 13

82,800 Apr. 13

83,600

Gage

height 

(ft) (f-

42.84 

13.19 

19.97 

35.03 

80

81

82

83

84

85

02424940

02425000

02425200

02426000

02427506

02429500

Oakmulgee Creek near Augustln, Ala..

Cahaba River near Marion Junction, 

Ala...............................

Big Swamp Creek near Orrvllle, Ala..

Boguechltto Creek near Browns, Ala..

Alabama River near Millers Ferry

Alabama River at Clalborne, Ala.....

215

1,768

37.8

104

20,700

22,000

TOMBIGBEE RIVER BASIN

86 02439000 Buttahatchee River near Sulllgent 

Ala............................. 472

87 02439400 Buttahatchee River near Aberdeen, 

Miss............................

88 02441000

89 02441220

90 02441300

91 02441500

Tlbbee Creek near Tibbee, Miss.

Sand Creek tributary near Mayhew, 

Miss............................

Catalpa Creek at Mayhew, Miss..... 

Tomb Igbee River at Columbus, Miss.

0.44

98.2

4,490

92 02442000 Luxapal11 la Creek near Fayette, 

Ala...........................

93 02442500 Luxape111 la Creek near Ml I I port, 

Ala............................

139.71 1975-79 Mar. 5, 1979 19.53 12,900 Apr. 14 19.48 

86.72 1939-79 Feb. 24, 1961 43.8 85,000

87.74 1972-79 Mar. 31, 1976 14.03 3,320

129.36 1943-73 Dec. 28, 1942 20.7 19,000

19.00 1969-79 Apr. 5, 1976 60.3

0.40 1931-79 Mar. 7, 1961 55.15 267,000

Apr. 15 41.13 

Apr. 4 14.05 

Apr. 13 17.64 

Apr. 21 81.06 2

Apr. 22 51.24 217

287.58 1939-79 Mar. 17, 1973 17.31 60,100 Apr. 13 15.44 

787 220.77 1967-79 Mar. 17, 1973 23.48 80,000 

928 154.07 1892-1979 Mar. 17, 1973 32.26 81,600

1966-79 July 9, 1968 7.02 280

173.02 1963-79 Mar. 13, 1975 20.40 14,800

128.91 1867-1979 Apr. 8, 1892 173.0 / 268,000

Apr. 14 17.74 

Apr. 14 27.51 3

Apr. 14 6.98 

Apr. 14 21.52 1

Mar. 19, 1973 42.22 194,000 Apr. 14 35.33 8

322.33 Dec. 18, 1967 13.48

241 243.65 1955-59 Apr. 4, 1957 11.8

12,300 Apr. 13 13.0 

5,060 Apr. 13 13.93 

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 2. Summary of flood stages and discharges Continued

Permanent

Site station 

number number___Stream and place of determination

Drainage

Datum of gage 

above National

Geodet Ic

Vertical

area Datum of 1929 

(ml 2 ) (ft)_____

Period

of

Known 

floods

Maximum previously knownil'

Gage DIshelght charge

Date______(ft) (ftVs)

Maximum during flo

Gage 

height 

Date (ft) (f

TOMBIG8EE RIVER BASIN Continued 

94 02443000 Luxapalllla Creek at Steens. Miss. 309 179.45 1944-47, Feb. 23, 1961 18.90 14,200 Apr. 14 18.73 

1950-79

95 02443230 Mud Creek near Fernbank, Ala. 35.8

96 02443500 Luxapal11 la Creek near Columbus, 

MISS...........................

97 02444000 Coal Fire Creek near PlckensvlIle, 

Ala..............................

98 02444500 TombIgbee River near Cochrane, Ala.

99 02445000 Lubbub Creek near Carrol(ton, Ala..

100 02445500 Slpsey River at Fayette, Ala.

101 02446500 Slpsey River near Elrod, Ala.

102 02447200 Noxubee River near StarkvIIle. 

Miss. (Includes Sand Creek)..

103 02447390 Chlnchahoma Creek near StarkvI lie,

MISS............................

104 02447500 Noxubee River near Brooksv11le, 

MISS..........................

105 024477% Horse Hunter Creek near Macon,

MISS.........................

106 02447800 Hashuqua Creek near Macon, Miss.

107 02448000 Noxubee River at Macon, Miss.

108 02448250 Plum Creek at Highway 14 near 

Macon, Miss.................

109 02448500 Noxubee River near Gelger, Ala.

110 02448507 Woodward Creek at Highway 14 near 

McLeod, Miss....................

131

5,990

116

276

184

11.5

440

20.9

95.1

768

27.8

1,140

10.0

1971-79 Mar. 13, 1975 34.46 Apr. 13 34.91

726 142.23 1928-30, Apr. 5, 1977 28.35 22,200 Apr. 14 32.35 

1975-79

148.50 1955-79 Mar. 20, 1970 10.45 9,820 Apr. 13 11.73 

89.85 1939-79 Mar. 31, 1973 47.37 166,000 Apr. 14 43.22 1

174.24 1955-67, Feb. 22, 1961 11.97 8,210 Apr. 13 16.00 

1969-79

296.72 1939-59 Jan. 7, 1950 

Mar. 29, 1951

20,500 Apr. 14 19.59 

197.81 1930-71 Feb. 23, 1961 18.83 27,800 Apr. 13 17.85 2

0.00 1979 - - - Apr. 12 258.41 6

0.00 1979 - - - Apr. 12 255.87 6

180.03 1940-73 Mar. 29, 1951 23.88 41,600 Apr. 12 28.3 -^7

1979

1951-70, Apr. 10, 1969 97.69 

1976,1979

142.38 1892-1919 July 1942

Mar. 30, 1951

34

32.97

0.00 1979

Apr. 12 90.92 

11,700 Apr. 12 100.04 2

52,000 Apr. 13 38.97 12

Apr. 12 179.36 

86.08 1940, Mar. 31, 1951 33.9 37,600 Apr. 14 48.58 15

1945-79

0.00 1979 Apr. 12 197.10 

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 2. Summary of flood stages and discharges Continued

Site 

number

111 

112 

113

114 

115 

116

117 

118 

119

120 

121 

122 

123 

124

125 

126

127 

128

Permanent 

station 

number

02448511 

02448620 

02449000

02449245 

02449500 

02450000

02450250 

02451950 

02453000

02454000 

02454200 

02455000 

02456000 

02456500

02457000 

02458300

02460500 

02461500

Stream and place of determination

TOMBIGBEE RIVER BASIN Continued 

Wood word Creek tributary near

Flat Scooba tributary near

Tomb ig bee River at Galnesvllle,

Mulberry Fork near Garden City,

Slpsey Fork near Grayson, Ala.......

Blackwoter Creek near Manchester,

Locust Fork near Cleveland, Ala.....

Village Creek at 24th Street In

Village Creek near Adamsvllle, Ala.. 

Valley Creek near Bessemer, Ala.....

Datum of gage 

above National 

Drain- Geodetic Period 

age Vertical of 

area Datum of 1929 known 

(ml 2 ) (ft) floods

2.4S 0.00 

.44

8.700 63.29 

42.7 105.92 

8,700 53.15

368 380. 54 

91.3 540 

944 0.00

118 401.04 

i ^n ?an

89. 1 X270 

309 536.94 

81.5 345.18 

887 258.64

22.8 546.70

25.21 

84. 1 /340 

51.0 438.64

1979 

1967-79

1939-79 

1971-79 

1901-79

1929-79 

1967-79 

1960-79

1939-71, 

1979

1952-70 

1958-70 

1937-79 

1943-79 

1929-79

1954-79

1974-79 

1954-79

1936, 

1974-79

Apr.

Mar. 

Mar. 

Apr.

Feb. 

Mar. 

Mar.

Feb.

Feb. 

Mar. 

Dec. 

Mar.

Jan. 

Feb.

Mar.

Mar. 

Mar.

Sept

Maximum previously

Gage 

height 

Date (ft)

13,

23, 

21, 

6,

4, 

16, 

19.

23,

23, 

20, 

28, 

19,

7, 

23,

19,

29,

'9, 

 1,

1974 6.71

1973 54.21 

1977 20.61 

1944 51.0

1936 24.0 

1973 44.27 

1973 521.17

1961 13.10

1961 30.73 

1970 26.50 

1942 19.2 

1970 23.12

1949 47.9 

1961 48.6

1970 14.94

1976 15.9 

1970 23. 15 

1977 18.6

knowi?/ Maximum during flo

DIs- Gage 

charge height 

(ftVs) Date (ft) (f

Apr. 12 201.04 

239 Apr. 12 8.87 

172,000 Apr. 15 56.28 2

4,650 Apr. 13 22.68 

108,000 Apr. 16 55.77 2

46,600 Apr. 13 20.68 

20,300 Apr. 13 24.68 

 ^831.6 Apr. 16 518.73 

10,600 Apr. 14 11.68 

19,400 Apr. 13 27.92 

15,000 Apr. 13 24.21 

47,000 Apr. 13 14.30 

15,600 Apr. 13 19.48 

55,300 Apr. 14 41.40 

4,980 Apr. 13 12.79 

4,470 Apr. 13 17.12 

19,700 Apr. 14 20.28 

9,610 Apr. 13 17.06 

129 02462000 Valley Creek near Oak Grove, Ala. 145 294.87 1916,1936, July 1916 

1954-79

29.6 26,800 Apr. 13 29.80 

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 2. Summary of flood stages and discharges Continued

Site 

number

130

131

132

133

134

135

136

137

138

139

140

141

142

143

144

145

Permanent 

station 

number

02462400

02462500

02462501

02462600

02462950

02462951

02462952

02464000

02465000

02465286

02465291

02465493

02465500

02467000

02467100

02467200

Datum of gage

above Nationa 

Drain- Geodetic

age Vertical 

area Datum of 1929 

Stream and place of determination (ml 2 ) (ft)

TOHBIGBEE RIVER BASIN Continued

Bankhead Lake, Ala.................. 3,990 0.0

Black Warrior River at Bankhead

lock and dam near Bessemer, Ala... 3,990 0.0

Black Warrior River below Bankhead

d/

Black Warrior River at Holt lock

and dam, Ala...................... 4,230

Black Warrior River below Holt lock

North River near Samantha. Ala...... 219 232.39

Black Warrior River at Northport,

Ala............................... 4,828 83.35

Crlbbs Mill Creek at 2nd Avenue,

Crlbbs Mill Creek at Kauloosa

Elliotta Creek near Moundville, Ala. 31.2

Flvemile Creek near Greensboro, Ala. 72.2 160

Tomb Ig bee River at Demopol is lock

and dam, Ala...................... 15,400 56.00

Hamilton Branch near Dekalb, Miss... .97

Sucarncochee Creek at Porterville,

Maximum previously knownS/ Maximum during flo

1 

Period 

of Gage DIs- Gage 

known height charge height 

floods Date (ft) (ft3/s) Date (ft) (f

1976-79 Oct. 8, 1977 255.6 - Apr. 13 254.97 

1976-79 Apr. 5, 1977 - /94,800 Apr. 13 - 1

1911-79 July 9, 1916 / 194. 00 - Apr. 13 197.05 

1959-79 Feb. 21, 1961 7.16 3,820 Apr. 12 6.93 

1976-79 Oct. 25, 1977 188.17 - Apr. 13 187.85 

1976-79 Apr. 5, 1977 - _t/106,000 Apr. 13 - 1

1966-79 Mar. 20, 1970 150.8 - Apr. 13 160.08 

1939-79 Mar. 20, 1970 35.08 25,500 Apr. 13 30.55 

/ 

1900, Feb. 21, 1961 ~}66«81 224,000 Apr. 13 66.85 2

1929-79 67.7

1978-79 Mar. 3, 1978 5.67 534 Apr. 13 9.27 

1978-79 Oct. 25, 1977 7.79 1,990 Apr. 13 10.09 

1976-79 Mar. 4, 1979 6.64 900 Apr. 13 7.40 

1955-74 Feb. 22, 1961 9.84 7,200 Apr. 13 8.14 

Dec. 18, 1961 9.84 7,200

1929-79 Feb. 28, 1961 35.66 250,000 Apr. 18 37.03 3

1964-77 1974 7.58 662 -

1938-79 February 1961 11.5 - Aw. 13 13.26 2

146 02467300 Pawticfaw Creek near Portervi I le.

Miss. (Includes Blackwter Creek).

147 02467450 Ponta Creek at Lauderdale, Miss..... 

See footnotes at end of table.

154 140.66 1961,1974, April 1974 45.1 13,000 

1975,1979

64.6 0.00 1974,1979 August 1974 208.6 7,500

Apr. 13 48.08 2

Apr. 13 210.4 -^1
TABLE 2. Summary offload stages and discharges Continued 

Perma- Dralnnent age

Site station area

number number___Stream and place of determination____(ml^)

Datum of gage 

above National

Geodetic

Vertical

Datum of 1929

(ft)

Period

of

know 

floods

Maximum previously known?/

Gage DIshelght charge

(ft) <ft3/s)

Maximum during flo

Gage 

he Ig ht 

Date (ft) (f-

TOMBIGBEE RIVER BASIN Continued

148 02467500 Sucarnoochee River at Llvingston, 

Ala............................ 606

63.0

258

18,500

18,500

166

149 02468000 Alanuchee Creek near Cuba, Ala......

150 02468500 Chlckasaw Bogue near Linden, Ala....

151 02469761 Tombigbee River at Cof feevl I le lock 

and dam, near Coffeevllie, Ala....

152 02469762 Tombigbee River below Cof feevl I le 

lock and dam, near Coffeevllie. 

Ala.

153 02469800 Sat 11 pa Creek near Cof feevl Me, Ala. 

PASCAGOULA RIVER BASIN

154 02475220 Little Rock Creek tributary near

Little Rock, Miss................. .22

155 02475350 Tarlo* Creek near Newton, Miss...... 15.9

156 02475500 Chunky Creek near Chunky, Miss...... 368

157 02476000 Okatibbee Creek near Meridian,

Miss.............................. 239

158 02476500 Sowashee Creek at Meridian, Miss.... 51.9

159 02476600 Okatibbee Creek at Arundel, Miss.... 342

160 02477000 Chlckasawhay River at Enterprise,

Miss.............................. 913

161 02477050 Soulnlovey Creek near Baxter, Miss.. 1.14

162 02478000 Buckatunna Creek mar Denham, Miss.. 490

163 02478500 Chlckasawhay River at Leakesvllle,

Miss.............................. 2,680

See footnotes at end of table.

90.04 1939-79 Feb. 22, 1961 

161.50 1955-70 Apr. 6, 1964

63.45 1944-46, Mar. 4, 1979 

1966-79

-14.00

259.04

207.62

29.35 31,500 Apr. 14 33.47 6

18.35 12,700 Apr. 14 18.87 

30.18 38,700 Apr. 13 25.80 

1960-79 Mar. 4, 1961 65.39 251,000 Apr. 22 65.46 29

-14.00 1960-79 Mar. 4, 1961 64.2

^80 1956-79 July 8, 1956 18.37

Mar. 4, 1979 17.33

1965-79 Jan. 10, 1975 7.34

0.00 1953-70, Mar. 4, 1979 366.11 

1979

269.00 1939-79 Mar. 4, 1979 26.64

269.43 1938-79 April 1938 29.5

Feb. 22, 1961 26. 14

305.95 1939-79 Apr. 6, 1964 20.95

Apr. 13, 1974 21.52

1961, 

1969-79

1871- 

1979

February 1961 

Mar. 4, 1979

22.2

20.71

Feb. 23, 1961 42.94 

Mar. 5, 1979 41.88

1965-77 Aug. 6, 1975 11.47 

141.15 1972-79 Mar. 6, 1979 34.90

25,600

22,700

237

3,500

Apr. 23 64.56 

Apr. 4 15.71 

Apr. 12 7.79 

Apr. 12 365.90 

40,900 Apr. 14 26.17 3

27,000 Apr. 13 24.90 -^1

Apr. 13 22.87 

9,530

6,420

15,700

61,700

49,700

875

12,200

51.13 1900-79 1900 38 125,000 

Mar., 10, 1979 30.67 46,500

Apr. 13 21.51 - 2

Apr. 14 41.90 4

Apr. 12 9.07 

Apr. 4 33.28 1

Apr. 6 29.85 4
TABLE 2. Summary of flood stages and discharges Continued

Site 

number

Permanent 

station 

number Stream and place of determination

Drainage 

area 

(ml 2 )

Datum of gage 

above National 

Geodetic 

Vertical 

Datum of 1929 

(ft)

Period 

of 

know 

floods

Maximum previously known!/ Maximum during flo

Gage 

height 

Date (ft)

Discharge 

(f^/s)

Gage 

height 

Date (ft) (f-

PEARL RIVER BASIN

164 02481800 Tallahaga Creek near Louisville, 

Miss...........................

165 02481810 Tallahaga Creek near Noxapater. 

Miss..........................

166 02481820 Bogue Chltto near Bond, Miss.

167 02481830 Noxapater Creek at Highway 25 near 

Loulsvllle. Miss.................

168 02481840 Noxapater Creek at Highway 15 near 

Noxapater, Miss.......................

169 02481880 Pearl River at BurnsIde, Miss.

170 02481900 Coonshuck Creek tributary near 

House, Miss..................

172 02482000 Pearl River at Ed inburg. Miss.....

173 02482100 Indian Branch near Edlnburg, Miss.

174 02482299 Bear Creek near Wamba, Miss.......

175 02482300 Lobutcha Creek at Zama, Miss......

176 02482310 Lobutcha Creek tributary at Wamba, 

Miss............................

177 02482500 Lobutcha Creek at Carthage, Miss.

178 02482550 Pearl River at Carthage, Miss....

179 02483000 Tuscalometa Creek at Walnut Grove, 

Miss............................

180 02483650 Yockanookany River at Fentress, 

Miss..........................

See footnotes at end of table.

32.2

53.0

89.7

10.4

33.1

520

.20

171 02481950 Kentawka Canal at Phlladephia, Miss. 135

898

1.92

9.93

146

.94

313

1,347

21. D

0.00 1979 Apr. 13 478.3 

0.00 1953-70, Apr. 10, 1969 442.03 11,400 Apr. 13 443.96 

1979

1979 - - - Apr. 13 98.69 -^2

1979

0.00 1952-79 Apr. 10, 1969 426.8

0.00 1902, Dec. 20, 1961 392.66 

1937-40, 

1962,1979

1965-75, Jan. 10, 1975 5.55 

1979

Apr. 13 426.7 

6,100 Apr. 13 429.2 

22,600 Apr. 13 398.2 -^7

208 Apr. 12 5.55 

0.00 1962,1969, Apr. 13, 1974 400.2 -^20,000 Apr. 12 399.0 / 

1974,1979 

341.67 1874-1979

1965-79 Dec. 25, 1973 

1979

5.07

0.00 1938-39, Apr. 10, 1969 410.81 

1969,1979

1965-79 Dec. 2, 1967 8.97 

334.98 1938-79 Mar. 29, 1951 18.00

315.24 1874-1979 1902 27.0 

Dec. 20, 1961 25.4

Apr. 14 30.06 7

678 Apr. 12 5.47 

Apr. 12 92.4 

13,400 Apr. 12 414.25 30

677 Apr. 12 12.77 

19,100 Apr. 13 19.99 /4

31,900 Apr. 14 28.74 10

322.70 1938-79 January 7, 1950 33.00 34,600 Apr. 14 29.77 2

1979 Apr. 12 93.1 1
TABLE 2. Summary of flood stages and discharges Continued

Datum of gage Maximum previously

Permanent 

Site station 

number number

181 

182

183 

184

185 

186

187 

188 

189

190 

191 

192 

193 

194 

195 

196 

197

198 

199 

200

02483890 

02484000

02484010 

02484500

02484600 

02484750

02484760 

02485380 

02485392

02485700 

02485800 

02485900 

02485960 

02486000 

02486100 

02488500 

02489000

02489500 

02492600 

02492650

above National 

Drain- Geodetic Period 

age Vertical of Gage 

area Datum of 1929 known height 

Stream and place of determination (ml 2 ) (ft) floods Date (ft)

PEARL RIVER BASIN Continued 

Yockanookany River tributary near

Yockanookany River near Kosclusko,

Conehoma Creek near Kosclusko, 

Miss............................... 10.3

Yockanookany River near Ofahoma, 

M i ss 484

Red Cane Creek tributary near Plsgah,

Fannegusha Creek near Sand Hill, 

Miss............................... 52.3

Hollybush Creek tributary No. 1

Clear Creek tributary near

Hanging Moss Creek at Jackson, Miss.. 16

Pearl River near Monticello, Miss.... 5,040 

Pearl River near Columbia, Miss...... 5,690

Pearl River at Pearl River, La....... 8,590 

Pearl River at 1-10 near Slidell, La. 8,700

1965-79 Apr. 9, 1969 6.36

374.34 1932, Mar. 29, 1951 18.72 

1938-79

0.00 1979

311.15 1943-79 Mar. 31, 1951 20.28 

1971-79 Apr. 17, 1973 14.77

1965-77 Aug. 1, 1975 6.34 

1971-79 Apr. 17, 1973 13.36 

1965-79 Apr. 16, 1973 6.46

1965-79 Oct. 5, 1976 6.97 

261.33 1953-79 Apr. 29, 1953 26.0 

260.68 1953-79 Apr. 29, 1953 16.2 

1965-79 Apr. 16, 1973 6.80 

262.72 1953-79 Apr. 29, 1953 16.6 

233.70 1874-1979 Mar. 31, 1902 37.5 

262.16 1953-79 Apr. 29, 1953 18.9 

158.66 1874-1979 Apr. 18, 1974 34.5

115.81 1874-1979, 1874 31 

1928-79 Apr. 15, 1974 27.25

55.0 1938-79 Apr. 17, 1974 22.13 

0.36 1874-1979 -1874 20.2 

0.00 1961-79 Apr. 20, 1974 9.3

known8/ Maximum during 

DIs- Gage 

charge height 

(ftVs) Date (ft) 

371 Apr. 12 6.70 

19,300 Apr. 13 23.06 

Apr. 12 399.2 

20,700 Apr. 14 23.27 

5,600 Apr. 12 13.88 

111 Apr. 12 6.29 

7,100 Apr. 12 

335 Apr. 12 6.00 

152 Apr. 12 5.20 

5,320 Apr. 12 21.30 

4,200 Apr. 11 13.35 

661 Apr. 10 8.85 

4,200 Apr. 10 11.97 

85,000 Apr. 17 43.2B aa/ 

7,500 Apr. 11 15.28 

100,000 Apr. 20 34.08 

165,000 Apr. 22 27.8 

93,900

99,000 Apr. 24 23.2 

Apr. 26 19.25 _z

129,000 Apr. 26 10.2 -^

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 2. Summary offload stages and discharges Continued

sit*

number

201 

202 

203 

204

205 

206

207 

208

209

210

211

212

213

214 

215

216

Permanent 

station 

number

07289265 

07289320 

07289322 

07289330

07289350 

07289390

07289442 

07289500

07289505

07289530

07289540

07289560

07289580

07289600 

07289610

07289640 

See footm

Datum of gage 

above National 

Drain- Geodetic 

age Vert lea 1 

area Datum of 1929 

Stream and place of determination (ml 2) (ft)

BIG BLACK RIVER BASIN

Hays Creek tributary No. 1 near

Zllpha Creek (Highway 43) near 

Ethel, Miss........................ 13.6

Little Zilpha Creek (Highway 43)

Zllpha Creek (Highway 35) near

Sharkey Creek near Hesterville, 

Miss............................... 12.3

Long Creek near Kosclusko, Miss...... 3.83 0.00

Big Black River at Plckens, Miss..... 1,460 196.26

Big Cypress Creek near Vaughn, Miss.. 89.3 182.70

Big Black River near Canton, Miss.... 1,820 0.00

Bear Creek at U.S. Highway 51 near

Bachelor Creek near Canton, Miss..... 3.11

oites at end of table.

Maximum previously knowiS/ Maximum during f

Period 

of Gage DIs- Gage 

known height charge height 

floods Date (ft) (ft3/s) Date (ft) (

1960-79 Mar. 16, 1973 26.68 3,300 Apr. 12 23.90 

1979 - Apr. 12 94.62 

1979 - Apr. 12 384.73 

1953-79 Apr. 13, 1955 27.49 16,000 Apr. 12 28.7 

1971-79 Mar. 16, 1973 25.11 57,700 Apr. 13 24.27 

1979 - Apr. 12 94.3 

1979 - Apr. 12 340.1 

1892,1927, Dec. 29, 1926 23.7 58,900 Apr. 14 23.6 

1930, 

1937-73,

1979

1960-70, Feb. 10, 1966 33.25 15,800 Apr. 13 33.30 

1979

1948-70, Jan. 7, 1951 18.46 12,600 Apr. 13 23.3 /

1979

1979 - - - Apr. 15 193.22 

1948-58, Apr. 29, 1953 255.6 7,300 Apr. 13 255.2 

1979

1951, Apr. 30, 1953 22.22 7,300 Apr. 13 22.9 

1953,

1955-58,

1979 

1948-79 Aug. 1, 1975 19.16 8,300 Apr. 12 18.44 

1953-70, July 31, 1975 20.65 -^4,400 Apr. 12 18.54 

1973,1975,

1979 

1965-79 Mar. 10, 1973 7.17 252 Apr. 12 7.16 
TABLE 2. Summary of flood stages and discharges Continued 

Site 

number

Permanent 

station 

number Stream end place of determination

Drainage 

area 

(mi 2 )

Datum of gage 

ebove National 

Geodetic 

Vertical 

Datum of 1929 

(ft)

Maximum previously

Period 

of 

known 

floods Date

known?/ Maximum during flo

Gage 

height 

(ft)

Discharge 

(fl^/s)

Gage 

height 

Date (ft) (f

BIG BLACK RIVER BASIN Continued

217 07289641 Panther Creek tributary near Flora, 

Miss..............................

218 07289850 Bogue Chltto near Flora, Miss.

219 07290000 Big Black River near Bovlna, Miss...

220 07290110 Fleetwood Creek near Bolton, Miss...

221 07290115 Unnamed Creek near BoI ton. Miss.

.07

126

2,810

13.1

2.26

1964-79 Oct. 3, 1973 7.42

169.94 1952-70, Apr. 30, 1953 20.88 

1979

84.93 1936-79 Dec. 20, 1961 40.53

1954,

1960-69,

1979

Aug. 22, 1960 23.49

1960-70, May 9, 1968 

1979

97.16

140 Apr. 12 6.29

21,000 Apr. 13 19.98

63,500 Apr. 16 40.56

4,400 Apr. 12 23.46

1,190 Apr. 12 98.0

a Includes flood of March 1979, where significant. 

b Regulated by Lake Sidney Lanler. 

c Regulated by Carters Lake and re-regulation dam. 

d Altitude from topographic map. 

e Regulated by Al latoona Reservoir. 

f Regulated by reservoirs in basin upstream.

g Contents In thousand cubic feet per second per day. One cubic foot per second per day Is equivalent to 1.9835 acre-feet. 

h Prior to construction of Welss Dam. 

1 Maximum release 49,700 ft3/s April 16, 1979.

j Based on synthetic data using short-term runoff and long-term rainfall records. 

k Regulated by Al latoona and Welss Reservoirs. 

m Approximately.

n National Weather Service gage.

p Regulated by Lake Martin and upstream hydroelectric plants. 

q Measured flow, less than peak flow. 

r At different site and datum. 

s Estimated. 

t Mean dally discharge. 

u Stage at 7:00 a.m., cst. 

v Observed.

w Occurred February 22, 1961 

x Occurred April 18, 1900. 

y Regulated by Okatibbee Lake. 

Z Discharge measurement near crest. 

aa Regulated by Ross R. Barnett Reservoir 15 miles upstream.
TABLES

TABLE 3. Summary of flood damages on main streams and principal tributaries

March 1979 flood

67

Flood damages in dollars

Basin and Stream

Alabama-Coosa River Basin

Alabama River 

Coosa River 

Tallapoosa River 

Total

Escambia-Conecuh River Basin

Escambia River 

Conecuh River 

Total

Tombigbee River Basin

Tombigbee River 

Total

Choctawhatchee River Basin

Choctawhatchee River 

Total

Coastal (Baldwin and Santa Rosa

CountiesJ

Total 

Pascagoula River Basin

Pascagoula River 

Total

Pearl River Basin

Pearl River 

Total

TOTAL

Agriculture

110,000 

1,514,300 

200,000

1,824,300 

53,000

53,000 

50,000

50,000

2,023,000

2,023,000 

11,000

11,000 

921,000

921,000 

4,882,300

Roads and 

Railroads

91,700 

1,313,000 

1,285,000

2,689,700

674,500 

55,500

730,000 

335,000

335,000 

250,000

250,000 

1,020,000

1,020,000 

177,000

177,000 

1,038,000

1,038,000 

6,239,700

Urban & Other

4,300 

11,989,700 

25,000

12,019,000 

13,189,000

13,189,000 

203,000

203,000

3,750,000

3,750,000 

182,000

182,000 

1,451,000

1,451,000 

30,794,000

Total

206,000 

14,817,000 

1,510,000

16,533,000

13,916,500 

55,500

13,972,000 

588,000

588,000 

250,000

250,000 

6,793,000

6,793,000 

370,000

370,000 

3,410,000

3,410,000 

41,916,000
68 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 3. Summary offload damages on main streams and principal tributaries Continued

April 1979 flood

Flood damages in dollars

Basin and Stream

Alabama-Coosa River Basin

Alabama River 

Coosa River 

Tallapoosa River 

Total

Apalachicola River Basin

Apalachicola River 

Chattahoochee River 

Flint River 

Total

Tombigbee River Basin

Tombigbee River 

Black Warrior River 

Total

Mobile River Basin

Mobile River 

Total

Pascagoula River Basin

Pascagoula River 

Leaf River 

Chickasawhay River 

Total

Pearl River Basin

Pearl River 

Total

Big Black River Basin

Big Black River and 

southwest Tributaries

TOTAL

Agriculture

2,373,900 

1,365,000 

425,000

4,163,900

0 

0 

50,000

50,000

9,346,100 

750,000

10,096,100 

0

0

82,000 

637,000

719,000 

5,447,000

5,447,000 

3,360,000

23,836,000

Roads and 

Railroads

1,148,300 

2,014,300 

1,484,000

4,646,600

0 

276,700 

410,000

686,700

11,854,200 

879,900

12,734,100 

580,000

580,000

304,000 

143,800 

1,387,800

1,835,600 

12,236,000

12,236,000

32,719,000

Urban & Other

13,503,500 

5,261,900 

1,446,800

20,212,200

0 

1,075,700 

205,000

1,280,700

17,031,300 

4,543,700

21,575,000 

1,609', 800

1,609,800

216,000 

468,500 

1,167,800

1,852,300 

239,914,000

239,914,000 

l,240,OOCll/

287,684,000

Total

17,025,700 

8,641,200 

3,355,800

29,022,700

0 

1,352,400 

665,000

2,017,400

38,231,600 

6,173,600

44,405,200 

2,189,800

2,189,800

520,000 

694,300 

3,192,600

4,406,900 

257,597,000

257,597,000 

4,600,000

344,239,000

! Includes Roads and Railroads
TABLES 

TABLE 4. Summary of stages and contents of storage reservoirs

[Measurements taken at 2400 CST on indicated dates]

Weiss Lake near Leesburg, Ala. 02399499

69

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Elevation 

I/ NGVD 

of 1929 

(feet)

563.26

563.22

563.87

567.38

569.50

570.41

570.42

570.89

569.57

568.94

568.10

566.95

565.54

564.31

563.54

563.05

562.56

561.95

561.57

562.06

561.74

561.32

561.69

562.38

562.50

562.46

562.36

562.44

562.28

562.40

562.56

March 1979

Contents 

2_/(ft3/s/day)

143,510

142,930

152,490

210,960

252,050

271,080

271,300

281,460

253,490

240,760

224,410

203,160

178,850

159,190

147,540

140,490

133,610

125,340

120,360

126,810

122,580

117,160

121,920

131,140

132,780

132,230

130,860

131,960

129,770

131,410

133,610

Change in 

storage 

21 (ftVs/day)

-580

+9,560

+58,470

+41,090

+19,030

+220

+10,160

-27,960

-12,730

-16,350

-21,250

-24,310

-19,660

-11,600

-7,100

-6,880

-8,270

-4,980

+6,450

-4,230

-5,420

+4,760

+9,220

+1,640

-550

-1,370

+1,100

-2,190

+1,640

+2,200

Elevation 

I/ NGVD 

of 1929 

(feet)

567.60

562.30

562.24

563.36

563.40

563.28

563.22

562.78

562.56

562.36

562.40

562.99

566.78

569.10

570.07

570.31

570.16

569.89

569.43

568.80

567.92

566.76

565.50

564.46

563.66

563.26

563.30

563.39

563.22

563.46

April 1979

Contents 

21 (ftVs/day)

134,160

130,050

129,230

144,960

145,540

143,800

142,930

136,670

133,610

130,860

131,410

139,640

200,130

243,950

263,870

268,950

265,770

260,100

250,620

237,990

221,000

199,780

178,190

161,510

149,360

143,510

144,080

145,390

142,930

146,420

Change in 

storage 

2J (ftVs/day)

+550

-4,110

-820

+15,730

+580

-1,740

-870

-6,260

-3,060

-2,750

+550

+8,230

+60,490

+43,820

+19,920

+5,080

-3,180

-5,670

-9,480

-12,630

-16,990

-21,220

-21,590

-16,680

-12,150

-5,850

+570

+1,310

-2,460

+3,490

I/ National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.

2_/ One cubic foot per second per day is equivalent to 1.9835 acre-feet.

Note: Records furnished by Alabama Power Co.
70 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 4. Summary of stages and contents of storage reservoirs Continued 

H. Neely Henry Reservoir near Ohatchee, Ala. 02401620

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Elevation 

I/ NGVD 

of 1929 

(feet)

505.00

504.96

503.74

502.50

502.54

502.41

502.43

502.58

502.51

502.42

502.49

502.44

502.38

502.54

505.00

505.00

504.92

504.57

504.51

501.31

503.63

503.18

504.43

504.25

504.63

504.42

503.81

503.78

503.42

503.63

504.48

March 1979

Contents 

2/(ft3/s/day)

45,610

45,430

40,100

35,160

35,310

34,820

34,900

35,470

35,200

34,560

35,120

34,930

34,710

35,310

45,610

45,610

45,290

43,670

43,410

30,840

39,640

37,810

43,060

42,270

43,940

43,010

40,390

40,270

38,750

39,640

43,060

Change in 

storage 

21 (ft^/s/day)

-180

-5,330

-4,940

+150

-490

+80

+570

-270

-640

+560

-190

-220

+600

+10,300

0

-320

-1,620

-260

-12,570

+8,800

-1,830

+5,250

-790

+1,670

-930

-2,620

-120

-1,520

+890

+3,420

Elevation 

I/ NGVD 

of 1929 

(feet)

504.83

503.92

504.41

502.49

502.64

504.36

505.01

505.00

504.97

504.83

504.47

502.50

502.57

502.53

502.40

502.50

502.58

502.54

502.64

502.56

502.58

502.44

503.36

504.99

506.50

506.56

507.36

507.59

507.56

507.47

April 1979

Contents 

21 (ft 3 /s/day)

44,840

40,660

42,970

35,120

35,700

42,750

45,660

45,610

45,480

44,840

43,230

35,160

35,430

35,270

34,780

35,160

35,470

35,310

35,700

35,590

35,470

34,930

38,540

45,570

52,860

53,170

57,380

58,640

58,470

57,980

Change in 

storage 

21 (ft3/ s/day)

+1,780

-4,180

+2,310

-7,850

+580

+7,050

+2,910

-50

-130

-640

-1,610

-8,070

+270

-160

-490

+380

+ 310

-160

+390

-310

+70

-540

+3,610

+7,030

+7,290

+310

+4,210

+1,260

-170

-490

I/ National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.

2J One cubic foot per second per day is equivalent to 1.9835 acre-feet

Note: Records furnished by Alabama Power Co.
TABLES

TABLE 4. Summary of stages and contents of storage reservoirs Continued 

Logon Martin Reservoir near Childersburg, Ala 02405200

71

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Elevation 

1/NGVD 

of 1929 

(feet)

459.94

459.91

460.55

468.79

471.83

472.16

470.86

468.87

467.09

465.94

464.70

463.57

462.60

461.75

460.64

460.40

459.77

459.77

459.75

459.68

459.47

459.08

3/459.99

460.06

459.82

459.87

459.81

459.52

459.35

459.33

459.68

March 1979

Contents 

2/(ft3/ s /day)

103,370

103,190

107,070

169,790

199,910

203,430

180,840

170,530

154,720

145,200

135,500

127,170

120,300

114,690

107,630

106,150

102,360

102,360

102,240

101,830

100,590

98,340

103,670

104,090

102,650

102,950

102,600

100,890

99,900

99,780

101,830

Change in 

storage 

2/(ft 3/s/day)

-180

+3,880

+62,720

+30,120

+3,520

-13,590

-19,310

-15,810

-9,520

-9,700

-8,330

-6,870

-5,610

-7,060

-1,480

-3,790

0

-120

-410

-1,240

-2,250

+5,330

+420

-1,440

+300

-350

-1,710

-990

-120

+2,050

Elevation 

1/NGDV 

of 1929 

(feet)

459.95

459.81

461.53

463.74

464 . 84

464.68

463.23

461.74

461.24

461.37

461.41

464.61

471.95

474.04

472.83

470.77

469.09

467.62

466 . 36

465.43

464.32

463.52

463.16

463.26

463.46

466.13

466.33

465.54

463.94

463.84

April 1979

Contents 

2/(ft3 /s/day)

103,430

102,600

113,260

128,390

136,570

135,350

124,750

114,630

111,400

112,230

112,490

134,820

201,180

224,540

210,760

188,930

172,580

159,290

148,610

141,120

132,650

126,810

124,260

124,960

126,380

146,730

148,370

142,000

129,850

129,120

Change in 

storage 

2/(ft3/s/day)

+1,600

-830

+10,660

+15,130

+8,180

-1,220

-10,600

-10,120

-3,230

+830

+260

+22,330

+66,360

+23,360

-13,780

-21,830

-16,350

-13,290

-10,680

-7,490

-8,470

-5,840

-2,550

+700

+1,420

+20,350

+1,640

-6,370

-12,150

-730

I/ National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.

2_/ One cubic foot per second per day is equivalent to 1.9835 acre-feet.

3/ Forebay elevation for 0100 hours on Mar. 24.

Note: Maximum outflow discharge, 115,200 cubic feet per second, Apr. 15. 

furnished by Alabama Power Co.

Records
72 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 4. Summary of stages and contents of storage reservoirs Continued 

Lay Lake near Clanton, Ala 02407950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Elevation 

1/NGVD 

of 1929 

(feet)

396.24

396.27

396.15

396.02

395.33

395.76

395.85

395.85

396.13

395.90

395.82

396.07

396.06

396.03

395.81

395.96

396.03

395.69

395.89

396.06

396.21

396.01

396.39

395.93

396.15

396.39

396.23

396.24

396.27

396.40

^J ^95 *? +J 92& £*

March 1979

Contents 

2/(ft3/ s /day)

133 A *J *J y 910 »/ -L V/

134,090

133,370

132,600

128,560

131,060

131,590

131,590

133,250

131,890

131,410

132,890

132,840

132,660

131,350

132,240

132,660

130,650

131,830

132,840

133,730

132,540

134,820

132,060

133,370

134,820

133,850

133,910

134,090

134,880

132,000

Change in 

storage 

2/(ftVs/day)

+180

-720

-770

-4,040

+2,500

+530

0

+1,660

-1,360

-480

+1,480

-50

-180

-1,310

+890

+420

-2,010

+1,180

+1,010

+890

-1,190

+2,280

-2,760

+1,310

+1,450

-970

+60

+180

+790

-> oon -Z , ooU

Elevation 

1/NGVD 

of 1929 

(feet)

395.80

396.07

396.02

395.73

395.84

395.90

396.18

395.90

396.29

396.16

396.07

395.78

395.95

395.75

395.94

396.07

395.85

395.79

396.10

396.06

396.13

396.12

396.15

396 . 04

396.00

395.79

395.92

395.74

396.21

396.34

April 1979

Contents 

2/(ft 3/s/day)

131,300

132,890

132,600

130,880

131,530

131,890

133,550

131,890

134,210

133,430

132,890

131,180

132,180

131,000

132,120

132,890

131,590

131,240

133,070

132,840

133,250

133,190

133,370

132,720

132,480

131,240

132,000

130,940

133,730

134,520

Change in 

storage 

2/(ftVs/day)

-700

+1,590

-290

-1,720

+650

+360

+1,660

-1,660

+2,320

-780

-540

-1,710

+1,000

-1,180

+1,120

+770

-1,300

-350

+1,830

-230

+410

-60

+180

-650

-240

-1,240

+760

-1,060

+2,790

+790

J7 National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.

2/ One cubic foot per second per day is equivalent to 1.9835 acre-feet.

Note: Maximum outflow discharge, 197,000 cubic feet per second, Apr. 13. Records furnished 

by Alabama Power Co.
TABLES

TABLE 4. Summary of stages and contents of storage reservoirs Continued 

Mitchell Dam near Verbena, Ala. 024094001

73

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Elevation 

I/ NGVD 

of 1929 

(feet)

311.8

311.9

312.2

311.5

312.1

312.2

312.2

311.9

311.8

312.0

312.2

312.2

311.8

312.2

312.2

311.9

311.9

312.2

312.2

311.9

312.0

311.9

312.0

311.9

312.0

311.9

312.2

311.8

312.3

312.1

312.0

March 1979

Contents 

21 (ft 3/s/day)

87,930

88,230

89,120

87,040

88,820

89,120

89,120

88,230

87,930

88,530

89,120

89,120

87,930

89,120

89,120

88,230

88,230

89,120

89,120

88,230

88,530

88,230

88,530

88,230

88,530

88,230

89,120

87,930

89,420

88,820

88,530

Change in 

storage 

21 (ft 3/s/day)

-600

+300

+890

-2,080

+1,780

+300

0

-890

-300

+600

+590

0

-1,190

+1,190

0

-890

0

+890

0

-890

+300

-300

+300

-300

+300

-300

+840

-1,190

+1,490

-600

-290

Elevation 

I/ NGVD 

of 1929 

(feet)

310.8

312.3

311.9

311.8

312.8

312.1

312.0

312.2

312.0

312.0

312.0

312.2

316.2

312.2

312.1

311.9

311.8

312.2

311.8

312.1

311.9

312.0

312.1

312.2

312.2

311.8

312.1

312.0

312.1

311.9

April 1979

Contents 

21 (ft 3/s/day)

84,990

89,420

88,230

87,930

90,920

88,820

88,530

89,120

88,530

88,530

88,530

89,120

101,460

89,120

88,820

88,230

87,930

89,120

87,930

88,820

88,230

88,530

88,820

89,120

89,120

87,930

88,820

88,530

88,820

88,230

Change in 

storage 

21 (ft3/s/day)

-3,540

+4,430

-190

-300

+2,990

-2,100

-290

+590

+590

0

0

+590

+12,340

-12,340

-300

-590

-300

+1,190

-1,190

+890

-590

+300

+290

+300

0

-1,190

+890

-290

+290

-590

I/ National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.

2J One cubic foot per second per day is equivalent to 1.9835 acre-feet.

Note: Records furnished by Alabama Power Co.
74 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 4. Summary of stages and contents of storage reservoirs Continued 

Jordan Lake near Wetumpka, Ala. 02414000

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26 "27

28

29

30 

31

Elevation 

1/NGVD 

of 1929 

(feet)

251.90

251.31

252.77

251.78

251.90

251.95

251.77

251.80

251.70

251.60

251.90

251.82

251.85

251.91

251.79

251.90

251.82

251.86

251.74

251.84

251.90

251.70

251.78

251.72

251.57

251.87

251.94

251.75

251.91

251.82 

251.16

March 1979

2/Contents 

3/(ft 3/s/day)

118,750

116,800

121,680

118,350

118,750

118,910

118,310

118,410

118,080

117,750

118,750

118,480

118,580

118,780

118,380

118,750

118,480

118,610

118,210

118,550

118,750

118,080

118,350

118,150

117,650

118,650

118,880

118,250

118,780

118,480 

116,310

Change in 

storage 

3/(ftVs/day)

-1,950

+4,880

-3,330

+400

+160

-600

+100

-330

-330

+1,000

-270

+ 100

+200

-400

+370

-270

+130

-400

+340

+200

-670

+270

-200

-500

+1,000

+230

-630

+530

-300 

-2,170

Elevation 

1/NGVD 

of 1929 

(feet)

250.22

250.90

251.53

251.71

251.86

251.81

251.74

251.76

251.71

251.84

251.40

251.77

256.71

251.90

251.93

251.92

251.93

251.95

251-.72

251.81

251.71

251.89

251.81

251.75

251.86

251.71

251.73

251.74

251.82

251.86

April 1979

2/Contents 

3/(ft3/s/day)

113,280

115,460

117,520

118,120

118,610

118,450

118,210

118,280

118,120

118,550

117,090

118,310

135,960

118,750

118,850

118,810

118,850

118,910

118,150

118,450

118,120

118,710

118,450

118,250

118,610

118,120

118,180

118,210

118,480

118,610

Change in 

storage 

3/(ft 3/s/day)

-3,030

+2,180

+2,060

+600

+490

-160

-240

+70

-160

+430

-1,460

+1,220

+17,650

-17,210

+ 100

-40

+40

+60

-760

+300

-330

+590

-260

-200

+360

-490

+60

+30

+270

+130

\J National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.

2/ Includes Walter Bouldin Reservoir

_3/ One cubic foot per second per day is equivalent to 1.9835 acre-feet.

Note: Maximum outflow discharge, 316,000 cubic feet per second, Apr. 13. Records furnished 

by Alabama Power Co.
TABLES

TABLE 4. Summary of stages and contents of storage reservoirs Continued 

Lake Martin near Tallassee, Ala 02417500

75

Day

1

2

3

4

S

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Elevation 

1/NGVD 

of 1929 

(feet)

482.24

482.21

482.40

484.70

487.78

489.15

489.83

489.86

489.61

489.39

489.12

488.88

488.64

488.45

488.23

487.92

487.68

487.40

487.13

486.93

486.90

486.44

486.45

486.50

486.65

486.55

486.49

486.58

486.29

486.12

486.31

March 1979

Contents 

2/(ft 3 /s/day)

675,620

675,100

678,420

719,440

776,820

803,250

816,580

817,170

812,250

807,940

802,670

798,000

793,350

789,680

785,440

779,490

774,910

769,590

764,470

760,700

760,140

751,510

751,700

752,630

755,440

753,570

752,440

754,130

748,710

745,540

749,080

Change in 

storage 

2/(ftVs/day)

-520

+3,320

+41,020

+57,380

+26,430

+13,330

+590

-4,920

-4,310

-5,270

-4,670

-4,650

-3,670

-4,240

-5,950

-4,580

-5,320

-5,120

-3,770

-560

-8,630

+190

+930

+2,810

-1,870

-1,130

+1,690

-5,420

-3,170

+3,540

Elevation 

1/NGVD 

of 1929 

(feet)

486.49

486.30

487.17

489.16

489.92

490.05

489.94

489.75

489.63

489.39

489.24

489.32

490.80

490.52

490.10

490.05

490.02

489.90

489.78

489.88

489.37

489.16

489.19

489.15

489.75

490.00

490.03

489.98

489.87

489.78

April 1979

Contents 

2/(ftVs/day)

752,440

748,890

765,230

803,450

813,360

820,920

818,750

815,010

812,650

807,940

805,010

806,570

835,840

830,250

821,910

820,920

820,330

817,960

815,600

817,570

807,550

803,450

804,030

803,250

815,010

819,940

820,530

819,540

817,370

815,600

Change in 

storage 

2/(ft3/s/day)

+3,360

-3,550

+16,340

+38,220

+9,910

+7,560

-2,170

-3,740

-2,360

-4,710

-2,930

+1,560

+29,270

-5,590

-8,340

-990

-590

-2,370

-2,360

+1,970

-10,020

-4,100

+580

-780

+11,760

+4,930

+590

-990

-2,170

-1,770

I/ National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.

2/ One cubic foot per second per day is equivalent to 1.9835 acre-feet.

Note: Maximum outflow discharge, 128,000 cubic feet per second, Apr. 14. Records furnished 

by Alabama Power Co.
76 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 4. Summary of stages and contents of storage reservoirs Continued 

Lewis Smith Reservoir near Jasper, Ala. 02451950

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Elevation 

I/ NGVD 

of 1929 

(feet)

507.81

509.96

512.64

515.33

515.55

516.12

515.84

515.30

514.68

514.16

513.61

513.01

512.70

512.35

511.99

511.60

511.20

510.74

510.35

510.60

509.60

509.16

509.50

509.82

510.04

509.77

509.48

509.33

509.19

509.04

509.04

March 1979

Contents 

2/(ft3/s/day)

698,760

700,360

729,640

760,320

762,880

769,580

778,120

759,970

752,780

746,810

740,550

733,780

730,310

726,410

722,420

718,130

713,750

708,750

704,540

707,240

696,520

691,860

695,460

698,860

701,220

698,330

695,250

693,650

692,180

690,590

690,590

Change in 

storage 

2/(ft3/s/day)

+1,600

+29,280

+30,680

+2,560

+6,700

+8,540

-18,150

-7,190

-5,970

-6,260

-6,770

-3,470

-3,900

-3,990

-4,290

-4,380

-5,000

-4,210

+2,700

-10,720

-4,660

+3,600

+3,400

+2,360

-2,890

-3,080

-1,600

-1,470

-1,590

0

Elevation 

I/ NGVD 

of 1929 

(feet)

509.36

509.87

510.45

510.55

510.38

510.14

510.12

510.06

509.94

509.89

509.90

512.61

517.18

518.20

518.67

518.43

517.89

517.32

516.63

515.95

515.25

514.54

513.81

513.10

512.55

512.33

511.95

511.57

511.16

510.75

April 1979

Contents 

2/(ft3/s/day)

693,970

699,400

705,620

706,700

704,870

702,290

702,070

701,430

700,150

699,610

699,720

729,310

782,190

794,520

800,270

797,330

790,750

783,870

775,620

767,570

759,380

751,170

742,620

734,790

728,640

726,190

721,980

717,800

713,320

708,860

Change in 

storage 

2/(ft3/s/day)

+3,380

+5,430

+6,220

+1,080

-1,830

-2,580

-220

-640

-1,280

-540

+ 110

+29,590

+52,880

+12,330

+5,750

-2,940

-6,580

-6,880

-8,250

-8,050

-8,190

-8,210

-8,550

-7,830

-6,150

-2,450

-4,210

-4,180

-4,480

-4,460

I/ National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.

2/ One cubic foot per second per day is equivalent to 1.9835 acre-feet.

Note: Maximum outflow discharge 9,100 ft3/day April, 21,23. Outflow April 12, 2,700 ft 3/s; 

April 13 and 14 no outflow; April 15, 1,400 ft 3/s. 

Records furnished by Alabama Power Company.
TABLES

TABLE 4. Summary of stages and contents of storage reservoirs Continued 

Okatibbee Reservoir near Meridian, Miss. 02475976

77

Day

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

Elevation

I/ NGVD

of 1929

(feet)

344.07

344.15

347.33

350.05

350.66

350.51

350.27

349.99

349.66

349.36

349.04

348. 71

348.38

348.02

347.64

347.26

346.85

346.46

346.06

345.66

345.36

345.23

345.05

344.73

344.31

343.86

343.39

342.90

342.40

342.12

342.00

March 1979

Contents

2/(ftVs/day)

23,385

23,543

30,976

38,567

40,435

39,982

39,244

38,363

37,399

36,524

35,608

34,673

33,775

32,783

31,791

30,802

29,764

28,799

27,817

26,897

26,203

25,899

25,493

24,790

23,896

22,945

22,016

21,055

20,135

19,622

19,407

Change in

storage

21 (ft 3 /s/day)

*158

7,433

7,591

1,867

-453

-737

-880

-963

-875

-915

-934

-898

-991

-992

-988

-1,037

-965

-982

-919

-694

-304

-406

-702

-893

-950

-929

-961

-920

-513

-214

Elevation

I/ NGVD

of 1929

(feet)

341.92

342.15

342.80

343.71

344.27

344.35

344.31

344.68

345.33

345.62

345.75

349.41

353.81

355.24

355.20

354.98

354.73

354.46

354.18

353.88

353.58

353.30

353.02

352.76

352.49

352.23

351.94

351.62

351.29

350.94

April 1979

Contents

21 (ft 3/s/day)

19,265

19,674

20,879

22,649

23,802

23,985

23,892

24,697

26,134

26,802

27,092

36,686

50,970

56,293

56,134

55,297

54,359

53,371

52,321

51,239

50,174

49,157

48,187

47,290

46,363

45,482

44,530

43,494

42,405

41,292

Change in

storage

2f (ftVs/day)

-142

408

1,204

1,770

1,152

182

-92

804

1,436

667

290

9,593

14,283

5,323

-159

-836

-938

-987

-1,049

-1,081

-1,065

-1,017

- 970

- 897

- 926

- 880

- 952

-1,035

-1 ,089

-1,112

\J National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.

2_/ One cubic foot per second per day is equivalent to 1.9835 acre-feet.

Note: Furnished by U.S. Army Corps of Ehgineers
78 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 4. Summary of stages and contents of storage reservoirs Continued 

Ross Barnett Reservoir near Jackson, Miss. 02485600

Day

March 1979

Elevation above 

National Geodetic 

Vertical Da tun at 

 'tfeeks Bridge 

(feet)

2/ 

 Elevation above

National Geodetic 

Vertical Datum at 

dam (feet)

April 1979

Elevation above 

National Geodetic 

Vertical Da tun at 

 Meeks Bridge 

(feet)

2/ 

 Elevation above

National Geodetic 

Vertical Datum at 

dam (feet

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

297.1

297.2

297.3

297.4

297.6

297.3

297.4

297.7

297.9

297.5

297.2

297.3

297.5

297.4

297.3

297.3

297.3

297.3

297.3

297.3

297.3

297.4

297.5

297.4

297.4

297.3

297.4

297.4

297.4

297.4

297.4

297.

297.

297.

297.

297.

297.3

297.2

297.6

297.9

297.5

297.2

297.3

297.5

297.5

297.3

297.4

297.3

297.4

297.3

297.4

297.4

297.4

297.4

297.4

297.4

297.

297.

297.

297,

297.

297.4

297.4

297.4

297.6

297.9

297.9

297.8

297.7

297.8

297.8

297.6

297.6

298.1

298.2

297.1

297.9

299.1

300.0

299.2

297.9

297.2

296.6

296.2

296.1

297.4

297.5

297.6

297.9

297.9

297.8

297.7

297.8

297.8

297.7

297.5

298.1

298.2

296.6

296.9

-'298.8 

299.7 

299.1 

297.8 

297.2

296.6

296.3

296.1

296.0

296.0

296.0

296.1

296.2

296.2

296.3

-/ At State Highway 43, 7.6 miles upstream from dam.

-' Data furnished by Pearl River Valley Water Supply District (rounded to tenths).

- Crest elevation 299.8 feet, 2300 hours April 16 to 0100 hours April 17.
TABLES 79

TABLE 4. Summary of stages and contents of storage reservoirs Continued 

Ross Barnett Reservoir near Jackson, Miss. 02485600 Continued

Discharge measurements of (02485000) Pearl River at Meeks Bridge 

near Canton, Mississippi, (State Highway 43).

Mean elevation 

National Geodetic 

Vertical Datum Discharge 

Date Mean time (feet)

April 15

April 16

April 17

April 18

April 19

1740

1330

1730

1550

1420

298.3

299.4

299.3

298.5

297.2

128,000

143,000

102,000

73,200

43,700
80 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979. MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stages

Stream and location

Distance 

upstream 

from mouth 

(miles)

Elevation above 

National geodetic 

vertical datum 

of 1929 

(feet)

COOSA RIVER BASIN 

Coosa River:

Jordan Dam near Wetumpka, Ala. (upstream)

Left bank................................

U.S. Geological Survey gaging station 

(02411000) on right bank 0.5 mi downstream 

from Jordan Dam, near Wetumpka, Ala......

Right bank................................

Right bank................................

Right bank................................

Right bank................................

Right bank................................

U.S. Geological Survey gaging station 

(02411600) on downstream side of bridge 

on State Highway 14, in Wetumpka, Ala....

Right bank................................

Mouth, at Alabama River, mile 314.4 

(confluence of Coosa and Tallapoosa 

Rivers) near Montgomery, Ala.............

TALLAPOOSA RIVER BASIN 

Tallapoosa River:

Alabama Power Co. gage (02418500) on 

left bank, 1.5 mi downstream from 

Benjamin Fitzpatrick Highway bridge at 

Thurlow Dam, at Tallassee, Ala...........

Right bank................................

Left bank.................................

U.S. National Weather Service gage 

(02419500) on Atlanta and West Point 

Railroad bridge at Milstead, Ala.........

Upstream side of Alabama Highway 229, 

0.4 mi northeast of main channel, right 

bank.....................................

Right bank................................

Downstream side of Alabama Highway 229, 

0.4 mi northeast of main channel, right 

bank.....................................

Right bank................................

Left bank.................................

18.9

18.7

18.6

17.7

15.8

14.6

13.5

12.2

11.4 

6.4

0.0

48.0

46.8

44.1

39.8

39.8

39.8

39.7

39.7

39.6

256.8

191.9

189.3

186.0

182.9

178.9

174.8

170.9

169.6

163.1

212.6

211.8

209.5

203.5

203.3

202.9

203.0

202.7

202.4

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLES 

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stages Continued

81

Stream and location

Distance 

upstream 

from mouth 

(miles)

Elevation above 

National geodetic 

vertical datum 

of 1929 

(feet) ____

200.4

197.1

189.0

182.0

174.9

171.3

170.1

168.0

163.9

163.4

163.0

TALLAPOOSA RIVER BASIN--Continued 

Tallapoosa River Continued

Left bank................................. 39.4

Left bank................................. 37.1

Left bank................................. 33.0

Left bank................................. 28.0

Left bank................................. 24.8

Left bank................................. 21.0

Left bank................................. 19.5

Left bank................................. 14.8

Left bank................................. 9.8

Left bank................................. 9.6

Left bank................................. 4.8

Mouth, at Alabama River mile 314.4

(confluence of Coosa and Tallapoosa

Rivers) near Montgomery, Ala............. 0.0

ALABAMA RIVER BASIN 

Alabama River:

Confluence of Coosa and Tallapoosa

Rivers near Montgomery, Ala.............. 314.4

Right bank................................ 311.1

Left bank................................. 304.8

Right bank................................ 301.8

U.S. National Weather Service gage

(02419988) on left bank in abandoned

pumping station of the Riverview

Manufacturing Co. at 715 Shady St.,

Montgomery, Ala.......................... 269.9

Right bank................................ 291.2

U.S. Geological Survey gaging station

(02420000) at bridge on U.S. Highway 31,

near Montgomery, Ala..................... 287.6

Left bank................................. 277.6

Right bank................................ 261.2

Left bank................................. 255.0

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gage

(02421351) at downstream end of Jones

Bluff lock and dam....................... 245.4

162.1

159.4

157.6

i/156.2 

155.0

i/152.4 

147.6 

139.5 

137.5

b/133.2

See footnotes at end of table.
82 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Distance 

upstream 

from mouth 

(miles)

Elevation above 

National geodetic 

vertical datum 

of 1929 

(feet)____

ALABAMA RIVER BASIN--Continued

Alabama River Continued

Right bank...............................

Left bank................................

Right bank...............................

Left bank................................

Left bank................................

Right bank...............................

Right bank...............................

U.S. Geological Survey gaging station 

(02423000) at bridge on U.S. Highway 80, 

at Selma, Ala...........................

Right bank...............................

Right bank...............................

Cahaba River.............................

Right bank...............................

Right bank...............................

Left bank................................

Left bank................................

Right bank...............................

Left bank................................

Left bank................................

Right bank...............................

Left bank................................

Left bank................................

Right bank...............................

Right bank...............................

Right bank.........................'......

U.S. Geological Survey gaging station 

(02429500) downstream side of bridge 

on U.S. Highway 84, at Claiborne, Ala...

Right bank...............................

Right bank...............................

Right bank...............................

Right bank...............................

Right bank...............................

Right bank...............................

Left bank................................

Right bank...............................

Left bank................................

Left bank................................

244.9

243.0

239.5

237.8

234.5

227.4

219.4

214.8

213.4

205.4

198.1

197.4

187.8

180.2

169.4

156.0

133.0

124.4

119.5

114.8

110.5

105.2

80.0

79.2

76.1

74.9

70.7

68.9

68.8

63.2

62.6

61.3

61.1

58.7

133.1

132.3

130.3

127.7

128.1

124.4

119.3

d/ 

d/

116.2

112.9

108.5

104.0

98.9

93.9

87.8

78.2

73.2

73.9

71.8

68.2

66.0

53.5

52.9

e/

55.9

51.6

50.9

49.5

47.8

47.8

44.0

43.6

42.6

42.4

41.8

39.4

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLES

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stages Continued

83

Stream and location

Distance 

upstream 

from mouth 

(miles)_

Elevation above 

National geodetic 

vertical datum 

of 1929 

(feet) ____

ALABAMA RIVER BASIN Continued 

Alabama River Continued

Left bank............................

Right bank...........................

Right bank...........................

Right bank...........................

Left bank............................

Right bank...........................

Left bank............................

Right bank...........................

Right bank...........................

Right bank...........................

Mouth, at Mobile River mile 45.0 

(confluence of Alabama and Tombigbee 

Rivers) near Calvert, Ala...........

CAHABA RIVER BASIN 

Shades Creek:

Left bank 200 ft upstream from 5-barrel

culvert and 100 ft north of U.S. Highway

78 in Irondalej Ala.....................

Right bank at downstream end of 5-barrel

culvert and 100 ft north of U.S. Highway

78 in Irondale, Ala.....................

Right bank 100 ft upstream from U.S.

Highway 78 in Irondale, Ala..............

Left bank 60 ft downstream from U.S.

Highway 78 in Irondale, Ala..............

Right bank at downstream side of bridge

on Elder Street in Birmingham, Ala.......

Right bank at upstream side of culvert on

Old Leeds Road in Mountain Brook, Ala..., 

Left bank 80 ft downstream from Old Leeds

Road in Mountain Brook, Ala..............

Left bank 5 ft upstream from abutment of

bridge on Beachwood Road in Mountain

Brook, Ala...............................

Left bank 100 ft downstream from

Beachwood Road in Mountain Brook, Ala..., 

Left bank on downstream side of

Beachwood Road in Mountain Brook, Ala...,

52.5

51.6

50.1

48.0

43.4

42.1

41.8

39.8

38.1

31.0

0.0

53.2

53.2

53.1

53.0

51.6

49.0

49.0

48.5

48.5

47.9

37.0

35.8

34.6

33.3

31.2

31.1

30.6

30.5

28.0

24.9

707.0

706.5

706.4

705.9

688.1

675.1

675.2

670.0

669.4

664.6

See footnotes at end of table.
84 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Distance 

upstream 

from mouth 

(miles)

Elevation above 

National geodetic 

vertical datum 

of 1929 

(feet)

CAHABA RIVER BASIN--Continued 

Shades Creek Continued

Right bank 20 ft upstream from Lakeshore 

Drive in Mountain Brook, Ala.............

Right bank at downstream end of bridge 

on Lakeshore Drive in Mountain Brook, 

Ala......................................

Right bank 100 ft downstream from 

Lakeshore Drive in Mountain Brook, Ala...

Left downstream wingwall at bridge on 

old U.S. Highway 31 near Homewood, Ala...

Right bank at upstream side of bridge on 

Green Spring Highway in Homewood, Ala....

Right bank at downstream side of bridge 

on Green Spring Highway in Homewood, Ala.

Right bank at Shades Creek filter plant 

near Homewood, Ala.......................

Right bank at downstream side of bridge 

on Oxmoor Road near Homewood, Ala........

Right bank 35 ft upstream from gravel road 

0.1 mile east of Shannon Road (E^SE% 

sec. 33, T. 18 S., R. 3 W.) near 

Homewood, Ala............................

Right bank 35 ft downstream from gravel 

road 0.1 mile east of Shannon Road 

(E%SEh sec. 33, T. 18 S., R. 3 W.) 

near Homewood, Ala.......................

Right bank 25 ft upstream from Alabama 

State Highway 150, 0.6 mile southeast of 

Parkwood, Ala............................

Right bank at downstream side of Alabama 

State Highway 150, 0.6 mile southeast of 

Parkwood, Ala............................

Right bank at upstream side of county road 

0.8 mile southwest of Parkwood, Ala......

Right bank at downstream side of county 

road 0.8 mile southwest of Parkwood, Ala.

Left bank upstream side of Morgan Road 

near Hopewell, Ala.......................

Left bank downstream from Morgan Road 

near Hopewell, Ala.......................

47.3

47.3

47.2

45.1

42.8

42.8

41.1

40.2

39.2

39.2

31.5

31.5

30.4

30.3

25.2

25.2

654.5

651.3

650.9

637.9

626.4

626.4

616.4

611.9

601.2

601.2

553.1

553.0

538.6

538.6

510.6

510.4

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLES 

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stages Continued

85

Stream and location

Distance 

upstream 

from mouth 

(miles)

Elevation above 

National geodetic 

vertical datum 

of 1929 

(feet)

CAHABA RIVER BASIN--Continued 

Shades Creek--Continued

U.S. Geological Survey gage (02423630) 

on left bank on downstream side of 

bridge on Dickey Spring Road near 

Greenwood, Ala.......................

Mouth (at Cahaba River mile 104.2)....

TOMBIGBEE RIVER BASIN 

Tombigbee River:

U.S. Geological Survey gaging station 

(02441500) on left bank, 1200 feet 

downstream from bridge on U.S. Highway 

45E and 82, at Columbus, Miss..........

Left bank at sediment range 10 B _'....,

Right bank near sediment range 9 B _'.., 

Luxapallila Creek.......................

Right bank..............................

Right bank near sediment range 20 A ±1 ., 

Left bank near sediment range 19 A _' ... 

Right bank at sediment range SA 12 £/... 

Left bank at sediment range 17 A £/.....

Right bank at sediment range 16 A £/..., 

Right bank near sediment range 15 A £/.. 

Right bank near sediment range 13 A JL/.. 

Left bank at sediment range 11 HB _£/..., 

Left bank at sediment range 8 HB zT. ....

-F/ Right bank at sediment range 3 HB £/.... 

Right bank at sediment range 8 A £/..... 

Right bank near Southern Natural Gas

pipeline near Forreston, Miss..........

Right bank at sediment range 4 A £/.....

Right bank near sediment range 3 A £/... 

Left bank on staff gage at Pickensville

Landing, Ala...........................

Left bank at sediment range 1 A ±J ......

Left bank at sediment range 15 AG £/ ... 

Right bank near sediment range BCD '... 

Left bank near sediment range 15 A _/... 

Left bank at sediment range 14 A _/....,

20.8 

0.0

319.7

319.3

318.5

317.4

317.1

316.0

315.0

312.7

312.2

311.2

309.6

307.8

307.3

306.0

302.6

300.2

297.8

295.0

292.0

290.1

288.0

286.2

285.0

283.0

281.8

493.6

164.4

164.0

163.8

163.2 

162.6 

161.0 

158.4 

157.3 

156.0 

153.8 

152.7 

d/152.7

150.6

150.7

148.8

145.0

143.7

143.0

141.1

139.7

139.5

140.0

139.6

See footnotes at end of table.
86 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stores Continued

Stream and location

Distance 

upstream 

from mouth 

(miles)

Elevation above

National geodetic

vertical datum

of 1929

(feet)

TOMBIGBEE RIVER BASIN--Continued

Tombigbee River Continued

U.S. Geological Survey gaging station 

(02444500) near left bank, downstream 

side of bridge on State Highway 17, 

near Cochrane, Ala......................

Right bank at sediment range 10 A '... 

Left bank near sediment range 9 A £./.., 

Right bank near sediment range 8 A ' . . 

Right bank at sediment range 7 A ^7....

Left bank at sediment range 6 A _/.....,

Right bank at sediment range 5 A £/....,

Left bank near sediment range 4 A _/ .. 

Right bank near sediment range 3 A '. . . 

Right bank near sediment range 2 A _' . . , 

U.S. Geological Survey gaging station 

(02449000) near right bank on 

downstream side of bridge on State 

Highway 39 at Gainesville, Ala........

Right bank at sediment range 1 C _/....

Left bank..............................

Left bank at sediment range 3 C _'.....,

Left bank..............................

Left bank near sediment range 5 C '..., 

Right bank near sediment range 6 C j/.. 

U.S. Geological Survey gaging station 

(02449500 discontinued) at bridge on 

U.S. Highway 11 at Epes, Ala...........

Left bank near sediment range 7 C '. .. 

Left bank near sediment range 8 C £./ 

Left bank near sediment range 9 C ... 

Left bank, Bluffport, Ala..............

Right bank near sediment range 10 C '. 

Right bank near sediment range 11 C £/. 

Right bank near sediment range 12 C '. , 

Right bank near sediment range 12 CA */, 

Right bank near sediment range RB 5 . 

Left bank at sediment range RB 10 £/... 

Right bank near sediment range RB 12 _' 

Right bank near sediment range 12 CE j/ 

Left bank near sediment range 13 C £/.. 

Left bank 100 feet upstream from Black 

Warrior River.........................

271.4

271.1

264.8

261.4

259.0

255.6

252.1

248.1

244.5

241.0

234.4

232.8

229.4

229.0

226.5

221.3

218.1

215.2

212.9

207.9

204.2

202.0

200.5

198.3

193.0

191.2

189.8

185.0

183.0

180.8

179.9

175.0

133.1

131.7

130.2

130.5

129.3

127.5

124.8

123.2

122.6

120.2

119.6

117.5

116.2

116.2

115.4

111.7

111.3

108.9

107.4

106.8

104,

102,

101,

100,

95

I/ 95 

95

96.4

I/ 95.7 i /

95.4

5

2

95.2

93.9

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLES 

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stages Continued

87

Stream and location

Distance 

upstream 

from mouth 

(miles)

Elevation above 

National geodetic 

vertical datum 

of 1929 

(feet)

TOMBIGBEE RIVER BASIN--Continued 

Tombigbee River--Continued

Left bank, old lock 4.....................

Left bank, Demopolis Park.................

Left bank, Demopolis Park.................

Left bank near Alabama State grain 

elevators................................

U.S. Geological Survey gaging station 

(02467000) on left bank, 100 ft 

upstream from Demopolis lock and dam 

near Coatopa, Ala........................

Left bank about 1000 feet downstream 

from Demopolis lock and dam..............

Right bank................................

Right bank, Bethel Church.................

Left bank, Gulf States Company............

Left bank about 0.15 mile upstream from 

Rooster bridge...........................

Mouth of Sucarnoochee Creek...............

Right bank................................

Old lock 3 on right bank..................

U.S. Geological Survey gaging station

(02469761) near right bank at 

Coffeeville lock and dam near 

Coffeeville, Ala.........................

U.S. Geological Survey gaging station

(02469762) near right bank below 

Coffeeville lock and dam near 

Coffeeville, Ala.........................

Mouth, at Mobile River mile 45.0 

(confluence of Tombigbee and Alabama 

Rivers)..................................

Tombigbee River tributary streams:

Luxapallila Creek near Columbus, Miss.: 

Left bank...............................

Right bank..............................

Right bank..............................

Left bank...............................

Mouth (at Tombigbee River at mile 317.4)

174.5

174.1

174.0

173.0

171.2

170.9

170.1

165.8

163.6

159.8

158.6

155.7

148.9

74.7

74.2

0.0

7.0 

6.2 

6.0 

2.6 

0.0

93.8

93.8

93.6

93.4

93.0

92.4

90.8

89.5

87.3

84.7

82.9

77.9

51.5

50.6

177.9

175.2

175.2

165.3

See footnotes at end of table.
88 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stages Continued

Elevation above 

Distance National geodetic 

upstream vertical datum 

from mouth of 1929 

_________Stream and location____________(miles)________(feet)______

TOMBIGBEE RIVER BASIN--Continued 

Tombigbee River tributary streams--Continued

Noxubee River:

Near Starkville, Miss., at State 

Highway 25, at upstream side of 

highway, 1000 feet left of mainchannel bridge......................... £/125.4 261.7

--Downstream side of highway at right

bank bridge abutment................... g/125.4 258.4

Near Brooksville, Miss., upstream side

of county highway in sec. 19, T. 16 N.,

R. 16 E., right bank, 2300 feet right

of main channel....................... 90.7 209.3

--Downstream side of county highway at

right abutment of first relief opening

left of main channel, at gage site.... 89.7 208.3 

Near Macon, Miss., at Poplar Creek near

county highway in SE^NW^ sec. 35,

T. 15 N., R. 16 E., right bank, 4200

feet right............................ 71.8 188.2

Macon, Miss., along county highway in

SE%SW% sec. 32, T. 15 N., R. 17 E.,

at golf course........................ 66.3 184.9

Macon, Miss., upstream side of U.S.

Highway 45 bridge, on left bank....... g/ 63.1 182.1

U.S. Geological Survey gaging station

(02448000) on downstream side of

bridge on U.S. Highway 45 at Macon,

Miss. ................................. 63.1 182.4

Macon, Miss., upstream side of U.S.

Highway 45 bypass, right bank, 200

feet right of main channel............ g/ 60.2 179.7

--Downstream side of U.S. Highway 45

bypass at right abutment.............. g/ 60.2 178.4

Near Macon, Miss., along county highway

crossing of Tibby Creek, left bank,

2400 feet left........................ 50.2 167.9

Near Macon, Miss., at county highway

bridge in sec. 33, T. 14 N., R. 18 E.,

left bank at main-channel bridge...... 43.7 163.0

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLES 

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stages Continued

89

Stream and location

Distance 

upstream 

from mouth 

(miles)

Elevation above 

National geodetic 

vertical datum 

of 1929 

(feet)

TOMBIGBEE RIVER BASIN Continued 

Tombigbee River tributary streams--Continued

Noxubee River--Continued

Near Paulette, Miss., at county highway in NE%SE% sec. 17, T. 13 N,, 

R. 18 E., right bank.................. 39.9 157.8

--In NW%SW% sec. 16, T. 13 N., R. 18 E.,

right bank.. .......................... 39.6 157.6

Near Geiger, Ala., upstream side of

State Highway 17 (north bridge) left

bank, 300 feet left of north channel.. £/ 16.9 135.0

--Downstream side of State Highway 17

at left end of bridge................. g/ 16.9 134.2

Near Geiger, Ala., upstream side of

State Highway 17 (south bridge)

right bank, 500 feet right of main

channel............................... g/ 16.9 134.7

--Downstream side of State Highway 17,

600 feet right of main channel........ g/ 16.9 134.2

U.S. Geological Survey gaging station 

(02448500) near left bank on downstream side of bridge on State Highway 17, near Geiger, Ala.............. 16.9 134.7

Near Geiger, Ala., downstream side of 

St. Louis-San Francisco Railroad, 

right bank, 3000 feet right of main 

channel............................... g/ 14.7 133.6

Near Gainesville, Ala., upstream side 

of county highway, 3800 feet left of 

main channel.......................... g/ .3 122.7

--Downstream side of county highway

3500 feet right of main channel....... g/ .3 122.3

Sucarnoochee Creek:

Near DeKalb, Miss., upstream side of 

State Highway 16, left bank, 2000 

feet left............................. - 261.4

--Downstream side of State Highway 16... ____- 259.2

Near Porterville, Miss., downstream 

side of U.S. Highway 45, left end of 

main-channel bridge................... _____ 197.0

U.S. Geological Survey gaging station 

(02467500) on right bank 10 feet 

downstream from bridge on U.S. Highway 11 at Livingston, Ala............. _____ 123.5

Mouth, at Tombigbee River, mile 158.6... 0.0 _____

See footnotes at end of table.
90 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Distance 

upstream 

from mouth 

(miles)

Elevation above 

National geodetic 

vertical datum

of 1929

(feet)_____

PASCAGOULA RIVER BASIN 

Pascagoula River tributary streams:

Okatibbee Creek:

Okatibbee Dam, near Meridian, Miss., 

tailwater gage........................

County road bridge, near Meridian, Miss., 

highwater mark on 5-inch elm tree, 75 

feet downstream left bank of bridge, 

15 feet riverward of left bank 

abutment..............................

County road bridge, near Meridian, Miss., 

highwater mark on downstream concrete 

piling of first pile bent from left 

abutment..............................

State Highway 19, near Meridian, Miss., 

highwater mark on 12-inch creosote 

piling of first pile bent from right 

bent from right bank bridge abutment..

State Highway 494, (Old Eighth Street) 

near Meridian, Miss., highwater mark 

on third downstream concrete handrail post from left bank abutment.....

U.S. Geological Survey gaging station 

(02476000 discontinued) at bridge on 

old U.S. Highway 80 near Meridian, 

Miss..................................

Illinois Central Railroad, at Meridian, 

Miss., highwater mark on 14-inch oak 

tree located in slough, 50 feet upstream from Illinois Gulf Railroad....

U.S. Highway 11, at Arundel, Miss., 

highwater mark on left bank bridge 

abutment cap..........................

U.S. Geological Survey gaging station 

(02476600) on right bank, 400 feet 

upstream from bridge on county road 

at Arundel, Miss......................

County road bridge, near Basic City, 

Miss., highwater mark on downstream 

piling of second pile bent from left 

bank bridge abutment..................

County road bridge, at Basic City, 

Miss., highwater mark on streamward 

side of 14-inch oak tree, 25 feet 

from centerline of road, 50 feet from 

left bank downstream bridge abutment..

37.6

33.4

30.1

27.2

23.2

21.5

21.0

17.8

16.3

11.4

321.6

315.6

311.4

305.7

301.1

294.3

293.3

283.1

280.5

272.6

6.4 266.7

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLES

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stages Continued

(Data furnished by Corps of Engineers, Mobile District)_____________________

Elevation above 

National geodetic 

vertical datum

of 1929 

___ (feet) ____

91

Stream and location

Distance 

upstream 

from mouth 

(miles)

PASCAGOULA RIVER BASIN--Continued 

Pascagoula River tributary streams--Continued

Okatibbee Creek Continued

County road bridge, near Enterprise, 

Miss., highwater mark on upstream 

pile located on first pile bent 

from right bank abutment..............

Mouth, at Enterprise, Miss., at

Chickasawhay River mile 158.7.........

Sowashee Creek at Meridian, Miss.

Hawkins Crossing road bridge, highwater 

mark on upstream and downstream curb 

of bridge.............................

Southern Railroad bridge, highwater mark 

on second bent from left bank abutment 

on downstream pile....................

U.S. Highway 11 and 80 bridge, highwater 

mark on upstream end of right bank 

concrete abutment.....................

U.S. Geological Survey gaging station 

(02476500) upstream side of bridge on 

U.S. Highway 45 at Meridian, Miss.....

Meridian and Bigbee Railroad, highwater 

mark on downstream piling of first 

bent from left abutment...............

18th Avenue bridge, highwater mark on 

right bank abutment...................

--Highwater mark on first creosote

piling on left bank upstream wingwall.

U.S. Highway 45 (business route) bridge 

highwater mark on 14-inch creosote 

sign pole 40 feet east of southeast 

corner of bridge......................

Grand Avenue bridge, highwater mark on 

power pole, 130 feet right of bridge, 

25 feet upstream from centerline of 

road..................................

--Highwater mark on upstream right

bridge wingwall.......................

--Highwater mark on downstream wall of 

concrete block building, 130 feet 

downstream and 200 feet right of right 

bridge abutment.......................

4.0 

0.0

10.6

10.0

9.8

9.5

8.2 

8.1 

8.1

7.8

7.1 

7.1

7.1

257.4

335.4

332.1

331.0

328.8

318.3

317.0

316.7

316.2

313.7

313.2

312.7

See footnotes at end of table.
92 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stages Continued

(Data furnished by Corps of Engineers, Mobile District)__________________

Elevation above 

Distance National geodetic 

upstream vertical datum 

from mouth of 1929 

__________Stream and location_____________(miles)________(feet)_______

PASCAGOULA RIVER BASIN--Continued 

Pascagoula River tributary streams Continued

Sowashee Creek at Meridian, Miss.--Continued 

31st Avenue bridge, highwater mark on 

concrete guardrail post at right bank 

bridge abutment pile cap.............. 6.6 310.7

--Highwater mark on rear of church about

120 feet from right bank abutment, 80

feet downstream from centerline of

road.................................. 6.6 310.5

Gulf Mobile £ Ohio Railroad, highwater

mark on upstream piling of fifth pile

bent from right abutment.............. 6.5 308.3

1-20 frontage road bridge, highwater

mark on upstream concrete pile of

second pile bent from left bank

abutment.............................. 5.6 302.6

49th Avenue bridge, highwater mark on

18-inch oak tree about 50 feet upstream and 60 feet left of left bank

bridge abutment....................... 4.8 301.4

--Highwater mark on 14-inch power pole

50 feet downstream and 130 feet from

left bank bridge abutment............. 4.8 301.1

Mouth, at Okatibbee Creek mile 84.4..... 0.0 -----

PEARL RIVER BASIN 

Nanih Waiya Creek:

Near Louisville, Miss., upstream side of 

State Highway 14, 150 feet right of 

main-channel bridge................... g/458.5 468.3

--At downstream right abutment of mainchannel bridge........................ g/ 458 .5 466.4

Near Fearns Springs, Miss., upstream 

side of State Highway 490, 1800 feet 

right of main-channel bridge.......... g/446.2 434.6

--Downstream side of State Highway 490, 

1800 feet right of main-channel 

bridge................................ g/446.2 433.9

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLES 

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stages Continued

93

Stream and location

Distance 

upstream 

from mouth 

(miles)

Elevation above 

National geodetic 

vertical datum 

of 1929 

(feet)_____

PEARL RIVER BASIN Continued 

Nanih Waiya Creek--Continued

Near Handle, Miss., upstream side of 

State Highway 397, 1300 feet right of 

main-channel bridge....................

--Downstream side of State Highway 397, 

1000 feet left of main-channel bridge..

Pearl River:

g/442.9 

g/442.9

Near Burnside, Miss., upstream side of 

State Highway 15, 1700 feet left of 

main-channel bridge..................... g/416.2

--Downstream side of State Highway 15,

150 feet left of main-channel bridge.... g/416.2

Near Philadelphia, Miss., upstream side 

of State Highway 19, 4800 feet right of 

main-channel bridge..................... g/412.9

--Downstream side of State Highway 19,

300 feet right of main-channel bridge... £/412.9

Edinburg, Miss., upstream side of State 

Highway 16, 1300 feet left of mainchannel bridge.......................... g/387.5

U.S. Geological Survey gaging station 

(02482000) right bank, 20 feet downstream from bridge on State Highway 16, 

at Edinburg, Miss ....................... 387.5

Near Edinburg, Miss., left bank, 1.5 

miles downstream from State Highway 16, 

left bank............................... h/386.4

Near Sunrise, Miss., upstream side of 

county highway, 2100 feet right of 

main-channel bridge..................... g/378.5

--At Corps of Engineers profile point

No. 17, left bank, in SW%NE% sec. 1,

T. 10 N., R. 8 E........................ 376.0

Near Freeny, Miss., at State Highway 488

crossing of Standing Pine Creek......... iV371.8

Near Carthage, Miss., upstream side of

State Highway 35, 7000 feet right of

main-channel bridge..................... g/366.3

430.6

430.2

401.3

399.0

395.2

394.1

373.8

371.7

h/370.0

362.0

h/355.7 

h/352.0

344.7

See footnotes at end of table.
94 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Distance 

upstream 

from mouth 

(miles)

Elevation above 

National geodetic 

vertical datum 

of 1929 

(feet)

PEARL RIVER BASIN--Continued 

Pearl River Continued

--Downstream side of State Highway 35,

7000 feet right of main-channel bridge.. g/366.3

U.S. Geological Survey gaging station

(02482550) right bank on downstream side

of bridge on State Highway 35, near

Carthage, Miss.......................... 366.3

Near Carthage, Miss., 5.8 river miles 

downstream from bridge at State Highway35 , right bank of main channel.......... 360.5

Near Wiggins, Miss., 4.3 river miles upstream from bridge at State Highway 13, 

left bank of main channel............... 358.4

Near Wiggins, Miss., upstream side of 

State Highway 13, 2000 feet left of 

main-channel bridge..................... g/354.1

--Downstream side of State Highway 13,

left bank at end of main-channel bridge. £/354.1

Near Wiggins, Miss., 1.8 river miles

downstream from State Highway 13, right

bank of main channel.................... 352.3

Near Ofahoma, Miss., 6.3 river miles upstream from Ross Barnett Reservoir lowhead dam, right bank 1400 feet right on 

right bank of Gogg Lake................. 348.8

Ross Barnett Reservoir low-head dam,

right bank, 250 feet downstream. ........ 342.6

Near Ross Barnett Reservoir low-head dam 

1.5 river miles downstream, right bank 

2000 feet right of main channel, on 

right bank of Alligator Lake............ 341.4

Near Ratliff Ferry, 7.8 river miles upstream left bank, 1000 feet upstream 

from Rankin-Scott County line........... 338.2

Near Ratliff Ferry, 5.9 river miles upstream, right bank, 200 feet right of 

main channel............................ 336.3

Ratliff Ferry, right bank, 200 feet right

of main channel......................... 330.4

River Bend, right bank, 60 feet right of

main channel............................ 328.5

343.3

344.0 

h/335.7 

h/335.2

332.8 

h/331.7

h/330.4

h/327.8 

h/321.3

h/319.5 

317.3

h/317.2 

313.1 

310.4

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLES 

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stages Continued

95

Stream and location

Distance 

upstream 

from mouth 

(miles)

Elevation above 

National geodetic 

vertical datum 

of 1929 

(feet)

PEARL RIVER BASIN--Continued 

Pearl River Continued

Near River Bend, 2.8 river miles downstream right bank 2000 feet right, of 

main channel at Natchez Trace crossing 

Brown Creek............................. 325.8 305.8

Near Canton, Miss., along Natchez Trace,

2.0 miles north of State Highway 43..... 321.0 301.3

Near Canton, at State Highway 43, upstream side of State Highway 43, 3500 

feet left of main-channel bridge........ g/319.4 301.3

--Downstream side of State Highway 43,

50 feet left of main-channel bridge..... g/319.4 299.9 

U.S. Geological Survey gaging station

(02485000 discontinued) downstream side

of left main pier of Meeks bridge on

State Highway 43 near Canton, Miss...... 319.4 300.0

Ross Barnett Reservoir dam, upstream side

of dam at Control House gage............ 301.8 299.8

--Downstream side of dam, 10,500 feet

right of spillway....................... 301.6 288.2

Jackson, Miss., north side of Jackson

Country Club at maintenance buildings... 299.6 287.7 

Jackson, Miss., southeast side of St.

Andrews Drive, 400 feet northeast from

intersection with St. Haylake Drive..... 298.0 287.3

--Old Canton Road at Purple Creek......... 296.6 286.8

Near Jackson, Miss., near north edge of

sec. 23, T. 6 N., R. 2 E., 600 feet

west of railroad........................ 296.5 286.9

Near Jackson, Miss., on gravel road 0.5

miles west of Luckney, Miss............. 295. 286.4

Jackson, Miss., at intersection of East

Northside Drive and East Cheryl......... 295. 286.1

Jackson, Miss., at Hanging Moss Creek at

Interstate Highway 55................... 295. 286.4

Near Jackson, Miss., at intersection of

State Highways 25 and 475 in NE% sec.

28, T. 6 N., R. 2 E..................... 294. 285.6

Near Jackson, Miss., at State Highway 475,

at Hog Branch........................... 294. 284.7

At Jackson, Miss., in SE% sec. 19, T. 6

N., R. 2 E., at Lake Circle............. 293.3 285.2

See footnotes at end of table.
96 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Distance 

upstream 

from mouth 

(miles)

Elevation above 

National geodetic 

vertical datum 

of 1929 

(feet) ____

PEARL RIVER BASIN--Continued 

Pearl River-Continued

Near Jackson, Miss., in SE% sec. 29, 

T. 6 N., R. 2 E., upstream side of 

State Highway 25, at B-Line 

Gasoline-Jiffy Stop, 4200 feet left 

of main-channel bridge.................. 293.2

--Downstream side of State Highway 25

across from B-Line Station.............. 293.2

Jackson, Miss., upstream side of State

Highway 25, 150 feet northwest of

Lelia Drive intersection, 3500 feet

west of main-channel bridge............. 292.5

--Downstream side State Highway 25, 100

feet south of Lelia Drive intersection.. 292.5

Jackson, Miss., upstream side of State 

Highway 25, 1500 feet left of mainchannel bridge. ......................... g_/292.4

--Downstream side of State Highway 25

at left abutment........................ g/292.4

Near Jackson, Miss., at intersection of

State Highway 468 and GM£0 Railroad

north of Flowood........................ 291.9

Jackson, Miss., State Highway 25, at

Smith-Wills Stadium..................... 291.5

Jackson, Miss., upstream side of GM£0

Railroad, right bank, 800 feet right

main channel............................ g/290.6

--Downstream side of GM§0 Railroad, right

bank, 800 feet right of main channel.... g/290.6

Jackson, Miss., Interstate Highway 55 in 

NE% sec. 2, T. 5 N., R. 1 E., about 1000 

feet north of Fortification Street...... 289.6

Jackson, Miss., on west side of building 

at corner of Noody and Harris Streets, 

800 feet southwest of Fortification 

Street inside fairgrounds levee......... 289.2

Jackson, Miss., upstream side of Interstate Highway 55, left bank, 200 feet 

left of main-channel bridge............. 288.4

--Downstream side of Interstate Highway 

55 at left abutment of main-channel 

bridge.................................. g/288.3

285.2

284.5

284.6

283.6

285.1

284.1

284.1

283.1

282.3

281.8

281.8

279.4

279.9

279.3

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLES 

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stages Continued

97

Stream and location

Distance 

upstream 

from mouth 

(miles)

Elevation above 

National geodetic 

vertical datum 

of 1929 

(feet)

PEARL RIVER BASIN--Continued 

Pearl River Continued

Jackson, Miss., on Tombigbee Street,

200 feet east of Jefferson Street

across from northeast corner of

Mississippi Power £ Light

Company building inside fairgrounds

levee................................... 288.2

Jackson, Miss., downstream side of

Woodrow Wilson bridge at right

abutment................................ g/287.6

Jackson, Miss., upstream side of I. C.

Railroad, right bank.................... g/287.2

--Downstream side of I. C. Railroad

at right end of bridge.................. g/287.2

Jackson, Miss., upstream side of U.S. 

Highway 80, right bank, 800 feet right 

of main-channel bridge.................. g/287.0

U.S. Geological Survey gaging station 

(02486000) on left bank at downstream 

side of bridge on U.S. Highway 80 at 

Jackson, Miss........................... 287.0

Downstream side of U.S. Highway 80,

right bank at end of main-channel bridge 287.0

Jackson, Miss., upstream side of Interstate Highway 20, right bank, 800 feet 

right of river.......................... g/286.7

--Downstream side of Interstate Highway 

20, right bank, 800 feet right of main 

channel................................. g/286.6

Jackson, Miss., GM£0 Railroad at

McDowell Road at abandoned landfill,

right bank, 1000 feet right of main

-channel................................. 285.6

Jackson, Miss., along GM£0 Railroad

about 300 feet south and 300 feet west

of abandoned landfill entrance. ......... j_/284.7

Jackson, Miss., along GM$0 Railroad, 2000 

feet north of Savannah Street interchange, right bank, 1500 feet right of 

river at north levee of Wastewater 

Treatment Plant......................... 282.4

--1500 feet south of Savannah Street interchange, 400 feet east of railroad at 

south levee of Wastewater Treatment 

Plant................................... 281.4

279.4

278.7

278.1

277.8

277.8

277.0

276.9

276.8

276.2

275.5

273.6

272.6

270.8

See footnotes at end of table.
98 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA 

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Distance 

upstream 

from mouth 

(miles)

Elevation above 

National geodetic 

vertical datum 

of 1929 

(feet) ___

PEARL RIVER BASIN--Continued 

Pearl River Continued

Elton, Miss., downstream side Elton Road,

right bank, east side of railroad at

Elton................................... 279.1

Richland, Miss., upstream side of Sloan

Drive, left bank, 4500 feet left of

main channel............................ 278.5

Byram, Miss., downstream side of county

highway, right bank, 700 feet right of

main channel............................ g/270.2

Near Rosemary, Miss., upstream side of

county highway, right bank, 9000 feet

right of river.......................... g/259.2

--Downstream side of county highway, near

left end of main-channel bridge......... g/259.2

Near Moncure, Miss., upstream side of 

county highway, right bank, 3600 feet 

right of main channel................... g/254.9

--Downstream side of county highway, right

bank, at end of main-channel bridge..... g/254.9

Near Gatesville, Miss., 300 feet upstream 

from county highway, left bank, 300 feet 

left of main channel.................... g/246.2

--Downstream side of highway, left bank,

left end of main-channel bridge. ........ g/246.2

Near Hopewell, Miss., downstream side of 

county highway, left bank at end of 

main-channel bridge..................... g/241.4

--Right bank, at end of main-channel

bridge.................................. g/241.4

Near Hopewell, Miss., along county road 

on east bank, 2k miles south of Hopewell road. .............................. j_/236.2

Georgetown, Miss., 200 feet upstream from 

main-channel bridge at State Highway 28 

left bank 200 feet left................. g/231.7

--Downstream side of State Highway 28,

left bank, at end of main-channel

bridge.................................. g/231.7

Near Georgetown, Miss., at Copiah Creek,

right bank, 1300 feet right of main

channel................................. i/228.2

269.7

269.1

264.4

256.9

256.8

252.7

252.0

249.4

249.3

244.2

244.3

241.7

231.7

231.4

228.6

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLES 

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stages Continued

99

Stream and location

Distance 

upstream 

from mouth 

(miles)

Elevation above 

National geodetic 

vertical datum 

of 1929 

(feet) __

PEARL RIVER BASIN--Continued 

Pearl River Continued

Near Rockport, Miss., at Keys Creek,

right bank, 2100 feet right of main

channel................................. 11/222.6 224.2

U.S. Geological Survey gaging station

(02448000 discontinued) downstream

side at right end of bridge on county

highway near Rockport, Miss., (in

abandoned gage house)................... 221.7 223.0

--Downstream left bank at end of bridge... 221.7 222.9 

Near Rockport, Miss., at Dry Creek, left

bank 3000 ft left....................... 1/220.3 220.8

--At Pegies Creek, right bank, 2300 feet

right................................... 1/216.4 217.5

--At Saddlebags Creek, right bank, 600

feet right.............................. 1/204.8 209.4

Near Ferguson, Miss., at St. Regis Paper

Company pumping station, left bank...... 203.4 208.2

Wanilla, Miss., 7700 feet right of river,

at State Highway 27 crossing of Bear

Creek................................... £2/202. 2 °6 3

Near Rosella, Miss., upstream side of

county highway, left bank, 800 feet

upstream................................ gl/200.0 202.4

--Downstream side of county highway,

under reference point near center of

main-channel span....................... gl/200.0 201.9

Near Monticello, Miss., at tributary, 1

mile north of intersection of U.S.

Highway 84 and county highway, left

bank, 2400 feet left.................... 1/197.0 198.6

Monticello, Miss., at old bridge site,

1.1 miles upstream from U.S. Highway 84,

right bank.............................. 191.9 195.0

Monticello, Miss., upstream side U.S.

Highway 84, left bank, 700 feet left.... _g/190.8 193.9

--400 feet downstream from U.S. Highway

84, left bank, 300 feet left............ g/190.8 192.3

U.S. Geological Survey gaging station

(02488500) downstream side of left

pier of bridge on U.S. Highway 84 near

Monticello, Miss. ....................... 190.8 192.6

See footnotes at end of table.
100 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA 

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Distance 

upstream 

from mouth 

(miles)

Elevation above 

National geodetic 

vertical datum 

of 1929 

(feet)_____

PEARL RIVER BASIN--Continued 

Pearl River--Continued

Near Monticello, Miss., at State Highway

587 crossing Halls Creek, right bank,

4500 feet............................... i/189.8

Near Monticello, Miss., at GM§0 Railroad

crossing Coopers Creek, 4000 feet

right of Pearl River channel............ _i/184.3

Near Robinwood, Miss., at GM§0 Railroad

crossing tributary, 2500 feet right of

main channel............................ 183.5

Near Tilton, Miss., at State Highway 587

GM§0 Railroad crossing Tilton Creek,

2700 feet right of main channel......... i_/166.3

Near White Bluff, at GM§0 Railroad

crossing small tributary, 3500 feet

right of main channel................... 157.8

Morgantown, Miss., along north side of

county road, 500 feet east of State

Highway 587............................. 151.3

Near Goss, Miss., at State Highway 13

crossing Holliday Creek, left bank,

8500 feet left of main channel.......... i^/149.8

Near Columbia, Miss., at forest road

along Twitty Creek, left bank, 500 feet

left of main channel.................... 147.6

Near Morgantown, Miss., at State Highway

587 crossing of small tributary, 2.8

miles southeast of Morgantown........... 146.1

Near Columbia, Miss., upstream side of

State Highway 35 Bypass, 8300 feet left

of main-channel bridge.................. gj/143.5

Near Columbia, Miss., upstream side of

State Highway 35 Bypass, about 1000

feet left of main channel............... g/141.6

--Downstream side of main-channel bridge

at left abutment........................ ,g/141.6

Columbia, Miss., upstream side of GM§0

Railroad right bank, 1000 feet right

of main channel......................... g/138.7

--Downstream side of GM§0 Railroad at

right end of main-channel bridge. ....... g/138.7

192.4

187.1

184.3

172.9

167.1

160.0

157.9

155.3

154.9

152.2

150.4

148.7

146.7

145.0

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLES 

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stages Continued

101

Stream and location

Distance 

upstream 

from mouth 

(miles)

Elevation above 

National geodetic 

vertical datum 

of 1929 

(feet) ___

144.8

PEARL RIVER BASIN--Continued 

Pearl River Continued

Columbia, Miss., upstream side of U.S.

Highway 98, right bank about 500 feet

right of channel........................ g/137.8

National Weather Service gaging station

(02489000) downstream side of upstream

bridge on U.S. Highway 98 near

Columbia, Miss., wire-weight gage

reading................................. _g/137.8

--Downstream side of U.S. Highway 98 at

right abutment of main-channel bridge... g/137.8 

Near Lampton, Miss., at State Highway

crossing of Upper Little Creek, 2.2

miles left of river, half a mile south

of Lampton.............................. 125.8

Near Hub, Miss., at State Highway 43

crossing of Lower Little Creek, 1.8

miles southwest of Hub, 1.2 miles left

of river................................ 121.9

Near Sandy Hook, Miss., 1800 feet east of

railroad at upstream side of county

highway................................. 111.9

Near Marion-Pearl River County line, at

State Highway 43 crossing tributary,

left bank, 4000 feet left of main

channel................................. j/103.4

Near Bogalusa, La., gaging station near

right bank at downstream side of State

Highway 10, 2 miles east of Bogalusa.... 78.2 

Near Bogalusa, La., at Richardson's Landing on 5-inch tree, 300 feet upstream

from landing............................ 74.8

East Pearl River near Nicholson, downstream side Interstate Highway 59 near

left downstream abutment................ 33.5

West Pearl River at Pearl River, La., on

power pole 20 feet upstream from

bridge.................................. 22.1

East Pearl River near Gainsville, Miss.,

on 24-inch tree on left bank............ 20.7

143.5

142.8

133.6

125.9

115.2

106.6 

h/ 78.3 

h/ 74.5 

h/ 24.0

h/ 19.8 

h/ 12.9

See footnotes at end of table.
102 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA 

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Distance 

upstream 

from mouth 

(miles)

Elevation above 

National geodetic 

vertical datum 

of 1929 

(feet)______

h/ 11.8

10.2 

h/ 5.0

h/ 5.6

PEARL RIVER BASIN Continued 

Pearl River--Continued

West Pearl River at Davis Landing

transferred to power pole downstream

right bank end of boat ramp............. 16.6

East Pearl River near Slidell, La., downstream side Interstate Highway 10, near 

left abutment........................... 15.4

East Pearl River near Pearlington, Miss.,

at U.S. Highway 90...................... 9.0

West Pearl River near Pearlington, Miss., 

at U.S. Highway 80 near downstream 

right abutment.......................... 7.9

Pearl River tributary streams: 

Tallahaga Creek:

Near Louisville, Miss., upstream side 

of State Highway 25, left bank, 

500 feet left......................... g/ 15.9

--Downstream side of State Highway 25

at right end of main-channel bridge... g/ 15.9 

Near Noxapater, Miss., upstream side of

State Highway 15, right bank, 1450

feet right............................ g/ 9.7

--Downstream side of State Highway 15,

at right end of main-channel bridge... g/ 9.7

Noxapater Creek:

Near Louisville, Miss., upstream side 

of State Highway 25, left bank, 

700 feet left......................... £/ 21.6

--Downstream side of State Highway 25

at right end of main-channel bridge... 21.6 

Near Noxapater, Miss., upstream side of

State Highway 15, right bank, 1000

feet right............................ g/ 10.9

--Downstream side of State Highway 15,

left end of main-channel bridge. ...... 10.9

480.5

478.2

445.1

443.7

483.7

479.5

430.8

429.2

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLES 

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stages Continued

103

Stream and location

Distance 

upstream 

from mouth 

(miles)

Elevation above 

National geodetic 

vertical datum 

of 1929 

(feet)

PEARL RIVER BASIN--Continued 

Pearl River tributary streams--Continued 

Lobutcha Creek:

Near Zama, Miss., upstream side of 

county highway (Massy Crossing), left 

bank, 2900 feet left of main channel..

--Downstream side of county highway 

right bank, 150 feet right of mainchannel bridge........................

Zama, Miss., upstream side of State 

Highway 19, right bank, 75 feet right 

of main-channel bridge................

--Downstream side of State Highway 19, 

500 feet right of right end of mainchannel bridge........................

Near Renfroe, Miss., upstream side of 

State Highway 25, right bank, 500 feet 

right of main channel.................

-Downstream side of State Highway 25 

at right end of main-channel bridge...

Near Carthage, Miss., upstream side of 

washed out county highway (Scotts 

Crossing), left bank, 50 feet right 

of main channel.......................

Near Carthage, Miss., upstream side of 

State Highway 16, left bank, 4400 

feet left of main channel.............

--Downstream side of State Highway 16 

at right end of main-channel bridge...

Yockanookany River:

Ackerman, Miss., upstream side of 

State Highway 15, left bank, 100 

feet left of tributary and 200 feet 

south of Illinois Central Gulf Railroad ..................................

Near Fentress, Miss., upstream side of 

county road, left bank, 650 feet 

left..................................

--Downstream side of county road at 

right end of main-channel bridge......

37.1

37.1

31.8

31.8

16.7

16.7

10.9

4.2 

4.2

I/ 74.7

71.1

71.1

424.2

422.8

415.2

414.2

385.9

383.9

369.0

356.9

355.0

515.6

488.1

485.3

See footnotes at end of table.
104 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA 

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Distance 

upstream 

from mouth 

(miles)

Elevation above 

National geodetic 

vertical datum 

of 1929 

(feet)

PEARL RIVER BASIN--Continued 

Pearl River tributary streams Continued 

Yockanookany River--Continued

Weir, Miss., upstream side of county 

road, right bank, 900 feet right......

--Downstream side of road at left end 

of main-channel bridge................

Weir, Miss., upstream side of State 

Highway 413, right bank, 50 feet 

right.................................

--Downstream side of State Highway 413 

at right end of main-channel bridge...

McCool, Miss., upstream side of State 

Highway 411, left bank, 1200 feet 

left of main channel..................

--Downstream side of State Highway 411 

at left end of main-channel bridge....

Near Ethel, Miss., upstream side of 

county highway east of Ethel, right 

bank, 1400 feet right.................

--Downstream side of county road, 100 

feet right of main-channel bridge.....

Near Ethel, Miss., upstream side of 

county highway, south of Ethel, left 

bank, 1000 feet left..................

--Downstream side of county highway, 

700 feet left of main-channel bridge..

Near Kosciusko, Miss., upstream side of 

county highway (Munson Crossing), 3 

miles east of Kosciusko, right bank, 

2200 feet right.......................

--Downstream side of county highway, 

right bank, 3600 feet right. ...'.......

Near Kosciusko, Miss., 400 feet upstream 

from left end of bridge at State Highway 35, and about 300 feet left of 

main channel..........................

--Downstream side of State Highway 35 

at left end of bridge.................

U.S. Geological Survey gaging station 

(02484000) left bank on downstream 

side of bridge on State Highway 35 

near Kosciusko, Miss..................

66.7

66.7

66.0

66.0

60.1

60.1

51.6

51.6

50.6

50.6

45.3

45.3

41.9

41.9

41.9

460.4

459.8

458.3

457.0

437.9

437.0

422.3

421.1

418.8

416.7

402.4

402.0

398.9

397.0

397.4

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLES 

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stages Continued

105

Stream and location

Distance 

upstream 

from mouth 

(miles)

Elevation above 

National geodetic 

vertical datum 

of 1929 

(feet)_____

PEARL RIVER BASIN--Continued 

Pearl River tributary streams Continued 

Yockanookany River--Continued

Near Kosciusko, Miss., at crest-stage 

gage site 5-C, right bank, 600 feet 

right of main channel................. j_/ 40.9 394.0

--At crest-stage gage site 4-D, right 

bank, 1000 feet right of main 

channel............................... j/40.1 389.1

--At crest-stage gage site 3-D, right 

bank, 1800 feet right of main 

channel............................... j_/38.4 384.7

--At crest-stage gage site 2-D, right

bank, 3200 feet right of main channel. jj 37.2 381.2

--At crest-stage gage site 1-D, right

bank, 2800 feet right of main channel. j_/ 35.9 379.1 

Near Thomastown, Miss., downstream side

of county highway, 4 miles northeast

of Thomastown, right bank, 2000 feet

right of main channel................. 28.2 368.8

Near Thomastown, Miss., upstream side

of State Highway 429, right bank,

800 feet right of main channel........ 22.2 361.2

--Downstream side of State Highway 429

at left end of bridge................. 22.2 359.2

Near Ofahoma, Miss., upstream side of 

county highway (Red Dog Road), 8.6 

river miles upstream from State Highway 16, 500 feet right of mainchanne1 bridge........................ 12.6 346.4

--Downstream side of main-channel

bridge at left abutment............... 12.6 346.2

Near Ofahoma, Miss., upstream side of

State Highway 16, right bank, 5800

feet right of main channel............ 4.0 335.3

U.S. Geological Survey gaging station

(02484500) near center of span on

downstream side of bridge on State

Highway 16 near Ofahoma, Miss......... 3.0 334.4

--Downstream side of State Highway 16

near right abutment................... 3.0 333 .1

See footnotes at end of table.
106 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA 

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Distance 

upstream 

from mouth 

(miles)

Elevation above 

National geodetic 

vertical datum 

of 1929 

(feet) ___

BIG BLACK RIVER BASIN 

Big Black River:

Near Tomnolan, Miss., downstream side of 

county highway, left bank..............

Near Stewart, Miss., upstream side of 

county highway, right bank, about 

90 feet from main-channel bridge.......

Near Kilmirhael, Miss., downstream side 

of State Highway 413, right bank.......

Near Vaiden, Miss., downstream State 

Highway 35, right bank, 1300 feet 

right of main-channel bridge...........

West, Miss., upstream side of State Highway 19, right bank, 1700 feet right of 

main channel...........................

--Downstream side of State Highway 19 

at right end of main-channel bridge....

U.S. Geological Survey gaging station 

(07289350) downstream side of left 

pier of bridge on State Highway 19 

at West, Miss..........................

Durant, Miss., upstream side of State 

Highway 12, right bank, 6000 feet 

right..................................

--Downstream side of State Highway 12, 

at left end of main-channel bridge.....

Near Goodman, Miss., upstream side of 

State Highway 14, right bank, 500 

feet right of main channel.............

--Upstream side of State Highway 14, 

right bank, 6700 feet right of mainchannel bridge.........................

--Downstream side of State Highway 14 at 

left end of main-channel bridge........

U.S. Geological Survey gaging station 

(07289500 discontinued) downstream 

side of bridge on old (abandoned) 

U.S. Highway 51 at Pickens, Miss., 

220 feet right of bridge...............

Pickens, Miss., upstream side of U.S. 

Highway 51, right bank, 3200 feet 

right of main channel..................

263.6

258.5

250.8

225.2

209.0

209.0

209.0

190.8

190.8

175.2

176.0

176.0

h/341.9

h/327.7 

309.9

h/288.2

274.6

273.6

274.0

255.1

253.0

236.7

237.0

235.1

162.7

161.2

h/219.9

218.7

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLES 

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stoges Continued

107

Stream and location

Distance 

upstream 

from mouth 

(miles)

Elevation above 

National geodetic 

vertical datum 

of 1929 

(feet)_____

BIG BLACK RIVER BASIN--Continued 

Big Black River--Continued

--Downstream side of U.S. Highway

51 at left end of main-channel

bridge.................................. 161.2

Way, Miss., upstream side of Illinois

Central Railroad, left bank, 4500

feet left of main channel............... 145.8

--Downstream side of Illinois Central 

Railroad, left bank, 4500 feet left 

of main channel......................... 145.8

Near Way, Miss., upstream side of Interstate Highway 55, right bank, 3800 feet 

right of main channel................... 144.5

--Downstream side of Interstate Highway 55

at left end of main-channel bridge...... 144.5

Near Canton, Miss., upstream side of State 

Highway 16, right bank, 3000 feet right 

of main-channel bridge.................. 139.6

--Downstream side of State Highway 16 at

right end of main-channel bridge........ 139.6

Near Bentonia, Miss., upstream side of 

U.S. Highway 49, right bank, 1000 feet 

right of main-channel bridge............ 106.0

--Downstream side of U.S. Highway 49 at

right end of main-channel bridge........ 106.0

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers crest-stage

gage (07289730) on downstream side of

left pier of bridge on U.S. Highway 49

near Bentonia, Miss..................... 106.0

Near Bentonia, Miss., at county highway

at Turkeyfoot Branch, right bank,

1300 feet right......................... 98.3

Near Nevada, Miss., at abandoned Coxs

Ferry Road, right bank, 4000 feet

right of main channel................... 92.8

Near Nevada, Miss., at abandoned Coxs

Ferry Road, left bank, 3500 feet left

of main channel......................... 92.1

Near Nevada, Miss., at county highway

near King Solomon Church, right bank,

5000 feet right......................... 89.8

217.6

201.3

200.4

199.6

198.4

194.5

192.9

162.9

161.6

161.6 

h/156.1 

h/154.2

153.3 

h/153.6

See footnotes at end of table.
108 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA 

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Distance 

upstream 

from mouth 

(miles)

Elevation above 

National geodetic 

vertical datum 

of 1929 

(feet)______

BIG BLACK RIVER BASIN--Continued 

Big Black River--Continued

Near Nevada, Miss., at county highway

near center of sec. 28, T. 8 N., R. 3 W.,

left bank, 4500 feet left................ 89.3

Near Youngton, Miss., at end of county

highway in NW%NW%NE% sec. 10, T. IN.,

R. 4 W., left bank, 1000 feet left of

main channel............................ 81.0

Near Youngton, Miss., at county highway

at Halls Creek, left bank, 3700 feet

left of main channel.................... 76.3

Near Edwards, Miss., at county highway at

Rocky Creek, left bank, 4500 feet left

of main channel......................... 72.9

Near Edwards, Miss., at county highway at

Askew Bridge (abandoned), left bank,

2500 feet left of main channel.......... 70.3

Near Edwards, Miss., at upstream side of

Interstate Highway 20, right bank,

2800 feet right of main channel......... 69.8

--Downstream side of Interstate Highway

20, at left end of main-channel bridge.. 69.8 

Near Bovina, Miss., upstream side of U.S.

Highway 80, left bank, 500 feet left

of main channel......................... 61.7

--Downstream side of U.S. Highway 80 at

left end of main-channel bridge. ........ 61.7

U.S. Geological Survey gaging station

(07290000) downstream side of left

pier of bridge on U.S. Highway 80

near Bovina, Miss....................... 61.7

Near Bovina, Miss., downstream side of

Illinois Central Gulf Railroad at

right end of main-channel bridge........ 61.2

Near Bovina, Miss., at county highway in

NW%NW% sec. 20, T. 15 N., R. 5 E.,

at Tee road north near Markham Creek,

right bank, 5800 feet right of main

channel................................. 54.8

Near Utica, Miss., upstream side of State

Highway 27, right bank, 900 feet right

of main channel......................... 51.7

h/152.7

h/148.0

h/145.4

hi/143.8

140,2

140.2

139.5

125.5

125.0

125.5

124.1

h/116.2

113.8

See footnotes at end of table.
TABLES 

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stages Continued

109

Stream and location

Distance 

upstream 

from mouth 

(miles)

Elevation above 

National geodetic 

vertical datum 

of 1929 

(feet)

BIG BLACK RIVER BASIN--Continued 

Big Black River Continued

--Downstream side of State Highway 27,

at right end of main-channel bridge..... 51.7 

Near Utica, Miss., upstream side of

Fishers Bridge, right bank, 6000 feet

right of main channel................... 39.4

 Downstream side of Fishers Bridge, 50 

feet downstream from left end of mainchannel bridge.......................... 39.4

Near Rocky Springs, Miss., at end of 

county highway in NW%SE^ sec. 37, 

T. 14 N., R. 4 E., left bank, 100 feet 

left of main channel.................... 33.8

Near Port Gibson, Miss., at Hankinson 

Bridge, left bank, 100 feet left of 

main channel............................ 23.0

 Right bank, 1300 feet right of main

channel................................. 23.0

Near Port Gibson, Miss., upstream side of

left abutment of U.S. Highway 61

bridge.................................. 16.0

--Downstream side of U.S. Highway 61 at

right abutment of main-channel bridge... 16.0 

Near Port Gibson, Miss., at Karnac Lake

Ferry, left bank, 200 feet left of

main channel............................ 8.3

Big Black River tributary streams: 

Bear Creek:

Near Gluckstadt, Miss., downstream side

of U.S. Highway 51, right bank........ g/ 20.0

Near Canton, Miss., upstream side of 

U.S. Highway 51, left bank, 1000 feet 

left.................................. g/ 12.0

--Downstream side of U.S. Highway 51,

at right end of main-channel bridge... g/ 12.0 

Canton, Miss., upstream side of State

Highway 22, left bank, 200 feet left.. g/ 10.0

--Downstream side of State Highway 22

at right end of main-channel bridge... g/ 10.0

112.4

105.5

104.4

h/ 99.4

h/ 94.3 

93.8

h/ 90.6 

90.3

h/ 87.4

255.2

224.0

222.9

217.4

216.4

See footnotes at end of table.
110 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA 

TABLE 5. Flood-crest stages Continued

Stream and location

Distance 

upstream 

from mouth 

(miles)

Elevation above 

National geodetic 

vertical datum 

of 1929 

(feet) ___

BIG BLACK RIVER BASIN--Continued 

Big Black River tributary streams Continued 

Bear Creek Continued

Near Canton, Miss., upstream side of 

Interstate Highway 55, left bank, 

200 feet left.........................

--Downstream side of Interstate Highway 55 at right end of main-channel 

bridge................................

Near Canton, Miss., upstream side of 

county highway (old Yazoo City Road) 

left bank, 400 feet left..............

--Downstream side of county highway at 

right end of main-channel bridge......

g/ 9.3

g/ 9.3

g/ 3.4

g/ 3.4

215.1

212.9

197.9

197.8

a Occurred April 16, 1979.

b Occurred April 17, 1979.

c Occurred April 18, 1979.

d Possible meander effect.

e Occurred April 22, 1979.

f Sediment range lines, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sediment surveys.

g River mile at main channel bridge.

h Furnished by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (rounded to nearest 0.1 foot).

i River mile at mouth of tributary.

j River mile assigned by U.S. Geological Survey.
TABLES 

TABLE B. Streamflow velocities, Alabama River near Montgomery, Ala., 02420000, April 12-20, 1979

111

Date

4-12

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-19

4-19

4-19

4-19

4-20

4-20

4-20

4-20

Time

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

Point* 

velocity 

(ft/s)

3.32

4.16

4.73

5.00

5.30

5.60

5.81

5.92

6.00

6.02

5.92

5.85

5.74

5.66

5.50

5.40

5.20

5.10

5.00

4.84

4.72

4.60

4.50

4.48

4.40

4.30

4.28

4.26

4.25

4.20

4.18

4.12

4.10

Average 

velocity 

(ft/s)

3.46

4.15

4.59

4.76

4.96

5.15

5.29

5.36

5.40

5.42

5.36

5.32

5.24

5.19

5.09

5.02

4.87

4.83

4.76

4.66

4.58

4.50

4.44

4.43

4.37

4.31

4.30

4.28

4.28

4.24

4.23

4.19

4.18

Stage 

(ft)

32.10

34.60

36.90

39.40

42.00

45.30

48.10

50.00

51.70

52.63

53.37

53.87

54.20

54.40

54.50

54.41

54.22

53.82

53.36

52.92

52.29

51.70

51.00

50.00

48.99

48.00

47.08

46.02

45.01

43.80

42.75

41.60

40.40

Discharge 

(ft3/s)

83,000

108,000

128,000

142,000

159,000

183,000

210,000

229,000

245,000

254,000

258,000

260,000

259,000

258,000

254,000

250,000

241,000

236,000

229,000

221,000

212,000

204,000

197,000

189,000

180,000

170,000

163,000

158,000

151,000

143,000

138,000

133,000

128,000

*From continuous velocity meter at stage of 15 feet, about 25 feet 

above stream bottom, at upstream end of center bridge pier on 

U.S. Highway 31 near Montgomery.
112 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA 

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979

[Includes data for flood of March 1979, where significant. Gage height, in feet; discharge, in cubic feet per second; accumulated runoff, in inches]

Site 02400100, Terrapin Creek at Ellisville, Ala

[Maximum discharge occurred on March 4, 1979]

OATE

3-01

3-01

3-01

3-01

3-01

3-02

3-02

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-U3

3-03

3-03

3-04

3-04

3-04

3-04

3-04

3-04

3-04

3-04

3-04

3-05

3-05

3-05

3-05

3-05

3-05

3-06

3-06

3-06

3-07

TIME

0200

0900

1200

1300

2400

0100

2400

0800

1300

1400

IbOO

1600

1800

1900

2000

2100

2200

2300

2400

0300

0700

1100

1300

IttOO

1900

2000

2300

2400

0100

0200

0600

0800

1500

2400

0100

1200

2400

0100

GAGE 

HEIGHT

6.70

6.71

6.76

6.75

6.57

6.56

6.25

6.19

6.29

6.35

6.49

6.75

7.38

7.67

8.79

9.99

11.51

13.04

14.19

16.26

18.21

19.^9

19.72

18.71

18.25

17.99

16.41

15.98

15.52

15.00

14.12

13.77

12.95

12.05

11.91

10.82

10.08

10.02

DISCHARGE

648

652

674

670

594

590

475

455

489

510

562

670

955

1*180

1*600

2*240

3*260

3*890

5,530

8,730

14*100

18,400

19*600

15*600

14,200

13*400

9,080

8,090

7,340

6,500

5,440

4,960

3,820

3,610

3,540

2,780

2,300

2,260

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

0.03

0.05

0.05

0.09

0.10

0.17

0.19

0.20

0.21

0.21

0.22

0.23

0.23

0.24

0.26

0.28

0.30

0.33

0.47

0.76

1.17

1.40

1.92

2.01

2.09

2.28

2.32

2.37

2.41

2.55

2.61

2.79

2.99

3.01

3.22

3.40

3.41

DATE

3-07

3-07

3-08

3-08

3-09

3-09

3-10

3-10

3-10

3-11

3-11

3-11

3-11

3-12

3-12

3-13

3-13

3-14

3-14

3-14

3-14

3-15

3-15

3-16

3-16

3-16

3-16

3-16

3-17

3-17

TIME

1500

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2300

240C

0400

0600

1400

2400

0100

2400

0100

2*00

0100

1400

2000

2400

0200

2400

0100

0700

1200

1800

2400

0100

1000

GAGE 

HEIGHT

9.62

9.47

9.45

9.10

9.10

8.84

8.83

8.70

8.72

8.75

8.69

b.32

8.04

8.02

7.75

7.72

7.28

7.27

7.22

7.21

7.15

7.13

6.93

6.92

6.83

6.64

6.48

6.28

6.25

6.05

DISCHARGE

2,040

1,960

1,950

1,760

1,760

1,630

l»f>20

1,560

1,570

1,590

1,560

1,390

1,260

1,250

1,130

1,110

909

904

881

877

849

840

749

745

705

623

558

485

475

412

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

3.59

J.70

3.71

J.96

3.97

4.21

4.22

4.43

4.43

4.47

4.49

4.56

4.64

4.65

4. til

4.82

4.96

4.96

5.03

5.06

5.08

5.09

5.20

5.20

5.23

5.25

5.27

5.29

5.29

5.32
TABLES

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02400100, Terrapin Creek at Ellisville, Ala Continued

113

DATE

3-17

3-17

3-18

3-18

3-19

3-19

3-20

3-20

3-21

3-21

3-22

3-22

3-23

3-23

3-23

3-23

3-23

3-23

3-23

3-23

3-23

3-23

3-24

3-24

3-24

3-24

3-25

3-25

3-25

3-26

3-26

TIME

1800

2400

0100

2400

0200

2400

0100

2400

0400

2400

0400

2400

0400

0800

1100

1200

1400

1500

1600

1700

2200

2400

0200

0300

1900

2400

0100

1300

2400

0100

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

5.94

5.91

5.91

5.84

5.83

5.77

5.77

5.72

5.71

5.65

5.65

5.59

5.59

5.77

6.06

6.36

7.12

7.55

7.85

7.90

7.43

7.53

7.61

7.60

6.91

6.76

6.74

6.48

6.31

6.30

6.07

DISCHARGE

379

371

371

352

350

334

334

321

319

304

304

289

289

334

415

514

835

1*030

1,170

1*190

978

1*020

1*060

1*060

740

674

666

558

496

492

418

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

5.33

5.35

5.35

5.40

5.40

5.45

5.45

5.50

5.50

5.54

5.55

5.58

5.59

5.60

5.61

5.61

5.62

5.62

5.63

5.64

5.67

5.68

5.69

5.70

5.79

5.81

5.81

5.85

5.89

5.89

5.95

DATE

3-27

3-27

3-28

3-28

3-29

3-29

3-30

3-30

3-31

3-31

4-01

4-01

4-01

4-02

4-02

4-02

4-02

4-02

4-02

4-02

4-03

4-03

4-03

4-03

4-03

4-03

4-03

4-03

4-03

4-03

4-03

4-04

4-04

TIME

0100

2400

0100

2400

0200

2400

0200

2400

0800

2400

1500

1900

2400

1100

1700

2000

2100

2200

2300

2400

0100

0200

0400

0500

0600

0700

1000

1400

1700

2200

2400

0600

1000

GAGE 

HtlGHT

6.06

5.92

5.92

5.82

5.81

5.74

5.74

5.68

5.68

5.66

5.68

5.66

5.65

5.64

5.64

5.76

5.84

6.02

6.29

6.73

7.48

8.95

11.91

12.97

13.79

14.40

15.53

16.11

15.93

13.66

12.94

12.22

13.07

DISCHARGE

415

374

374

347

345

326

326

311

311

306

311

306

304

301

301

332

352

402

489

661

1,000

1*680

3.540

3.820

4,990

5,780

7,360

8,360

8*010

4,800

3,820

3,650

3,930

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

5.96

6.01

6.01

6.06

6.07

6.11

6.11

6.16

6.17

6.20

6.23

6.24

6.25

6.27

6.28

6.28

6.28

6.29

6.29

6.29

6.30

6.31

6.35

6.37

6.40

6.43

6.56

6.75

6.90

7.08

7.13

7.26

7.36
114 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

0240100, Terrapin Creek at Ellisville, Ala Continued

DATE

4-04

4-04

4-04

4-04

4-04

4-04

4-05

4-05

4-05

4-05

4-06

4-06

4-07

4-07

4-08

4-08

4-08

4-09

4-09

4-09

4-09

4-09

4-09

4-10

4-10

4-10

4-11

4-11

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

TIME

1200

1400

1700

1800

2300

2400

0100

0600

1900

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2200

2400

0100

0200

0400

0500

1200

2400

0100

1300

2400

0100

2400

0700

0900

1100

1200

1300

1400

1600

1700

1800

2000

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

13.47

13.57

13.21

12.98

11.83

11.64

11.46

10.80

9.93

9.67

9.64

9.02

9.00

8.63

8.62

8.41

8.46

8.58

8.92

9.68

9.80

8.81

8.02

7.97

7.57

7.35

7.33

7.08

7.03

7.27

7.33

7.67

6.33

9.20

11.44

12.13

12.79

14.29

16.22

DISCHARGE

4,520

4,670

4,140

3,830

3,480

3,350

3,220

2,770

2,210

2,070

2,050

1,710

1,700

I,b30

1,530

1,430

1,450

1,510

1,660

2,070

2,140

1,610

1,250

1,230

1,040

941

932

817

794

904

932

1,090

1,390

1,810

3,210

3,630

3,780

5,650

8,640

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

7.41

7.46

7.54

7.57

7.68

7.70

7.71

7.80

7.99

8.06

8.07

8.33

8.34

8.56

8.57

8.75

8.77

8.78

8.79

8.81

8.83

8.90

9.01

9.01

9.09

9.16

9.16

9.28

9.32

9.33

9.34

9.35

9.35

9.37

9.40

9.42

9.44

9.51

9.69

DATE

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-17

4-17

4-lfl

4-18

4-19

4-19

4-20

4-20

4-20

4-21

4-21

4-21

4-22

4-22

4-23

4-23

4-23

TIME

0900

1600

2000

2200

2400

0100

0400

0600

1100

1800

2400

0100

0700

2100

2400

0100

2200

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2300

2400

0100

0700

2400

U200

2400

0200

1500

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

17.68

17.19

17.26

17.12

16.72

16.43

15.32

14.68

13.73

12.93

12.39

12.32

11.81

10.51

10.30

10.24

9.52

9.49

9.47

9.15

9.14

8.88

8.87

8.63

8.61

8.31

8.24

8.18

7.99

7.81

7.79

7.61

7.61

7.46

7.27

DISCHARGE

12,400

11,000

11,300

10,800

9,810

9,130

7,020

6,120

4,900

3,810

3,690

3,670

3,470

2,580

2,450

2,410

1,990

1,970

1,960

1,780

1,780

1,640

1,640

1,530

1,520

1,380

1,350

1,320

1,240

1,150

1,140

1,060

1,060

992

904

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

10.29

10.77

11.04

11.18

11.30

11.35

11.49

11.56

11.72

11.90

12.04

12.06

12.19

12.44

12.48

12.50

12.77

12.79

12.81

13.06

13.07

13.31

13.32

13.54

13.55

13.74

13.75

13.7&

13.80

13.93

13.94

14.09

14.10

14.18

14.23

4-13 040^ 

4-13 0800

17.14

17.52

10,900

12,000

9.93

10.21

4-24 0100

4-24 1600

4-24 2400

7.25

7.06

7.00

895 

t<08 

780

14.24

14.31

14.35
TABLES

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02401390, Big Canoe Creek at Ashville, Ala

115

DATE

3-01

3-01

3-01

3-01

3-01

3-01

3-02

3-02

3-02

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-04

3-04

3-04

3-04

3-05

3-05

3-05

3-06

3-06

3-06

3-06

3-07

3-07

3-08

3-08

3-09

3-09

TIME

0200

0600

1300

1700

2200

2400

0100

1500

2400

0800

1200

1500

1300

1900

2100

2400

0700

1500

1800

2400

0100

1300

2400

0100

0800

1600

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

5.99

6.52

8.13

8.30

7.97

7.73

7.59

6.31

6.00

6.00

6.89

8.40

10.84

11.55

13.04

14.89

16.95

17.39

17.32

16.80

16.66

14.80

13.43

13.24

11.53

9.70

8.37

8.25

6.91

6.89

6.10

6.06

5.48

DISCHARGE

479

566

820

845

796

760

739

531

480

480

631

860

1,310

1*530

2»790

5,140

6,900

9,940

9,770

8,580

8,290

5«000

3*210

3*010

1*510

1*080

856

838

634

631

496

490

404

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

0.03

0.09

0.12

0.16

0.18

0.19

0.28

0.32

0.36

0.39

0.41

0.45

0.46

0.52

0.65

1.20

2.01

2.31

2.89

2.98

3.77

4.24

4.27

4.<t3

4.53

4.61

4.62

4.79

4.80

4.93

4.94

5.04

DATE

3-10

3-10

3-11

3-11

3-11

3-12

3-12

3-13

3-13

3-14

3-14

3-15

3-15

3-16

3-16

3-17

3-17

3-18

3-18

3-19

3-19

3-20

3-20

3-21

3-21

TIME

0100

2400

1100

1800

2*00

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0200

2400

0100

2400

0500

2400

GAGE

HEIGHT

5.47

5.30

5.45

5.31

5.12

5.09

4.71

4.70

4.49

4.46

4.43

4.42

4.15

4.14

3.99

3.98

3.85

3.85

3.75

3.75

3.65

3.65

3.58

3.58

3.52

DISCHARGE

403

380

400

382

356

352

302

301

274

273

267

266

237

235

219

218

202

202

190

190

178

178

170

170

162

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

5.05

5.14

5.19

5.21

5.24

5.24

b.32

5.32

b.39

5.39

5.46

5.46

5.52

5.52

5.56

5.58

5.63

5.63

5.68

5.68

5.73

5.73

5.77

5.78

5.81
116 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02401390, Big Canoe Creek at Ashville, Ala Continued

DATE

3-22

3-22

3-23

3-23

3-23

3-23

3-23

3-23

3-23

3-23

3-24

3-24

3-24

3-24

3-25

3-25

3-26

3-26

3-27

3-27

3-28

3-28

3-29

3-29

3-30

3-30

3-31

4-01

TIME

0300

2400

0600

0800

1100

1300

1600

2000

2100

2400

0100

1000

2200

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0200

2400

0200

2400

2400

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

3.52

3.46

3.53

3.90

4.83

6.08

7.72

8.34

8.29

7.80

7.58

5.82

4.95

4.87

4.84

4.33

4.32

4.03

4.02

3.85

3.85

3.71

3.70

3.59

3.58

3.48

3.51

3.88

DISCHARGE

162

156

164

208

318

493

758

851

844

770

737

454

334

323

319

256

255

223

222

202

202

185

184

171

170

158

161

206

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

5.82

5.85

5.86

5.86

5.87

5.88

5.90

5.94

5.95

5.97

5.98

6.03

6.08

6.09

6.09

6.16

6.16

6.22

6.22

6.27

6.27

6.32

6.32

6.36

6.37

6.41

6.44

6.49

DATE

4-02

4-02

4-02

4-03

4-03

4-03

4-03

4-03

4-03

4-03

4-04

4-04

4-04

4-05

4-05

4-05

4-06

4-06

4-07

4-07

4-08

4-08

4-08

4-09

4-09

4-09

4-09

4-10

4-10

4-10

4-11

4-11

TIME

1900

2200

2400

0100

0200

0500

0900

1200

1800

2400

0100

0700

2400

0100

1900

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

1900

2300

2400

0500

0900

1000

2400

0100

1400

2400

0100

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

3.67

3.82

4.44

5.03

5.87

9.00

11.32

12.25

12.71

12.31

12.21

11.45

11.17

11.06

7.93

7.39

7.30

6.07

6.04

5.37

5.12

5.84

6.16

8.18

8.64

8.58

6.28

6.18

5.44

5.19

5.18

4.82

DISCHARGE

180

198

268

344

461

950

1,430

2,180

2,520

2,220

2,150

1,470

1,390

1,370

790

709

695

491

487

390

356

457

506

827

896

887

526

510

399

365

364

317

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

to. 53

6.53

6.54

6.54

6.55

6.57

6.63

6.69

6.84

6.99

7.01

7.12

7.38

7.40

7.59

7.63

7.64

7.78

7.78

7.88

7.96

7.97

7.98

8.02

8.05

8.06

8.17

8.17

8.23

8.27

8.27

8.36
TABLES

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02401390, Big Canoe Creek at Ashville, Ala Continued

117

DATE

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-16

4-16

4-16

TIME

0600

0700

1200

1500

1800

2400

1100

1800

2400

0100

1600

2400

0100

1500

1700

2400

0100

1300

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

4.73

5.01

8.94

11.35

13.28

15.02

17.81

18.74

18.45

18.35

15.47

14.41

14.31

12.04

11.55

9.98

9.79

8.13

7.35

DISCHARGE

305

341

941

1»440

3,050

5,330

11,000

13,600

12*800

12*500

6*060

4,440

4*310

2*030

1*530

1*130

1*090

820

703

ACCUH. 

RUNOFF

8.37

8.38

8.41

8.45

8.53

8.81

9.76

10.70

11.54

11.67

13.06

13.48

13.53

13.99

14.02

14.12

14.13

14.24

14.33

DATE

4-17

4-17

4-18

4-18

4-19

4-19

4-20

4-20

4-21

4-21

4-22

4-22

4-23

4-23

4-24

4-24

TIME

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

7.27

6.24

6.20

5.61

5.59

5.18

5.16

4.84

4.83

4.60

4.59

4.44

4.42

4.32

4.31

4.24

DISCHARGE

691

519

513

423

420

364

361

319

318

288

287

268

266

255

254

246

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

14.34

14.48

14.48

14.60

14.60

14.69

14.70

14.78

14.78

14.85

14.86

14.92

14.93

14.99

14.99

15.05
118 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02404400, Choccolocco Creek at Jackson Shoals, Ala

DATE

3- 2

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 4

3- 4

3- 4

3- 5

3- 5

3- 5

3- 6

3- 6

3- 6

3- 7

3- 7

3- 8

3- 8

3- 8

3- 8

3- 8

3- 9

3- 9

4- 1

4- 2

4- 2

4- 2

4- 2

4- 2

4- 2

4- 3

4- 3

TIME

2400

1500

1700

2000

2100

2200

2300

2400

0500

1400

2400

0100

1000

2400

0100

1000

2400

0100

2400

0100

2000

2100

2200

2400

0100

2400

2400

1900

2000

2100

2200

2300

2400

0400

0800

GAGE 

HEIGHT

19.49

19.45

19.63

20.56

21.21

22.87

24.76

26.81

34.03

37.76

35.55

35.19

32.56

28.24

27.98

26.78

25.81

25.76

24.24

24.18

22.84

22.00

22.75

22.57

22.52

21.79

18.99

18.98

19.09

19.36

19.96

21.42

23.60

30.20

32.82

DISCHARGE

955

933

1040

1640

2130

3550

5570

8150

20200

30100

23800

22900

17300

10100

9770

8110

6850

6790

4970

4910

3530

2780

3450

3280

3248

2600

685

680

735

883

1240

2300

4270

12900

17800

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

0.00

0.04

0.05

0.07

0.07

0.09

0.10

0.13

0.45

1.32

2.08

2.16

2.65

3.11

3.14

3.37

3.68

3.70

4.07

4.08

4.30

4.31

4.32

4.34

4.35

4.54

0.00

0.04

0.04

0.05

0.05

0.06

0.07

0.24

0.46

DATE

4- 3

4- 3

4- 3

4- 4

4- 4

4- 4

4- 4

4- 5

4- 5

4- 5

4- 6

4- 6

4- 7

4- 7

4-10

4-11

4-11

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-14

4-14

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-16

4-16

TIME

1300

1400

2400

0100

0500

1600

2400

0100

1300

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

2400

0200

2400

0800

1200

1300

1500

2200

2400

0900

1900

2400

0100

2100

0100

0600

2400

0100

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

33.80

33.70

30.53

30.10

29.24

29.71

27.76

27.49

25.49

24.43

24.32

22.97

22.94

22.20

21.45

21.44

21.11

21.16

22.09

22.60

24.70

33.32

34.15

35.52

37.76

36.92

36.79

30.59

29.54

28.76

26.68

26.58

24.57

DISCHARGE

19700

19500

13400

12800

11500

12200

9460

9090

6450

5180

5060

3640

3620

2950

2320

2310

2050

2090

2860

3310

5500

18700

20400

23800

30100

27600

27200

13500

12000

10900

7980

7850

5340

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

0.78

0.84

1.27

1.31

1.46

1.89

2.13

2.16

2.41

2.59

2.61

2.88

2.89

3.10

0.00

0.01

0.16

0.21

0.25

0.26

0.30

0.71

0.84

1.53

2.49

2.94

3.02

3.89

4.04

4.22

4.68

4.70

5.09
TABLES

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02407000, Coosa River at Childersburg, Ala

119

DATE

3- 2

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 4

3- 4

3- 4

3- 4

3- 5

3- 5

3- 5

3- 5

3- 5

3- 6

3- 6

3- 6

3- 6

3- 7

3- 7

3- 7

3- 7

3- 8

3- 8

3- 8

3- 8

3- 9

3- 9

3- 9

3- 9

3-10

3-10

3-10

3-10

3-11

3-11

3-11

3-11

3-12

3-12

3-12

3-12

3-13

3-13

3-13

3-13

3-14

3-14

3-14

3-14

TIME

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0300

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

16.18

16.17

16.21

16.25

19.52

21.53

22.79

24.32

25.10

25.16

25.12

24.82

24.53

24.22

23.89

23.47

23.15

22.93

22.73

22.60

22.52

22.44

22.33

22.12

22.09

22.03

21.95

21.68

21.21

20.91

20.74

20.37

19.99

19.93

19.96

19.89

19.86

19.79

19.71

19.59

19.43

19.34

19.30

19.32

19.19

19.06

19.03

18.97

18.79

18.69

DISCHARGE

33500

34106

34800

36100

65300

78100

91300

110000

117000

119000

116000

111000

111000

107000

107000

101000

98400

95600

95000

91900

91200

91600

91800

87100

88800

88400

88700

84100

76900

76700

75688

70500

68800

70100

71100

69100

68100

67700

68800

64700

62400

63500

63300

62600

60300

59600

60200

59900

50000

58600

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

0.00

0.04

0.08

0.12

0.19

0.28

0.38

0.50

0.63

0.69

0.76

0.88

1.00

1.12

1.24

1.35

1.46

1.57

1.67

1.78

1.88

1.98

2.08

2.18

2.27

2.37

2.47

2.56

2.65

2.73

2.82

2.90

2.97

3.05

3.13

3.21

3.28

3.36

3.43

3.51

3.57

3.64

3.71

3.78

3.85

3.92

3.98

4.05

4.12

4.18

DATE

4-11

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-19

4-19

4-19

4-19

4-20

4-20

4-20

4-20

4-21

4-21

4-21

4-21

4-22

4-22

4-22

4-22

4-23

4-23

4-23

4-23

TIME

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1500

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

15.76

14.87

15.96

19.54

21.61

22.89

24.87

26.58

27.87

28.68

28.92

28.99

28.96

28.82

28.49

28.11

27.69

27.28

26.87

26.31

25.65

24.93

24.02

23.30

22.47

21.91

21.56

21.15

20.70

20.46

20.29

19.99

19.70

19.48

19.33

19.28

19.27

19.25

19.22

19.18

18.97

18.81

18.78

18.74

18.71

18.71

18.68

18.19

17.76

17.33

DISCHARGE

31800

19000

43700

77400

84400

93300

115000

132000

146000

150000

148000

149000

148000

148000

145000

141000

138000

134000

133000

127000

118000

110000

101000

97400

87700

84500

82100

77100

74400

74500

74200

70500

64700

65900

65000

64700

64600

64500

64400

63400

60000

58900

59700

59600

60200

60200

59300

49100

50200

40700

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

0.00

0.02

0.07

0.16

0.25

0.35

0.48

0.63

0.79

0.95

1.12

1.20

1.28

1.45

1.61

1.76

1.92

2.06

2.21

2.35

2.48

2.61

2.72

2.83

2.92

3.02

3.11

3.19

3.28

3.36

3.44

3.52

3.59

3.66

3.73

3.81

3.88

3.95

4.02

4.09

4.16

4.22

4.29

4.36

4.42

4.49

4.55

4.61

4.66

4.71
120 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02411000, Coosa River at Jordan Dam

DATE

3- 2

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 4

3- 4

3- 4

3- 4

3- 4

3- 4

3- 5

3- 5

3- 5

3- 5

3- 5

3- 6

3- 6

3- 6

3- 6

3- 6

3- 6

3- 6

3- 7

3- 7

3- 7

3- 7

3- 7

4-11

TIME

2400

0400

0600

1200

1400

1600

1800

2400

0600

0800

1000

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2200

2400

0100

0200

0600

1200

1800

2100

2400

0200

0300

1200

1800

2400

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

DISCHARGE

40700

40700

34000

34000

49000

56200

65100

146000

251000

253000

253000

251000

227000

190000

163000

158000

136000

101000

110000

114000

120000

114000

114000

101000

92500

99700

99700

105000

96200

93000

95000

35600

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

0.00

0.02

0.04

0.07

0.08

0.10

0.12

0.25

0.48

0.56

0.63

0.71

0.92

1.09

1.24

1.38

1.51

1.57

1.60

1.62

1.64

1.71

1.81

1.90

1.94

1.99

2.02

2.04

2.17

2.25

2.34

0.00

DATE

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-18

TIME

0600

1200

1800

24QO

0400

0900

1200

1500

1800

2000

2100

2200

2300

2400

0400

0800

1200

1800

2400

0600

0900

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

DISCHARGE

32600

39900

80000

191000

195000

199000

215000

267000

305000

316000

301000

308000

311000

308000

298000

264000

239000

211000

186000

174000

147000

155000

149000

148000

147000

137000

136000

119000

115000

115000

105000

96700

99900

79100

79900

82000

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

0.03

0.07

0.14

0.31

0.43

0.58

0.68

0.80

0.94

1.04

1.08

1.13

1.18

1.22

1.41

1.57

1.71

1.90

2.07

2.23

2.30

2.37

2.50

2.64

2.77

2.90

3.02

3.13

3.24

3.34

3.44

3.52

3.62

3.69

3.76

3.84

c No gage height record.
TABLES

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02412000, Tallapoosa River near Heflin, Ala

121

DATE

3-01

3-01

3-02

3-02

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-04

3-04

3-04

3-04

3-05

3-05

3-06

TIME

0100

2400

0100

2400

1700

1800

1900

2000

2100

2400

0400

0900

1200

2400

2000

2400

0500

GAGE 

HEIGHT

5.77

5.48

5.47

5.22

5.31

5.49

5.98

6.97

8.37

14.47

20.68

26.26

26.62

26.59

27.13

27.13

27.14

DISCHARGE

905

818

815

740

767

821

968

1,310

1,930

4,780

9,060

18,700

19,600

19,500

20,800

20,800

20,900

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

0.07

0.07

0.13

0.18

0.18

0.19

0.19

0.19

0.23

0.33

0.57

0.77

1.59

2.99

3.28

3.65

DATE

3-06

3-06

3-07

3-07

3-07

3-07

3-07

3-07

3-08

3-08

3-09

3-09

3-10

3-10

3-11

3-11

TIME

1200

2400

0100

1300

1600

1800

2100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

1900

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

26.24

23.87

23.61

16.51

11.38

8.90

7.72

7.44

7.38

6.65

6.63

6.21

6.19

6.04

6.23

6.17

DISCHARGE

18,600

13,400

12,900

6,010

3,280

2,160

1,630

1,500

1,480

1,190

1,180

1,040

1,030

987

1,050

1,030

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

4.13

4.80

4.85

5.24

5.29

5.31

5.33

5.35

5.35

5.46

5.46

5.55

5.56

5.64

5.70

5.72
122 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02412000, Tallapoosa River near Heflin, Ala Continued

DATE

4-01

4-01

4-01

4-01

4-02

4-02

4-02

4-02

4-03

4-03

4-03

4-03

4-03

4-04

4-04

4-04

4-04

4-05

4-05

4-06

4-06

4-06

4-06

4-06

4-06

4-07

4-07

4-08

TIME

0200

1600

2300

2400

2000

2200

2300

2400

0100

0400

1000

1900

2400

1000

1800

1900

2400

0100

2400

0100

0700

1100

1400

2300

2400

0100

2400

0100

GAGE 

HEIGHT

4.69

4.81

4.74

4.72

4.70

4.95

5.50

6.50

7.62

13. Ib

16.88

18.28

18.37

20.82

22.08

22.04

21.72

21.60

18.16

17.90

14.95

10.70

9.16

7.93

7.87

7.79

6.90

6.88

DISCHARGE

581

617

596

590

584

659

824

1*140

1*580

4*100

6,230

7,200

7,260

9,200

10,600

10,600

10,200

10,100

7,110

6,930

5,070

2,970

2,280

1,720

1,700

1,660

1,280

1,270

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

0.03

0.05

0.05

0.09

0.09

0.10

0.10

0.11

0.14

0.26

0.4U

0.60

0.88

1.17

1.21

1.39

1.42

2.11

2.13

2.25

2.31

2.33

2.39

2.40

2.40

2.52

2.52

DATE

4-08

4-09

4-09

4-09

4-10

4-10

4-11

4-11

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-13

4-13

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-15

4-15

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-16

TIME

2400

1700

1900

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0900

1100

1500

1700

1800

2400

1000

2400

1400

1900

2400

0100

2400

0100

1400

1900

2100

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

b.70

7.62

7.59

7.37

7.32

6.57

6.55

6.13

6.15

6.71

7.87

8.22

8.89

15.30

20.62

24.89

27.07

27.17

26.88

26.78

23.29

23.08

17.84

11.19

9.37

8.44

DISCHARGE

1*200

1,580

1,570

1,470

1,450

1,160

1,150

1,020

1,020

1,210

1,700

1,850

2,160

5,280

9,000

15,300

20,700

20,900

20,200

20,000

12,400

12,100

6,890

3,190

2,370

1,950

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

2.62

2.70

2.71

2.74

2.74

2.85

2.85

2.94

2.97

2.98

3.00

3.01

3.02

3.11

3.36

3.97

4.88

5.24

5.60

5.67

6.95

6.99

7.43

7.51

7.53

7.55
TABLES

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02413300, Little TaUapoosa River near Newell, Ala.

123

DATE

3-02

3-02

3-02

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-04

3-04

3-04

3-04

3-04

3-04

3-05

3-05

3-06

3-06

3-07

3-07

3-08

3-08

3-09

3-09

3-10

3-10

3-11

3-11

3-12

3-12

TIME

0200

0200

2400

1700

1900

2100

2200

2400

0400

0800

1100

1300

2300

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

4.10

4.10

3.91

3.91

4.16

5.05

5.81

8.11

12.46

15.20

15.45

15.03

11.87

11.72

11.55

10.30

10.23

9.01

8.92

7.42

7.37

6.27

6.23

5.62

5.60

5.19

5.19

4.67

4.67

4.23

DISCHARGE

710

710

634

634

734

1*090

1*440

2,670

5,520

7,800

8,050

7,630

5*110

5*000

4,890

4,010

3,960

3,210

3*150

2*250

2*220

1,670

1,650

1,340

1*330

1*150

1*150

938

938

762

ACCUH. 

RUNOFF

0.01

0.06

0.10

0.11

0.12

0.12

0.14

0.21

0.32

0.4l

0.47

0.71

0.73

0.75

1.14

1.16

1.48

1.49

1.72

1.73

1.90

1.91

2.04

2.05

2.15

2.16

2.25

2.25

2.33

DATE

3-13

3-13

3-14

3-14

4-01

4-02

4-02

4-02

4-03

4-03

4-03

4-03

4-03

4-03

4-03

4-04

4-04

4-04

4-04

4-05

4-05

4-06

4-06

4-07

4-07

4-07

4-08

4-08

4-08

TIME

0100

2400

0200

2400

2400

2200

2300

2400

0100

0300

0400

0700

1000

1200

2400

0400

0800

2300

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2000

2400

0100

2000

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

4.20

3.96

3.94

3.86

3.40

3.42

3.52

3.77

4.38

6.27

8.85

12.46

12.91

12.70

10.67

11.13

13.66

12.11

12.13

12.09

11.53

11.46

8.70

8.60

7.03

6.83

6.78

6.16

6.55

DISCHARGE

750

654

646

614

430

438

478

578

822

1*670

3*110

5,520

5,840

5,690

4,270

4,590

6,430

5,280

5,290

5,260

4,870

4,820

3,020

2,960

2,050

1,950

1,920

1,610

1,810

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

2.33

2.39

2.40

2.45

0.04

0.08

0.06

0.08

0.08

0.09

0.11

0.16

0.23

0.27

0.50

0.56

0.65

0.9ti

1.00

1.02

1.48

1.50

1.84

1.85

2.03

2.06

2.07

2.20

2.22
124 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02413300, Little Tallapoosa River near Newell, Ala Continued

DATE

4-09

4-09

4-10

4-10

4-11

4-11

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

TIME

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

1000

1700

1800

1900

2000

2200

2300

2400

0500

1000

1400

1500

GAGE 

HEIGHT

6.64

5.91

5.88

5.31

5.29

4.82

4.76

5.29

5.79

7.03

8.77

10.13

10.00

11.96

14.24

16.67

17.80

17.80

DISCHARGE

1,850

1,490

1,470

1,190

1,190

998

974

1,190

1,430

2,050

3,060

3,890

3,800

5,170

6,920

9,950

12,700

12,700

ACCOM. 

RUNOFF

2.23

2.38

2.38

2.50

2.51

2.bO

2.64

2.67

2.67

2.68

2.69

2.72

2.74

2.76

2.88

3.04

3.23

3.28

DATE

4-13

4-13

4-14

4-14

4-15

4-15

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-17

4-17

4-18

4-18

4-19

4-19

TIME

1600

2400

0700

2400

0100

2400

0100

1800

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

16.66

16.10

16.20

15.81

15.79

12.78

12.61

9.43

8.75

8.67

7.63

7.60

6.77

6.70

6.05

DISCHARGE

9,930

8,940

9,100

8,490

8,470

5,750

5,630

3,460

3,050

3,000

2,380

2,360

1,920

1,880

1,560

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

3.40

3.61

3.85

4.44

4.47

5.11

5.13

5.42

5.49

5.50

5.73

5.74

5.93

5.94

6.09
TABLES 125

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02414500, Tallapoosa River at Wadley, Ala

DATE

3- 2

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 4

3- 4

3- 4

3- 4

3- 4

3- 4

3- 4

3- 4

3- 5

3- 5

3- 5

3- 5

3- 6

3- 6

3- 6

3- 7

3- 7

3- 7

3- 8

3- 8

3- 8

3- 9 

3- 9

3- 9

4- 2

4- 3 

4- 3 

4- 3

4- 3 

4- 3

4- 3

4- 3

4- 4

4- 4

4- 4

4- 4

4- 5

4- 5

4- 6

4- 6

TIME

2400

1745

2100

2400

0130

0630

0915

1000

1430

1815

1845

2400

0015

0400

1000

2400

0015

1015

2130

0915

0930

2400

0030

1045

1745

0900 

0915

2400

2400

0200 

0600 

1000

1200 

1400

2000

2400

0345

1200

1945

2400

120p

2400

0900

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

5.51

5.53

6.06

6.98

7.99

13.01

15.67

16.90

26.67

28.23

28.12

26.17

26.03

23.55

21.84

18.84

18.76

17.52

16.39

15.71

15.67

13.94

13.84

11.62

8.55

7.33 

7.32

6.92

4.89

4.96 

6.16 

12.82

14.67 

16.28

18.39

17.62

16.30

17.77

18.94

18.22

15.35

14.35

13.85

11.81

DISCHARGE

3500

3530

4350

5890

7950

19500

25700

28700

67600

76200

75600

64900

64100

51500

43300

33800

33600

30300

27400

25800

25700

21600

21400

16300

9240

6550 

6530

5790

2610

2700 

4510 

19100

23300 

27200

32600

30600

27200

31000

34100

32200

24900

22600

21400

16700

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

0.00

0.06

0.07

0.09

0.10

0.19

0.26

0.28

0.55

0.83

0.85

1.18

1.19

1.38

1.62

2.06

2.07

2.35

2.63

2.92

2.92

3.22

3.23

3.38

3.44

3.54 

3.54

3.62

0.00

0.01 

0.02 

0.09

0.14 

0.19

0.37

0.48

0.57

0.82

1.06

1.19

1.47

1.73

1.91

2.14

DATE

4- 8

4- 8

4- 9

4- 9

4- 9

4-10

4-11

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-16 

4-16

4-16

4-17

4-17 

4-17 

4-17

4-18

4-19

4-19

4-20

4-21

4-21

4-22

TIME

2000

2400

0100

0900

2400

2400

2400

1200

1700

2100

2400

0100

0600

1200

1800

2300

2400

0200

0400

1200

2400

0300

0900

2400

1200 

1800

2400

0600

1200 

1800 

2400

2400

0100

2400

24 QO

0100

2400

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

7.37

7.67

7.75

8.57

7.67

7.10

6.61

6.47

6.88

8.89

11.81

13.41

17.55

22.04

27.75

30.29

30.35

30.57

29.94

26.77

22.02

21.37

20.50

19.05

17.44 

16.31

15.08

14.02

12.63 

10.13 

8.85

8.01

7.96

7.45

7.08

7.04

6.73

6.53

DISCHARGE

6630

7240

7420

9280

7240

6110

5250

5010

5710

10000

16700

20400

30400

40100

73600

87500

87800

89100

85600

68200

44000

41500

38800

34400

30100 

27200

24300

21800

18600 

12900 

9920

7990

7880

6790

6070

6000

5450

5110

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

2.44

2.47

2.47

2.54

2.64

2.78

2.90

2.95

2.98

3.02

3.07

3.08

3.23

3.45

3.86

4.27

4.35

4.52

4.68

5.19

5.68

5.80

6.02

6.50

6.83 

6.99

7.12

7.24

7.35 

7.42 

7.48

7.66

7.66

7.81

7.94

7.95

8.07

8.18

4- 7 2400 7.96 7880 2.32
126 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 7.--Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02420000, Alabama River near Montgomery, Ala

DATE

2-28

3- 1

3- 1

3- 1

3- 1

3- 2

3- 2

3- 2

^- 2

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 4

3- 4

^- 4

3- 4

3- 5

3- 5

3- 5

3- 5

3- 6

3- 6

3- 6

3- 6

3- 7

3- 7

3- 7

3- 7

3- 8

3- 8

3- 8

3- 8

3- 9

3- 9

3- 9

TIME

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

GAGE 

HEIGHT

 ZO 00

32.20

32.02

31.75

31 41

31 25

31.10

30.91

30.74

30.58

30.40

30.30

31.90

34.90

Zfi 9fi

41.00

43.70

45.68

46.80

47.90

48.30

48.40

48.40

48.10

47.83

47.28

46.60

45.97

45.28

44.60

44.05

43.56

43.00

42.50

41.90

41.50

ACCUM. 

DISCHARGE RUNOFF

77700 ......

74600 ......

72000 ......

68700 ......

66400 ......

62400 ......

60300 ......

58100 ......

59800 ......

58600 ......

60500 ......

60600 ......

71000 ......

100000 ......

127000 ......

143000 ......

160000 ......

172000 ......

179000 ......

185000 ......

183000 ......

181000 ......

179000 ......

176000 ......

174000 ......

171000 ......

169000 ......

167000 ......

163000 ......

160000 ......

156000 ......

154000 ......

151000 ......

148000 ......

146000 ......

144000 ......

DATE

3- 9

3-10

3-10

3-10

3-10

3-11

3-11

3-11

3-11

3-12

3-12

 ^-12

3-12

3-13

3-13

3-13

3-1 3

3-14

3-14

 *_1 A

3-14

3-15

3-15

3-15

3-15

3-16

3-16

3-16

3-16

3-17

^-17

3-17

3-17

3 1 R

3

1 0

3-18

TIME

2400

0600

1200

180p

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

GAGE 

HEIGHT

40.98

40.38

39.87

39.40

39.05

38.65

38.10

37.60

37.20

36.91

36.78

36.60

36.30

 zc 02

35.69

35.48

35.20

ACCUM. 

DISCHARGE RUNOFF

142000 ......

138000 ......

135000 ......

132000 ......

129000 ......

126000 ......

124000 ......

120000 ......

118000 ......

117000 ......

116000 ......

115000 ......

112000 ......

110000 ......

109000 ......

108000 ......

105000 ......

102000 ......

101000 ......

100000 ......

97300 ......

94100 ......

94100 ......

89900 ......

86200 ......

84300 ......

79700 ......

75600 ......

73000 ......

67300 ......

65600 ......

63000 ......

61600 ......

58000 ......

53700 ......

53400 ......
TABLES

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02420000, Alabama River near Montgomery, Ala Continued

127

DATE

3 1 &

3-19

3-19

3-19

3-19

3-20

3-20

3-20

3-20

3-21

3-21

3-21

3-21

3-22

3-22

3-22

3-22

3-23

3-23

3-23

3-23

3-24

3-24

^-24

3-24

3-25

3-25

3-25

1-2%

3-26

3-26

3-26

3-26

3-27

3-27

GAGE 

TIME HEIGHT

2400 .....

0600 .....

1200 .....

1800 .....

2400 .....

0600 .....

1200 .....

1800 .....

2400 .....

0600 .....

1200 .....

1800 .....

2400 .....

0600 .....

1200 .....

1800 .....

2400 .....

0600 .....

1200 .....

1800 .....

2400 .....

0600 .....

1200 .....

1800 .....

2400 .....

0600 .....

1200 .....

1800 .....

2400 .....

0600 .....

1200 .....

1800 .....

2400 .....

0600 .....

1200 .....

ACCUM. 

DISCHARGE RUNOFF

52100 ......

51600 ......

50300 ......

49400 ......

47200 ......

45400 ......

45200 ......

45500 ......

47400 ......

40800 ......

39200 ......

41400 ......

40200 ......

40200 ......

42400 ......

45400 ......

45800 ......

46900 ......

49400 ......

51900 ......

52600 ......

52200 ......

51000 ......

50000 ......

46200 ......

43700 ......

40400 ......

41400 ......

39100 ......

38300 ......

32000 ......

29100 ......

35400 ......

33200 ......

32100 ......

DATE

3-27

3-27

3

00

3 Ofl

3 7ft

7 OQ

^-29

3-29

3-29

3-29

3-30

3-30

3-30

3-30

3-31

3-31

3-31

7_T1

4- 1

4- 1

4- 1

4- 1

4- 2

4- 2

4- 2

4- 2

4- 3

4- 3

4- 3

4- 3

4- 4

4- 4

4- 4

4- 4

4- 5

GAGE 

TIME HEIGHT

1800 .....

2400 .....

0600 .....

1200 .....

1800 .....

2400 .....

0600 .....

1200 .....

1800 .....

2400 .....

0600 .....

1200 .....

1800 .....

2400 .....

0600 .....

1200 .....

1800 .....

2400 .....

0600 .....

1200 .....

1800 .....

2400 .....

0600 .....

1200 .....

1800 .....

2400 .....

0600 .....

1200 .....

1800 .....

2400 36.50

0600 38.10

1200 39.70

1800 40.95

2400 42.05

0600 42.55

ACCUM. 

DISCHARGE RUNOFF

29000 ......

28500 ......

34500 ......

29^00

27700 ......

36000 ......

32800 ......

31400 ......

28400 ......

26800 ......

33200 ......

28800 ......

29700 ......

28600 ......

21800 ......

27500 ......

22400 ......

18500 ......

16800 ......

18500 ......

16800 ......

17300 ......

16600 ......

16600 ......

17200 ......

23300 ......

43600 ......

80800 ......

105000 ......

121000 ......

118000 ......

118000 ......

119000 ......

121000 ......

125000 ......
128 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02420000, Alabama River near Montgomery, Ala Continued

DATE

4- 5

4- 5

4- 5

4- 6

4- 6

4- 6

4- 6

4- 7

4- 7

4- 7

4- 7

4- 8

4- 8

4- 8

4- 8

4- 9

4- 9

4- 9

4- 9

4-10

4-10

4-10

4-10

4-11

4-11

4-11

4-11

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

TIME

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

43.02

43.32

43 35

43.30

43.25

42.82

42.46

42.42

41 45

41.05

40.38

39 75

39.15

38.52

37.87

37.20

36.69

36.00

35.52

34.90

34.40

33.89

33.30

32.82

32.48

32.10

32.72

32.38

31.00

30.92

32.10

34.60

36.90

39 40

42.00

ACCUM. 

DISCHARGE RUNOFF

128000 ......

126000 ......

126000 ......

126000 ......

131000 ......

142000 ......

144000 ......

142000 ......

140000 ......

140000 ......

140000 ......

135000 ......

130000 ......

126000 ......

123000 ......

120000 ......

116000 ......

112000 ......

108000 ......

104000 ......

99400 ......

96100 ......

92300 ......

86700 ......

83300 ......

80600 ......

77700 ......

75000 ......

68800 ......

69400 ......

83000 ......

108000 ......

128000 ......

142000 ......

159000 ......

DATE

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-15

4-1 ^

4-15

4-15

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-18

4-18

4

1 O

4-18

4-1 Q

4-19

4-19

4-19

4-20

4-20

4-20

4-20

4-21

4-21

4-21

4-21

TIME

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

45.30

48.10

50.00

51.70

52.63

53.37

C7 87

54.20

54.40

54.50

54 41

54 22

CT OO

53.36

52 92

52 29

51.70

51.00

50.00

48.99

48.00

47.08

46.02

45.10

43.80

42 75

41.60

40.40

39.50

38.26

37.30

36.20

ACCUM. 

DISCHARGE RUNOFF

183000 ......

210000 ......

229000 ......

245000 ......

254000 ......

258000 ......

260000 ......

259000 ......

258000 ......

254000 ......

250000 ......

241000 ......

236000 ......

229000 ......

221000 ......

212000 ......

204000 ......

197000 ......

189000 ......

180000 ......

170000 ......

163000 ......

158000 ......

151000 ......

143000 ......

138000 ......

133000 ......

128000 ......

125000 ......

124000 ......

116000 ......

112000 ......
TABLES

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02422500, Mulberry Creek at Jones, Ala

129

DATE

3- 2

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 4

3- 4

3- 4

3- 4

3- 4

3- 5

3- 5

3- 5

3- 5

3- 5

3- 5

3- 6

3- 6

3- 6

3- 7

3- 7

3- 7

3- 8

3- 8

3- 9

3- 9

TIME

2400

1100

1400

1600

1800

2000

2100

2200

2400

0400

1100

1800

2000

2400

0100

0500

0900

1200

1700

2400

0100

2100

2400

0100

2000

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

3.35

3.41

3.59

3.97

5.48

7.26

8.53

10.63

15.45

19.90

20.92

22.37

22.06

18.94

17.74

11.73

8.36

6.90

5.86

5.27

5.19

4.34

4.27

4.26

3.97

3.94

3.92

3.65

3.64

3.43

DISCHARGE

352

374

446

625

1510

2640

3640

5140

8660

13100

14200

16000

15600

12000

10700

5910

3640

2980

2000

1890

1788

1330

1290

1280

1110

1090

1080

914

908

782

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

0.00

0.03

0.04

0.05

0.07

0.11

0.14

0.18

0.31

0.70

1.44

2.27

2.50

2.86

2.94

3.12

3.23

3.29

3.37

3.47

3.48

3.68

3.71

3.72

3.87

3.98

3.91

4.07

4.08

4.21

DATE

4-11

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-16

4-16

4-17

4-17

4-18

4-18

4-19

4-19

TIME

2400

1100

1600

1800

1900

2100

2300

2400

0400

1200

1700

2400

0500

1500

1900

2400

0100

0800

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0200

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

3.66

3.63

3.76

3.96

4.29

10.53

13.66

14.70

16.83

17.49

20.23

23.99

25.26

12.03

8.84

-7.07

6.86

5.99

5.07

5.02

4.36

4.34

3.99

3.97

3.72

3.71

3.53

DISCHARGE

920

902

980

1100

1200

5070

7260

8060

9850

10500

13500

18500

20900

6128

4000

2920

2770

2160

1610

1580

1180

1170

962

950

800

794

695

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

0.00

0.07

0.11

0.13

0.14

0.21

0.32

0.38

0.67

1.30

1.80

2.77

3.55

4.00

4.12

4.23

4.25

4.36

4.55

4.57

4.77

4.78

4.94

4.95

5.09

5.10

5.21
130 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02423425, Cahaba River near Cahaba Heights, Ala

DATE

4-10

4-11

4-11

4-11

4-11

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

TIME

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0700

0900

1100

1300

1500

1700

1900

2100

2300

2400

0200

0400

0600

0800

1000

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2100

2200

2400

0100

0200

0300

0630

1100

1115

1200

1445

1715

1800

1930

GAGE 

HEIGHT

2.41

2.42

2.36

2.33

2.32

2.33

2.58

3.45

4.38

8.00

13.86

17.25

18.80

20.05

20.67

21.65

22.74

23.58

24.45

26.00

27.31

28.00

28.31

28.67

28.85

28.86

28.84

28.73

28.39

28.43

28.00

26.47

22.21

22.09

20.99

18.39

16.37

15.85

14.55

DISCHARGE

516

523

470

439

433

439

791

1630

2360

3230

5080

7960

9580

11000

11800

13100

14500

15600

16800

19000

21000

22000

22500

23100

23400

23500

63400

23200

22700

22800

22200

19900

13800

13600

12100

9090

7070

6550

5450

ACGJM. 

RUNOFF

0.00

.02

.05

.07

.09

.11

.11

.14

.18

.23

.30

.43

.57

.74

.83

1.04

1.26

1.50

1.76

2.05

2.38

2.72

3.06

3.42

3.78

3.96

4.14

4.50

4.76

4.94

5.11

5.68

6.25

6.28

6.35

6.57

6.73

6.77

6.83

DATE

4-14

4-14

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-16

TIME

2230

2400

0600

1015

1100

1130

1145

1200

1245

1330

1530

1545

1600

1615

1700

1745

1800

1815

1830

1915

1930

1945

2000

2100

2115

2200

2215

2230

2245

2400

0015

0145

0345

0530

1030

1115

1315

1445

1730

2000

2215

2330

GAGE 

HEIGHT

12.27

11.19

7.29

4.80

4.36

4.12

4.06

2.93

3.91

3.82

3.79

3.58

3.71

3.73

3.65

3.62

3.58

3.62

3.49

3.51

3.46

3.46

3.55

3.49

3.84

3.88

3.83

3.85

3.80

3.78

3.82

3.74

3.70

3.66

3.50

3.49

3.43

3.43

3.35

3.34

3.28

3.23

DISCHARGE

4430

4060

3060

2550

2200

1910

1830

1690

1660

1560

1530

1310

1450

1470

1390

1350

1310

1350

1230

1250

1200

1200

1290

1230

1590

1630

1580

1600

1540

1520

1560

1480

1440

1400

1240

1230

1170

1170

1100

1090

1030

990

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

6.95

6.99

7.16

7.25

7.26

7.27

7.27

7.28

7.29

7.30

7.32

7.32

7.32

7.33

7.34

7.34

7.35

7.35

7.35

7.36

7.36

7.36

7.36

7.37

7.38

7.39

7.39

7.39

7.40

7.41

7.41

7.43

7.45

7.47

7.52

7.53

7.55

7.56

7.59

7.61

7.63

7.64
TABLES

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02423425, Cahaba River near Cahaba Heights, Ala Continued

131

DATE

4-16

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-19

4-19

4-19

4-19

4-19

4-19

4-19

4-19

4-19

4-19

TIME

2400

0045

0100

0430

1015

1200

1245

1300

1400

2400

0015

0100

0115

0130

0230

0415

0445

0845

0900

1045

1115

1130

1430

1545

1600

1800

1930

2000

2045

2400

0115

0145

0300

0315

0400

0500

0515

0530

0600

0700

GAGE 

HEIGHT

3.27

3.25

3.26

3.20

3.08

3.08

3.04

3.07

3.03

2.92

2.92

2.89

2.85

2.86

2.81

2.78

2.79

2.75

2.72

2.71

2.69

2.71

2.67

2.66

2.60

2.51

2.48

2.49

2.47

2.46

2.45

2.47

2.48

2.46

2.48

2.47

2.49

2.48

2.50

2.50

DISCHARGE

1030

1010

1020

963

865

865

833

857

824

738

738

715

685

692

655

634

641

613

592

585

571

585

558

552

512

456

437

444

431

424

418

431

437

424

437

431

444

437

450

450

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

7.64

7.65

7.65

7.67

7.72

7.73

7.73

7.73

7.74

7.80

7.80

7.81

7.81

7.81

7.81

7.82

7.82

7.84

7.85

7.85

7.86

7.86

7.87

7.87

7.88

7.88

7.89

7.89

7.89

7.90

7.91

7.91

7.91

7.91

7.92

7.92

7.92

7.92

7.92

7.93

DATE

4-19

4-19

4-19

4-19

4-19

4-19

4-19

4-19

4-19

4-19

4-20

4-20

4-20

4-20

4-20

4-20

4-20

4-20

4-20

4-20

4-20

4-20

4-20

4-20

4-21

4-21

4-21

4-21

4-21

4-21

4-21

4-21

4-21

4-21

4-22

4-22

4-22

4-22

4-22

4-22

TIME

0745

0815

0845

1215

1530

1630

2130

2200

2215

2400

0430

0530

0745

0800

0900

0915

1045

1115

1145

1215

1500

1715

2015

2400

0245

0345

0900

0915

1045

1115

1415

1445

2345

2400

0500

0745

0845

0900

0930

1030

GAGE 

HEIGHT

2.48

2.48

2.43

2.41

2.38

2.40

2.37

2.38

2.36

2.36

2.37

2.41

2.42

2.39

2.38

2.34

2.34

2.32

2.32

2.30

2.30

2.29

2.27

2.27

2.27

2.29

2.29

2.28

2.26

2.24

2.23

2.21

2.21

2.22

2.24

2.26

2.26

2.23

2.23

2.19

DISCHARGE

437

437

405

392

374

386

368

374

362

362

368

392

399

380

374

351

351

339

339

327

327

322

311

311

311

322

322

316

305

295

289

278

278

284

295

305

305

289

289

268

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

7.93

7.93

7.93

7.94

7.95

7.96

7.97

7.97

7.97

7.98

7.99

7.99

8.00

8.00

8.00

8.00

8.01

8.01

8.01

8.01

8.02

8.02

8.03

8.04

8.05

8.05

8.06

8.06

8.07

8.07

8.08

8.08

8.10

8.10

8.11

8.11

8.12

8.12

8.12

8.12
132 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02423425, Cahaba River near Cahaba Heights, Ala Continued

DATE

4-22

4-22

4-22

4-22

4-22

4-22

4-22

4-23

4-23

4-23

4-23

4-23

4-23

4-23

4-23

4-23

4-23

4-23

4-23

4-23

4-23

4-23

4-23

4-23

4-24

4-24

4-24

4-24

4-24

4-24

4-24

TIME

1200

1215

1615

1745

1945

2000

2400

0145

0215

0500

0545

0730

0800

0900

0930

0945

1215

1715

1730

1830

1845

2200

2315

2400

0745

0900

1230

1330

1445

2045

2130

GAGE 

HEIGHT

2.19

2.16

2.17

2.20

2.21

2.23

2.22

2.22

2.20

2.19

2.23

2.23

2.22

2.19

2.19

2.16

2.14

2.12

2.13

2.12

2.13

2.11

2.12

2.13

2.13

2.11

2.12

2.13

2.18

2.17

2.16

DISCHARGE

268

254

259

273

278

289

284

284

273

268

289

289

284

268

268

254

244

235

239

235

239

230

235

239

239

230

235

239

263

259

254

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

8.12

8.12

8.13

8.13

8.14

8.14

8.15

8.15

8.15

8.16

8.16

8.16

8.16

8.17

8.17

8.17

8.17

8.18

8.18

8.18

8.19

8.19

8.19

8.19

8.21

8.21

8.22

8.22

8.22

8.23

8.24

DATE

4-24

4-24

4-24

4-25

4-25

4-25

4-25

4-25

4-25

4-25

4-25

4-25

4-25

4-25

4-25

4-25

4-25

4-25

4-25

4-25

4-26

4-26

4-26

4-26

4-26

4-26

4-26

4-26

4-26

4-26

4-26

4-26

TIME

2200

2330

2400

0130

0445

0600

0745

1000

1015

1115

1230

1415

1700

1830

1930

1945

2015

2145

2300

2400

0045

0100

0145

0345

1000

1715

1745

1800

1815

2015

2100

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

2.18

2.20

2.21

2.22

2.26

2.31

2.32

2.33

2.36

2.36

2.39

2.45

2.61

2.76

2.92

2.93

3.05

3.36

3.66

3.94

4.14

4.25

4.35

5.06

6.87

6.50

6.68

6.05

6.84

8.47

8.54

8.06

DISCHARGE

263

273

278

284

305

222

339

345

362

362

380

418

519

620

738

745

841

1110

1400

1700

1930

2060

2190

2630

2970

2910

2940

2830

2960

3330

3340

3230

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

8.24

8.24

8.24

8.24

8.25

8.25

8.26

8.26

8.27

8.27

8.27

8.28

8.29

8.29

8.30

8.30

8.30

8.32

8.33

8.34

8.35

8.35

8.37

8.40

8.54

8.71

8.72

8.72

8.73

8.78

8.80

8.87
TABLES

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02424000, Cahaba River at Centreville, Ala

133

DATE

4-10

4-11

4-11

4-11

4-11

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

TIME

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

0800

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2200

2*400

OAOO

0800

1200

1600

2000

2300

2400

0200

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

7-38

7.17

6.98

6.81

6.66

6.55

6.51

7.62

9.90

13.58

17.58

22.26

25.78

28.01

30.38

31.41

32.96

34.11

34.82

35.03

35.03

34.84

34.46

33.31

31.77

30.70

29.84

28.90

27.77

26.36

DISCHARGE

2730

2600

2490

2400

2310

2250

2230

3420

6350

11100

17000

24500

29800

33800

42700

48300

57900

68100

75800

78400

78400

76100

71600

60700

50400

44300

40000

35400

30900

24700

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

.00

.02

.05

.07

.09

.11

.12

.14

.16

.19

.24

 31

.40

.51

.76

1.05

1.40

1.81

2.27

2.62

2.74

2.97

3.40

3.95

4.41

4.81

5.17

5.49

5.77

5.99

DATE

1-16

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-19

4-19

4-20

4-20

4-21

4-21

4-22

4-22

TIME

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

24.47

21.65

18.13

14.99

12.94

11.85

11.18

10.66

10.26

9.93

9.62

9.31

8.69

8.17

7.86

7-63

7-34

7.11

6.98

6.88

DISCHARGE

17900

11000

8040

6430

5860

5460

5060

4760

4490

4400

4180

3970

3550

3210

3020

2880

2700

2570

2490

2430

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

6.15

6.25

6.32

6.38

6.43

6.48

6.53

6.57

6.61

6.65

6.69

6.73

6.79

6.85

6.90

6.96

7.00

7.05

7.10

7.14
134 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02425000, Cahaba River near Marion Jet., Ala

DATE

4-10

4-11

4-11

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-13

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

TIME

2400

0100

2400

1300

1800

2100

2400

2400

1800

2200

2400

0600

1400

1800

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

15.59

15.47

12.31

11.66

11.88

15.94

19.36

27.44

35.91

38.01

38.97

40.64

41.13

41.08

40.82

DISCHARGE

8770

8690

6470

6070

6220

9360

12000

19500

31000

39200

47900

68000

73900

73300

70100

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

0.00

0.01

0.14

0.21

0.23

0.26

0.29

0.70

1.19

1.33

1.41

1.77

2.29

2.54

2.91

DATE

4-16

4-16

4-17

4-17

4-18

4-18

4-19

4-19

4-20

4-20

4-21

4-21

TIME

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

40.77

39.05

38.96

37.24

37.15

33.81

33.60

28.16

27.89

22.48

22.30

18.60

DISCHARGE

69500

48900

47800

35200

34900

27600

27300

20300

20000

14500

14300

11400

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

2.97

3.96

4.00

4.71

4.74

5.38

5.32

5.73

5.75

6.04

6.05

6.28
TABLES

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02429500, Alabama River at Claiborne, Ala

135

DATE

2-28

3- 1

3- 1

3- 1

3- 1

3- 2

3- 2

3- 2

3- 2

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 4

3- 4

3- 4

3- 4

3- 5

3- 5

3- 5

3- 5

3- 6

3- 6

3- 6

3- 6

3- 7

3- 7

3- 7

3- 7

3- 8

3- 8

3- 8

3- 8

3- 9 

3- 9 

3- 9

3- 9

3-10 

3-10 

3-10

3-10

3-11 

3-11 

3-11

3-11

3-12 

3-12 

3-12

3-12

3-13 

3-13 

3-13

3-13

TIME

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600 

1200 

1800

2400

0600 

1200 

1800

2400

0600 

1200 

1800

2400

0600 

1200 

1800

2400

0600 

1200 

1800

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

41.60

41.70

41.73

41.70

41.62

41.50

41.25

40.90

40.45

40.00

39.33

39.20

39.50

40.16

40.80

41.52

42.20

42.70

43.20

43.70

44.20

44.62

45.02

45.40

45.75

46.10

46.40

46.70

46.95

47.18

47.45

47.65

47.89

48.10 

48.30 

48.50

48.70

48.85 

49.00 

49.25

49.36

49.48 

49.57 

49.58

49.60

49.58 

49.55 

49.50

49.37

49.20 

49.00 

48.80

48.55

DISCHARGE

118000

118000

117000

116000

114000

111000

109000

103000

101000

96300

93300

102000

115000

119000

125000

128000

132000

134000

138000

142000

145000

148000

150000

154000

158000

162000

165000

168000

171000

173000

175000

175000

176000

180000 

183000 

185000

188000

190000 

192000 

197000

196000

196000 

197000 

195000

193000

191000 

191000 

188000

185000

183000 

180000 

176000

172000

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

0.00

.05

.10

.15

.20

.24

.29

.33

.38

.42

.46

.50

.55

.60

.65

.70

.76

.82

.88

.94

1.00

1.06

1.12

1.19

1.25

1.32

1.39

1.46

1.54

1.61

1.68

1.76

1.83

1.91 

1.98 

2.06

2.14

2.22 

2.30 

2.39

2.47

2.55 

2.64 

2.72

2.80

2.88 

2.96 

3.04

3.12

3.20 

3.27 

3.35

3.42

DATE

3-14

3-14

3-14

3-14

3-15

3-15

3-15

3-15

3-16

3-16

3-16

3-16

3-17

3-17

3-17

3-17

3-18

3-18

3-18

3-18

3-19

3-19

3-19

3-19

3-20

3-20

3-20

3-20

3-21

3-21

3-21

3-21

3-22

3-22 

3-22 

3-22

3-23

3-23 

3-23 

3-23

3-24

3-24 

3-24 

3-24

3-25

3-25 

3-25 

3-25

3-26

3-26 

3-26 

3-26

TIME

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200 

1800 

2400

0600

1200 

1800 

2400

0600

1200 

1800 

2400

0600

1200 

1800 

2400

0600

1200 

1800 

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

48.30

48.00

47.70

47.40

47.00

46.65

46.20

45.85

45.40

44.98

44.50

44.00

43.46

42.95

42.40

41.85

41.20

40.55

39.80

39.00

38.30

37.45

36.62

35.74

34.90

34.15

33.50

32.92

32.20

31.35

30.20

29.18

28.65

28.28 

27.95 

27.82

28.05

28.65 

29.25 

29.90

30.54

30.85 

31.25 

31.72

31.95

32.10 

32.20 

31.95

31.95

31.52 

31.00 

30.02

DISCHARGE

169000

165000

162000

156000

152000

150000

144000

141000

137000

131000

127000

123000

119000

114000

110000

106000

103000

98200

93300

91800

87700

82000

77500

75500

71900

68900

67100

64800

61300

56900

51700

50800

51400

51800 

50800 

53000

56500

62600 

65000 

66500

67900

69800 

71000 

71700

71300

70600 

69700 

65800

62400

61500 

56900 

53600

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

3.49

3.56

3.63

3.70

3.76

3.82

3.88

3.94

4.00

4.06

4.11

4.16

4.21

4.26

4.31

4.35

4.40

4.44

4.48

4.52

4.55

4.59

4.62

4.65

4.68

4.71

4.74

4.77

4.79

4.82

4.84

4.86

4.88

4.90 

4.93 

4.95

4.97

5.00 

5.03 

5.05

5.08

5.11 

5.14 

5.17

5.20

5.23 

5.26 

5.29

5.32

5.34 

5.37 

5.39
136 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02429500, Alabama River at Claiborne, Ala Continued

DATE

3-27

3-27

3-27

3-27

3-28

3-28

3-28

3-28

3-29

3-29

3-29

3-29

3-30

3-30

3-30

3-30

3-31

3-31

3-31

3-31

4- 1

4- 1

4- 1

4- 1

4- 2

4- 2

4- 2

4- 2

4- 3

4- 3

4- 3

4- 3

4- 4

4- 4

4- 4

4- 4

4- 5

4- 5

4- 5

4- 5

4- 6

4- 6

4- 6

4- 6

4- 7

4- 7

4- 7

4- 7

4- 8

4- 8

4- 8

4- 8

TIME

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

29.18

28.25

27.63

26.88

26.60

26.38

25.75

24.80

24.25

23.60

23.37

23.45

23.75

23.88

24.25

24.35

24.40

24.43

24.43

24.22

23.75

22.95

22.05

21.25

20.72

20.42

20.15

20.90

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

c

42.00

42.60

43.20

43.75

44.25

44.75

45.10

45.40

45.70

46.00

46.25

46.45

46.67

46.85

47.10

47.30

DISCHARGE

50300

47400

45600

43400

46600

45400

40800

36900

35500

37800

38400

47300

41100

41900

43400

42500

42600

42300

42300

38300

34600

32600

31900

29900

29300

29800

29700

42700

60000

73000

84000

96000

103000

110000

118000

125000

131000

136000

140000

145000

147000

151000

153000

154000

158000

161000

162000

164000

166000

166000

169000

170000

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

5.41

5.43

5.45

5.47

5.49

5.51

5.52

5.54

5.55

5.57

5.59

5.61

5.62

5.64

5.66

5.68

5.70

5.71

5.73

5.75

5.76

5.78

5.79

5.80

5.81

5.83

5.84

5.86

5.88

5.91

5.95

5.99

6.03

6.08

6.13

6.18

6.24

6.30

6.35

6.42

6.48

6.54

6.61

6.67

6.74

6.81

6.87

6.94

7.01

7.08

7.16

7.23

DATE

4- 9

4- 9

4- 9

4- 9

4-10

4-10

4-10

4-10

4-11

4-11

4-11

4-11

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-19

4-19

4-19

4-19

4-20

4-20

4-20

4-20

4-21

TIME

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

GAGE 

HEIGHT

47.45

47.62

47.75

47.85

47.90

47.95

47.95

47.90

47.85

47.72

47.55

47.40

47.15

46.80

46.50

46.15

45.75

45.30

44.90

44.45

44.05

43.70

43.50

43.35

43.30

43.32

43.40

43.55

43.75

44.00

44.25

44.50

44.83

45.20

45.55

45.94

46.30

46.75

47.25

47.65

48.05

48.45

48.80

49.10

49.45

49.75

50.00

50.25

50.50

DISCHARGE

171000

173000

175000

176000

176000

173000

172000

171000

171000

168000

166000

162000

158000

153000

150000

147000

141000

137000

132000

128000

126000

125000

125000

126000

128000

130000

132000

133000

136000

139000

142000

144000

149000

152000

157000

162000

167000

172000

177000

182000

185000

190000

195000

198000

201000

205000

208000

209000

212000

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

7.30

7.37

7.45

7.52

7.60

7.67

7.74

7.81

7.89

7.96

8.03

8.10

8.16

8.23

8.29

8.35

8.41

8.47

8.53

8.58

8.63

8.69

8.74

8.79

8.85

8.90

8.96

9.01

9.07

9.13

9.19

9.25

9.31

9.38

9.44

9.51

9.58

9.66

9.73

9.81

9.89

9.97

10.05

10.13

10.22

10.30

10.39

10.48

10.57

c - no gage height record
TABLES

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02429500, Alabama River at Claiborne, Ala Continued

137

DATE

4-21

4-21

4-21

4-22

4-22

4-22

4-22

4-23

4-23

4-23

4-23

4-24

4-24

4-24

4-24

4-25

4-25

4-25

4-25

TIME

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

50.68

50.85

51.00

51.13

51.24

51.28

51.29

51.29

51.25

51.18

51.07

50.92

50.71

50.45

50.15

49.70

49.35

48.85

48.35

DISCHARGE

212000

214000

216000

216000

217000

216000

214000

214000

213000

210000

207000

205000

200000

195000

190000

183000

175000

169000

162000

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

10.66

10.75

10.84

10.93

11.02

11.11

11.20

11.30

11.39

11.47

11.56

11.65

11.73

11.82

11.90

11.97

12.05

12.12

12.19

DATE

4-26

4-26

4-26

4-26

4-27

4-27

4-27

4-27

4-28

4-28

4-28

4-28

4-29

4-29

4-29

4-29

4-30

4-30

4-30

4-30

TIME

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

47.80

47.24

46.56

45.95

45.35

44.80

44.30

43.88

43.55

43.30

43.15

43.05

42.95

42.93

42.93

42.97

43.00

43.05

43.10

43.15

DISCHARGE

155000

149000

143000

137000

132000

127000

126000

125000

124000

123000

123000

124000

124000

126000

126000

127000

127000

128000

128000

128000

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

12.25

12.32

12.38

12.43

12.49

12.54

12.60

12.65

12.70

12.75

12.81

12.86

12.91

12.96

13.02

13.07

13.12

13.18

13.23

13.29
138 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02439400, Buttahatchie River near Aberdeen, Miss.

DATE

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-13

04-13

04-14

04-14

04-14

04-14

04-14

04-15

TIME

0100

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

0600

1200

1400

1800

2400

1200

GAGE 

HEIGHT

11.30

12.91

14.08

14.09

14.97

16.01

17. 13

17.51

17.70

17.74

17.71

17.48

16.53

DISCHARGE

2,630

3,920

5,790

5,310

7,730

10,600

14,900

16,700

17,700

17,900

17,700

16, 600

12,500

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

0.00

0.03

0.03

0.15

0.23

0.45

0.75

0.94

1.14

1.21

1.35

1.55

1.90

DATE

04-15

04-16

04-16

04-17

04-13

04-19

04-20

04-21

04-22

TIME

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

15.62

14.99

14.47

13.34

12.25

11.35

10.52

9.82

9.39

DISCHARGE

9,500

7,840

6,610

4, 520

3,320

2,660

2,210

1,870

1,630

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

2.16

2.36

2.53

2.30

2.98

3.12

3.24

3.34

3.42
TABLES

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02441000, Tibbee Creek near Tibbee, Miss.

139

DATE

04- 1 1

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-14

04-14

04-14

TIME

2400

0130

0300

0600

0900

1200

1600

2000

2400

0300

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1 200

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

12. 17

12.01

13.47

17.93

20. 16

21.47

22.82

23.74

24 . 66

25.58

26.51

27.29

27.51

27 . 37

26.97

26.38

25 . 00

DISCHARGE

2,

 -I

3,

5,

6,

6,

8,

11,

14,

19,

24,

30,

32,

30,

27,

23,

16,

960

900

430

090

140

960

690

100

500

000

600

300

100

900

800

800

000

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

0.

0.

0.

0.

0.

0.

0.

0.

0.

0.

0.

0.

1.

1.

1.

1.

2.

00

00

01

03

06

09

14

20

23

36

46

72

02

32

59

34

22

DATE

04-15

04-15

04-16

04-16

04-17

04-17

04-18

04-18

04-19

04-19

04-20

04-21

04-22

TIME

1200

2400

1200

2*400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400,

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

23.85

23. 10

22.27

20.93

1 8 . 99

16.57

13.82

10.70

8.33

6.45

4 . 99

4.61

4.36

DISCHARGE

1 1 , 500

9, 270

7,800

6,560

5, 570

4, 550

3,560

2, 420

1 , 570

964

566

477

422

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

2.43

2.67

2.33

2.97

3.09

3. 13

3.26

3.31

3.3!:5

3.33

3.41

3.42

3.44
140 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02441500, Tombigbee River at Columbus, Miss.

DATE

04-11

04-11

04-11

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-14

04-14

04-14

04-14

04-15

04-15

TIME

0100

1200

2400

0300

0600

0900

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1400

1800

2400

1200

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

15.04

14.47

13.67

13.82

16.38

18.93

21. 13

24.85

27.63

30.53

32.50

33.85

34.62

35. 16

35.33

35.21

35.10

34.64

34 . 07

DISCHARGE

15,400

14,500

13,400

13, 600

17,400

21,600

25, 500

33, 100

40, 800

49, 800

58, 100

67, 000

72, 900

78, 100

80, 400

78, 800

77, 300

73, 000

68, 500

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

0.00

0.05

0. 11

0. 12

0. 14

0.16

0. 13

0.24

0.32

0.42

0.53

0.66

0.80

O.96

1 . 13

1.29

1.45

1.76

2.05

DATE

04-16

04-16

04-17

04-17

04-18

04-18

04-19

04-19

04-20

04-20

04-21

04-21

04-22

04-22

04-23

TIME

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

33.43

32.68

31.88

30.82

29.51

27.98

26.08

23.83

21.30

18.72

16.25

13.89

11.26

9.22

7.79

DISCHARGE

64, 100

59, 200

57, 200

52, 300

47, 800

42, 800

37, 800

32, 600 -

27, 300

22, 500

18,200

14,500

10, 800

8,090

6,250

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

2.33

2.53

2.32

3.O5

3.26

3.45

3.61

3.76

3.83

3.99

4.O7

4. 14

4. 19

4.23

4.29
TABLES

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02443500, Luxapallila Creek near Columbus, Miss.

141

DATE

04-11

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-14

04-14

04-14

04-14

04-14

04-14

TIME

2400

0300

0600

0900

1200

1500

1800

2100

2400

0300

0600

0900

1200

1500

1800

2100

2400

0100

0300

0600

1200

1800

2400

CAGE 

HEIGHT

11.68

12.45

13.68

15.25

17.71

19.96

21.89

23.35

24.41

25.38

27. 17

28.74

29.98

30.89

31.61

32.07

32.30

32.35

32.31

32.31

31.92

31.32

30.69

DISCHARGE

1,382

1,720

2,300

3, 140

4,630

6, 170

8,260

10,800

13, 300

15, 900

21,400

26, 600

31, 100

34, 800

37, 300

39, 200

40, 200

40, 400

40, 200

40, 200

38, 600

36, 200

33, 700

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

0.00

0.00

0.02

0.04

0.06

0.09

0. 14

0.20

0.23

0.37

0.49

0.65

0.33

1.04

1.27

1.52

1.77

1.84

2.03

2.29

2.79

3.27

3.72

DATE

04-15

04-15

04-15

04-15

04-16

04-16

04-16

04-16

04-17

04-17

04-18

O4-18

04-19

04-20

04-21

04-22

04-23

TIME

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

29.87

28.80

27.47

26. 11

24.65

23.28

21.94

20.74

19.02

17.75

16.57

15.40

13.44

12.43

11.92

11.59

11.36

DISCHARGE

30, 700

26, 800

22, 300

18, 100

13, 900

10,700

8,320

6,930

5,510

4,660

3,920

3,230

2, 180

1,710

1,483

1,340

1,250

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

4. 13

4.50

4.31

5.07

5.23

5.44

5.56

5.65

5.31

5.94

6.05

6. 15

6.23

6.33

6.47

6.54

6.60
142 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02446500, Sipsey River near Elrod, Ala

DATE

3-01

3-01

3-01

3-08

3-02

3-02

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-04

3-04

3-04

3-05

3-05

3-05

3-06

3-06

3-06

3-07

3-07

3-08

3-08

3-09

3-09

3-10

3-10

3-11

3-11

3-12

3-12

3-13

3-13

3-14

3-14

3-15

3-15

TIME

0200

1700

2400

0600

2200

2400

1200

1800

2400

0800

1000

2400

0100

2200

2400

0100

2000

2400

1000

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

13.88

14.06

14.20

14.23

14.09

14.06

14.10

14.41

14.99

15.46

15.48

15.21

15.19

14.93

14.92

14.92

14.71

14.81

15.06

14.86

14.85

14.40

14.38

14.04

14.03

13.77

13.76

13.51

13.49

13.20

13.19

12.89

12.87

12.59

12.58

12.36

DISCHARGE

3*210

3*680

4*100

4,190

3*770

3*680

3*800

4,730

7,250

9,600

9,700

8,350

8*250

6,950

6*900

6*900

5*850

6,350

7*600

6*600

6*550

4,700

4,640

3,620

3*590

2,990

2*970

2*510

2,470

2,030

2,020

1,690

1,670

1*430

1,430

1*290

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

0.17

0.25

0.33

0.52

O.b4

0.67

0.75

0.86

1.07

1.13

1.51

1.53

2.00

2.04

2.06

2.42

2.49

2.70

3.01

3.03

3.40

3.41

3.70

3.71

3.93

3.94

4.13

4.13

4.29

4.29

4.42

4.43

4.53

4.54

4.63

DATE

3-16

3-16

3-17

3-17

3-18

3-18

3-19

3-19

3-20

3-20

3-21

3-21

3-22

3-22

3-23

3-24

3-24

3-25

3-25

3-26

3-27

3-28

3-29

3-29

3-30

3-30

3-31

3-31

4-01

4-01

4-02

4-02

TIME

0200

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

2400

1200

2400

0200

2400

2400

2400

2400

2100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

2300

2400

GAGE 

HtlGHT

12.35

12.17

12.16

11.93

11.92

11.66

11.64

11.35

11.33

11.06

11.06

10.92

10.90

10.65

11.12

11.19

11.14

11.13

11.05

11.21

11.86

12.56

12.76

12.75

12.74

12.42

12.40

12.09

12.09

12.02

12.14

12.18

DISCHARGE

1*280

1*190

1*180

1*090

1,080

1*010

1,000

943

939

891

891

866

862

817

902

914

905

903

889

918

1,060

1*410

1*570

1*570

1*560

1*320

1*310

1*150

1*150

1*120

1*170

1*190

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

4.64

4.72

4.72

4.80

4.80

4.87

4.88

4.94

4.95

5.01

5.01

5.07

5.07

5.13

5.19

5.23

5.26

5.26

5.32

5.39

5.46

5.55

5.64

5.66

5.66

5.76

5.76

5.85

5.85

5.93

6.00

6.01
TABLES

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02446500, Sipsey River near Elrod, Ala Continued

143

DATE

4-03

4-04

4-05

4-05

4-06

4-07

4-08

4-09

4-09

4-09

4-10

4-10

4-11

4-11

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-14

4-14

TIME

2400

2400

0100

2400

2400

2400

2400

0800

2000

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0400

1000

1400

1700

2400

0800 

0900

2400

0100

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

12.85

13.06

13.06

12.63

12.97

13.21

13.50

13.54

13.42

13.36

13.35

13.02

13.00

12.62

12.55

13.30

13.99

14.95

17.07

17.65 

17.81

17.32

17.28

16.86

DISCHARGE

1,660

1,870

1,870

1,640

1,770

2,040

2,490

2,560

2,360

2,270

2,250

1*820

1,800

1,460

1,410

2,170

3,480

7,050

18,400

23,100 

22,900

19,900

19,700

17,200

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

6.11

6.24

6.25

6.36

6.48

6.62

6.78

6.85

6.93

6.96

6.97

7.11

7.11

7.22

7.24

7.27

7.31

7.36

7.64

8.16 

8.23

9.18

9.24

10.48

DATE

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-16

4-16

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-18

4-18

4-19

4-19

4-20

4-20

4-21

4-21

4-22

4-22

4-23

4-23

4-24 

4-24

4-25

4-25

TIME

1200

2300

2400

0100

2400

0100

2100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100 

2406

0100

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

16.86

16.59

16.56

16.52

15.36

15.31

14.65

14.59

14.57

14.17

14.16

13.85

13.85

13.55

13.54

13.24

13.23

12.91

12.89

12.56

12.54 

12.34

12.33

12.15

DISCHARGE

17,200

15,500

15,400

15,100

9,100

8,850

5,600

5,360

5,280

4,010

3,980

3,150

3,150

2,580

2,560

2,090

2,070

1,710

1,690

1,410

1,400 

1,270

1,270

1,180

ACCUM.

RUNOFF

11.10

11.63

11.68

11.72

12.54

12.57

12.98

13.03.

13.05

13.36

13.37

13.62

13.63

13.82

13.83

13.99

13.99

14.12

14.13

14.23

14.24 

14.33

14.33

14.42
144 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02448000, Noxubee River at Macon, Miss.

DATE

04-01

04-02

04-02

04-02

04-03

04-03

04-03

04-03

04-04

04-04

04-04

04-04

04-05

04-05

04-05

04-06

04-06

04-07

04-07

04-08

04-08

04-08

04-09

04-09

04-09

04-10

04-10

04-10

04-11

04-11

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

TIME

2400

0100

0600

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

2200

2400

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

0800

1600

2400

0800

1600

2400

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

0400

0600

0800

1000

1200

1400

1600

GAGE 

HEIGHT

7.63

7.63

7.60

7.86

9.23

11.75

13.21

14.53

17.35

18.92

19.23

19.23

18.98

18.64

18.07

16.47

15.20

14.82

14.99

15.25

17. 15

19.06

20. 19

20.41

20.48

20.31

19.98

19.38

17.21

14.42

13.71

16.73

21.88

24.51

26.93

28.60

29.76

DISCHARGE

421

421

414

476

818

1,450

1,810

2, 140

2,850

3,240

3, 320

3,320

3,250

3, 170

3, 030

2,630

2,310

2, 220

2, 260

2,320

2,800

3,280

3,580

3, 660

3,690

3, 620

3,510

3,360

2,810

2, 120

1,940

2,690

4,300

5,910

8,470

12,200

17,200

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

0.00

O.OO

0.00

0.02

0.02

O.O4

0.05

O.08

0.11

0. 14

0.20

0.22

0.29

0.33

0.36

O.43

0.48

0.54

0.59

0.62

0.66

0.71

0.76

0.82

0.87

0.96

1 . 00

1.04

1.11

1.16

1.18

1.19

1 . 2O

1.22

1.25

1.29

1.34

DATE

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-14

04-14

04-14

04-14

04-14

04-15

04-15

04-15

04-15

04-16

04-16

04-17

04-17

04-18

04-18

04-19

04-19

04-20

04-20

04-21

04-21

04-21

04-22

TIME

1800

2000

2200

2400

0200

0400

0600

0800

1000

1200

1500

1800

1900

2100

2400

0600

0900

1 200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1 200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

0800

1600

2400

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

31.22

32.81

34.23

35.57

36.45

37. 12

37.65

38.06

38.36

38.61

38.85

38.95

38.97

38.90

38.71

38.06

37 . 58

37.00

36.00

34.97

33.96

32.98

31.99

31.04

29 . 39

28.08

27. 16

26.50

25.94

25.37

24.54

23.27

21.30

17.36

13.91

11.24

9.95

8.93

DISCHARGE

25, 700

39, 600

55, 400

72, 400

84, 800

94, 800

103,000

109,000

114,000

118,000

122, 000

124,000

125, 000

123, 000

120,000

109, 000

102, 000

93, 000

78, 000

64, 600

52, 100

41,300

31,400

24, 300

15, 400

10,700

8, 890

7,760

7, 150

6,630

5,930

5,040

4,040

2,850

1, 990

1, 320

998

742

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

1.42

1.55

1.73

1.97

2. 23

2.62

3.00

3.40

3.33

4.27

4.96

5.66

5.90

6.37

7.07

8.33

3.93

9.54

10.52

11.34

12.01

12.54

12.96

13.28

1.3.73

14.03

14.25

14.44

14.61

14.77

14.92

15.04

.15. 15

15.22

15.26

15.29

15. 3O

15.34
TABLES

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02448500, Noxubee River near Geiger, Ala

145

DATE

2-28

3-01

3-01

3-01

3-01

3-02

3-02

3-02

3-02

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-0*4

3-04

3-0*4

3-0*4

3-05

3-05

3-05

3-05

3-05

3-05

3-06

3-06

3-06

1-nfi

3-07

3-07

3-07

3-07

3-08

3-08

3-08

3-08

3-09

3-09

3-09

3-09

3-10

3-10

3-10

3-10

3-11 

3-n 

3-n 

3-11

3-12 

3-12

3-12

3-12

TIME

2*400

0600

1200

1800

2*400

0600

1200

1800

2*tOO

0600

1200

1800

2*tOO

0600

1200

1800

2*400

0*tOO

0800

1100

1600

2000

2*tOO

0600

1200

1800

?4nn

0600

1200

1800

2*»00

0600

1200

1800

2*400

0600

1200

1800

2*400

0600

1200

1800

2*tOO

0600 

1200 

1800 

2*400

0600 

1200

1800

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

21.11

21.72

22.53

23-15

23-59

23-88

2*4.07

2*4.18

2*4.29

25.01

26.70

30.28

35.51

37.48

37.78

37.8*4

38.08

38.2*4

38.35

38.39

38.37

38.29

38.21

38.12

38.07

38.03

37.95

37.81

37.58

37.30

36.99

36.67

36.3*4

36.0*4

35-7*4

35.*4*4

35.13

3*t.80

3*4.*4*4

3*4.06

33.65

33-2*4

32.79

32.27 

31.71 

31.09

30.*4l

29.55 

28.53

27.28

25.61

DISCHARGE

4,650

*»,950

5,290

5,500

5,660

5,760

5,830

5,870

5,920

6,200

6,920

8,800

l*t,300

18,200

19,000

1 9 , 1 00

19,800

20,300

20,700

20,900

20,800

20,500

20,200

19,900

19,700

19,600

19.400

19,000

18,500

17,800

17,000

16,*400

15,700

15,200

1*4,700

1*(,200

13,700

13,200

12,800

12,300

11,800

11,400

10,900

10,400 

9,870 

9,370 

8,890

8,330 

7,770

7,180

6,*t*tO

ACCUMRUNOFF

0.00

0.0*4

0.08

0.13

0.17

0.22

0.27

0.32

0.37

0.*42

0.*47

0.5*4

0.66

0.81

0.96

1.12

1.28

1.39

1.50

1.59

1.73

1.8*4

1.95

2.11

2.28

2. '4*4

2.59

2.75

2.90

3.04

3.18

3-32

3.*4*4

3.57

3-69

3 . OOD A 

3.92

4.02

4.13

4.23

4.32

4.42

4.51

4.59 

4.67 

4.75 

4.82

4.89 

4.95

5.01

5.06

DATE

3-13

3-13

3-13

3-U

3-14

3-14

3-14

3-14

3-15

3-15

3-15

3-15

3-16

3-16

3-16

3-16

3-17

3-17

3-17

3-17

3-18

3-18

3-18

3-18

3-19

3-19

3-19

3-19

3-20

3-20

3-20

3-20

3-21

3-21

3-21

3-21

3-22

3-22

3-22

3-22

3-23

3-23

3-23

3-23

3-24 

3-24 

3-24 

3-24

3-25

3-25

3-25 

3-25

TIME

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

7400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600 

1200 

1800 

2400

0600

1200

1800 

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

23-27

20,13

15.91

12.76

10.68

9.57

9.07

8.76

8.55

8.37

8.23

8.12

7.98

7.78

7.55

7.31

7.08

6.08

6.72

6.59

6.48

6.38

6.30

6.23

6.14

6.08

6.01

5-96

5-90

5.86

5.81

5-78

5.74

5.72

5.70

5.68

5.65

5.63

5.61

5.74

6.31

7.34

8.07

9-96

11.39 

11.86 

12.02 

12.28

12.50

12.56

12.40 

12.06

DISCHARGE

5,540

4.450

3,170

2,260

1,700

1,470

1,340

1,290

1,250

1,250

1,230

1^210

1,160

1,100

1,020

954

886

819

772

734

702

673

663

649

623

600

581

567

549

539

533

525

514

504

499

494

486

481

476

509

672

972

1.180

1,b/0

2,030 

2,140 

2,150 

2,210

2,260

2,270

2,220 

2,110

ACCUMRUNOFF

5.11

5.14

5.17

5.19

5.20

5.22

5.23

5.24

5.25

5.26

5.27

5.28

5.29

5.30

5-30

5-31

5-32

5-33

5.33

5-34

5.34

5.35

5-35

5.36

5.36

5-37

5.37

5-38

5.38

5-39

5-39

5.40

5.40

5.40

5.41

5.41

5.42

5.42

5.42

5.43

5.43

5.44

5.45

5.*»/

5.48 

5.50 

5-52 

5.53

5.55

5.57

5.59 

5.61
146 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02448500, Noxubee River near Geiger, Ala. Continued

DATE

3-26

3-26

3-26

3-26

3-27

3-27

3-27

3-27

3-28 

3-28 

3-28 

3-28

3-29

3-29 

3-29

3-29

3-30

3-30 

3-30 

3-30

3-31 

3-31 

3-31

3-31

It-01

4-01 

4-01 

4-01

4-02 

4-02

4-02

4-02

4-02

4-02

4-03

4-03

4-03

4-03

4-04 

4-04 

4-04 

It-Ob 

4-04 

4-04

4-05

4-05

4-05 

4-05

4-05

b-06 

4-06 

4-06

14-06

TIME

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2 '(00

0600 

1200 

1800 

2400

06QO

1200 

1800

2400

0600

1200 

1800 

2**00

0600 

1200 

1800

2400

0600

1200 

1800 

2*400

0600

1000

1300

1800

2100

2*400

0600

1200 

1800 

2*400

0*400 

0300 

1200 

1600 

2000 

2*400

0300

0600

1200 

1800

2*400

0600 

1200 

1800

2*400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

11.57

11.10

10.72

10.51

10.39

10.35

10.30

10.31

10.38 

10. 45 

10.49 

10.49

10.42

10. 18 

9-76

9.21

8.59

7.97 

7.42 

6.98

6.65 

6.42 

6.25

6.10

5-98

5.87 

5-79 

5.72

5.66 

5.68

6.19

6.14

6.23

6.74

9.71

13-53 

15.55 

17.72

20.64 

22.51 

23.67 

24.41 

24.90 

25.28

25.45

25.43

25. 11 

24.62

23-92

23-04 

22.00 

20.97

19.82

DISCHARGE

1,970

1,830

1,670

1,580

1,550

1,570

1 ,610

1,620

1,650 

1,660 

1 ,690 

1,690

1 ,680

1 ,690 

1,620

1,480

1,330

1 ,140 

976 

848

752 

685 

629

588

555

543 

527 

504

489 

489

624

536

598

738

1.540

2,580 

3,080 

3,720

4,620 

5,280 

5,680 

5,960 

6,160 

6,310

6,380

6,370

6,240 

6,050

5,770

5,460 

5,: 00 

4,740

4,290

ACCUMRUNOFF

5.62

5.64

5.65

5.66

5.68

5.69

5.70

5.72

5.73 

5.74 

5.76 

5-77

5.78

5.80 

5.81

5.82

5.84

5.84 

5.85 

5.86

5.86 

5.87 

5.88

5.83

5.88

5.89 

5.89 

5.90

5.90 

5-90

5.91

5-91

5.91

5.92

5.93

5-95 

5-97 

6.01

6.03 

6.06 

6.09 

6.12 

6.16 

6.19

6.22

6.24

6.29 

6.34

6.39

6.43 

6.43 

6.51

6.55

DATE

4-07

4-07

4-07

4-07

4-08

4-08

4-08

4-08

4-09 

4-09 

4-09 

4-09

4-10 

4-10

4-10 

4-10

4-11

4-11

4-11 

4-11

4-12 

4-12 

4-12 

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-13 

4-13 

4-13

4-13 

4-13 

4-13

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14 

4-14

4-15 

4-15 

4-15 

4-15 

4-15 

4-15

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-17

4-17 

4-17 

4-17

TIME

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600 

1200 

1800 

2400

0600 

1200

1COO 

2400

0600

1200

1800 

2400

0600 

0800 

1200 

1600

2000

2400

0400 

0800 

1200

1600 

2000 

2400

0400

0800

1200

1600

1800

2000 

2400

0400 

0800 

1200 

1600 

2000 

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200 

1800 

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

18.62

17.44

16.33

15-43

14.84

15.14

18.10

20.73

22.68 

24.01 

24.65 

24.78

24.58 

24.14

23.57 

22.84

22.04

21.26

20.50 

19-65

18.85 

22.89 

30.09 

35.82

39-65

41.28

41.74 

42.14 

42.90

44.08 

45.19 

46.16

47.00

47.60

48.10

48.50

48.58

48.58 

48.40

48.20 

47-90 

47.50 

46.90 

46.20 

45.50

44.50

43.60

43.00

42 . 40

41.80

41.18 

40.59 

40.03

DISCHARGE

3,850

3,450

3,090

2,790

2,570

2,670

3,530

4,520

5,340 

5,800 

6,060 

6,110

6,030 

5,860

5,650 

5,390

5,110

4,840

4,580 

4,300

4,060 

5,410 

8,660 

14,800

^5,600

33,700

37,000 

40,500 

48,500

62,800 

78,700 

95,500

113,000

127,000

141 ,000

154,000

156,000

156,000

150,000

144,000 

135,000 

124,000 

111,000 

92,400 

79,500

63,900

51 ,200

44,200

37,800

32,600

28,800 

25,800 

23,300

ACCUMRUNOFF

6.58

6.61

6.63

6.66

£ £0

D. DO

6.70

6 -,, 73

6.77

6.81 

6,86 

6.91 

6.95

7-00 

7.05

7.10 

7.14

7.18

7.22

7.26 

7-30

7-33 

7.34 

7.39 

7.47

7.61

7.79

7-99 

£.21 

8.48

8.82 

S.25 

9.77

10.38

11.07

11.83

12.68

13-10

13.52 

14.34

15.12 

15.86 

16.53 

17.13 

17.63 

18.07

18.59

15.01

19.37

19.68

19.94

20.18 

20.39 

20.58
TABLES

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02448500, Noxubee River near Geiger, Ala Continued

147

DATE

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-19

*4-19

4-19 

4-19

4-20 

*4-20 

4-20

4-21 

4-21 

4-21 

4-21

4-22 

4-22 

4-22 

4-22

4-23 

4-23 

4-23

4-23

4-24

A-24

4-24

4-24

TIME

0600

1200

1300

2400

0600

1200 

1800 

2400

0600 

1200 

1800 

2400

0600 

1200 

1800 

2400

0600 

1200 

1800 

2400

0600 

1200 

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

39-48

38.98

38.49

38.02

37-54

37.07 

36.59 

36.14

35.68 

35.21 

34.72 

34.20

33-66 

33-07 

32.41 

31.59

30.50 

29-06 

27.30 

25.21

22.75 

20.01 

16.95

13.92

11.46

9.65

8.46

7-98

DISCHARGE

21,

19,

18,

16,

15,

14, 

13, 

12,

12, 

11, 

11 , 

10,

9, 

9,

8, 

8,

7, 

6, 

5,

4,

3, 

3, 

2,

1,

1 ,

1 ,

1 ,

1 ,

200

500

000

600

600

500 

600 

900

300 

600 

000 

500

930 

390 

810 

190

360 

430 

680 

960

930 

210 

400

710

300

200

130

110

ACCUMRUNOFF

20

20

21

21

21

21 

21 

21

21 

21 

21 

22

22 

22 

22 

22

22 

22 

22 

22

22 

22 

22

22

22

22

22

22

.75

.91

.06

.19

.32

.*4*4

.55 

.65

.75 

.85 

.94 

.02

.60 

.18 

.25 

.32

.38 

.44 

.48 

 52

.55 

.58 

.60

.61

.62

.63

.6*4

.65

DATE

4-25

4-25

4-25

4-25

4-26

4-26 

4-26 

4-26

4-27 

4-27 

4-27 

4-27

4-28

4-28 

4-28 

4-28

4-29 

4-29 

4-29 

4-29

4-30 

4-30

4-30

4~30

TIME

0600

1200

I80p

2400

0600

1200 

1800 

2400

0600 

1200 

1800 

2400

0600 

1200 

1800 

2400

0600 

1200 

1300 

2400

0600 

1200

1800

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

7.97

8.15

8.35

8.43

8.58

8.64 

8.66 

9.62

9.68 

9.43 

9-25 

9.00

8^42 

8.13 

7.87

7.64 

7.44 

7-23 

7.05

6.88 

6.72

6.57

6.44

DISCHARGE

1,180

1,290

1,360

1,420

1,490

1^510 

1,510 

1,750

1,770 

1,700 

1,660 

1,600

1,530 

1,450 

1,380 

1,320

1,260 

1,210 

1,140 

1,100

1,050 

1 ,000

955

916

ACCUMRUNOFF

22.66

22.67

22.68

22.69

22.70

22.72 

22.73 

22.74

22.76 

22.77 

22.79 

22.80

22.81 

22.82 

22.83 

22.85

22.86 

22.87 

22.87 

22.88

22.89 

22.90

22.91

22.92
148 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02449000, Tombigbee River at Gainesville, Ala

DATE

2-28

3- 1

3- 2

3- 3

3- 3

3- 4

3- 4

3- 4

3- 4

3- 5

3- 5

3- 5

3- 5

3- 5

3- 6

3- 6

3- 6

3- 6

3- 7

3- 8

3- 9

3-10

3-11

3-12

3-13

3-14

3-15

3-16

TIME

2400

1200

1200

1200

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1600

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

1200

1200

1200

1200

1200

1200

1200

1200

1200

GAGE 

HEIGHT

31.58

30.68

30.49

31.67

37.18

39.06

41.57

42.34

42.80

43.12

43.26

43.15

43.35

43.40

43.44

43.32

43.29

43.21

42.87

41.78

40.86

38.96

35.69

31.79

26.80

21.34

17.79

16.36

DISCHARGE

46200

46900

46900

49000

63800

72900

87400

91300

93800

94700

95600

96100

95700

96000

96200

95400

95100

94600

91600

86700

81600

71900

60000

46100

31600

20700

14000

12300

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

0.00

.10

.30

.51

.65

.73

.82

.92

1.02

1.12

1.22

1.29

1.32

1.42

1.52

1.62

1.72

1.82

2.02

2.39

2.74

3.03

3.29

3.49

3.63

3.72

3.78

3.83

DATE

3-17

3-18

3-19

3-20

3-21

3-22

3-23

3-24

3-25

3-26

3-27

3-28

3-29

3-30

3-31

4- 1

4- 2

4- 3

4- 4

4- 5

4- 6

4- 7

TIME

1200

1200

1200

1200

1200

1200

1200

1200

1200

1200

1200

1200

1200

1200

1200

1200

1200

1200

1200

1200

1200

1200

GAGE 

HEIGHT

16.38

15.58

14.50

14.45

13.93

14.28

15.67

19.29

21.95

22.44

22.74

21.74

19.37

16.75

16.34

15.07

15.57

21.48

27.20

29.01

28.84

28.15

DISCHARGE

12700

10700

8490

8240

7270

8050

11400

20200

25700

27000

27400

25100

18800

13800

13000

10500

12400

23500

37000

41400

40900

38900

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

3.88

3.93

3.97

4.01

4.04

4.07

4.12

4.21

4.32

4.44

4.56

4.67

4.75

4.81

4.87

4.91

4.96

5.06

5.22

5.40

5.57

5.74
TABLES

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02449000, Tombigbee River at Gainesville, Ala Continued

149

DATE

4- 8

4- 9

4-10

4-11

4-11

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-17

TIME

1200

1200

1200

1200

2400

0600

1200

1600

2000

2400

0400

0800

1200

1600

2000

2400

0400

0800

1200

1600

2000

2400

0400

0800

1200

1300

1600

2000

2400

0400

0800

1200

1600

2000

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

28.35

30.71

29.20

26.50

25.87

25.58

29.17

34.23

38.86

41.32

44.30

46.35

48.04

49.31

50.16

50.84

51.62

52.35

53.08

53.84

54.48

55.06

55.53

55.96

56.13

56.20

56.25

56.28

56.24

56.12

55.98

55.78

55.58

55.31

55.08

54.67

54.23

53.80

53.39

DISCHARGE

40000

46200

42000

35400

34000

33300

44900

61900

78200

87400

102000

114000

126000

138000

149000

161000

176000

190000

204000

220000

232000

243000

251000

259000

260000

261000

260000

255000

251000

247000

241000

234000

227000

219000

213000

203000

193000

183000

175000

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

5.91

6.11

6.29

6.44

6.51

6.55

6.59

6.64

6.69

6.76

6.83

6.91

7.00

7.10

7.20

7.32

7.44

7.58

7.72

7.88

8.05

8.22

8.40

8.58

8.77

8.86

8.95

9.14

9.31

9.49

9.66

9.83

9.99

10.15

10.30

10.52

10.72

10.92

11.10

DATE

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-19

4-19

4-19

4-19

4-20

4-20

4-20

4-20

4-21

4-21

4-21

4-21

4-22

4-22

4-22

4-22

4-23

4-23

4-23

4-23

4-24

4-24

4-24

4-24

4-25

4-26

4-27

4-28

4-29

4-30

TIME

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

1200

1200

1200

1200

1200

GAGE 

HEIGHT

52.97

52.42

51.99

51.55

51.06

50.63

50.20

49.74

49.35

49.83

48.46

48.01

47.24

46.84

46.23

45.41

44.68

43.77

42.29

40.22

38.93

36.21

33.95

31.76

29.84

26.75

24.01

21.96

19.78

17.69

18.08

17.46

16.49

15.94

DISCHARGE

168000

158000

151000

144000

135000

129000

123000

116000

112000

107000

101000

95700

89000

83200

77900

72600

69300

65800

60400

51600

47800

37600

32700

29300

27400

19000

14000

12300

12600

13300

14400

13000

10800

9760

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

11.28

11.45

11.61

11.77

11.91

12.05

12.18

12.31

12.43

12.54

12.65

12.75

12.85

12.93

13.02

13.10

13.17

13.24

13.30

13.36

13.41

13.45

13.49

13.52

13.55

13.57

13.58

13.59

13.62

13.68

13.74

13.80

13.85

13.89
150 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02449245, Brush Creek near Eutaw, Ala

DATE

3-01

3-01

3-01

3-01

3-01

3-02

3-02

3-02

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-04

3-04

3-04

3-04

3-04

3-04

3-05

3-05

3-05

3-05

3-05

3-06

3-06

3-06

3-07

3-07

TIME

0030

0215

0700

1215

2400

0015

1245

2400

0245

0345

0430

0715

1015

1145

1600

1815

1915

2115

2215

2400

0015

0445

1100

1800

2230

2400

0015

0230

0545

1500

2400

0015

1900

2400

0015

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

5.02

5.17

6.01

6.20

5.54

5.53

5.19

5.10

5.19

5.47

6.03

8.86

9.87

10.36

15.88

17.41

18.31

19.69

19.79

19.51

19.46

19.09

18.19

15.50

11.82

10.31

10.09

8.51

7.59

6.79

6.45

6.44

5.92

5.82

5.82

5.50

DISCHARGE

79

92

167

188

125

124

94

86

94

119

169

511

655

728

1*550

2*110

2,650

4,030

4,150

3,810

3,750

3,310

2,550

1,490

952

721

688

464

346

252

215

214

159

150

150

122

 ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

0.01

0.03

0.06

0.13

0.13

0.18

0.22

0.22

0.23

0.23

0.27

0.34

0.37

0.56

0.70

0.79

1.05

1.20

1.45

1.48

2.04

2.73

3.22

3.42

3.47

3.47

3.52

3.56

3.66

3.74

3.74

3.86

3.89

3.89

4.01

DATE

3-08

3-08

3-09

3-09

3-10

3-10

4-10

4-10

4-10

4-11

4-11

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

TIME

0015

2400

0015

2400

1745

2400

0015

1245

2400

0015

2400

0715

0745

0800

0815

0830

1000

1100

1230

1500

1715

1830

2200

2400

0445

0545

0900

1145

1645

2115

2400

0015

0530

1230

1530

2130

GAGE 

HEIGHT

5.49

5.17

5.17

5.00

4.93

5.21

6.16

5.67

5.43

5.43

5.13

5.05

5.16

5.43

5.92

6.86

14.37

17.09

18.47

18.23

17.87

18.62

21.81

22.23

22.68

22.58

21.93

22.15

20.16

18.55

17.67

17.59

15.39

9.47

8.39

8.10

DISCHARGE

121

92

92

77

72

96

183

137

115

115

89

81

91

115

159

260

1,320

1,950

2,780

2,580

2,340

2,900

6,900

7,660

8,560

8,360

7,090

7,500

4,590

2,840

2,240

2,200

1,470

598

448

409

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

4.01

4.10

4.10

4.17

4.22

4.24

0.00

0.07

0.12

0.12

0.21

0.23

0.24

0.24

0.24

0.24

0.29

0.35

0.48

0.74

0.93

1.05

1.70

2.24

3.65

3.96

4.85

5.60

6.66

7.25

7.49

7.51

7.85

8.11

8.17

8.26
TABLES

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02449245, Brush Creek near Eutaw, Ala Continued

151

DATE

4-14

4-15

4-15

4-16

4-16

4-17

4-17

TIME

2400

2200

2400

0745

2400

0015

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

8.22

9.70

9.74

9.77

9.30

9.29

7.95

DISCHARGE

425

631

637

641

573

572

389

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

8.29

8.73

8.77

8.95

9.32

9.32

9.74

DATE

4-18

4-18

4-19

4-19

4-19

4-20

4-20

4-20

TIME

0015

2400

0015

1715

2400

0015

0830

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

7.93

6.25

6.25

5.17

4.85

4.84

4.68

4.59

DISCHARGE

387

193

193

92

67

66

55

49

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

9.74

9.99

9.99

10.08

10.10

10.10

10.11

10.14
152 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02461500, Valley Creek near Bessemer, Ala

DATE

4-10

4-10

4-10

4-11

4-11

4-11

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

TIME

0030

0900

2400

0730

1415

2400

0545

0600

0615

0630

0645

0700

0730

0745

0830

0930

1200

1345

1515

1615

1845

1945

2045

2345

2400

0545

0830

1315

1330

1515

1645

1745

1830

GAGE 

HEIGHT

7.70

7.70

7.67

7.68

7.64

7.61

7.63

7.67

7.78

7.95

8.21

8.70

9.72

10.09

11.32

12.32

12.58

12.36

11.97

12.54

14.23

14.37

14.13

14.24

14.30

15.79

15.44

17.06

17.06

16.50

14.25

12.12

11.19

DISCHARGE

160

160

153

155

145

138

143

153

180

245

364

616

1*340

2*050

2*820

3,870

4»140

3*910

3*510

4*090

6*170

6*390

6*010

6*180

6*280

8*820

8*190

11*300

11*300

10*100

6*200

3*660

2*690

ACCOM. 

RUNOFF

0.04

0.11

0.15

0.18

0.22

0.25

0.25

0.25

0.25

0.25

0.26

0.27

0.29

0.35

0.46

0.76

0.98

1.14

1.26

1.67

1.86

2.05

2.59

2.64

3.99

4.68

6.15

6.23

6.81

7.18

7.32

7.38

DATE

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-15

4-15

4-16

4-16

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-19

4-19

4-19

4-20

4-20

4-20

TIME

2030

2045

2230

2400

0015

0615

2000

2400

0015

2400

0115

2400

0300

2230

2400

0045

2215

2400

0330

1900

2400

0345

1445

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

10.10

9.97

9.57

9.39

9.37

8.96

8.52

8.45

8.45

8.17

8.16

8.00

8.01

7.93

7.94

7.94

7.84

7.85

7.85

7.80

7.82

7.83

7.74

7.74

DISCHARGE

2t050

1*540

1*220

1*090

1.070

767

512

477

477

345

340

265

270

237

241

241

201

205

205

185

193

197

170

170

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

7.52

7.53

7.60

7.66

7.66

7.83

8.09

8.14

ti.15

8.44

8.45

8.66

8.68

8.83

8.84

8.85

8.99

9.00

9.02

9.11

9.14

9.16

9.22

9.27
TABLES

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02462000, Valley Creek near Oak Grove, Ala.

153

DATE

4-01

4-01

4-01

4-0 1

4-01

4-01

4-01

4-01

H-u2

4-02

H-o2

4-02

4-02

4-02

4-02

4-03

4-03

4-03

4-OJ

4-03

H-03

4-UH

H-04

H-04

4-04

H-04

H-04

4-04

H-04

4-Ob

4-Ob

4-Ob

4-06

H-Ob

4-06

4-06

4-06

H-Ob

ii.t

0030

0130

0£Hb

0030

llHb

190G

2300

2HOO

1600

£0 lb

£200

££30

22nb

£ 330

£H 0 0

G£ J U

Obnb

0?Hb

lOHb

1*JO

£HOO

OH30

ObHb

OV4b

lolb

12nb

Ibnb

23nb

£400

OOlb

1/00

£HOO

OOHb

onOO

06nb

1300

2100

2HOO

MtlbnT

3.91

3.97

H.Ob

J.b£

3. /b

J. /H

3. id.

3. /O

3.bb

3.7n

J.bb

3. V£

H.O£

H.t'V

H.^H

b.bi

9.6b

9.b?

 *. 1 J

b.b9

b.Ob

b. 1 £

b £b

b. vb

V . U£

7 .bv

0. 1 b

b.U

b. id

b.O 1

H.b7

H.HH

H.H4

4.3/

H.37

H .2 1*

H.22

H. I**

UlSCH^t

Jbo

H20

n99

293

£bH

£3b

£2b

2l£

Ibb

^3H

J17

37 b

Hbb

1 *0?0

1 « £ 1 0

1 »bvO

J» JbO

3»4HO

J« 10U

1 » bn 0

1 » £bO

1 » cTbO

1 *bOu

3»020

3« boO

^»b30

1 , /bG

1 »^dO

1 »£t<o

l,^bO

Vbb

b /b

b7b

fc!2

b!2

Mb

fcbS

bHO

ACCUH.

O.ol

0.01

O.OH

O.ot>

0 . o /

O.oo

O.oo

O.ll

0. I*1

O.U

0.1 J

0.1 J

U . 1-*

0.1'+

0 . 1 R

0. ju

O.JJ

O.HH

0 .0 ~j

U. I £

0 . /3

G.Gl

0.0-^

0 . * 1

G . vo

l.o/

1 . lo 1.1V

1.1*

1 . JV

1 .*0

1 .Hb

1 . H^

l.bl

1 .b /

I.b3

l.bo

UATL

H-07

4-0 /

H-0 I

H-07

H-u7

H-0 /

H-Od

H-Ob

H-lto

H-L/O

H-(ib

4-Ob

H-OO

H-Ob

H-ur>

H-Ot

H-Ob

H-09

H-09

H-09

H-OV

H-I'V

H-U9

H-U9

H-09

H-UV

H-L'V

H-o9

H-OV

H-U9

H-UV

H-10

4-10

4-10

4-10

H-lo

H-- 1 0

H- 1 0

4-10

H-10

H-l U

H- 1 0

ll-t

oolb

obOO

l£Hb

IHOU

iHHb

£HOO

oloo

Ollb

0 IHb

0£00

ublb

ObHb

1 3Hb

ioOO

£04b

i'JHb

£400

0130

0 JJo

obOO

Oblb

1£JO

In3o

1700

1 ?Hb

ib JO

£ 10U

c I3o

££lb

££Hb

£.00

uolb

OJOO

0 Jib

ObJO

o /Jo

Oblb

IbOO

£llb

£ JOO

231b

cTHOO

OAbt 

htlbHT

H.21

4.1?

H. Id.

H .09

H.ll

H.Od

S H. Ob

H.OH

H.OO

H. 0 J

H. OH

H.OJ

H.OH

'H.Ob

H. 1 /

H.2H

H.C! 1

H.3/

H.bb

H.6/

4.4b

H. d.&

H. 2J

4.^0

H.ib

H . lb

H. 10

H.1J

H. 09

4.11

H. 10

H.lO

H.Ob

H.Ob

H.Ob

H.O /

H. 00

H.01

4.00

H.01

J.9o

H.OO

DISCrtAKbt

tbO

6£0

s/o

bHO

bbO

b29

b29

HOC

b09

H / b

'-bP

H7t>

4 O cv

b 0 *^

e£0

f^bb

/I /

d!2

1 » ObO

I»0b0

^>ld.

fdt>

f/9

*->bO

^00

^00

bbO

bbO

bno

bbO

Sbo

^bO

b^9

HV9

b09

-19

HV9

4b /

HH7

Hb7

429

HH "/

ACCOM.

l.bb

l.bb

1.7J

l./H

l./H

1 .bO

l.bO

i.bo

1 .bl

l.bl

I.o2

1 .bJ

I. of

1 .b9

i .91

1 .9J

1 .93

1 .94

1 .9b

1 .9b

£.01

d.* Ob

£ .0 /

£.ob

£.0*

£.09

£.11

£.11

£. l£

£ . l£

£.13

£.13

£. IH

d.» IH

2.1b

2.17

£. 1 /

£.££

£.£H

£. C H

£.£0

t;.2b
154 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02462000, Valley Creek near Oak Grove, Ala Continued

UATt

4-11

4-1 1

4-11

4-H

4-11

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

H-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

H-12

4- id.

4-13

4-U

4-13

4-1 J

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-1*

4-14

<+- 14

4- 14

4-14

4-1 4

4-lb

f-lb

4-ib

4-ib

H-ib

4-17

4-17

TlMt oAut UlbCnAKbt 

Ht 1 im f

0430 4.00 447

1230 3.* 7 420

Ib30 3.94 j*j

194b 3.9b 402

£400 J.9J Jb4

024b J.91 Jbb

Ob4b J.*l Jbb

0 1 Ib H . UH HOC

UoOO H.CC 7c?b

U9ib H.£? /Jb

1000 <+.4t> 0*4

11JO b.bb I,b20

l^lb 7.4'+ 2»J£0

1400 14. i u b, J90

loOO 2u £9 0 » c bO

£400 £J.l / 1 0,000

04 JO 2b.Uo ic?,7oO

o74b 2 b 0 1 1 H , b 0 0

1 C? 1 b £"7.14 £4,000

Ibib £ * e< 0 2b,j(»0

1 7 J 0 £ 9 . 7 0 2b,000

2Jnb £b. /b lb,400

2400 2b.bo lb,000

OUlb 2b.Jo lb,bOO

(.'Jib ££.10 9,^70

0/JO 1 0 b / J.oiO

u*4b b bn c; »b 70

1730 b. fa 2,OJO

c!400 b. oo 1 , b£0

OOlb b.eb l,blO

1 J4b 4.99 1,£JO

2400 4.7b 1,110

004b 4. It, 1 , 120

^400 4.4i+ b /b

Ollb 4.4b otib

2400 4.^b 7o7

ACCOM. UAlt TiMt

KUNOt-f2.£/ 4-lb Ollb

2.J1 4-ib ££lb

2.J£ 4-lb £<^4b

2 . J4 4- 1 b £40 0

2. Jb

4-1* l'^4b

2.J/ 4-19 uj4b

2.Jrt 4- IS lolb»

2.JC 4-lV 1>/JU

£.J^ 4-iV 0030

2.H'J 4-19 lD4b

c^.'+l 4-1* Ib3o

2.4J 4-1* £'U4b

2.4H 4-i* ^400

2.o2

2.o2

3.41 4-£!0 0 1 30

4-^0 O^JO

4-£U 1000

3.9b 4-£0 IbOo

4 .4J 4-^0 1C Ib

b.'+O 4-£U loJO

b. 4*-^ H-rO £000

b.bJ 4-£0 £^00

b.£b

0. J2

4-^1 0630

H-£l luOO

o.JO 4-21 2400

f.» i*

9 . I/ J

9.11 4-£^ 0700

9. JO *-ceL 1100

9.4J H-££ iblb

4-££^ Ib30

H-c:2 c:40o

9.*+ J

9.bJ

9.^6 4-£ J 0 JiD

4-£j U71b

4-2J OfOO

*.7/ 4-£j 1400

10.01 4-£j £JOU

4-£J £*00

10. OJ

10. ££^ 4-^4 1 Mb

4-24 £0lb

4-£4 £400

htlbhl

4.27

4.1J

4. Id

4.11

4. 1 J

4.0*

4. 11

4. Ob

4 . 1 U

4. Ob

4.0 /

4. Ob

4.0J

4.04

4.00

4.oc:

4.00

4.00

4.0 J

4. Oi

J.*b

4.00

J.99

J.90

J.90

J.94

J.9J

J.9b

4.00

4. 10

4.1b

4. 14

3.9o

3.9j

J.91

J.91

3. 94

4. 01

blbC^ot

Uf

boO

b^O

bbO

^00

"?40

boo

b£9

bbO

t*V9

r>19

^99

M. (a

4be4H 1

4bb

4i+ /

4^ /

4 7o

4b"7

"11

447

4 JO

4^9

4£9

39J

304

411

447

bbO

^ 00

b9o

429

304

3bb

3bb

39 J

4b7

ACCUM.

10.£3

10.37

10. 3f

10. Jb

1 0.40

iu.40

10.41

1 W .4£^

1 0.4 J

10.47

10.40

lo. bo

10. b^

1 0 .b£

10. bD

Iu.b7

Io.b9

10. bl

10. bl

lO.bl

10 .bJ

lu. b/

lo.bb

10.74

1 0 . 7 f

10. 79

10. bl

10. 0£

lO.bb

Io.b7

1 0 . e 9

10.90

10.9J

10.97

10.97

11.04

11. Ob

11.07
TABLES

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02462000, Valley Creek near Oak Grove, Ala. Continued

155

DATE

4-25

4-25

4-25

4-25

4-25

4-25

4-25

4-25

4-36

4-26

4-26

4-26

4-36

4-26

4-26

4-26

TIME

0300

0500

1100

1315

1730

2015

2345

24UO

0400

0615

14UO

1900

2130

2300

^315

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

4.01

4. Oe

3.97

3.99

4.1b

4.2b

4.49

4. 48

4.93

5.54

*.5l

4.35

4.39

4.39

4.44

5.44

DISCHARGE

457

52?

420

43e

600

726

921

912

1*200

1,470

93b

793

a31

b31

876

1,420

ACCOM. 

RUNOFF

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

.08

.09

.12

.13

.15

.17

.21

.21

.25

.29

.38

.43

.45

.H6

.47

.48

DATE

4-2f

4-27

4-27

4-27

4-2/

4-27

4-27

4-27

4-2b

4-^d

4-2t>

4-2b

4-2b

4-29

4-29

4-«;V

4-29

4-29

TIME

0015

0115

U21b

U245

0715

1130

^J30

2H60

0045

UY3U

Ool5

1215

2400

0100

0345

1545

2130

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

5.

7.

7.

7.

5.

4.

4 .

4 .

4.

4.

4.

4.

4.

4.

4.

4.

3.

3.

44

25

bd.

52

09

55

26

25

26

Ib

Ib

17

Oti

Ob

05

02

99

98

DISCHARGE

1 ,420

2,240

2,400

2,360

1,270

970

707

69b

7u7

600

630

6<:0

529

529

499

468

438

429

ACCDM. 

RUiMOhf

11.48

11.50

11.53

11. b4

li.t>3

11.67

11.78

11.78

11.79

11.83

11.84

11.67

11.94

11.94

11.96

U.02

12.05

U.06
156 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02464000, North River near Samantha, Ala

DATE

4-10

4-10

4-10

4-11

4-11

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-14

4-14

4-14

TIME

0200

0100

2400

0200

2400

0500

0600

0800

0900

1000

1100

1200

1600

2300

2400

1000

2200

2400

0100

1500

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

3.00

3.00

2.79

2.79

2.69

2.66

3.17

4.95

7.75

9.60

10.57

13.42

25.21

29.25

29.44

30.55

30.16

30.00

29.91

26.72

21.17

DISCHARGE

500

500

385

385

335

321

b94

1*530

3*040

4*060

4,570

5,990

13.700

17*900

18*100

19*400

18*900

18*700

18*600

15*100

10*900

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

0.00

0.07

0.08

0.14

0.15

0.15

0.17

0.19

0.22

0.25

0.29

0.61

1.43

1.56

2.88

4.50

4.76

4.89

6.60

7.42

DATE

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-16

4-16

4-17

4-17

4-18

4-18

4-19

4-19

4-20

4-20

4-21

4-21

TIME

0100

0400

0700

0900

1100

2400

0100

3400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

20.13

15.34

8.90

6.85

6.22

5.06

5.04

4.13

4.08

3.61

3.60

3.28

3.27

3.03

3.02

2.86

2.85

2.75

DISCHARGE

10,200

7*060

3*680

2*550

2*200

1*580

1*570

1*120

1*090

836

830

654

649

517

511

423

418

365

ACCUM.

RUNOFF

7.49

7.67

7.77

7.81

7.84

b.Ol

8.02

8.23

b.24

8.39

8.40

8.52

8.52

8.62

8.62

8.69

8.70

8.76
TABLES

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02465000, Black Warrior River at Northport, Ala

157

DATE

4-11

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

TIME

2400

0600

1200

1600

2000

2400

0400

0800

0900

1000

1100

1200

1600

2000

2400

0600

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

GAGE 

HEIGHT

42.6?

42.48

44.78

51.90

58.48

61.30

62.87

64.16

64.90

65.99

66.80

66.85

66.17

65.59

64.97

63.87

62.49

61.86

61.46

61.07

60.80

DISCHARGE

12300

11100

28500

102000

173000

199000

209000

214000

230000

269000

272000

265000

245000

239000

231000

209000

197000

188000

175000

169000

162000

ACCUMRUNOFF

0.02

0.08

0.21

0.43

0.68

0.95

1.23

1.30

1.39

1.48

1.56

1.88

2.18

2.48

2.88

3.26

3-38

3.49

3.60

3-71

DATE

4-14

4-14

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-17

TIME

2200

2400

0600

1200

]800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0200

0400

0600

1200

1400

1600

1800

2000

2200

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

60.49

60.15

59.40

58.18

57.28

55.67

54.44

52.52

51.11

48.17

47.12

46.02

45.34

45.14

45.20

45.53

47.06

44.94

44.33

44.21

DISCHARGE

150000

144000

136000

123000

117000

99500

90000

74800

66600

46300

39400

31000

30400

31400

31900

34500

48500

29800

24900

24000

ACCUMRUNDFF

3.80

3.89

4.16

4.39

4.62

4.81

4.98

5.13

5.26

5.35

5.37

5.39

5.41

5.47

5.49

5.51

5.54

5.56

5.58

5.59
158 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02465286, Cribbs Mill Creek at 2d Avenue in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

DATE

4-11

4-11

4-11

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

TIME

0030

1400

2400

0600

0615

0630

0645

0700

0715

0745

0800

0830

0845

0915

0945

1000

1015

1030

1100

1115

1200

1215

1230

1245

1300

1330

1345

1430

1445

1500

1515

1530

1545

1600

1615

1630

1645

1715

1730

1800

1830

1900

1945

GAGE 

HEIGHT

0.52

.52

.51

.59

1.17

1.94

2.02

2.83

3.19

3.40

3.77

4.12

4.01

3.48

2.63

2.47

2.93

3.43

5.02

5.25

4.81

4.18

3.39

2.90

2.58

2.16

2.01

1.71

1.78

1.91

1.78

1.94

2.02

2.94

3.82

4.95

6.05

7.24

7.68

7.86

7.17

6.15

5.10

DISCHARGE

4.0

4.0

3.7

5.7

31

85

92

168

206

229

272

316

301

238

148

132

178

232

433

468

405

323

228

175

143

104

91

67

72

83

72

85

92

179

278

424

599

818

906

942

804

617

445

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

0.00

.03

.05

.07

.07

.08

.10

.12

.15

.21

.25

.34

.38

.45

.50

.52

.54

.57

.68

.75

.93

.97

1.01

1.03

1.05

1.08

1.10

1.13

1.14

1.15

1.16

1.17

1.18

1.21

1.25

1.31

1.39

1.61

1.74

2.00

2.24

2.42

2.63

DATE

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

TIME

2015

2045

2115

2145

2200

2230

2300

2315

2330

2345

2400

0015

0030

0045

0115

0200

0215

0230

0245

0300

0330

0345

0430

0515

0530

0600

0615

0630

0645

0700

0730

0745

0800

0815

0845

0900

0915

0930

1000

1015

1030

1045

1100

GAGE 

HEIGHT

4.86

4.01

3.70

3.63

3.67

3.47

3.00

2.80

2.68

2.77

2.74

2.99

4.07

5.22

5.92

5.67

4.95

3.81

3.26

2.97

2.88

2.92

2.73

2.32

2.24

2.16

2.21

2.20

2.26

3.31

6.24

7.50

8.29

8.83

9.27

9.21

8.77

7.62

5.47

4.19

3.50

3.12

2.81

DISCHARGE

412

301

264

256

260

237

185

165

153

162

159

184

309

463

576

534

424

277

214

182

173

177

158

119

112

104

109

108

113

219

633

870

1040

1160

1270

1250

1150

894

501

325

240

198

166

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

2.75

2.85

2.92

3.00

3.03

3.10

3.16

3.18

3.20

3.23

3.25

3.27

3.32

3.38

3.54

3.77

3.83

3.87

3.90

3.92

3.97

4.00

4.07

4.12

4.14

4.17

4.18

4.20

4.22

4.25

4.40

4.52

4.66

4.83

5.17

5.35

5.51

5.64

5.81

5.85

5.89

5.92

5.94
TABLES 159

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02465286, Cribbs Mill Creek at 2d Avenue in Tuscaloosa, Ala Continued

DATE

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

TIME

1145

1200

1215

1300

1400

1500

1615

1630

1645

1845

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

2.29

2.22

2.09

1.84

1.64

1.50

1.41

1.37

1.37

1.28

1.09

DISCHARGE

116

110

98

77

62

52

46

43

43

38

26

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

5.99

6.01

6.02

6.06

6.10

6.13

6.16

6.17

6.17

6.22

6.31

DATE

4-14

4-14

4-15

4-15

4-16

4-16

4-17

4-17

TIME

1300

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1300

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

0.93

.85

.80

.77

.74

.73

.70

-.70

DISCHARGE

18

15

13

11

10

10

9.0

9.0

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

6.47

6.57

6.66

6.74

6.82

6.89

6.96

7.01
160 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02465493, Elliotts Creek at Moundville, Ala

DATE

4-10

4-10

4-10

4-10

4-11

4-11

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-13

4-13

4-13

TIME

0030

0015

1645

2400

0030

2400

0730

0800

0815

0900

0930

1315

1645

1715

1745

1815

1915

1930

2000

2030

2045

2230

2400

0215

0800

0945

GAGE 

HEIGHT

4.67

4.67

3.87

3.69

3.68

3.40

3.38

3.54

3.73

4.98

5.58

5.89

5.83

6.02

6.25

6.55

6.79

6.94

7.21

7.26

7.24

7.08

6.96

6.86

6.97

7.33

DISCHARGE

126

126

83

74

74

62

61

68

76

149

223

298

280

343

477

835

1*190

1*410

2*240

2*440

2*360

1*780

1*440

1*290

1*460

2,720

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

0.00

0.08

0.11

0.11

0.19

0.21

0.22

0.22

0.22

0.23

0.28

0.33

0.33

0.35

0.36

0.42

0.44

0.49

0.55

0.58

0.75

0.67

1.02

1.41

1.60

DATE

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-15

4-15

4-16

4-16

4-17

4-17

4-18

4-18

4-19

4-19

TIME

1015

1145

1345

1615

2400

0030

1000

1730

2400

0045

2400

0045

2400

0045

2400

0015

2400

0015

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

7.40

7.29

7.10

6.97

6.77

6.76

6.33

6.13

6.00

5.99

5.53

5.52

5.04

5.03

4.60

4.60

4.22

4.22

3.95

DISCHARGE

3*000

2*560

1*650

1*460

1*160

1*140

552

403

333

330

215

213

154

153

121

121

100

100

87

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

1.67

1.88

2.09

2.29

2.78

2.81

3.19

3.37

3.48

3.50

3.80

3.81

4.02

4.02

4.18

4.18

4.31

4.31

4.42
TABLES

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02467000, Tombigbee River at Demopolis lock and dam, Ala

161

DATE

2-28

3- 1

3- 1

3- 1

3- 1

3- 2

3- 2

3- 2

3- 2

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 4

3- 4

3- 4

3- 4

3- 5

3- 5

3- 5

3- 5

3- 6

3- 6

3- 6

3- 6

3- 7

3- 7

3- 7

3- 7

3- 8

3- 8

3- 8

3- 8

TIME

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

23.18

23.10

23.01

22.91

22.82

22.70

22.59

22.50

22.40

22.34

22.39

22.76

23.56

24.09

24.43

24.73

24.92

25.13

25.44

25.70

26.08

26.34

26.54

26.74

26.92

27.11

27.25

27.39

27.55

27.63

27.71

27.81

27.88

DISCHARGE

85600

84000

82200

80300

78600

76300

74200

72500

70600

69500

70400

77400

93200

104000

111000

117000

120000

125000

130000

133000

141000

145000

147000

151000

152000

155000

158000

160000

165000

166000

168000

169000

170000

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

0.00

.05

.10

.15

.20

.24

.29

.33

.37

.42

.46

.50

.56

.62

.69

.76

.83

.91

.99

1.07

1.15

1.24

1.33

1.42

1.51

1.61

1.70

1.80

1.90

2.00

2.10

2.20

2.30

DATE

3- 9

3- 9

3- 9

3- 9

3-10

3-10

3-10

3-10

3-11

3-11

3-11

3-11

3-12

3-12

3-12

3-12

3-13

3-13

3-13

3-13

3-14

3-14

3-14

3-14

3-15

3-15

3-15

3-15

3-16

3-16

3-16

3-16

3-17

TIME

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

GAGE 

HEIGHT

27.93

27.94

27.97

27.94

27.89

27.80

27.71

27.55

27.36

27.13

26.87

26.52

26.13

25.64

25.19

24.63

24.15

23.71

23.24

22.80

22.37

21.98

21.61

21.35

21.10

20.93

20.66

20.46

20.30

20.21

20.17

20.15

20.15

DISCHARGE

170000

170000

171000

170000

169000

164000

165000

160000

156000

154000

151000

145000

140000

133000

125000

114000

105000

96200

86800

78200

70000

62600

56000

51300

46800

43700

39100

35900

33300

32000

31400

31000

31000

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

2.41

2.51

2.61

2.72

2.82

2.92

3.02

3.11

3.21

3.30

3.39

3.48

3.56

3.64

3.72

3.79

3.85

3.91

3.96

4.01

4.05

4.09

4.12

4.15

4.18

4.21

4.23

4.25

4.27

4.29

4.31

4.33

4.35
162 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02467000, Tombigbee River at Demopolis lock and dam, Ala Continued

DATE

3-17

3-17

3-17

3-18

3-18

3-18

3-18

3-19

3-19

3-19

3-19

3-20

3-20

3-20

3-20

3-21

3-21

3-21

3-21

3-22

3-22

3-22

3-22

3-23

3-23

3-23

3-23

3-24

3-24

3-24

3-24

3-25

3-25

3-25

3-25

TIME

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

20.12

20.09

19.99

20.01

19.94

19.91

19.78

19.72

19.64

19.67

19.68

19.73

19.72

19.73

19.61

19.52

19.50

19.51

19.56

19.60

19.61

19.56

19.59

19.64

19.77

19.94

20.17

20.33

20.43

20.60

20.79

20.89

20.90

20.88

20.78

DISCHARGE

30600

30200

28600

29000

27900

27400

25500

24600

23400

23800

24000

24800

24600

24800

23000

21700

21400

21500

22200

22800

23000

22200

22700

23400

25400

27900

31400

33000

35400

38100

41300

43000

43200

42900

41200

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

4.37

4.39

4.40

4.42

4.44

4.45

4.47

4.48

4.50

4.51

4.53

4.54

4.56

4.57

4.59

4.60

4.61

4.62

4.64

4.65

4.67

4.68

4.69

4.71

4.72

4.74

4.76

4.78

4.80

4.82

4.85

4.87

4.90

4.93

4.95

DATE

3-26

3-26

3-26

3-26

3-27

3-27

3-27

3-27

3-28

3-28

3-28

3-28

3-29

3-29

3-29

3-29

3-30

3-30

3-30

3-30

3-31

3-31

3-31

3-31

4- 1

4- 1

4- 1

4- 1

4- 2

4- 2

4- 2

4- 2

4- 3

4- 3

4- 3

4- 3

TIME

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

20.85

20.83

20.83

20.89

20.85

20.86

20.84

20.80

20.77

20.75

20.72

20.73

20.70

20.65

20.51

20.28

20.11

19.98

20.03

20.00

19.95

19.90

19.82

19.66

19.54

19.39

19.13

19.00

19.25

19.44

19.62

19.91

20.70

21.10

21.35

21.73

DISCHARGE

42400

42000

42000

43000

42400

42500

42200

41500

41000

40600

40100

40300

39800

39000

36700

33000

30400

28500

29200

28800

28000

27300

26100

23700

22000

19900

16200

14500

17900

20600

23100

27400

39800

46800

51300

58100

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

4.98

5.00

5.03

5.05

5.08

5.10

5.13

5.15

5.18

5.20

5.23

5.25

5.28

5.30

5.32

5.34

5.36

5.38

5.40

5.41

5.43

5.45

5.46

5.48

5.49

5.50

5.51

5.52

5.53

5.54

5.56

5.57

5.60

5.63

5.66

5.69
TABLES

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02467000, Tombigbee River at Demopolis lock and dam, Ala Continued

163

DATE

4- 4

4- 4

4- 4

4- 4

4- 5

4- 5

4- 5

4- 5

4- 6

4- 6

4- 6

4- 6

4- 7

4- 7

4- 7

4- 7

4- 8

4- 8

4- 8

4- 8

4- 9

4- 9

4- 9

4- 9

4-10

4-10

4-10

4-10

4-11

4-11

4-11

4-11

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

TIME

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

22.12

22.41

22.68

22.85

22.96

23.04

23.08

23.11

23.11

23.10

23.11

23.11

23.07

23.04

22.89

22.76

22.65

22.62

22.58

22.65

22.72

22.70

22.65

22.61

22.54

22.40

22.32

22.20

22.07

21.92

21.82

21.75

21.68

21.72

22.18

23.37

DISCHARGE

65300

70800

75900

79200

81200

82800

83600

84200

84200

84000

84200

84200

83400

82800

79900

77400

75400

74800

74000

75400

76700

76300

75400

74600

73300

70600

69100

66800

64300

61600

59800

58500

57200

58000

66400

89400

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

5.73

5.77

5.82

5.87

5.92

5.97

6.02

6.07

6.12

6.17

6.22

6.27

6.32

6.37

6.42

6.47

6.51

6.56

6.60

6.65

6.69

6.74

6.79

6.83

6.87

6.92

6.96

7.00

7.04

7.08

7.11

7.15

7.18

7.22

7.26

7.31

DATE

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-17

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-18

4-19

4-19

4-19

4-19

4-20

4-20

4-20

4-20

4-21

4-21

4-21

4-21

TIME

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

24.23

24.85

25.34

25.78

26 .'29

26.96

27.54

28.17

28.85

29.64

30.49

31.42

32.37

33.31

34.18

34.93

35.53

36.03

36.45

36.72

36.90

37.00

37.03

36.95

36.83

36.66

36.42

36.15

35.85

35.57

35.20

34.82

34.42

34.01

33.59

33.14

DISCHARGE

107000

119000

129000

138000

146000

158000

168000

175000

183000

192000

202000

212000

242000

261000

271000

286000

298000

306000

320000

335000

341000

343000

340000

325000

311000

298000

286000

285000

282000

279000

275000

267000

257000

247000

242000

234000

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

7.38

7.45

7.52

7.61

7.70

7.79

7.89

8.00

8.11

8.23

8.35

8.48

8.62

8.78

8.94

9.12

9.30

9.48

9.67

9.88

10.08

10.29

10.49

10.69

10.88

11.06

11.23

11.40

11.57

11.74

11.91

12.07

12.22

12.37

12.52

12.66
164 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02467000, Tombigbee River at Demopolis lock and dam, Ala Continued

DATE

4-22

4-22

4-22

4-22

4-23

4-23

4-23

4-23

4-24

4-24

4-24

4-24

4-25

4-25

4-25

4-25

4-26

4-26

TIME

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

GAGE 

HEIGHT

32.70

32.22

31.77

31.25

30.72

30.12

29.45

28.74

27.90

27.01

25.97

24.83

23.67

22.75

22.06

21.58

21.21

20.93

DISCHARGE

224000

214000

212000

193000

187000

174000

169000

160000

146000

141000

128000

114000

94700

77200

64100

55400

48800

43700

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

12.79

12.92

13.05

13.17

13.28

13.39

13.49

13.59

13.67

13.76

13.84

13.90

13.96

14.01

14.05

14.08

14.11

14.14

DATE

4-26

4-26

4-27

4-27

4-27

4-27

4-28

4-28

4-28

4-28

4-29

4-29

4-29

4-29

4-30

4-30

4-30

4-30

TIME

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

20.83

21.00

21.07

21.03

20.97

21.03

21.09

21.14

21.06

21.02

21.02

20.98

20.97

20.90

20.80

20.70

20.57

20.39

DISCHARGE

42000

45000

46300

45500

44500

45500

46600

47500

46000

45400

45400

44600

44500

43200

41500

39800

37600

34700

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

14.16

14.19

14.22

14.24

14.27

14.30

14.33

14.36

14.38

14.41

14.44

14.46

14.49

14.52

14.54

14.57

14.59

14.61
TABLES

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02467500, Sucarnoochee River at Livingston, Ala

165

DATE

3-01

3-01

3-01

3-02

3-02

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-03

3-04

3-04

3-05

3-05

3-05

3-05

3-06

3-06

3-07

3-07

3-07

3-08

3-08

3-09

3-09

3-10

3-10

3-10

3-11

3-11

3-11

TIME

0200

0100

2400

0100

2400

0400

1300

2000

2400

1300

2400

0800

1900

2200

2400

0100

2400

0100

1500

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

1800

2400

0100

1700

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

20.44

20.44

17.35

17.16

13.40

13.69

17.38

21.46

22.90

24.54

24.87

26.01

27.64

27.69

27.64

27.59

24.46

24.32

22.86

22.16

22.08

20.03

19.91

15.85

15.60

11.36

10.47

10.35

9.34

9.31

DISCHARGE

5*070

5*070

3*540

3*460

2*320

2*410

3*550

5*840

7,430

11*600

12,600

16,300

22,900

23,100

22,900

22,700

11,400

11,000

7,350

6,490

6,410

4,820

4,750

3,060

2,980

1,740

1,520

1,490

1,240

1,230

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

0.01

0.27

0.28

0.44

0.46

0.53

0.62

0.69

1.02

1.36

1.65

2.23

2.41

2.52

2.58

3.58

3.60

3.92

4.07

4.09

4.42

4.43

4.66

4.67

4.76

4.79

4.79

4.85

4.87

DATE

3-12

3-12

3-13

3-13

3-14

3-14

3-15

3-15

4-01

4-02

4-02

4-02

4-02

4-02

4-02

4-03

4-03

4-03

4-04

4-04

4-05

4-05

H-06

4-06

4-07

4-07

TIME

0400

£400

0100

£400

0100

2400

0100

2400

2400

1100

1700

2000

2100

2200

2400

0300

0500

2400

0800

2400

1300

2400

0100

2400

0900

2400

GAGE. 

HEIGHT

9.30

9.04

9.01

8.25

8.22

7.70

7.68

7.29

6.16

6.33

7.92

8,78

9.38

10.57

14.02

16.75

17.01

16.45

18.25

19.34

19.78

19.64

19.63

19.49

19.50

19.23

DISCHARGE

1*230

1*160

1*150

1*000

994

890

886

808

590

621

934

1*110

1*250

1*540

2*510

3.330

3,400

3,240

3*900

4*410

4,670

4,580

4,580

4,490

4,500

4,360

ACCOM. 

RUNOFF

4.88

4.94

4.94

5.01

5.01

b.07

5.07

5.12

0.03

0.05

0.06

0.07

0.08

0.08

0.09

0.11

0.13

0.29

0.36

0.53

0.68

0.82

0.83

1.09

1.20

1.37
166 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02467500, Sucarnoochee River at Livingston, Ala Continued

DATE

4-08

4-08

4-08

4-08

4-09

4-09

4-10

4-10

4-11

4-11

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-14

4-14

4-14

TIME

1200

1800

2000

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0900

2000

2400

0600

1000

2200

2400

1000

1300

2000

GAGE 

HEIGHT

16.92

19.72

19.65

19.36

19.30

18.60

18.59

16.06

18.04

17.90

18.25

20.36

22.71

25.24

26.41

30.03

30.68

33.31

33.47

32.79

DISCHARGE

4,200

4,630

4,590

4,420

4,390

4,040

4,040

3,820

3,820

3,760

3,900

5,020

7,050

13,700

17,900

35,600

40,200

60,900

62,200

56,700

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

1.50

1.57

1.59

1.63

1.65

I.b9

1.90

2.13

2.14

2.36

2.45

2.58

2.64

2.61

2.96

3.60

4.00

5.36

5.63

6.90

DATE

4-14

4-15

4-15

4-15

4-16

4-16

4-16

4-17

4-17

4-18

4-18

4-19

4-19

4-20

4-20

4-20

4-21

4-21

TIME

2400

0100

1700

2400

0100

1100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

1700

2400

0100

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

32.04

31 f 84

27.72

25.95

25.73

23.90

22*62

22.54

20.81

20.73

17.92

17.75

12.51

12.30

9.89

9.35

9.29

8.53

DISCHARGE

50,700

49,100

23,200

16,100

15,200

9,760

6,950

6,P70

5,330

5,270

3,770

3,700

2,050

1,990

1,370

1,240

1,220

1,060

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

7.44

7.57

8.98

9.32

9.36

9.66

9.93

9.95

10.30

10.31

10. 58

10.59

10.76

10.76

10.83

10.85

10.85

10.92
TABLES 167

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02468500, Chickasaw Bogue near Linden, Ala

[Maximum discharge occurred on March 4, 1979]

DATE TIME

GAGE 

HEIGHT DISCHARGE

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF DATE TIME

GAGE 

HEIGHT DISCHARGE

ACCUM. 

RUNOFF

3- 2 2400 5.33 74 0.00 4-11 2400 5.97 162 0.00

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 3

3- 4

3- 4

3- 4

3- 4

3- 4

3- 4

3- 5

3- 5

3- 5

3- 5

0900

1400

1500

1600

1700

1800

2000

2400

0300

0500

0800

1200

2000

2400

0100

1300

2100

2400

5.23

5.27

6.09

6.72

7.86

9.47

13.66

20.01

23.31

26.08

29.13

30.18

28.11

26.56

26.17

19.38

13.84

11.79

65

68

185

343

729

1370

3400

8210

13100

19000

33300

38700

28200

20600

19300

7580

3500

2400

0.00

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.02

0.06

0.26

0.50

0.72

1.32

2.25

3.61

4.10

4.22

4.77

4.93

4.98

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-14

1400

1500

1600

1900

2000

2100

2200

2300

2400

0300

0900

1300

1600

2400

0100

1800

2300

2400

5.68

4.67

5.66

5.72

6.34

7.59

9.61

12.98

16.22

20.65

25.13

25.80

25.63

24.14

23.89

14.78

11.14

10.69

116

30

113

122

243

625

1430

2990

5050

9050

16800

18200

17800

14800

14300

4070

2080

1880

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.02

0.03

0.04

0.07

0.24

0.84

1.28

1.60

2.31

2.40

2.81

2.88

2.89
168 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02475500, Chunky Creek near Chunky, Miss.

{Maximum discharge occurred on March 4, 1979)

DATE

03-01

03-01

03-01

03-02

03-02

03-03

03-03

03-03

03-03

03-03

03-03

03-04

03-04

03-04

03-04

03-04

03-04

03-04

03-04

03-05

03-05

03-05

03-05

03-06

03-06

03-06

03-06

03-07

03-07

03-07

03-07

03-08

03-08

TIME

0100

1200

24OO

1000

2400

0600

1200

1500

1800

2100

2400

0300

0600

0900

1200

1500

1700

2100

2400

0800

1600

2100

2400

0600

1 200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

5.54

5.69

6.58

6.76

6.34

6.99

8.32

9.68

10.99

12.59

13.21

15.03

19.16

24.52

25.97

26.59

26.64

26. 19

25.79

24.20

22.06

19.88

18.28

14.96

12.61

11. 14

10. 16

9.31

8.45

7.47

6.68

6.03

5.81

DISCHARGE

1,

1,

1,

1,

1,

2,

3,

4,

5,

5,

7,

10,

24,

34,

40,

40,

36,

32,

22,

14,

11,

9,

6,

5,

4,

3,

2,

2,

1,

1,

1,

1,

924

000

510

610

370

740

430

200

030

140

590

020

700

300

200

400

900

300

600

500

200

400

860

960

150

120

490

930

490

980

550

170

050

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

0.

0.

0.

0.

0.

0.

0.

0.

0.

0.

O.

0.

0.

0.

1.

1.

2.

2.

3.

4.

4.

5.

5.

5.

5.

5.

5.

5.

5.

5.

6.

6.

6.

00

04

10

17

26

30

35

33

43

49

56

64

75

97

34

81

15

80

24

17

73

05

19

40

55

67

77

85

92

97

02

09

14

DATE

03-09

03-10

03-11

03-12

03-13

03-14

03-15

03-16

03-17

03-18

03-19

03-20

03-2 1

03-22

03-23

03-24

03-24

03-25

03-26

03-27

TIME

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

0400

2400

2400

2400

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

5.37

5. 15

5.38

5.04

4.76

4.62

4.49

4.33

4.26

4.21

4. 13

4.06

4.02

4. 12

5.88

5.97

5.34

4.46

4. 15

4.01

ACCUMULATED 

DISCHARGE RUNOFF

828

730

828

680

551

486

435

373

349

333

305

284

270

299

1 , 060

1, 100

787

409

302

262

6.24

6.32

6.40

6.47

6.53

6.59

6.63

6.67

6.71

6.75

6.78

6.81

6.84

6.86

6.93

6.95

7 . 03

7.09

7. 13

7. 16
TABLES

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02475500, Chunky Creek near Chunky, Miss. Continued

169

DATE

03-28

03-29

03-30

03-31

04-01

04-02

04-02

04-02

04-03

04-03

04-04

04-04

04-05

04-05

04-05

04-06

04-06

04-06

04-06

04-07

04-07

04-08

04-08

04-08

04-09

04-09

04-09

04-10

04-10

04-10

04-11

04-11

04-11

TIME

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

0800

1600

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2000

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

0700

1200

2400

1200

1800

2400

1000

1700

2400

0600

1200

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

3.93

3.86

3.83

3.82

3.85

3.89

4.85

5. 17

7.43

8.09

9.34

10.06

11.80

12.32

12. 19

11.72

10.84

10.07

9.31

7. 17

5.62

5.37

5.54

6.96

7.82

8.08

8.34

8.51

8.41

8. 19

7.88

7.54

6.27

1 DISCHARGE

240

220

213

210

215

255

555

700

1,910

2, 270

2, 980

3, 430

4,570

4, 940

4,850

4,520

3,930

3, 430

2,960

1 , 770

895

774

852

1,640

2, 110

2,250

2, 390

2, 490

2, 430

2,310

2, 140

1,960

1,230

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

7. 18

7.20

7.23

7.25

7.27

7.23

7.29

7.31

7.38

7.43

7.62

7.78

7.98

8. 14

8.22

8.34

8.45

8.54

8.62

8.74

8.81

8.83

8.85

8.91

9.01

9.06

9. 12

9.22

9.30

9.37

9.42

9.47

9.56

DATE

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-14

04-14

04-14

04-14

04-14

04-14

04-14

04-14

04-14

04-15

04-15

04-15

04-15

04-16

04-16

04-16

04-17

04-17

04-18

04-18

04-19

04-19

04-20

04-20

04-21

04-21

04-22

04-22

TIME

0600

1400

2400

0100

0300

0600

0900

1 200

1500

1800

2100

2400

0100

0300

0600

0900

1 200

1500

1800

2100

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

5.81

5.63

9.88

10.23

12.07

13.26

15-20

20.07

24. 12

25.38

25.99

26.14

26. 17

25.96

25.58

25. 10

24.60

24. 16

23.51

22.78

21.69

19.00

15.74

13.23

11.56

10.49

9.61

7.62

6.20

5.64

5.33

5. 13

4.96

4.84

4.74

4.66

4.60

4.54

4.48

4.45

DISCHARGE

979

890

3, 320

3,530

4, 760

5,630

7, 160

1 1 , 60O

22, 100

29, 500

34, 400

35, 800

36, 100

34, 100

30, 800

27, 700

24, 800

22, 300

19, 000

16, 100

13,500

10,500

7,610

5,610

4,410

3, 700

3, 140

2, 000

1, 180

885

739

655

573

520

478

446

420

398

376

366

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

9.58

9.61

9.70

9.72

9.75

9.82

9.90

10.02

10.23

10.56

10.96

1 1 . 40

11.56

11.85

12.26

12.63

12.96

13.26

13.52

13.74

13.93

14.23

14.46

14.63

14.76

14.36

14.94

15.07

15. 15

15.21

15.25

15.23

15.31

15.34

15.37

15.39

15.41

15.43

15.45

15.47
170 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02476500, Sowashee Creek at Meridian, Miss.

DATE

04-11

04-11

04-11

04-11

04-11

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

TIME

0100

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0730

0900

1200

1500

1800

2100

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

3.49

3.45

3.41

3.36

3.31

3.29

6.30

7.84

16. 11

22.87

22.50

21.12

19.15

16.61

13.97

11.72

DISCHARGE

177

170

164

150

148

145

490

693

2,400

7,270

6,900

5,630

4, 110

2,620

1,750

1, 280

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

0.00

0.02

0.05

0.08

0. 11

0. 13

0. 19

0.29

0.57

1.65

1.97

2.53

2.97

3.27

3.47

3.60

DATE

04-14

04-14

04-15

04-15

04-16

04-17

04-18

04-19

04-20

04-21

04-22

TIME

1200

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

5.68

4.36

3.90

3.61

3.40

3.26

3. 17

3. 11

3. 10

3.06

3. 14

DISCHARGE

414

273

224

190

158

135

119

108

106

98.0

109

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

3.91

4.03

4.12

4. 19

4.32

4.42

4.51

4.59

4.67

4.74

4.82
TABLES

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02476600, Okatibbee Creek at Arundel, Miss.

171

DATE

03-0 1 

03-0 1

03-02 

03-02

03-03 

03-03 

03-03 

03-03 

03-03

03-04 

03-04 

03-04 

03-04 

03-04 

03-04

03-05 

03-05 

03-05 

03-05

03-06 

03-06

03-07 

03-07

03-08 

03-03

03-09

03-10

03-11

03-12 

03-13

TIME

0100 

2400

1 200 

2400

0600 

1200 

1 800 

2100 

2400

0300 

0600 

1200 

1 330 

1800 

2400

0600 

1 200 

1800 

2400

12OO 

2400

1200 

2400

1200 

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400 

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

11.07 

11. 17

10.70 

1 0 . 36

10.69 

1 1 . 86 

14. 19 

18.93 

19.84

20.02 

20. 15 

20.69 

20.71 

20.35 

19.37

18.29 

17.29 

16.48 

15.82

14.77 

14.07

13.51 

13. 11

12.85 

12.59

12. 12

12.00

11.83

11.56 

11.36

DISCHARGE

1,740 

1,770

1 , 630

1 , 530

1 , 630 

2, 000 

2 r 820 

8, 380 

1 1 , 600

12,400 

13,000 

15,600 

15,700 

13,900 

9,850

6,580 

4,510 

3, 850 

3, 500

3, 050 

2, 780

2, 570 

2,420

2, 330 

2, 240

2,080

2,040

1 , 980

1 , 900 

1,830

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

0 . 00 

0. 13

0.27 

0.36

0.40 

0.45 

0.51 

0.59 

0.73

0.89 

1.06 

1.45 

1.56 

1.86 

2. 13

2.41 

2.56 

2.67 

2.77

2.95 

3. 11

3.25 

3.39

3.52 

3.64

3.83

4. 10

4.32

4.53 

4.73

DATE

03-14

03-15

03-16

03-17 

03-18 

03-19

03-20 

03-2 1 

03-22 

03-23

03-24 

03-25

03-26 

03-27

03-28

03-29 

03-30

03-3 1

04-01

04-02

04-03 

04-03

TIME

2400 

2400

2400

2400 

2400 

2400

2400 

2400 

2400 

2400

2400 

2400

2400 

2400

2400

2400 

2400

2400

2400

2400

1200 

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

11.19 

10.99

10.84

10.73 

10.63 

10.53

10.47 

10.39 

9.48 

9.47

9.91 

10.29

10.40 

10.37

10.30

10.22 

10.15

7. 92

6.50

9.43

12.69 

14. 10

DISCHARGE

1 , 780 

1 , 720

1 , 670

1 , 640 

1,610 

1 , 580

1 , 560 

1,540 

1 , 280 

1 , 280

1 , 400 

1,510

1 , 540 

1 , 530

1,510

1 , 490 

1,470

887

585

1 , 270

2,280 

2,790

ACCUMULATED 

RUIMOFF

4.93 

5. 12

5.30

5.43 

5.66 

5.33

6 . 00 

6. 17 

6.33 

6.47

6.61 

6 . 77

6.94 

7. 10

7.27

7.43 

7.59

7.72

7.80

7.90

8.00 

8. 14
172 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02476600, Okatibbee Creek at Arundel, Miss. Continued

DATE

04-04

04-04

04-04

04-04

04-05

O4-05

04-06

04-06

04-07

04-08

04-08

04-08

04-09

04-09

04-09

04-09

04-10

04-10

TIME

0600

1200

1730

2400

1 200

2400

1200

24OO

2400

1 200

1 800

2400

0600

1130

1800

2400

1 200

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

15.09

16. 19

16.44

16.38

14.71

12.36

10.56

9.91

9. 15

9.74

1 1 . 96

13.01

14.OO

14.44

14.01

13. 15

10.40

8 . 85

DISCHARGE

3, 180

3, 680

3, 820

3, 790

3,020

2, 160

1 , 590

1 , 400

1, 190

1 , 350

2, 030

2, 390

2, 750

2, 92O

2, 76O

2, 440

1,540

1, 110

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

8.22

8.31

8.40

8.52

8.70

8.84

8.94

9.03

9. 17

9.23

9.23

9.34

9.41

9.43

9.57

9.64

9.74

9 . 32

DATE

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-14

04- 1 4

04-14

04-14

04-15

04-15

04-16

04-17

04-18

04-19

TIME

0400

0600

0800

1 200

1 500

1830

2400

0600

1 200

1800

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

15.62

18.78

19.38

19.86

20.78

21.51

20.80

1 9 . 55

18.54

1 7 . 55

16.78

15.55

14.51

13.03

12.24

1 1 . 83

1 1 . 53

DISCHARGE

3,400

7, 920

9, 880

1 1 , 700

16, 1OO

20, 500

16, 200

10,500

7, 240

4, 880

4,040

3, 370

2, 950

2, 400

2, 120

1 , 980

1 , 890

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

10. 17

10.22

10.30

10.50

10.69

10.93

11.43

1 1 . 80

12.04

12.20

12.32

12.52

12.70

12.99

13.23

13.46

13.67

04-11 2400 8.46 1, 020 9.93

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

0600

1 200

1 400

1600

1 800

2000

2400

8.61

9.70

11. 14

11.95

12.54

13. 12

14.24

1 , 050

1 , 340

1 , 760

2, 020

2,220

2, 430

2, 840

9 . 96

9.99

10.01

10.02

10.04

1 0 . O6

10. 11

04-20 2400 11.34 1,830 13.87

04-21 2400 11.18 1,780 14.07

04-22 2400 11.12 1,760 14.26
TABLES

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02477000, Chickasawhay River at Enterprise, Miss.

173

DATE

03-01

03-01

03-01

03-02

03-02

03-03

03-03

03-03

03-03

03-03

03-03

03-04

03-04

03-04

03-04

03-04

03-04

03-04

03-04

03-05

03-05

03-05

03-05

03-05

03-05

03-05

03-05

03-06

03-06

03-06

03-06

03-07

03-07

03-07

03-07

TIME

0100

1200

2400

1200

2400

0600

0900

1200

1500

1800

2400

0300

0600

0900

1200

1500

1800

2100

2400

0300

0700

0900

1200

1500

1800

2100

2400

0600

1200

1SOO

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

17.31

16.74

16.55

16.12

15.84

18.55

20.89

25.68

27.44

29.37

30.53

30.97

31. 12

32.62

33.80

35.23

37.03

38.82

40.39

41.37

41.88

41.85

41.61

41.35

40.90

40.25

39.50

37.76

35.24

32.69

30.39

28.10

26.00

23.43

21.75

DISCHARGE

4,400

4T 160

4,080

3,900

3,780

4,940

6, 130

10,000

11,900

14,200

15,800

16,400

16,600

19,000

20, 900

23, 800

28, 600

34, 600

40, 900

46, 300

49, 700

49, 500

47, 900

46, 200

43, 500

40, 200

37, 100

31,000

23, 800

19, 100

15,600

12,600

10, 300

8, 190

6, 790

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

0.00

0..07

0. 16

0.24

0.32

0.36

0.39

0.43

0.49

0.55

0.71

0.79

0.87

0.96

1.07

1. 13

1.31

1.47

1.67

1.89

2.21

2.3'3

2.63

2.87

3. 10

3.31

3.51

3.86

4. 13

4.35

4.53

4.67

4.79

4.83

4.96

DATE

03-08

03-08

03-09

03-10

03- 1 1

03- 1 2

03- 1 3

03- 1 4

03-15

03-16

03- 1 7

03-18

03- 1 9

03-20

03-21

03-22

03-23

03-24

03-25

03-26

03-27

03-28

TIME

1200

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

19.67

1 8 . 46

16.72

15.2?

14.78

14.09

13.44

1 3 . 08

12.74

12.41

12.22

12.06

1 1 . 89

1 1 . 76

1 1 . 64

1 1 . 64

13.02

13. 17

12.20

1 1 . 80

11.59

11.47

DISCHARGE

5, 450

4, 900

4, 150

3, 560

3, 350

3, 090

2, 840

2, 700

2, 580

2, 460

2, 390

2, 340

2, 280

2, 230

2, 190

2, 190

2, 6:30

2,740

2, 380

2, 240

2, 170

2, 130

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

5.03

5. 19

5.37

5.53

5.67

5.80

5. 92

6.04

6. 15

6.25

6.35

6.44

6.54

6.63

6.72

6.31

6.91

7.02

7. 12

7. 22

7.31

7.39
174 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGI

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02477000, Chickasawhay River at Enterprise, Miss. Continued

DATE

03-29

03-30

03-3 1

04-01

04-02

04-02

04-02

04-03

04-03

04-03

04-03

04-03

04-04

04-04

04-05

04-05

04-05

04-06

04-06

04-07 

04-07

04-08 

04-08

04-09

04 -09

04-10 

04-10

04- 1 1

04- 1 1

TIME

2400

2400

2400

2400

1200

1 800

2400

0300

Oc.OO

1 200

1 800

2400

1 200

2400

1 200

2100

2400

1200

2400

1200 

2400

1200 

2400

1 200

2400

1200 

2400

1 200

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

11.31

11.21

10. 63

9. 15

9. 10

10.50

1 4 . 0 1

1 6 . 00

18.05

19.07

20.60

21.54

23.84

24.64

24. 95

25. 10

25 . 05

24.20

22. 13

19.88 

17.21

1 5 . 38 

17.01

19.09

19.95

19.98 

18.57

17.26

15.81

DISCHARGE

2, 060

2, 020

1 , 790

1 , 200

1, 190

1, 740

3, 060

3, 850

4, 720

5, 180

5, 960

6, 620

8, 560

9, 200

9, 440

9, 560

9, 520

8, 850

7, 140

5, 540 

4, 360

3, 590 

4, 270

5, 180

5, 580

5,590 

4, 950

4, 380

3, 770

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

7.48

7.56

7.64

7.70

7.73

7.74

7.76

7.73

7.30

7.8!:5

7.91

7.98

8. 13

8.31

8.50

8 . 6*5

8.33

9.04

9. 17 

9.27

9.36 

9.44

9.53

9.64

9.75 

9.36

9.96

10.04

DATE

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04- 1 4

04-14

04-14

04-14

04-14

04-14

04- 1 4

04-14

04-15

04-15

04-15

04-16

04-16

04-16

04-17

04-17

04-18

04-19

04-20

04-21

04-22

TIME

1200

1 800

2400

0300

0600

0900

1200

1500

1800

2100

2400

0300

0600

0900

1 200

1500

1800

2100

2400

0600

1800

2400

0600

1 200

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

13.63

14.65

17.82

21.21

22.60

24.00

25.00

26.47

28.00

3 1 . 84

34.00

36.00

39.05

40.04

41.05

41.81

41.90

41.68

41. 17

39.80

36.00

33 . 80

31.20

28.83

24.04

20.71

18.84

16.57

14.90

13.90

13.42

13.08

DISCHARGE

2,910

3, 300

4, 620

6, 360

7, 490

8, 700

9,480

10,800

12,500

17, SOO

21,200

25, 500

35, 400

39, 200

44,300

49,200

49, 800

48, 300

45, 000

38, 200

25, 500

20, 900

16,800

13,500

8,730

6,020

5,070

4,080

3,400

3,010

2,830

2,700

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

10. 11

10. 14

10. IS

10.21

10.24

1 0 . 23

10.33

10.38

10.44

10.52

10.62

10.74

10.89

1 1 . 03

11.30

1 1 . 53

1 1 . 79

12.04

12.27

12.70

13.35

13.58

13.77

13.93

14. 15

14.30

14.42

14.60

14.7-3

14.89

15.01

15.12
TABLES

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02478500, Chickasawhay River at Leakesville, Miss.

175

DATE

03-01

03-01

03-02

03-03

03-03

03-04

03-04

03-05

03-05

03-06

03-06

03-07

03-07

03-08

03-08

03-09

03-09

03-09

03-09

03- 1 0

03-10

03- 1 0

03- 1 0

03- 1 1

03- 1 1

03- 1 1

03-12

03- 1 2

03- 1 3

03-13

TIME

0 1 00

2400

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1 200

2400

1 200

2400

1 200

2400

0600

1 200

1 800

24OO

0600

1 200

1800

2400

0800

1 600

2400

1 200

2400

1200

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

24.75

24.36

24. 23

24.82

27.62

28.67

28.81

29. 06

29.23

29.30

29.30

29. 28

29.32

29.51

29.81

30.00

30 . 1 9

30. 33

30.48

30.53

3O.59

30. 66

3O. l-.t';

30.57

30.43

30. 16

29.72

29. 23

28.70

28. 12

DISCHARGE

18, 600

17, 700

17, 500

18, 800

27, 400

32, 800

33, 700

35, 200

36, 20O

36, 60O

36, 600

36, 5OO

36, 700

37, 900

40 T 000

41, 300

42, 600

43, 700

44, 900

45, 400

45, 800

46, 300

46, 300

45, 700

44, 600

42, 400

3'r/ , 300

36, 200

33, 000

29, 700

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

0.00

0. 24

0. 48

0 . 60

0. 76

0 . 97

1.20

1.44

1.69

1.94

2. 19

2.44

2.70

2.96

3.23

3.37

3.51

3.66

3.81

3.97

4. 13

4.29

4. 45

4.66

4 . 87

5.07

5. 35

5.61

5. 85

6. 07

DATE

03- 1 4

03- 1 4

03- 1 5

03- 1 5

03-16

03-16

03-17

03- 1 8

03-19

03-20

03-21

03-22

03-23

03-23

03-24

03-25

03-26

03-27

03-28

03-29

03-30

03-31

TIME

1 200

2400

1 500

2400

1 200

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

1 200

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

27. 37

26. 29

24.04

22 . 3°

20.53

19. 40

18.34

17.74

17.27

1 6 . 92

1 6 . 62

16.70

17.75

1 9 . 55

20 . 70

1 9 . 46

18.32

17.51

16.69

16.08

15.73

15.51

i 

DISCHARGE

26, 400

22, 900

17, 000

14, <">00

10, 900

9, 230

7, 760

6, 980

6, 400

5, 970

5,610

5, 710

7, 000

9, 440

1 1 , 200

9, 310

7,740

6, 680

5, 700

5, 000

4, 650

4, 430

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

6. 26

6. 43

6. 60

A. Aft

6.77

6.84

6 . 96

7. 06

7. 15

7.24

7.32

7. 39

7.44

7.50

7.64

7.78

7.90

8 . 00

8.08

8 . 1 6

8 . 22

8.29
176 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02478500, Chickasawhay River at Leakesville, Miss. Continued

DATE

04-01

04-02

04-02

04-03

04-04

04-04

04-05

04-05

04-06

04-06

04-07

04-r>7

04-08

04 -OS'.

04-09

04-09

04-1 0

04-10

04- 1 1

04- 1 2

04-13

TIME

2400

0100

2400

2400

1 200

2400

1 200

2400

0500

2400

1 200

24OO

1 200

2400

1 200

2400

1 200

2400

2400

2400

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

15.45

15.45

15.58

23 . 1 2

26 . 95

28 . 39

29 . 20

29. 75

29. 85

29. 55

29. 16

28. "?6

28. 39

28. 02

27.64

27. 25

2'-.. c'2

26 . 6 1

25. 99

24. 95

23. 65

DISCHARGE

4, 380

4, 380

4, 500

15, 100

24,800

31, 100

36 , 000

39, 600

40, 200

38, 200

35, 800

33 _ 400

31 , 100

29, 200

27, 500

25, 900

24, 800

28, 300

22, 000

19, 100

16, 300

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

8.35

8 . 35

8.41

8.54

8. 68

8 . 88

9 . 11

"-^ . ^*I7

c'.48

9. 91

10. 17

10.41

1 0 . t. 3

10. 34

1 I . 04

11.22

1 1 . 40

1 J -56

1 1 . 33

12. 16

12.41

DATE

04-14

04- 1 5

04-16

04-17

04-13

04-19

O4-20

04-21

MA- 22

'"'4-23

04-23

O4-24

04-25

04 - ?6

'"'4-27

04-28

04-29

04-30

TIME

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

1 200

2400

2400

2400

2400

2 4 '"' '."'

24 00

2400

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

22.

21.

21.

O'T'

24.

25.

26 .

27.

26 .

25.

23.

19.

18.

1 8 .

18.

18.

17.

1 6 .

22

39

70

7C>

24

70

85

02

21

16

03

16

66

72

58

18

50

23

DISCHARGE

13, 700

12,300

12, 800

14, 700

17, 500

21, 100

24 , 600

25, 100

22, 6OO

1 9, 600

15, 100

8, 390

8, 190

3, 280

8, 080

7, 550

6, 770

5, 170

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

12.

12.

12.

13.

13.

13.

13.

14.

14.

14.

14.

15.

15.

15.

15.

15.

15.

15.

62

80

97

16

88

65

97

31

64

7'"'

91

07

1*>

30

42

cr ",

62

71
TABLES

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02482000, Pearl River at Edinburg, Miss.

177

DATE

03-03

03-03

03-03

03-03

03-04

03-04

03-04

03-05

03-05

03-05

03-05

03-06

03-06

03-06

03-07

03-07

03-07

03-08

03-03

03-09

03-09

03-10

03- 1 0

03- 1 1

03-11

03-12

03-12

03-13

03-13

03- 1 4

03- 1 4

03-15 

03-15

TIME

01OO

0800

1600

2400

0800

16OO

2400

0800

1600

2100

2400

0800

1600

2400

0800

1600

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1 200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

0200 

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

20.26

20.76

21.97

23.06

23.71

24.32

25.45

26.05

26.33

26.45

26.40

26.37

26. 14

5.81

5.43

4.91

4.35

3.51

2.60

1 . 66

20.85

20.06

19.41

13.66

17.91

17. 12

16.30

15.46

14.68

13.99

13.39

12.83 

12.38

DISCHARGE

5, 450

5,890

7, 170

8,770

10, 100

1 1 , 700

17,200

22, 100

25, 000

26, 300

25, 800

25, 400

23, 000

20, 000

17, 100

14,000

1 1 , 800

9, 620

8, 040

6, 800

5, 970

5, 290

4, 840

4, 380

3, 980

3, 590

3, 230

2, 880

2, 580

2, 330

2, 130

1 , 950 

1,31 0

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

0.00

0.06

0. 15

0.26

0.39

0.54

0.74

1.02

1.34

1.56

1.70

2.05

2.33

2.63

2.94

3. 15

3.33

3.55

3.74

3. 39

4.02

4. 14

4.24

4.34

4.42

4.50

4.57

4.64

4.69

4.74

4.79

4.80 

4.37

DATE

03-16

03-16

03-17

03-17

03-13

03-18

03- 1 9

03-19

03-20

03-20

03-21

03-21

03-22

03-22

03-23

03-23

03-24

03-24

03-25

03-25

03-26

03-26

03-27

03-28

03-29

03-30

03-31

04-01

TIME

1200

2400

1 200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1 200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

11.99

1 1 . 67

1 1 . 39

11. 14

10.88

10.61

10.30

10.00

9.67

9.37

9 . 06

8.76

8.50

8.53

9.85

9.78

10. 19

10.59

10.51

10. 18

9.81

9.60

9.39

9.37

9.40

9.38

9.20

8.86

DISCHARGE

1 , 700

1,61 0

1 , 530

1 , 470

1 , 400

1 , 330

1 , 260

1, 180

1, 110

1 , 050

984

924

873

879

1, 150

1, 130

1,230

1 , 330

1,310

1 , 230

1, 140

1, 100

1,050

1,05O

1,050

1,050

1,010

944

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

4.91

4.94

4.97

5.00

5.03

5.06

5.09

5. 11

5. 14

5. 16

5. 13

5.20

5.22

5.24

5.26

5.23

5.31

5.33

5.36

5.39

5.41

5.43

5.48

5.52

5.57

5.61

5.65

5.69
178 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02482000, Pearl River at Edinburg, Miss. Continued

DATE

04-02

04-02

04-03

04-03

04-04

04-04

04-05

04-05

04-06

04-06

04-07

04-07

04-08

04-03

04-09

04-09

04-10

04-10 

04-10

04-11 

04-11

04-12 

04-12 

04-12

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-14

04-14 

04-14 

04-14

04-14

04-14

TIME

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

1900 

2400

1200 

2400

0300 

1600 

2400

0800

1600

2400

0400

0800 

1200 

1500

1900

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

3.79

9.21

11.34

12.45

15.43

16.01

16.77

17.44

17.66

17.44

17.16

17.34

18. 15

19.31

19.51

19.70

19.94

20.00 

19.97

19.74 

19.40

20.52 

24.41 

25.85

26.45

27.37

28.77

29.41

29.62 

29.96 

30.06

30.00

29.83

DISCHARGE

930

1,010

1,660

1,830

2,870

3, 100

3,430

3,750

3,360

3,750

3,610

3,700

4, 110

4,770

4,900

5,030

5,200

5,240 

5,220

5,060 

4,330

5,660 

12, 000 

20, 300

26, 100

38, 600

58, 700

68, 100

71,300 

76, 300 

77, 900

77, 000

74, 400

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

5.71

5.73

5.7<S

5.30

5.84

5.91

5.97

6.05

6.13

6.21

6.23

6.36

6.44

6.53

6.63

6.73

6.84

6.90 

6.95

7.05 

7. 16

7.23 

7.35 

7.57

7.89

8.34

9.01

9.45

9.93 

10.44 

10.84

11.37

12.03

DATE

04-15

04-15

04-15

04-16

04-16

04-17

04-17

04-13

04-13

04-19

04-19

04-20

04-20

04-21

04-21

04-22

04-22

04-23 

04-23

04-24 

04-24

04-25 

04-25

04-26 

04-26

04-27

04-27

04-28 

04-28

TIME

0300

1600

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200 

2400

1200 

2400

1200 

2400

1200 

2400

1200

2400

1200 

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

29.41

28.37

28.39

27.52

26.63

25.75

24.76

23.68

22.59

21.53

20.63

19.76

13.91

13.05

17. 10

16.06

15. 11

14.33 

13.68

13. 16 

12.77

12.41 

12. 11

11.82 

11.55

11.25

10.96

10.64 

10.35

DISCHARGE

68, 100

60, 200

53, 200

40, 800

28, 500

19,500

13,300

10,000

3,020

6,640

5,760

5,070

4,520

4,060

3,580

3, 130

2,740

2,450 

2,230

2,050 

1,930

1,820 

1,720

1,620 

1,540

1,450

1,360

1,270 

1, 190

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

13.01

13.90

14.63

15.65

16.37

16.87

17.21

17.45

17.64

17.79

17.92

13.03

18.13

18.22

13.30

18.37

18.43

18.48 

18.53

18.57 

18.61

13.65 

18.69

13.72 

18.76

18.79

18.82

18.84 

18.87
TABLES

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02482550, Pearl River at Carthage, Miss.

179

DATE

03-03

03-03

03-03

03-04

03-04

03-04

03-05

03-05

03-06 

03-06

03-06

03-07

03-07

03-08

03-08

03-09

03-09

03-10

03-10

03- 1 1

03-11

03- 1 2

03-12

03-13 

03-13

TIME

0100

1200

2400

0300

1200

2400

1200

2400

0800 

1500

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

24QO

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200 

2400

CAGE 

HEIGHT

19.40

20.83

22.45

22.49

22.45

22.68

23.04

23.78

24.21 

24.35

24.29

24.00

23.60

23. 13

22.57

21.84

20.95

20.04

19.32

18.61

17.88

17. 18

16.50

15.87 

15.26

DISCHARGE

9,

11,

15,

15,

15,

16,

18,

25,

29, 

31,

30,

27,

23,

19,

16,

13,

11,

9,

8,

7,

6,

6,

5,

5, 

4,

730

100

600

800

600

800

900

100

500 

000

400

300

400

500

200

500

400

670

540

630

860

170

570

060 

590

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

0.

0.

0.

0.

0.

0.

1.

1.

1. 

1.

2.

2.

2.

3.

3.

3.

3.

3.

4.

4.

4.

4.

4.

4. 

4.

00

13

31

37

53

75

00

30

55 

80

11

51

86

16

41

61

78

93

05

17

27

36

44

51 

53

DATE

03-14

03-14

03-15

03-15

03-16

03-16

03-17

03-17

03-18 

03- IB

03-19

03- 1 9

03-20

03-20

03-21

03-21

03-22

03-22

03-23

03-23

03-24

03-24

03-25

03-25 

03-25

TIME

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200 

k'4UU

1200

2400

1200

2400

1 200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

0800

1600 

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

1 4>. 65

1 4 . 07

13.48

12.92

12.43

1 1 . 99

1 1 . 64

11.33

1 1 . 08 

1 0 . 88

10.63

10.41

10. 17

9.94

9 . 70

9.48

9.26

9.45

10. 10

10.70

1 1 . 09

11.26

1 1 . 30

11.33 

11.31

DISCHARGE

4, 150

3, 750

3, 370

3, 030

2, 750

2,510

2, 330

2, 180

2, 060 

1 , 960

1 , 850

1 , 750

1,670

1 , 590

1,510

1 , 440

1 , 360

1 , 430

1 , 640

1 , 880

2, 060

2, 140

2, 160

2, 180 

2, 160

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

4.64

4.69

4.74

4.79

4.82

4 . 86

4.89

4.93

4.96 

4.98

5.01

5.03

5.06

5.03

5. 10

5. 12

5. 14

5. 16

5. 18

5.21

5.23

5.26

5.28

5.30 

5.32
180 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02482550, Pearl River at Carthage, Miss. Continued

DATE

03-26

03-26

03-27

03-27

03-28

03-2S

03-29

03-29

03-30

03-30

03-31

03-31

04-01

04-01

04-02 

04-02

04-03 

04-03 

04-03

04-04 

04-04

04-05 

04-05

TIME

1200

2400

1200

2400

1 200

2400

1 200

2400

1 200

2400

1 200

2400

1200

2400

1200 

2400

0800 

1600 

2400

1200 

2400

1200 

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

11. 10

10.84

1 0 . 55

10.36

10. 10

9 . 84

9 . 60

9. 49

9. 39

9.36

9 . 29

9.24

 -.'. 16

9.07

9 . 04 

9. 36

10.68 

1 1 . 35 

1 1 . 93

13.39 

14.19

14.54 

14.95

DISCHARGE

2, 060

1 , 940

1 , 820

1 , 740

1 , 640

1 , 560

1 , 480

1 , 440

1,410

1 , 400

1 , 380

1, 360

1 , 330

1,31 0

1 , 300 

1 , 400

1 , 870 

2, 180 

2, 480

3, 630 

3, 330

4, 070 

4, 360

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

5.35

5.33

5.40

5.43

5.45

5.47

5.50

5.52

5.54

5. 55

5.57

5.59

5.*:L

5.63

5. 65

5.67

5. f-,'?, 

5.70 

5.72

5.76

5 . 87 

5.93

DATE

04-06

04-06

04-07

04-07

04-07

04-08

04 03 

04-08

04-09

04-09

04-10

04-10

04- 1 1

04- 1 1

04-12 

04-12 

04-12

04-12 

04-12 

04-12 

04-12

04-12 

04-12 

04-12

04-12 

04-12 

04-12

TIME

1 200

2400

0800

1 600

2400

0800

1 600 

2400

1200

2400

1 200

2400

1200

2400

0300 

0600 

0800

0900 

1 000 

1100 

1 200

1 300 

1 400 

1500

1600 

1700 

1 800

GAGE 

HEIGHT

15.28

15.55

15.66

15.71

15.71

15.70

16.51 

1 7 . 22

17.86

1 8 . 25

18.46

18.38

18.23

18.25

18.60 

19.08 

19.51

1 9 . 88 

20.26 

20 . 65 

2 1 . 06

21.46 

2 1 . 85 

22.21

22.57 

22 . 85 

23. 09

ft 

DISCHARGE

4,610

4,810

4, 900

4, 940

4,940

4, 930

5, 580 

6, 210

6, 840

7, 240

7, 460

7, 370

7, 220

7, 240

7, 620 

3,210 

8, 820

9, 400 

10, 100 

10, 800 

1 1 , 600

12,500 

13, 600 

14, 600

16, 200 

17,800 

19,200

>CCUMULATI 

RUNOFF

5. '"'9

6. 06

6.10

6. 15

6. 19

6.24

6.23 

6. 34

6.43

6. 5'j

6. 63

6.73

6.83

6.93

6.96 

6.93 

7.00

7.01 

7.02 

7.04 

7.05

7.06 

7.03 

7.09

7. 11 

7. 13 

7. 15
TABLES

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02482550, Pearl River at Carthage, Miss. Continued

181

DATE

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04- 1 3

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-14

04- 1 4

04-14

04-15

04-15

04-15

04-15

04-15

04-16

04-16

04-16

04-16

04- 1 6

04- 1 6

04-16

04- 1 7

04-17

04-17

04- 1 7

04-17

04-17

04- 1 7

04- 1 7

04- IS

04-18

TIME

1900

2000

2100

2200

2300

2400

0 1 00

0200

0300

0400

0600

0800

1100

2400

0900

1300

2400

0700

1200

1600

2000

2400

0400

0800

1200

1500

1800

2100

2400

0300

0600

1 000

1 300

1600

1900

2200

2400

0300

0600

GAGE 

HEIGHT

23.34

23.63

24.09

24.57

25.06

25 . 50

25 . 9 1

26.26

26.54

26.78

27. IS

27.44

27.70

27.86

28. 17

28.46

28.74

28 . 49

28.21

27.94

27.65

27.38

27.07

26.80

26.51

26.28

26.04

25.81

25 . 60

25 . 40

25. 18

24.94

24.77

24.58

24.41

24.24

24. 13

23.95

23.79

DISCHARGE

21,200

23, 700

28, 200

33, 600

39, 800

45, 900

52, 000

57, 500

61, 900

65, 900

72, 800

77, 400

82, 200

85, 200

90, 800

96, 200

102, 000

96, 800

9 1 , 500

86, 700

81,900

77, 700

73, 100

69, 100

64, 900

61,600

58, 200

55, 000

52, 100

49, 300

46, 300

43, 100

40, 800

38, 300

36, 000

33, 800

32, 400

30, 200

28, 400

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

7. 18

7.20

7.23

7.27

7.31

7.36

7.42

7.4:3

7.55

7.62

7.78

7.95

8.23

9.48

10.39

10.82

12.08

12.83

13.42

13.83

14.22

14.53

14.93

15.26

15.57

15.79

15.99

16.19

16.37

16.55

16.71

16.92

17.06

17.20

17.33

17.45

17.52

17.63

17.73

DATE

04-18

04-18

04-13

04-18

04-18

04-18

04-19

04-19

04-19

04-19

04-19

04-19

04-19

04-20

04-20

04-20

04-20

04-20

04-20

04-20

04-21

04-21

04-22

04-22

04-23

04-23

04-24

04-24

04-25

04-25

04-26

04-26

04-27

04-27

04-28

04-28

TIME

0900

1200

1500

1800

2100

2400

0300

0600

1000

1300

1700

2000

2400

0300

0700

1100

1400

1800

2300

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

23.63

23.48

23.32

23. 18

23.00

22.84

22.65

22.48

22.20

21.97

21.66

21.41

21.06

20.79

20.45

20. 12

19.80

19.48

19.08

19.00

18. 11

17.22

16.40

15.65

15.04

14.36

13.73

13.23

12.81

12.48

12. 18

11.93

11.67

11.42

11. 14

10.87

DISCHARGE

26, 700

25, 200

23, 800

22, 600

21,200

20, 200

19, 100

18, 100

16,900

15,900

15,000

14, 200

13,300

12,600

1 1 , 700

1 1 , 000

10, 400

9,860

9, 240

9, 120

7,850

6, 880

6,070

5,380

4, 840

4, 280

3,820

3, 490

3,220

3, 030

2, 850

2, 710

2,570

2,440

2, 300

2, 170

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

17.83

17.92

18.00

18.03

18. 16

18.23

18.30

18.36

18.44

18.50

18.57

18.62

18.63

18.73

18.79

18.84

18.87

18.92

18.93

18.99

19. 10

19.21

19.29

19.37

19.44

19.51

19.56

19.61

19.66

19.70

19.74

19.73

19.82

19.85

19.89

19.92
182 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02483000, Tuscolameta Creek at Walnut Grove, Miss.

DATE

03-02

03-02

03-02

03-02

03-03

03-03

03-03

03-03

03-03

03-03

03-03

03-03

03-04

03-04

03-04

03-04

03-04

03-04

03-04

03-04

03-05

03-05

03-05

03-05 

03-05

03-05

03-05 

03-05

03-06 

03-06

03-06 

03-06 

03-06

03-06

03-07

03-07 

03-07 

03-07

TIME

0100

0300

1600

2400

0300

0600

0900

1200

1500

1300

2100

2400

0300

0600

0900

1200

1500

1800

2100

2400

0200

0500

0300

1100 

1 400

1 700

2100 

2400

0400 

0300

1 200 

1600 

2000

2400

0600

1200 

1800 

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

19.74

13.91

13.39

19.33

22. 14

24.05

25.02

26.01

26.33

26.50

26.43

26.36

26.62

27. 10

27.68

28. 19

28.69

29.22

29.62

29.79

29.82

29 . 69

29.51

29.22 

28.90

28.55

28 . 08 

27.74

27.31 

26.94

26.62 

26.38 

26. 17

25 . 99

25.64

24.47 

22.01 

19.93

DISCHARGE

1,

1,

1,

1,

2.

3,

4,

5,

6,

7,

7,

7,

8,

9,

11.

14,

16,

19,

22,

23,

24,

23,

21,

19, 

17,

15,

13, 

11,

10, 

8,

7, 

7, 

6,

5,

5,

3,

2>

1,

330

530

400

640

720

670

390

920

800

410

450

240

090

600

600

100

500

900

600

900

100

200

900

900 

800

800

500 

800

100 

870

820 

050 

400

890

080

820 

460 

640

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

0.

0.

0.

0.

0.

0.

0.

0.

0.

0.

0.

0.

0.

0.

0.

1.

1.

1.

1.

1.

2.

2

2.

2.

3.

3.

3. 

3.

4. 

4. 

4.

4.

4.

4.

4. 

4.

00

04

03

13

16

19

24

30

37

45

53

62

70

80

92

07

24

45

69

95

13

40

65

89 

10

29

51 

66

82 

97

09 

20

31

40

52

62 

69 

74

DATE

03-08

03-08

03-08

03-09

03-09

03-10

03- 1 0

03- 1 1

03- 1 1

03-12

03-12

03- 1 3

03-13

03- 1 4

03- 1 4

03-15

03-15

03- 1 6

03- 1 6

03-17 

03-17

03-18 

03- IS

03- 1 9 

03-19

03-20

03-20

03-21 

03-21

TIME

0800

1600

2400

1 200

2400

1200

2400

1 200

2400

1 200

2400

1 200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1 200 

2400

1200 

2400

1200 

2400

1200

2400

1 200 

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

17.89

16.70

15.86

>

15. 10

14.63

1 4 . 34

15.07

15.31

15. 14

1 4 . SO

14.38

14.05

13.80

13.66

13.55

13.32

13. 13

1 2 . 95

12.83

12.74 

12.67

12.64 

12.59

12.57 

12.50

12.48

12.42

12.38 

12.38

DISCHARGE

1 , 090

864

717

592

519

473

584

640

629

598

517

456

423

395

375

339

312

287

272

260 

249

247 

240

239 

235

226

221

214

215

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

4.78

4.81

4.83

4 . 86

4 . 89

4.91

4.94

4.96

4.99

5.02

5.05

5.07

5.09

5.11

5. 12

5. 14

5. 15

5. 17

5. 13

5. 19 

5.20

5.21 

5.23

5.24 

5.25

5.26

5.27

5.23 

5.29
TABLES

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02483000, Tuscolameta Creek at Walnut Grove, Miss. Continued

183

DATE

03-22

03-22

03-23 

03-23

03-23

03-23

03-24

03-24

03-25

03-25

03-26

03-26

03-27

03-27

03-28

03-28

03-29

03-29

03-30

03-30

03-31

03-31

04-01

04-01

04-02

04-02

04-02

04-03

04-03

04-03

04-04

04-04

TIME

1 200

2400

0800 

1400

1 900

2400

1 200

2400

1 200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1 200

2400

1200

2400

0800

1600

2400

0800

1600

2400

1200

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

1 2 . 39

14.36

17.52 

18.05

1 7 . 90

17.76

17.55

16.63

15. 17

14. 17

13.49

13.02

12.74

12.56

12.44

1 2 . 33

12.25

12. 16

12. 13

12.08

12.08

12. 12

12. 14

12.21

12.46

14.51

1 7 . 89

22.60

23.05

25.00

25.50

26.02

DISCHARGE

219

446

1 , 070 

1 , 280

1 , 320

1 , 340

1 , 360

1 , 1 20

731

509

388

316

281

251

232

219

221

205

1 93

186

187

191

197

202

228

568

1 , 240

2, 970

3, 230

4, 430

5,200

6, 170

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

5.30

5.31

5.34

5.36

5.39

5.41

5.47

5.53

5.57

5.60

5.62

5.63

5.65

5.64

5.67

5.68

5.69

5.70

5.71

5.72

5.73

5.74

5.74

5.75

5.76

5.77

5.30

5.86

5.9<S

6.07

6.29

6.55

DATE

04-05 

04-05

04-06

04-06

04-07

04-07

04-07

04-08

04-08

04-08

04-09

04-09

04-10

04- 1 0

04- 1 1

04-11

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

TIME

1200 

2400

1 200

2400

0800

1600

2400

0800

1600

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

0300

0600

0800

0900

1000

1100

1200

1300

1400

1500

1600

1700

1300

1900

2000

2100

2200

2300

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

26 . 23 

26.08

25.84

25. 10

22.41

19.20

16.69

15.40

20.06

21.98

22 . 95

22.82

22.81

22.06

20.29

17.88

18.49

19.26

21.66

23.30

24.43

25.17

25.56

25.79

25.86

25.82

25.62

25.35

26. 10

26.41

26.65

26.87

27.00

27.02

26.99

DISCHARGE

6, 670 

6, 220

5, 590

4, 370

2, 700

1, 440

863

667

1,840

2, 650

3, 160

3, 160

3, 190

2, 820

1 , 980

1,210

1 , 300

1,460

2, 590

3,350

3,910

4, 460

4,910

5, 320

5, 480

5,430

5, 110

4,840

6, 240

7, 140

7,870

8, 560

8,980

9,070

9,000

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

6.84 

7. 13

7.40

7.62

7.73

7.79

7.83

7.85

7.89

7.95

8.09

8.23

8.37

8.51

8.62

8.69

8.70

8.72

8.73

8.75

8.76

8.77

8.79

8.31

8.33

8.85

8.37

8.39

8.91

8.94

8.97

9.00

9.03

9.06

9. 10
184 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02483000, Tuscolameta Creek at Walnut Grove, Miss. Continued

DATE

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-14

04- 1 4

04-14

04-15

04-15

04-15

04-15

04-15

04-16

04-16

04-16

04-16

04-16

04-16

04-16

04-17

04-17

04-17

04-17

04-17

04-17

04-17

04-17

04-18

04-18

04-18

04-18

04-18

04-18

04-18

04-18

TIME

0100

0200

0300

0400

0600

0800

1100

2400

0300

1300

2400

0700

1200

1600

2000

2400

0400

0800

1200

15OO

1800

2100

2400

0300

0600

1000

1300

1600

1900

2200

2400

0300

0600

0900

1200

1500

1800

2100

2400

GAGE

HEIGHT

26.98

26.94

26.94

26.93

26.96

27. 12

27.62

29.71

29.76

29.40

28.39

27.69

27.24

26.92

26.67

26.45

26.26

26. 11

25.90

25.64

25. 11

24. 14

22.81

21.52

20.27

19.01

18. 13

17.37

16.75

16.28

16.01

15.61

15. 17

14.85

14.63

14.47

14.33

14.20

14.08

/

DISCHARGE

9,010

8,950

9,010

9, 020

9, 170

9, 700

1 1 , 400

23, 300

23, 600

21,000

14,900

1 1 , 500

9,810

8, 760

7,920

7, 230

6,630

6, 160

5,580

5,020

4,280

3,490

2,750

2, 160

1,700

1,310

1, 100

950

832

750

703

638

573

528

498

474

454

438

421

^CUMULATED

RUNOFF

9. 13

9. 17

9. 2O

9.23

9.30

9.37

9.49

10.34

10.61

1 1 . 45

12. 19

12.5-4

12.74

12.83

13.01

13. 12

13.23

13.32

13.41

13.47

13.53

13.57

13.61

13.63

13.65

13.68

13.69

13.70

13.71

13.72

13.73

13.73

13.74

13.75

13.75

13.76

13.76

13.77

13.77

DATE

04-19

04-19

04-19

04-19

04-19

04-19

04-19

04-20

04-20

04-20

04-20

04-20

04-20

04-20

04-21

04-21

04-22

04-22

04-23

04-23

04-24

04-24

04-25

04-25

04-26

04-26

04-27

04-27

04-28

04-28

TIME

0300

0600

10QO

1300

1700

2000

2400

0300

0700

1100

1400

1800

2300

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

240O

1200

2400

120C

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

GAGE

HEIGHT

13.97

13.87

13.78

'13.46

13.34

13.28

13.22

13.20

13.16

13.10

13.07

13.02

12.97

12.97

12.87

12.73

12.65

12.65

12.76

12.97

13.28

13.48

13.51

13.46

13.31

13.29

13.28

13.06

12.79

12.57

DISCHARGE

405

392

380

345

332

324

317

313

307

299

294

289

282

282

271

255

245

246

262

291

347

397

420

415

400

371

415

428

342

280

ACCUMULATI

RUNOFF

13.73

13.78

13.79

13.79

13.80

13.80

13.81

13.81

13.82

13.82

13.82

13.83

13.83

13.83

13.85

13.86

13.87

13.88

13.89

13.91

13.92

13.94

13.95

13.97

13.99

14.01

14.03

14.05

14.06

14.03
TABLES

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02484000, Yockanookany River near Kosciusko, Miss.

185

DATE

03-03

03-03 

03-03

03-03

03-04

03-04 

03-04

03-05 

03-05 

03-05

03-06 

03-06

03-06

03-07

03-07 

03-07

03-08 

03-08

03-09

03-09

03-10

03-10

03-11

03-11

03-12

03-12

03-13

03-13

03-14

03-14

03-15

03-15

TIME

0100

0800 

1600

2400

0700

1600 

2400

0800 

1600 

2400

0800 

1600

2400

0800

1600 

2400

1200 

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

9.87

11.56 

13.42

14.31

14.58

14.42 

14.43

14.91 

15.20 

15.05

14.68 

14.21

13.71

13.16

12.38 

11.35

9.29 

8.58

8.09

7.69

7.39

7.79

8.57

8.95

8.52

7.96

7.51

7.13

6.86

6.63

6.40

6. 17

DISCHARGE

1, 

3,

5,

5,

5, 

5,

6, 

6, 

6,

898

490 

510

070

600

280 

300

300 

970 

610

5,800 

4,870

3,

3,

2,

1,

970

130

150 

380

768 

635

549

483

436

499

633

703

624

527

455

397

359

327

297

268

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

0.

0. 

0.

0.

0.

0. 

0.

1.

1. 

1.

1. 

2.

2.

2.

2. 

2.

2. 

2.

2.

2.

2.

2.

2.

2.

2.

3.

3.

3.

3.

3.

3.

3.

00

04 

13

30

49

73 

94

17 

43 

70

94

15

33

47

57 

64

71 

75

73

31

84

87

90

94

93

02

04

07

09

11

13

15

DATE

03-16

03-16

03-17

03-17

03-18 

03-18

03-19 

03-19

03-20 

03-20

03-21

03-21

03-22 

03-22

03-23 

03-23

03-23

03-24

03-24

03-24

03-25

03-25

03-26

03-26

03-26

03-27

03-27

03-28

03-28

03-29

03-29

TIME

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200 

2400

1200 

2400

1200 

2400

1200

2400

1200 

2400

0800 

1600

2400

0600

1200

2400

1200

2400

0800

1600

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

6.03

5.97

5.85

5.77

5.71 

5.64

5.60 

5.55

5.51 

5.46

5.46

5.43

5.46 

7.71

9.82 

11.62

12.76

12.92

12.80

12.52

12.42

12. 17

11.47

9.93

8.24

7.09

6.61

6.32

6.09

5.92

5.79

DISCHARGE

251

244

230

22O

214 

206

202 

196

192 

187

187

183

187 

436

886 

1,520

2,610

2,810

2, 660

2,310

2, 190

1,930

1,440

912

575

392

324

285

258

238

223

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

3.16

3. 13

3. 19

3.20

3.22 

3.23

3.24 

3.25

3.27 

3.23

3.29

3.30

3.31 

3.33

3.36 

3.40

3.49

3.57

3.65

3.79

3.93

4.05

4. 12

4. 16

4. 19

4.22

4.24

4.26

4.28

4.29

4.30
186 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02484000, Yockanookany River near Kosciusko, Miss. Continued

DATE

03-30

03-30

03-31

03-31

04-01

04-01

04-02

04-02

04-02

04-03

04-03

04-03

04-04

04-04

04-04

04-05

04-05

04-05

04-06

04-06

04-07

O4-O7

04-07

04-08

04-08

04-08

04-09

04-09

04-09

04-10

04-10

04-10

TIME

1200

2400

1200

2400

1 200

2400

0800

1600

2400

0800

1 600

2400

0800

1600

2400

0800

1600

2400

1200

2400

0800

16OO

2400

0500

1200

2400

0800

1900

2400

0800

1 600

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

5.69

5.62

5.57

5.56

5.91

6.23

6.70

7.28

8.33

9.99

1 1 . 07

1 1 . 97

12.44

12.53

12.62

12.57

12.40

12.28

12.09

1 1 . 52

10.46

8.96

7 . 96

7.66

9.64

10.43

1 1 . 58

12.00

1 1 . 98

11.74

1 1 . 29

10.58

DISCHARGE

212

204

198

197

236

275

337

420

590

926

1 , 260

1 , 750

2, 220

2, 320

2, 430

2,370

2, 170

2, 040

1 , 860

1, 470

1 , 050

7O3

527

478

845

1 , 040

1 , 500

1 , 780

1 , 760

1 , 580

1 , 360

1 , 090

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

4.32

4.33

4.34

4 . 35

4.37

4.38

4.39

4.41

4.43

4.46

4.50

4.56

4.64

4.73

4.82

4.92

5.01

5.09

5.21

5.30

5 . 35

5. 3'?

5.41

5.43

5.45

5.50

5.55

5.64

5.69

5.75

5.81

5.86

DATE

04-11

04-11

04- 1 1

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04- 1 3

04-13

04- 1 4

04-14

04-14

04-14

04- 1 4

04-14

04-15

04-15

04-15

04-15

04-16

04-16

04- 1 6

04-16

04-17

04-17

04-17

04-17

TIME

0800

1600

2400

0200

0500

1000

1300

1700

2100

2400

0300

0600

0900

1 200

1 500

1900

2200

2400

0400

0800

1200

1600

2000

2400

0600

1200

1300

2400

0600

1200

1 SOO

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

9.66

8.83

8.24

10.93

14.70

16.46

17.92

1 8 . 99

19.39

19.76

20 . 28

2 1 . 05

21.76

22.47

22.91

23.06

22 . 98

22.88

22.53

22.01

21.45

20.85

20.23

19.51

18.36

17.28

16.33

15.52

14.82

14.24

13.73

13.24

12.62

1 1 . 87

10.89

9.62

DISCHARGE

849

680

575

1,210

5, 840

1O, 3OO

14, 800

18, 600

20, 200

21, 700

24, 000

27, 800

3 1 , 800

36, 400

39, 600

40, 700

40, 100

39, 400

36, 800

33, 300

30, 000

26, 800

23, 800

20, 600

16, 300

12, 700

9, 910

7, 730

6, 100

4, 930

4, 000

3, 240

2, 430

1 , 670

1 , 200

840

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

5.90

5.93

5.95

5.96

6.01

6.^1

6.40

6.73

7. 11

7.42

7.76

8. 14

8 . 58

9.09

9.65

10.45

1 1 . 04

11.44

12. 19

12.88

13.51

14.07

14.57

15.00

15.55

15.93

16.31

1 6 . 58

16.78

16.94

17.03

17.18

17.27

17.33

1 7 . 37

17.40
TABLES

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02484000, Yockanookany River near Kosciusko, Miss. Continued

187

DATE

04-18 

04- IS 

04-18

04-19

04-19

04-20 

04-20

04-21 

04-21

04-22 

04-22

04-23

04-23

TIME

osoo

1600 

2400

1200

2400

1200 

2400

1200 

2400

1200 

2400

1200

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

S.29 

7.64 

7.22

6.73

6.49

6.29 

6. 13

5.97 

5.88

5.79 

5.98

6.63

7.03

DISCHARGE

583 

475 

411

341

308

283 

263

244 

233

223 

245

327

383

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

17.43 

17.45 

17.47

17.49

17.51

17.53 

17.54

17.56 

17.57

17.59 

17.60

17.62

17.64

DATE

04-24 

04-24 

04-24

04-25

04-25 

04-25

04-26 

04-26

04-27 

04-27

04-28

04-28

TIME

0600 

1200 

2400

1200

2000 

2400

1200 

2400

1200 

2400

1200

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

7.06 

7.01 

6.90

6.95

7. 14 

7.10

7.02 

6.77

6.39 

6.03

5.72

5.45

1 DISCHARGE

387 

380 

364

371

399 

393

381 

346

296 

251

215

186

ftCCUMUL 

RUNO

17.65 

17.66 

17.68

17.70

17.72 

17.73

17.75 

17.77

17.79 

17.81

17.82

17.83
188 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02484500, Yockanookany River near Ofahoma, Miss.

DATE

03-03

03-03

03-03

03-04

03-04

03-04

03-05

03-05

03-06

03-06

03-07

03-07

03-03

03-03

03-09

03-09

03-10

03-10

03-11

03-11

03-12

03-12

03-13

03-13

03-14

03-14

03-15

03-15

03-16

03-16

TIME

0100

1200

2400

1200

1700

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

14.15

15.40

16.50

16.65

16.66

16.60

16.55

16.59

16.57

16.76

16.93

16.77

16.29

15.55

14.60

13.54

12.42

11.34

10.29

9.32

8.43

7.75

7.32

7. 18

7. 13

7.07

6.87

6.52

6.08

5.68

DISCHARGE

3,440

4,520

6, 110

6,420

6, 440

6,320

6,210

6,300

6,260

6,660

7, 040

6, 630

5, 700

4,630

3,770

3,020

2,410

1,970

1,630

1 , 360

1, 140

974

871

839

828

314

770

695

606

530

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

0.00

0. 14

0.34

0.58

0.63

0.33

1.07

1.31

1.55

1.80

2.06

2.32

2.56

2.76

2.92

3.05

3. 16

3.24

3.31

3.37

3.42

3.46

3.49

3.53

3.56

3.59

3.62

3.65

3.67

3.70

DATE

03-17

03-17

03-18

03-18

03-19

03-19

03-20

03-20

03-21

03-21

03-22

03-22

03-23

03-23

03-24

03-24

03-25

03-25

03-26

03-26

03-27

03-27

03-28

03-28

03-29

03-29

03-30

03-30

TIME

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

5.32

5.01

4.77

4.61

4.46

4.33

4.22

4. 12

4.05

3.96

3.93

5.77

8.18

3.36

8.30

3.07

8.42

9.26

10.49

11.39

11.67

11.55

11. 11

10.32

9. 14

7.77

6.41

5.47

DISCHARGE

466

414

378

351

329

310

294

281

271

259

255

547

1,030

1 , 240

1, 110

1,050

1, 140

1,350

1,690

1,990

2,090

2,040

1 , 390

1,640

1,320

979

672

492

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

3.71

3.73

3.75

3.76

3.77

3.79

3.30

3.31

3.32

3.33

3.34

3.35

3.39

3.93

3.93

4.02

4.0<i

4. 11

4.17

4.24

4.31

4.39

4.47

4.54

4.59

4.64

4.67

4.69
TABLES

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02484500, Yockanookany River near Ofahoma, Miss. Continued

189

DATE

03-31

03-31

04-01

04-01

04-02

04-02

04-03

04-03

04-04 

04-04

04-05 

04-05

04-06 

04-06

04-07 

04-07

04-08 

04-08

04-09 

04-09

04-10 

04-10 

04-10 

04-10 

04-10

04-10 

04-10 

04-10

04-11 

04-11 

04-11

TIME

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200 

2400

1200 

2400

1200 

2400

1200 

2400

1200 

2400

1100 

2400

0100 

0300 

0600 

0900 

1200

1600 

2100 

2400

0600 

1200 

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

4.93

4.63

4.45

4.32

4.37

4.70

6.76

7.64

8.94 

9.44

9.62 

10.25

11.31 

11.95

12. 13 

12.04

12.04 

14.08

15.27 

14.21

14.09 

13.84 

13.48 

13. 14 

12.83

12.49 

12. 15 

11.97

11.68 

11.42 

11.31

DISCHARGE

401

354

327

308

316

365

746

947

1,260 

1,390

1, 440 

1,620

1,960 

2,210

2,290 

2,250

2,250 

3,390

4, 380 

3, 480

3, 390 

3,220 

2,990 

2.790 

2,620

2,450 

2,300 

2,220

2, 100 

2,000 

1,960

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

4.71

4.72

4.74

4.75

4.76

4.77

4.30

4.33

4.37 

4.92

4.93 

5.03

5. 10 

5. 13

5.27 

5.36

5.44 

5.55

5.69 

5.85

5.86 

5.83 

5.91 

5.94 

5.97

6.00 

6.04 

6.06

6. 10 

6.14 

6.22

DATE

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12 

04-12 

04-12

04-12 

04-12 

04-12

04-12 

04-12 

04-12

04-12 

04-12 

04-12

04-13 

04-13

04-13 

04-13 

04-13

04-13 

04-13 

04-13 

04-13 

04-13

04-14 

04-14 

04-14

04-14 

04-14 

04-14 

04-14

04-14

04-14

TIME

0200

0300

0400

0500

0600

0700

0800

0900

1000

1100

1200

1300 

1400 

1500

1600 

1700 

1800

1900 

2000 

2100

2200 

2300 

2400

0100 

0200

0300 

0400 

0600

0800 

1100 

1400 

1900 

2400

0400 

0700 

0900

1000 

1300 

1700 

2100

2300

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

11.58

11.71

12.01

12.37

12.74

13. 19

13.78

14.58

15.52

16.25

16.78

17. 19 

17.57 

18.04

18.63 

19.04 

19.36

19.68 

19.91 

20» 12

20.31 

20.48 

20.56

20.70 

20.84

20.91 

21.04 

21.13

21.23 

21.30 

21.41 

21.59 

21.86

22.08 

22.30 

22.48

22.53 

22.74 

23.02 

23.22

23.26

23.25

/ 

DISCHARGE

2,060

2, 110

2,240

2,390

2,580

2,820

3, 170

3,760

4,650

5,620

6,700

7,710 

8,800 

10, 300

12, 500 

14,300 

15,800

17, 400 

18, 600 

19,800

21,000 

22, 000 

22, 600

23, 500 

24, 400

24, 900 

25, 300 

26, 500

27, 200 

27, 800 

28, 600 

30, 100 

32, 300

34, 300 

36, 300 

38, 000

38, 500 

40, 700 

43, 700 

45, 900

46, 40O

46, 200

^CCUMULA 

RUNOFI

6.23

6.24

6.24

6.25

6.26

6.27

6.23

6.29

6.30

6.32

6.34

6.36 

6.39 

6.42

6.45 

6.50 

6.55

6.60 

6.66 

6.72

6.73 

6.35 

6.92

7.00 

7.07

7. 15 

7.23 

7.40

7.57 

7.34 

8. 11 

8.53 

9.03

9.51 

9.34 

10.03

10.20 

10.59 

11. 13 

1 1 . 70

12.00

12. 14
190 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02484500, Yockanookany River near Ofahoma, Miss. Continued

DATE

04-15 

04-15 

04-15

04-15 

04-15

04-15 

04-15

04-15 

04-15

04-16 

04-16 

04-16

04-16

04-16

04-16

04-16 

04-16 

04-16 

04-16 

04-16

04-16

04-16

04-16

04-16

04-16

04-17 

04-17 

04-17

04-17 

04-17 

04-17

04-17 

04-17 

04-17

04-17 

04-17 

04-17

04-17 

04-17 

04-17

04-18

04-18

04-18

TIME

0700 

0900 

1200

1300 

1600

1900 

2000

2200 

2400

0300 

0400 

0500

0700

0800

0900

1100 

1200 

1300 

1500 

1700

1800

1900

2100

2300

2400

0200 

0300 

0400

0600 

0800 

1000

1300 

1500 

1600

1700 

1900 

2000

2200 

2300 

2400

0300

0600

0900

GAGE 

HEIGHT

23.12 

23.01 

22.84

22.78 

22.56

22.30 

22.21

22.03 

21.82

21.52 

21.41 

21.30

21.06

20.96

20.83

20.61 

20.51 

20.40 

20.19 

19.94

19.83

19.72

19.50

19.27

19. 16

18.94 

18.85 

18.73

18.51 

13.32 

18.13

17.87 

17.72 

17.65

17.57 

17.44 

17.38

17.24 

17.18 

17.11

16.91

16.69

16.47

DISCHARGE

44, 800 

43, 600 

41,700

41, 100 

38, 800

36, 300 

35, 500

33, 800 

32, 000

29, 500 

28, 600 

27, 800

26, 000

25, 300

24, 400

22, 800 

22, 200 

21,500 

20, 300 

18, 800

18, 200

17,600

16, 500

15, 400

14,800

13, 800 

13, 500 

13,000

12, 100 

11,300 

10,600

9,760 

9,270 

9,050

8,800 

8,420 

8,240

7,840 

7,680 

7,490

6,970

6,440

5,930

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

13. 16 

13.45 

13.34

13.99 

14.37

14.73 

14.35

15.07 

15.23

15.53 

15.67 

15.76

15.93

16.01

16.09

16.25 

16.32 

16.39 

16.52 

16.65

16.71

16.74

16.37

16.97

17.02

17. 11 

17. 16 

17.20

17.28 

17.36 

17.43

17.52 

17.58 

17.61

17.64 

17.70 

17.72

17.78 

17.80 

17.82

17.89

17.96

18.02

DATE

04-18 

04-18 

04-18

04-18 

04-18

04-19

04-19 

04-19 

04-19

04-19 

04-19 

04-19

04-20

04-20

04-20 

04-20 

04-20 

04-20 

04-20

04-21

04-21

04-22

04-22

04-23 

04-23

04-24 

04-24

04-25 

04-25

04-26 

04-26

04-27 

04-27

04-28

04-28

TIME

1200 

1500 

1800

2100 

2400

0300

0600 

1000 

1300

1700 

2000 

2400

0300

0700

1100 

1400 

1800 

2300 

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200 

2400

1200 

2400

1200 

2400

1200 

2400

1200 

2400

1200

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

16.24 

16.00 

15.72

15.46 

15.17

14.88

14.59 

14. 19 

13.90

13.51 

13.20 

12.30

12.51

12.09

11.65 

11.29 

10.81 

10.21 

10.08

8.66

7.36

6.36

5.82

5.99 

5.84

5.55 

5.38

5.36 

5.41

5.45 

5.43

5.40 

5.36

5.32

5.21

( 

DISCHARGE

5,430 

5,080 

4,710

4,400 

4,060

3,810

3,570 

3,250 

3,040

2,810 

2,640 

2,430

2,300

2, 130

1,960 

1,840 

1,690 

1,510 

1,480

1, 110

805

596

496

528 

501

452 

424

422 

430

437 

434

430 

424

419

401

^CCUMULA 

RUNOFI

18.07 

18. 12 

18.17

18.21 

18.25

18.29

18.33 

18.37 

18.40

18.44 

18.47 

18.50

18.52

18.55

18.53 

18.59 

18.62 

18.64 

18.65

18.70

18.73

18.76

18.73

18.80 

13.82

18.84 

18.86

18.87 

18.89

18.90 

18.92

18.94 

18.95

18.97

13.99
TABLES

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02486000, Pearl River at Jackson, Miss.

191

DATE

03-02

03-02

03-02

03-03

03-03

03-04

03-05

03-06

03-06

03-07

03-07

03-08

03-08

03-09

03-10

03-11

03-12

03-12

03-13

03-14

03-14

03-15

03-15

03-16

03-17

03-17

03-17

03-18

03-18

TIME

0100

1030

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

1600

2400

0300

2400

1600

2400

2400

2400

2400

1200

2400

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

2400

0800

1600

2400

1200

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

31.67

30.89

31.30

32.27

33.12

33.57

33.99

34.51

34.33

34.22

34.41

34.63

34.58

34.66

34.40

32. 11

30.31

28.87

26.99

26. 17

25.37

24.37

22.86

19.21

18. 11

16.73

14.85

12.72

12. 13

DISCHARGE

27, 000

24, 600

25, 800

29, 000

32, 100

33, 800

35, 500

38, 500

37, 400

36, 800

37, 900

39, 200

38, 900

39, 400

37, 800

28, 400

22, 900

18, 900

15,300

14, 100

13, 100

13, 100

10, 300

7,310

6, 570

5,870

4,960

3,930

3,650

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

0.00

0. 12

0.29

0.45

0.64

1 . 03

1.45

1.74

1.89

1 . 95

2.34

2.65

2.81

3.23

3.74

4. 14

4.29

4.42

4.62

4.71

4.79

4.87

4.94

5.05

5.07

5.10

5. 12

5. 15

5. 17

DATE

03-19

03-19

03-20

03-20

03-21

03-22

03-22

03-23

03-23

03-24

03-24

03-25

03-26

03-26

03-27

03-28

03-29

03-29

03-30

03-31

04-01

04-01

04-02

04-02

04-03

04-03

04-04

04-04

TIME

1200

2400

1600

2400

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

2400

0900

2400

2400

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

11.81

10.75

10. 12

9.22

8.71

8.83

10.21

10.29

12.88

13.69

15.65

16.83

17.00

15. 10

13.81

13.61

13.46

12.66

11.06

9.72

8.79

7. 19

7.73

9.01

13. 14

15.91

18.86

21.17

DISCHARGE

3, 500

3,010

2, 720

2, 320

2, 090

2, 150

2, 760

2, 800

4,010

4, 400

5, 340

5, 920

6, 000

5,080

4,460

4, 360

4, 290

3,900

3, 150

2,540

2, 130

1 , 450

1,680

2,220

4, 130

5,470

7,070

8,740

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

5. 19

5.21

5.23

5.24

5.27

5.23

5.30

5.31

5.33

5.36

5.39

5.46

5.43

5.52

5.53

5.63

5.66

5.69

5.73

5.76

5.78

5.79

5.80

5.81

5.83

5.86

5.89

5.94
192 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02486000, Pearl River at Jackson, Miss. Continued

DATE

04-05

04-05

04-06

04-06

04-07

04-08

04-08

04-09

04-10

04-10

04-11

04-11

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-14

04-14

04-14

04-14

04-15

04-15

04-15

04-15

04-16

04-16

04-16

04-16

TIME

1200

2400

1200

2400

2400

1 400

2400

2400

1 700

2400

2300

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

23.62

25.53

26.67

26.79

26.15

25.78

 

 

27.64

27.78

27.61

28.44

30.05

31. 10

32.98

33 . 93

35.05

35.59

35.97

36.56

37.64

38.90

39.67

40.42

41.20

41.83

42.25

42.49

42.62

42.78

42.85

42.95

DISCHARGE

1 1 , OOO

13,300

14,800

15, 000

14, 100

13,600

14,000

15, 500

16, 300

16,500

16, 2OO

17,900

22, 100

25, 200

31,50O

35, 200

41,900

45, 600

48, 300

53, 000

62, 500

74, 900

83, 200

91,500

100,000

108,000

113,000

116,000

118,000

121,000

122,000

123,000

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

6.00

6.07

6. 16

6.25

6.42

6.52

6.59

6.76

6.90

6.96

7. 14

7. 15

7.21

7.23

7.37

7.47

7.53

7.72

7.86

8.01

8. 13

8.39

8.63

8.89

9. 17

9. 49

9.82

10. 16

10.51

10.87

11.24

1 1 . 60

DATE

04-17

04-17

04-17

04-17

04-17

04-17

04-17

04-18

04-18

04-18

04-18

04-19

04-19

04- 1 9

04-19

04-20

04-20

04-20

04-21

04-21

04-21

04-22

04-22

04-22

04-23

04-23

04-24

04-24

04-25

04-25

04-26

04-26

04-27

04-27

04-28

04-28

TIME

0300

06OO

0900

1200

1500

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0800

1600

2400

0800

1 600

2400

1 200

2100

2400

1 200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1 200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

43.07

43. 16

43.23

43.28

43.28

43.22

42.98

42.60

42.16

4 1 . 70

41.31

40.94

40.54

39 . 89

39.11

38. 15

37.28

36.16

35.27

34.57

33.55

32. 19

31.79

31.96

30.58

29.32

28.51

27.51

26.50

25.07

23 . 56

21.63

19.76

17.32

15.08

13.31

DISCHARGE

125, OOO

126,000

127,000

128,000

128,000

127, 000

123,000

118,000

112,000

106, 000

102,000

97, 30O

92, 800

85, 700

77, 100

67, 400

59, 200

49, 700

43, 400

38, 900

33, 700

28, 700

27, 400

27, 900

23, 600

20, 100

18, 000

16, 100

14,600

12,700

1 1 , 000

9, 100

7, 680

6, 160

5, 070

4,210

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

1 1 . 79

1 1 . 93

12. 17

12.36

12.55

12.74

13. 12

13.43

13.82

14. 15

14.46

14.76

15.05

15.31

15.56

15.85

16. 10

16.32

16.50

16.67

16.81

17.00

17. 13

17. 17

17.32

17.45

17.57

17.67

17.76

17.85

17.92

17.93

18.03

18.07

18. 10

18. 13
TABLES

TABLE 7. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02488500, Pearl River at Monticello, Miss.

193

DATE

04-01

04-02

04-02

04-03

04-03

04-04

04-04

04-05

04-06

04-07

04-08

04-09

04-10

04-11

04-12

04-13

04-13

04-14

04-14

04-15

04-15

TIME

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

11.19

10.97

12.50

15.77

18.91

21.14

21.77

21.84

21.00

20.23

19.94

19.54

19.23

19.27

19.77

20.42

21.27

22.12

22.93

23.78

24.56

DISCHARGE

6,330

6,070

7,950

12,400

16, 900

21,300

22, 800

23, OOO

21,000

19, 3OO

18,700

17, 900

17, 4OO

17, 400

18,300

19, 700

21,600

24, 200

27, 500

32,400

37, 300

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

0.00

0.02

0.04

0.03

0.14

0.21

0.29

0.46

0.62

0.77

0.91

1.04

1. 17

1.30

1.43

1.50

1.53

1.66

1.76

1.37

2.00

DATE

04-16

04-16

04-17

04-17

04-18

04-18

04-19

04-19

04-20

04-20

04-21

04-22

04-23

04-24

04-25

04-26

04-27

04-28

04-29

04-30

TIME

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

24OO

2400

2400

2400

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

25*. 51

26.66

28.23

29.79

31.22

32.41

33.40

33.95

34.08

33.87

32.77

31.56

30.37

29.06

27.87

26.85

25.80

24.32

21.49

16.18

DISCHARGE

43, 800

52, 200

64, 700

78, 4OO

91,900

104,000

114,000

120,OOO

122, OOO

120,000

108,OOO

95, 300

83, 700

71,800

61,700

53, 600

45, 800

35, 800

22, 000

1 1 , 400

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

2.15

2.33

2.54

2.81

3.12

3.48

3.33

4.31

4.76

5.21

6.O5

6.3O

7.46

8.O3

8.53

8.95

9.32

9.62

9.83

9.96
194 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

02489500, Pearl River near Bogalusa, La

DATE

04-02

04-03

04-03

04-03

04-03

04-03

04-04

04-04

04-04

04-04

04-05

04-06

04-07

04-08

04-09

04-10

04-11

04-12

04-13

04-14

04-15

04-16

04-17

04-18

TIME

2400

0600

1200

1800

2100

2400

0600

1400

2000

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

14.36

14.74

15.83

17.25

17.87

18.55

19. 18

19.67

19.82

19.85

19.70

19.56

19.44

19.35

19.25

19. 10

18.92

18.80

18.66

18.65

18.80

19.01

19.23

19.46

DISCHARGE

8,280

8,930

10, 100

15,000

17,800

22, 900

31,200

40, 200

43, 300

44, 000

40, 800

38, 000

35, 800

34, 100

32, 400

29, 900

27, 300

25, 700

24, 100

24, 000

25, 700

28, 600

32, 000

36, 100

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

0.00

0.01

0.02

0.04

0.05

0.06

0. 10

0. 17

0.23

0.27

0.51

0.73

0.93

1.13

1.32

1.49

1.65

1.80

1.94

2.03

2.21

2.37

2.54

2.73

DATE

04-19

04-20

04-20

04-21

04-21

04-22

04-22

04-23

04-23

04-23

04-24

04-24

04-24

04-25

04-25

04-26

04-27

04-28

04-29

04-30

05-01

05-02

05-03

05-04

05-05

TIME

2400

1600

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

0600

1600

2400

0300

1600

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

19.67

19.90

20.10

20.53

21.23

21.97

22.61

22.80

23.15

23.20

23.23

23.20

23.04

22.75

22.40

21.60

20.95

20.57

20.32

20. 15

19.97

19.65

18.52

16.74

16.29

DISCHARGE

40, 200

45, 000

49, 400

59, 400

76, 400

95, 000

112,000

117,000

127,000

128,000

129,000

128,000

124, 000

116,000

106,000

85, 700

69, 500

60, 400

54, 500

50, 600

46, 500

39, 800

22, 600

13, 400

12,200

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

2.94

3.10

3. 19

3.34

3.53

3.77

4.06

4.22

4.51

4.75

4.84

5.23

5.46

5.80

6.11

6.65

7.09

7.45

7.77

8.06

8.34

8.58

8.75

8.86

8.93
TABLES

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

07289350, Big Black River at West, Miss.

195

DATE

04r01

04-01

04-02

04-02

04-02

04-03

04-03

04-03

04-03

04-04

04-04

04-05

04-05

04-06

04-06

04-06

04-07

04-08

04-09

04-10

04-11

04-12

04-12

04-12

TIME

0100

24OO

1200

1300

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

1400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

0300

0600

1200

GAGE 

HEIGHT

7.58

8.25

10.57

12.43

13.45

14.28

14.77

15.06

15.35

15.91

16.41

16.97

17.36

17.47

17.49

17.48

17.09

16.70

16.23

15.11

14.50

15.91

17.35

18.44

DISCHARGE

798

928

1,440

1,920

2,220

2,470

2,630

2,730

2,850

3,070

3,330

3,730

4,230

4,420

4,450

4,440

3,850

3,520

3,230

2,750

2,540

3,070

4,210

6,850

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

O.OO

0.03

0.05

0.06

0.03

0.11

0.13

O.16

0. 13

0.24

0.30

0.36

0.44

0.52

0.54

O.61

0.76

O.90

1.03

1.14

1.24

1.25

1.27

1.32

DATE

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-14

04-14

O4-14

04-14

04-15

04-15

04-16

04-17

04-18

04-19

04-20

04-20

04-21

04-21

04-22

04-22

TIME

1500

1800

2400

0600

1200

1600

1800

2030

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

20.20

21.68

23.12

23.89

24.21

24.27

24.27

24.20

24.14

23.79

23.42

23.08

22.71

21.93

20.99

19.53

18.38

17.20

15.83

14.26

11.39

8.76

7.72

7.27

7.22

DISCHARGE

13,800

22, 600

35, 200

43, 500

47, 200

48, 000

48, 000

45, 400

46, 400

42, 400

38, 300

34, 800

31, 100

24, 400

18,000

10,700

6,670

3,970

3,040

2,460

1,620

990

781

696

687

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

1.37

1.46

1.73

2. 10

2.53

2.83

2.93

3.17

3.42

3.34

4.22

4.56

4.87

5.40

5.30

6.34

6.67

6.87

7.00

7.05

7.09

7.12

7.13

7.15

7.16
196 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE l. Gage height, discharge, and accumulated runoff, flood of April 1979 Continued 

07290000, Big Black River near Bovina, Miss.

DATE

04-02

04-03

04-03

04-04

04-04

04-05

04-05

04-06

04-07

04-08

04-09

04-09

04-10

04-11

04-11

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-12

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-13

04-14

04-14

04-14

04-14

04-15

04-15

04-15

04-15

TIME

24OO

120O

2400

1200

2400

O6OO

2400

2400

2400

2400

1200

2400

2400

1200

2400

0600

1200

1800

2400

0600

1200

1800

24OO

0600

1200

1800

2400

06OO

120O

1800

24OO

GAGE 

HEIGHT

15.13

15.77

18.30

22.10

23.06

23. 12

22.87

22.46

21.93

22. 10

23.47

24.06

24.66

24.95

26.72

28.59

29.88

32.84

34.10

34.64

35.28

35.80

36.65

37.69

38.42

38.85

39.25

39.53

39.79

40. 04

4O.25

DISCHARGE

3,580

3,890

5, 150

7,310

7,890

7,920

7,770

7,530

7,210

7,310

8, 130

8,490

8,850

9,020

10, 100

1 1 , 300

12,400

16, 200

18, 500

19, 600

21, 100

22, 500

25, 100

29, 400

38, 700

47, 3OO

55, 300

61, 100

66, 600

71,90O

76, 500

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

0.00

0.02

0.05

O.O9

0. 14

0. 17

0.25

0.35

0.44

0.54

0.59

0.65

0.76

0.32

0.83

0.92

0.96

1.01

1.06

1. 13

1. 19

1.27

1.34

1.43

1.55

1.69

1.36

2.05

2.26

2.49

2.74

DATE

O4-16

04-16

04-16

04-16

04-17

04-17

04-17

O4-17

04-18

04-18

04-19

04-19

04-20

04-21

04-22

04-23

04-24

04-24

04-25

04-25

04-26

04-26

04-27

04-27

04-28

04-28

04-29

04-29

O4-3O

04-30

TIME

060O

12OO

19OO

24OO

0600

1100

1800

2400

1200

2400

12OO

24OO

24OO

2400

2400

24OO

1200

24OO

12OO

2400

1200

2400

12OO

2400

120O

240O

12OO

240O

120O

2400

GAGE 

HEIGHT

4O.42

40.50

40.56

40.51

4O.52

40.44

40.32

40.23

39.97

39.67

39.33

38.97

38.32

37.48

36.33

35. 03

34.23

33.37

32.59

31.89

31.23

30.60

29.95

29.26

28.56

27.74

26.32

23.13

18.99

15.79

DISCHARGE

80, 20O

82, OOO

83, 300

82, 200

82, 400

80, 70O

78, OOO

76, 1OO

7O, 4OO

64, 100

56, 900

49, 700

36, 9OO

28, 4OO

24, OOO

20, 500

18,800

17, 100

15,800

14,700

13, 8OO

13, 100

12, 5OO

1 1 , 8OO

11,30O

10, 700

9,760

7,770

5,240

3,580

ACCUMULATED 

RUNOFF

3.00

3.27

3.53

3.81

4.09

4.31

4.62

4.87

5.36

5.80

6.20

6.55

7. 13

7.56

7.91

8.20

8.33

8.45

8.56

8.66

8.75

8.84

8.93

9.01

9.09

9. 16

9.23

9.28

9.33

9.36
TABLES 197 

TABLE 8. Ground-water levels in selected observation wells showing effects of flood of April 1979 in Alabama and Mississippi

Sice 

Number

1W

2W

3W

5W

6W 

7W

8W

9W

11W

12W

15W

Location and Well Number

Bibb County, AL 325622087075501

Elmore County, AL 323757086013901

Greene County, AL 325005087532001

Hale County, AL 324205087352801

Jefferson County, AL 

332605086523001

Marengo County, AL 

323055087504101

Pickens County, AL 

330116088113101

P tokens County, AL 

330117088180301

Sumter County, AL 325212088121601 '

Sumter County, AL 325215088111301

Noxubee County, Miss, (near 

Pickensville, AL) 331426088192202

Cased Depth 

(feet)

80

63

395

258

68 

860

71

117

370

350

20

Well Depth 

(feet)

404

402

407

278

140 

900

91

137

390

370

30

Formation and 

Lithology

1 

Cambrian and Ordovician 

(dolomite)

Augen gniess 

(metamorphic rocks)

Eutaw Formation (sand)

Eutaw Formation (sand)

Bang or Limestone 

(limestone) 

Eutaw Formation (sand)

Eutaw Formation (sand)

Eutaw Formation (sand)

Eutaw Formation (sand)

Eutaw Formation (sand)

Alluvial Deposits 

(sand and gravel)

Factors influencing 

ground-water condition;

Infiltration and 

loading from 

Cahaba River

Local precipitation

Local precipitation

Local precipitation

Local precipitation

Loading from 

Tombigbee River

Loading from 

Tombigbee River

Loading from 

Tombigbee River

Loading from 

Torvbigbee River, 

1 .35 miles west of 

River

Loading from 

Tcmbigbec River, 

0.35 mile west of 

River

Local precipitation 

and recharge from 

Tombigbee River
198 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 8. Ground-water levels, flood of April 1979 Continued 

Site 1W (325622087075501), Well at Centreville, Ala (Centreville Gin & Cotton Co.)

[Water level, in feet, below land-surface datum at indicated time. 1979]

Date

2-28

3- 1

3- 1

3- 2

3- 2

3- 3

3- 3

3- 4

3- 4

3- 5

3r 5

3- 6

3- 6

3- 7

3- 7

3- 8

3- 8

3- 9

3- 9

3-10

3-10

3-11

3-11

3-12

3-12

3-13

3-13

3-14

3-14

3-15

3-15

Time

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

Water level 

(feet)

26.01

26.24

26.37

26.49

26.54

26.56

25.18

23.25

22.39

22.12

22.07

22.20

22.80

23.48

24.03

24.48

24.85

25.11

25.35

25.54

25.72

25.86

25.95

26.05

26.14

26.23

26.31

26.45

26.58

26.67

26.72

Date

3-16

3-17

3-18

3-19

3-20.

3-21

3-22

3-23

3-23

3-24

3-24

3-25

3-25

3-26

3-27

3-28

3-29

3-30

3-31

4- 1

4- 2

4- 2

4- 3

4- 3

4- 4

4- 4

Time

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

Nater level 

(feet)

26.83

26.91

26.98

27.06

27.16

27.26

27.23

26.96

26.63

26.39

26.39

26.46

26.63

26.84

26.98

27.11

27.19

27.28

27.33

27.30

27.36

27.26

26.42

24.85

24.02

23.43

Date

4- 5

4- 5

4- 6

4- 6

4- 7

4- 8

4- 9

4-10

4-11

4-12

4-12

4-13

4-13

4-14

4-14

4-14

4-15

4-15

4-16

4-16

4-17

4-17

4-18

4-19

4-20

4-21

4-22

1 

Time

1200

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2000

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

Water level 

(feet)

23.44

23.71

24.15

24.51

25.00

25.16

25.26

25.49

25.75

25.81

23.90

22.04

21.04

20.56

20.42

20.44

20.51

20.66

2;. 20

22.02

22.77

23.19

23.78

24.21

24.55

24.84

25.02

Water level 

Date Time (feet)

4-23 2400 25.13

4-24 2400 25.22

4-25 2400 25.14

4-26 2400 24.35

4-27 2400 23.73

4-28 2400 23.92

4-29 2400 24.41

4-30 2400 24.76
TABLES

TABLE 8. Ground-water levels, flood of April 1979 Continued 

Site 2W (323757086013901), Well at Elmore County High School, Eclectic, Ala

[Water levels, in feet, below land surface datum (altitude 557.5 feet) at indicated time]

199

Date

2-28

3- 1

3- 2

3- 3

3- 4

3- 5

3- 6

3- 7

3- 8

3- 9

3-10

3-11

3-12

3-13

3-14

Water level 

Time (feet)

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

8.20

8.18

8. IS

8.02

7.97

7.95

7.92

7.91

7.97

7.98

7.97

7.97

7.96

7.94

7.97

Date

3-15

3-16

3-17

3-18

3-19

3-20

3-21

3-22

3-23

3-24

3-25

3-26

3-27

3-28

3-29

Water level 

Time (feet)

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

7.96

7.96

7.94

7.92

7.94

7.95

7.98

8.00

7.94

7.97

8.02

8.04

8.04

8.04

8.02

Date

3-30

3-31

4- 1

4- 2

4- 3

4- 4

4- 5

4- 6

4- 7

4- 8

4- 9

4-10

4-11

4-12

4-13

Water level 

Time (feet)

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

8.01

8.00

7.99

8.02

7.81

7.70

7.73

7.72

7.70

7.61

7.64

7.64

7.64

7.59

7.41

Date

4-14

4-15

4-16

4-17

4-18

4-19

4-20

4-21

4-22

4-23

4-24

4-25

4-26

4-27

4-28

4-29

4-30

Water level 

Time (feet)

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2460

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

7.37

7.34

7. 35

7.37

7.39

7.42

7.47

7.51

7.55

7.57

7.51

7.28

7.23

7.21

7.21

7.21

7.23
200 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 8. Ground-water levels, flood of April 1979 Continued 

Site 3W (325005087532001), Well at Eutaw, Ala (Greene County warehouse)

[Water level, in feet, below land-aurface datum (altitude 110.1 feet NGVD) at indicated time]

Date

2-28

3-1

3-2

3-2

3-3

~3-4

3-5

3-6

3-7

3-8

3-9

3-10

3-11

3-11

3-12

3-13

3-14

Time

2400

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

2400

0500

2400

2400

2400

2400

Water level 

(feet)

44.12

44.08

44.07

44.08

43.91

43.81

43.83

43.84

43.80

43.73

43.72

43.69

43.68

43.63

43.58

43.54

43.51

Date

3-15

3-16

3-17

3-18

3-19

3-20

3-21

3-22

3-23

3-24

3-25

3-26

3-27

3-28

3-29

3-30

Time

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

Water level 

(feet)

43.53

43.58

43.60

43.62

43.66

43.72

43.73

43.66

43.58

43.57

43.57

43.63

43.65

43.67

43.70

43.74

Date

3-31

4-1

4-2

4-3

4-4

4-5

4-6

4-7

4-8

4-9

4-10

4-11

4-12

4-12

4-13

4-13

4-14

Time

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

-2400

0700

2400

1400

2400

2400

Water level 

(feet)

43.71

43.63

43.63

44.05

44.18

44.19

44.14

44.00

43.77

43.69

43.69

43.74

43.76

43.73

43.59

43.61

43.67

Date

4-15

4-16

4-17

4-18

4-18

4-19

4-20

4-21

4-22

4-23

4-24

4-25

4-26

4-27

4-28

4-29

4-29

4-30

Time

2400

2400

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2noo

2400

2400

2400

0500

2400

2400

Water level 

(feet)

43.63

43.58

43.58

43.54

43.57

43.57

43.54

43.50

43.42

43.38

43.39

43.38

43.37

43.40

43.40

43.44

43.42

43.42
TABLES

TABLE 8. Ground-water levels, flood of April 1979 Continued 

Site 5W (324205087352801), Well at City of Greensboro, Ala

[Water level, in feet, below land-surface datum (altitude 257 feet) at indicated time]

201

Date

2-28

3- 1

3- 2

3- 3

3- 4

3- S

3- 6

3- 7

3- 8

3- 9

3-10

3-11

3-12

3-13

3-14

3-15

Time

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

Water level

-.tfssJL...

56.13

56.12

56.11

56.09

56.06

56.04

56.02

55.99

55.97

55.95

55.94

55.93

55.93

55.91

55.91

55.91

Date

3-16

3-17

3-18

3-19

3-20

3-21

3-22

3-23

3-24

3-25

3-26

3-27

3-28

3-29

3-30

3-31

Time

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

Water level

..iftssi....

55.91

55.91

55.91

55.91

55.90

55.90

55.90

55.88

55.88

55.87

55.87

55.88

55.88

55.88

55.89

55.89

Date

4- 1

4- 2

4- 3

4- 4

4- 5

4- 6

4- 7

4- 8

4- 9

4-10

4-11

4-12

4-13

4-14

4-15

Time

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

Water level 

..JftSSl. 

55.89

55.89

55.88

55.86

55.85

55.85

55.84

55.83

55.81

55.80

55.78

55.77

55.74

55.72

55.71

Date

4-16

4-17'

4-18

4-19

4-20

4-21

4-22

4-23

4-24

4-25

4-26

4-27

4-28

4-29

4-30

Time

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

Water level 

..IftSSl...

55.70

55.68

55.67

55.66

55.66

55.65

55.65

55.65

55.64

55.64

55.63

55.62

55.61

55.61

55.61
202 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 8. Ground-water levels, flood of April 1979 Continued 

Site 6W (332605086523001), Well near Oxmoor, Ala (at County Road 42)

[Water level, in feet, below land-surface datum at indicated time]

Water level Water level Water level Water level

Date _ Time ___ Ifeet} _____ Date _ Time ___ {feet} _____ Date _ Time ___ ifeet} _____ Date _ Time ___ ifeet} _

2-28

3- 1

3- 1

3- 2

3- 2

3- 3

3- 3

3- 4

3- 4

3- 5

3- 5

3- 6

3- 6

3- 7

3- 7

3- 8

3- 8

3- 9

3- 9

3-10

3-10

3-U

3-11

3-12

3-12

3-13

3-13

3-14

3-14

3-1S

3-1S

2400

0100

0700

1100

2000

0100

1200

1SOO

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

1600

0300

2400

0100

1100

0400

2300

0300

2400

OSOO

2400

1100

1800

OSOO

2400

0100

2400

17.26

17.29

17.08

17.18

17.04

17.05

14.83

14.53

14.97

IS. 01

15.30

15.30

15.22

15.21

15.11

IS. IS

IS. 43

15.42

IS. SI

15.47

15.56

IS. S3

15.69

15.64

IS. 75

15.78

15.69

15.72

16.00

16.01

16.17

3-16

3-16

3-17

3-17

3-18

3-18

3-19

3-19

3-20

3-20

3-21

3-21

3-22

3-22

3-23

3-23

3-24

3-24

3-25

3-2S

3-26

3-26

3-27

3-27

3-28

3-28

3-29

3-29

3-30

3-30

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2200

0100

1SOO

0200

2400

0400

2400

0400

2400

0300

2400

0400

2400

0500

2400

0500

2400

16.18

16.31

16.33

16.43

16.43

16.51

16.53

16.68

16.69

16.85

16.86

17.05

17.05

17.18

17.16

16.92

IV. 06

17.29

17.27

17.59

17.58

17.80

17.77

17.94

17.93

18.08

18.08

18.21

18.21

18.35

3-31

3-31

4- 1

4- 1

4- 2

4- 2

4- 3

4- 3

4- 4

4- 4

4- 5

4- 5

4- 6

4- 6

4- 7

4- 7

4- 8

4- 8

4- 9

4- 9

4-10

4-10

4-11

4-11

4-12

4-12

4-13

4-13

4-14

4-14

4-1S

4-15

0300

1300

1100

1900

1300

2400

0100

2400

0100

0900

1000

2400

1100

2400

0100

2400

0100

2400

0400

2400

0300

1100

1100

1800

0800

2400

0100

1100

0300

2400

0100

2400

18.36

18.48

18.45

18.39

18.56

18.35

18.24

17.31

17.29

16.07

16.26

16.19

16.19

16.10

16.09

15.88

15.87

15.47

15.39

15.58

IS.SS

15.64

15.63

15.52

15.66

13.63

13.51

12.57

12.67

13.27

13.28

13.43

4-16

4-16

4-17

4-17

4-18

4-18

4-19

4-19

4-20

4-20

4-21

4-21

4-22

4-22

4-23

4-23

4-24

4-24

4-25

4-25

4-26

4-26

4-27

4-27

4-28

4-28

4-29

4-29

4-30

4-30

0100

2400

0100

1300

0100

1200

0100

2400

0300

2400

0200

2400

0300

2200

0400

2400

0300

2400

0100

2400

0100

2100

1200

1800

0500

1200

1300

2100

1400

2000

13.44

13.55

13.56

13.65

13.65

13.73

13.72

13.79

13.77

-13.89

13.88

14.04

14.03

14.12

14.08

14.23

14.20

14.29

14.29

13.93

13.90

13.36

13.47

13.39

13.44

13.52

13.54

13.46

13.55

13.50
TABLES

TABLE 8. Ground-water levels, flood of April 1979 Continued 

Site 7W (323055087504101), Well at J. C. Webb Compress Co., Demopolis, Ala

[Water level, in feet, below land-surface datum (altitude 110 feet) at indicated time]

203

Date

2-28

3- 1 

3- 1

3- 2

3- 3

3- 4

3- 5

3- 6

3- 7

3- 8

3- 9

3-10

3-11

3-12

3-13

3-14

3-15

! 

Ti.e

2400

1200 

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

Water level 

(feet)

14.67

14.81 

15.02

15.26

15.33

15.05

14.46

14.19

13.70

13.40

13.36

13.61

13.93

14.31

14.79

15.37

15.46

Date

3-16 

3-16

3-17

3-18

3-19

3-20

3-21

3-22

3-23

3-24 

3-24

3-25 

3-25

3-26

3-27

3-28

3-29

3-30

! 

Ti.e

1200 

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

1600 

2400

1200 

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

Water level 

(feet)

15.41 

15.36

15.38

15.13

14.89

14.75

14.65

14.65

14.41

14.41 

14.54

14.58 

14.49

14.28

14.27

14.61

15.01

15.07

Date

3-31

4- 1

4- 2

4- 3

4- 4

4- 5

4- 6

4- 7

4- 8

4- 9

4-10

4-11

4-12

4-13

4-14

4-15

4-16

1 

Tine

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

Water level 

(feet)

14.88

14.63

14.41

14.04

13.92

14.31

14.12

14.03

14.00

14.12

14.18

14.38

13.89

13.43

12.67

11.78

10.14

Date

4-17

4-18 

4-18

4-19

4-20 

4-20

4-21 

4-21

4-22

4-23

4-24

4-25

4-26

4-27

4-28

4-29

4-30

1 

Time

2400

1200 

2400

2400

0300 

2400

1200 

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

tfater level 

(feet)

8.34

7.95 

7.68

7.58

7.57 

7.76

7.95 

8.16

8.70

9.96

11.42

12.23

12.61

12.73

13.07

13.10

13.53
204 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 8. Ground-water levels, flood of April 1979 Continued

Site 8W (330116088113101) (USCOE), Well on Tombigbee River approximately halfway between Aliceville and Gainesville lock and dam at

river mile 259.2 above mouth of Tombigbee River

[Water level, in feet, below land-surface datum (135.6 feet NGVD) at indicated time]

Date

2-28

3-1

3-2

3-3

3-4

3-5

3-6

3-7

3-7

3-7

3-8

3-9

3-10

3-11

3-12

3-13

3-14

Time

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

0300

1800

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

Water level 

(feet)

17.36

17.34

17.36

17.04

16.78

16.49

16.40

16.39

16.39

16.41

16.47

16.59

16.73

16.91

17.09

17.24

17.37

Date

3-15

3-16

3-17

3-18

3-19

3-20

3-21

3-22

3-23

3-23

3-24

3-25

3-26

3-27

3-28

3-29

Time

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

1300

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

Water level 

(feet)

17.42

17.42

17.42

17.44

17.44

17.43

17.42

17.36

17.31

17.33

17.30

17.29

17.27

17.28

17.31

17.36

Date

3-30

3-31

4-1

4-2

4-3

4.4

4-5

4-6

4-7

4-8

4-9

4-10

4-11

4-12

4-13

4-14

Time

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

.2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

Water level 

(feet)

17.34

17.32

17.32

17.23

17.14

17.06

16.99

16.95

16.90

16.77

16.80

16.84

16.89

16.16

14.80

14.21

Date

4-15

4-16

4-17

4-18

4-19

4-20

4-21

4-22

4-23

4-24

4-25

4-26

4-27

4-28

4-29

4-30

Time

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

24t)0

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

Water level 

(feet)

14.02

13.96

14.00

14.13

14.34

14.62

15.03

15.57

15.93

16.18

16.29

16.34

16.40

16.46

16.49

16.53
TABLES 205

TABLE 8. Ground-water levels, flood of April 1979 Continued

Site 9W (330117088180301), Well 0.7 mile west of Tombigbee River, 3.5 miles southwest of Pickensville at river mile 286.0 above mouth of

Tombigbee River

[Water level in feet, below land-surface datum (139.80 feet NGVD) at indicated time]

Date

3-21

3-22

3r23

3-24

3-25

3-26

3-27

3-28

3-29

3-30

3-31

4-1

Water level 

Time (feet)

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

4.08

4.01

4.02

4.04

4.05

4.09

4.10

4.11

4.12

4.11

4.12

4.11

Date

4-2

4-3

4-4

4-5

4-6

4-7

4-8

4-9

4-10

4-11

4-12

4-12

Water level 

Time (feet)

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

0600

1200

4.06

3.96

3.99

4,03

4.04

4.04

3.90

3.94

3.96

3.97

3.81

3.51

Date

4-12

4-12

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-14

4-14

4-15

4-15

4-16

4-17

4-18

Water level 

Time (feet)

1800

2400

0600

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

2400

2.92

3.04

2.77

2.21

1.44

1.13

1.06

1.05

1.15

1.55

2.09

2.67

Date

4-19

4-20

4-21

4-22

4-23

4-25

4-26

4-27

4-28

4-29

4-30

Water level 

Time (feet)

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

3.25

3.59

3.68

3.68

3.68

3.66

3.64

3.67

3.69

3.72

3.75
206 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 8. Ground-water levels, flood of April 1979 Continued

Site 11W (325212088121601), Well 1.35 miles west of Tombigbee River, 4.2 miles northwest of Gainesville at river mile 240.9 above mouth of

Tombigbee River

[Water level, in feet, below land-surface datum (140.6 feet) at indicated time]

Date

2-28

3-1

3-2

3-3

3-3

3-3

3-4

3-5

3-6

3-7

3-8

3-9

3-10

3-11

3-12

3-13

3-13

Water level 

Time (feet)

2400

2400

2400

1200

2000

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

1900

2400

14.55

14.54

14.51

14.40

14.25

14.35

14.44

14.43

14.37

14.32

14.31 ,

14.29

14.27

14.27

14.24

14.20

14.22

Date

3-14

3-15

3-16

3-17

3-18

3-19

3-20

3-21

3-22

3-23

3-23

3-24

3-25

3-26

3-27

3-28

3-29

Water level 

Time (feet)

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

0300

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

14.27

14.30

14.31

14.30

14.30

14.30

14.30

14.32

14.24

14.19

14.26

14.30

14.35

14.38

14.40

14.42

14.42

Date

3-30

3-31

4-1

4-2

4-3

4-4

4-5

4-6

4-7

4-8

4-9

4-10

4-11

4-12

4-12

4-13

4-14

Water level 

Time (feet)

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

 '2400

2400

1800

2400

2400

2400

14.45

14.39

14.40

14.32

14.36

14.40

14.45

14.45

14.42

14.31

14.36

14.36

14.36

14.01

14.17

14.13

13.89

Date

4-15

4-16

4-17

4-18

4-19

4-20

4-21

4-22

4-23

4-24

4-25

4-26

4-27

4-28

4-29

4-30

Water level 

Time (feet)

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2*00

2400

2400

2400

2400

13.62

13.55

13.56

13.57

13.58

13.59

13.60

13.60

13.64

13.63

13.62

13.68

13.75

13.83

13.88

13.94
TABLES 207

TABLE 8. Ground-water levels, flood of April 1979 Continued

Site 12W (325215088111301), Well 0.35 mile west of Tombigbee River, 3.7 miles northwest of Gainesville at river mile 240.9 above mouth of

Tombigbee River

[Water level, in feet, below land-surface datum (162.82 feet, NGVD) at indicated time]

Date

2-28

3-1

3-2

3-3

3-4

3-5

3-6

3-7

3-8

3-9

3-10

3-11

3-12

3-13

3-14

3-15

3-16

3-17

Water level 

Time (feet)

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

37.42

37.43

37.42

37.25

37.33

37.32

37.27

37.23

37.30

37.33

37.34

37.34

37.36

37.36

37.43

37.43

37.42

37.41

Date

3-18

3-19

3-20

3-21

3-22

3-23

3-24

3-25

3-26

3-27

3-28

3-29

3-30

3-31

4-1

4-2

4-3

4-3

Water level 

Time (feet)

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

1900

2400

37.41

37.40

37.40

37.39

37.31

37.31

37.35

37.41

37.44

37.46

37.48

37.47

37.46

37.38

37.36

37.28

37.31

37.25

Date

4-4

4-5

4-6

4-7

4-8

4-9

4-10

4-11

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-13

4-13

4-14

4-14

4-15

4-15

Water level 

Time (feet)

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

0700

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

1200

2400

37.32

37.35

37.38

37.36

37.24

37.29

37.30

37.32

37.32

37.21

37.14

36.98

36.82

36.62

36.34

36.11

35.90

Date

4-16

4-17

4-17

4-18

4-19

4-20

4-21

4-22

4-23

4-24

4-25

4-26

4-27

4-28

4-29

4-30

Time

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2.400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

Water level 

(feet)

35.66

35.62

35.59

35.62

35.73

35.89

36.11

36.30

36.47

36.57

36.62

36.72

36.80

36.87

36.93

36.97
208 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 8. Ground-water levels, flood of April 1979 Continued

Site 15W (331426088192202), Well 3.4 miles west of Pickensville, Ala (Noxubee County, Miss.) at river mile 292.0 above mouth of Tombigbee

River

[Water level, in feet, below land-surface datum (146.64 feet) at indicated time]

Date

2-28

3-1

3-2

3-3

3-4

3-4

3-S

3-6

3-7

3-8

3-9

3-10

3-11

3-12

3-13

3-14

3-15

3-16

3-17

Water level 

Time (feet)

2400

2400

2400

2400

1700

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

4.30

4.20

4.17

3.17

3.05

3.08

3.19

3.30

3.43

3. 56

3.66

3.72

3.79

3.86

3.93

4.04

4.11

4.18

4.26

Date

3-18

3-19

3-20

3-21

3-22

3-22

3-23

3-23

3-24

3-25

3-26

3-27

3-28

3-29

3-30

3-31

4-1

4-2

 1-.1

Water level 

Time (feet)

2400

2400

2400

2400

2100

2400

0200

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

4.32

4.39

4.46

4.52

4.57

4.52

4.50

4.56

4.61

4.67

4.72

4.77

4.82

4.86

4.92

4.95

4.98

5.01

4.85

Date

4-4

4-5

4-6

4-7

4-8

4-9

4-10

4-11

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-12

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

4-13

Water level 

Time (feet)

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

0500

1200

1800

240*0

0600

0800

1000

1200

1800

2400

4.63

4.56

4.56

4.58

4.51

4.50

4.49

4.54

4.57

4.00

1.68

1.03

0.89

0.52

0.71

0.82

1.04

1.15

Date

4-14

4-14

4-15

4-15

4-16

4-17

4-18

4-19

4-20

4-21

4-22

4-23

4-24

4-25

4-26

4-27

4-28

4-29

4-30

Water level 

Time (feet)

1200

2400

1200

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

2400

1.29

1.44

1.57

1.70

1.93

2.19

2.44

2.66

2.84

3.01

3.13

3.26

3.35

3.45

3.58

3.70

3.81

3.92

4.03
TABLES 209

TABLE 9. Specific conductance and temperature of samples at selected sites along the Intracoastal Waterway at the mouth of Mobile Bay,

April 28-29, 1979

Station 

number

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

9

9

Location

Marker 18 in Bon Secour

River near Mimi 's

Restaurant

Post with staff gage in

Bon Secour River out

from lower end of boat

dock on right bank

Buoy 136 on Intracoastal

Waterway

State Hwy. 59 crossing

Intracoastal Waterway

Buoy 147 on Intracoastal Waterway

Buoy 159 on Intracoastal

Waterway Mobile Bay

Buoy 167 on Intracoastal

Waterway--Mobi le Bay

Buoy 175 on Intracoastal

Waterway Mobile Bay

Buoy 183 on Intracoastal

Waterway Mobile Bay

Date 

1979

April 28

April 28

April 28

April 28

April 28

April 28

April 28

Apri 1 28

April 28

April 28

April 28

April 29

Time 

(hours)

1510

1500

1420

1350

1320

1300

1255

0915

1245

0950

1235

1120

Weather 

conditions

Calm, warm,

clear

Calm, warm,

clear

Calm, clear,

warm

Calm, warm,

clear

Calm, warm,

clear

Calm, warm

clear

Calm, warm,

clear

Calm, warm,

clear

Calm, warm

clear

Calm, warm,

clear

Calm, warm,

clear

Windy, cool ,

cloudy

Depth 

(feet)

Surface

5

6

Surface

5

Surface

5

10

12

Surface

5

10

12

Surface

5

10

14

Surface

5

10

Surface

5

6

Surface

5

10

14

Surface

5

8

Surface

5

10

12

Surface

5

8

Surface

5

10

13

Specific 

conductance 

(micromhos per 

centimeter)

2,400

2,600

2,600

2,700

2,900

3,200

3,200

3,200

3,200

3,000

3,000

3,000

3,000

3,200

3,200

3,200

3,200

2,900

2,900

3,000

2,800

2.8PO

2,850

1,700

1,700

1,750

1,800

1,700

1,750

1,750

1,350

1,350

1,400

1,400

1,500

1,500

1,500

2,400

2,450

2,400

2,400

Water 

temperature 

(degrees 

Celsius)

23.5

21.5

21.5

22.5

21.5

22.5

22.0

22.0

21.5

22.0

22.0

22.0

22.0

22.5

21.5

21.5

21.5

21.5

21.5

21.0

21.5

21.5

21.5

21.5

20.5

20.5

20.5

21.0

21.0

21.0

21.0

20.5

20.5

20.5

21.0

21.0

21.0

20.5

21.0

21.0

21.0
210 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA

TABLE 9. Specific conductance and temperature of samples at selected sites along the Intracoastal Waterway at the mouth of Mobile Bay,

April 28-29, 1979-Continued

Station 

number

in

11

11

12

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

Location

Buoy 191 on Intracoastal

Waterway --Mobile Bay

Buoy 195 on Intracoastal

Waterway Mobile Bay

Buoy 205 on Intracoastal

Waterway Mobile Bay

Buoy 215 on Intracoastal

Waterway Mobile Bay

Buoy 223 on Intracoastal

Waterway Mobile Bay

Buoy 231 on Intracoastal

Waterway Mobile Bay

Between tower (oil

derrick) at Dauphin

Island and tower at Fort

Morgan on Intracoastal

Waterway Mobile Bay

2.2 Miles north of

Buoy 205 on Intracoastal

Waterway Mobile Bay

2.2 Miles south of

Buoy 205 on Intracoastal

Waterway Mobile Bay

Pate 

1979

April 28

April 28

Apri 1 29

April 28

April 29

April 28

April 28

April 28

April 28

Apri 1 29

April 29

Time 

(hours)

1225

1010

1030

1020

0945

1030

1045

1055

1120

0955

1015

Weather 

conditions

Calm, warm,

clear

Calm, warm,

clear

Windy, cool ,

cloudy

Calm, warm,

clear

Windy, cool ,

cloudy

Calm, warm,

clear

Calm, warm,

clear

Little windy,

warm, clear

Little windy,

warm, clear

Windy, cool ,

cloudy

Windy, cool ,

cloudy

Depth 

(feet)

Surface

5

8

Surface

5

10

12

Surface

5

10

14

Surface

5

10

11

Surface

5

10

14

Surface

5

10

12

Surface

5

10

13

Surface

5

10

14

Surface

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

Surface

5

10

11

Surface

5

10

Specific 

conductance 

(micromhos per 

centimeter)

1,300

1,300

1,300

1,550

1,500

1,600

1,600

1,400

1,400

1,400

1,400

200

200

200

200

1,800

1,800

1,800

1,800

500

500

600

600

400

400

500

600

250

250

300

300

300

300

300

2,000

40,000

41,000

43,000

45,000

150

150

150

150

2,200

2,200

2,250

Water 

temperature 

(degrees 

Celsius)

21.0

21.0

21.0

20.5

20.5

20.0

20.0

20.5

20.5

20.0

20.0

20.5

20.5

20.0

20.0

20.5

20.5

20.5

20.5

20.5

20.5

20.0

20.0

21.0

20.5

20.5

20.0

20.5

20.5

20.0

20.0

20.0

20.0

20.0

19.5

20.5

20.5

20.5

20.5

19.5

19.5

19.5

19.5

20.0

20.0

20.0
TABLES 211

TABLE 9. Specific conductance and temperature of samples at selected sites along the Intracoastal Waterway at the mouth of Mobile Bay,

April 28-29, 1979 Continued

Station 

number

19

20

21

22

Location

2.2 Miles north of Buoy

195 on Intracoastal

Waterway Mobile Bay

2.4 Miles south of Buoy

195 on Intracoastal

Waterway Mobile Bay

2.2 Miles north of

Buoy 183 on Intracoastal

Waterway Mobile Bay

2.1 Miles south of

Buoy 183 on Intracoastal

Waterway Mobile Bay

Date 

1979

April ?9

April 29

April 29

April 29

Time 

(hours)

1040

1055

1130

1145

Weather 

conditions

Windy, cool ,

cloudy

Windy, cool ,

cloudy

Windy, cool ,

cloudy

Windy, cool ,

cloudy

Depth 

(feet)

Surface

5

10

Surface

5

9

Surface

5

10

Surface

5

8

Specific 

conductance 

(micromhos per 

centimeter)

200

250

250

1,300

1,300

1,300

500

550

550

2,150

2,200

2,150

Water 

temperature 

(degrees 

Celsius)

20.0

20.0

20.0

20.0

20.0

20.0

21.0

20.5

20.5

20.5

20.5

20.0
212 FLOODS OF APRIL 1979, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA, AND GEORGIA 

TABLE 10. Aerial photographs obtained at or near the crest of the flood, April 1979

Flight line

number 

in figure 47 Stream and location

Date 

April 

1979

Flight 

height 

(feet)

I/Type 

or 

film

MOBILE RIVER BASIN 

Black foarrior River Basin

1-2 Black Warrior River, Oliver Lock and Dam 

at Tuscaloosa to Interstate Highway 59 

at Fosters 14 3,000 B/W

TOMBIGBEE RIVER BASIN 

3-4 Tombigbee River, Cochrane to Epes

5-6 Noxubee River, Ala.-Miss. State li#e to 

mouth at Tombigbee River

7-19 Demopolis, confluence of Black foarrior and 

and Tombigbee Rivers

ALABAMA RIVER BASIN

20-21 Alabama River, confluence of the Coosa 

and Tallapoosa Rivers to Jones Bluff 

Lock and Dam

22-31 Alabama River, Jones Bluff Lock and Dam to 

mouth of Cahaba River

PEARL RIVER BASIN

32 Pearl River-Burnside (SR 15), Philadelphia 

(SR 19), Edinburg (SR 16), Carthage 

(SR 35), WLggins (SR 13)

33-35 Pearl River-Ross Barnett Reservoir to Byram

36-38 Pearl River-Ross Barnett Reservoir to Byram

39-40 Pearl River-Ross Barnett Reservoir to Byram

41 Pearl River-Byram, Rosemary, Moncure,

Gatesville, Hopewell (all county highways);

Georgetown (SR 28); Rockport (county

highway); Manilla (Illinois Central Railroad

and county highway); Monticello (U.S. 84) 19 6,000 B/W IR

16

16

18

16

18

14

16

17

17

6,000

6,000

6,000

8,500

6,000

6,000

5,000

3,000

12,000

B/W

B/W

B/W

B/W

B/W

B/W

B/W IR

B/W IR

B/W IR

I/ B/W denotes black and white film.

B/W IR denotes black and white infrared film.

*U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE:1986-491-409i40010