NIPSCO has lifted its Abnormal Low Flow (ALF) Watch. The 24-hour average flow rate at the Winamac USGS Gauge is above 300 cubic feet per second (cfs) and the hourly flow rate at the Oakdale USGS Gauge is greater than 500 cfs. The ALF event was not major. And thanks to NIPSCO’s dam operators, both Lakes’ levels did not go below their normal operational levels.
This season is an example of flooding in the Spring followed by drought in the late Summer. Just proves that nature is too complicated to be quantified by a simple formula.
