Kinzua Dam outflow raising the Allegheny
The Allegheny River is on its way up.
All that rain has to go somewhere.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced the increased outflow from Kinzua Dam on Wednesday.
According to a post on the Kinzua Dam’s Facebook page, outflow started the day at 3,600 cubic feet per second (CFS) and was increased incrementally up to 10,300 by 3 p.m.
According to U.S. Geological Survey data from a station in Warren, the river level rose nearly two feet throughout the course of the day on Wednesday.
The Weather Channel data indicates that 1.86 inches of precipitation has fallen in the last seven days while the average precipitation for the entire month of February is typically 2.76 inches.
A forecast from the U.S. Corps of Engineers through next Monday indicate that outflow will remain at 13,500 cfs from Thursday through Monday, which will drop the level of the Allegheny Reservoir by over five feet from 1,318.82 feet above sea level to 1,313.21 feet above sea level.






