FLORENCE, Ala. — The Tennessee Valley Authority is spilling water at Wheeler Dam, Guntersville Dam, and four other facilities across the Tennessee River system following a week of unusually heavy precipitation that has caused higher-than-normal flows through the region’s reservoirs.
The area received twice the normal precipitation over the past week from a combination of snow, ice, and heavy rainfall, according to TVA officials. The elevated water levels have prompted the federal utility to use all available power generation capacity while also releasing water through spillways to safely manage flows through the river system.
Wheeler Dam, located on the Tennessee River in Lauderdale and Lawrence counties, is among six TVA facilities currently spilling water. Guntersville Dam is also releasing water. The others are Fort Loudoun, Chickamauga, Great Falls, and Kentucky dams…