Exit78 Photo of the Day #201 |
A couple of weeks ago, our area was in a moderate drought condition. Then it started raining. The weather system that brought the rain stalled out and kept pumping moist air from the gulf into the state – and it kept raining. By the time it was over, we had received about 23% of our average annual rainfall – in 8 days. The area was pretty soggy, with some areas actually flooded, like Prairie Creek and the Bona Dea trails area.
Flooded Prairie Creek and adjacent pastures and woods in the rain and fog, Russellville, Arkansas, February 24, 2018 (Apple iPhone 6s)
Prairie Creek drains most of Russellville, Arkansas, into the 186 acres of Bona Dea Trails and Sanctuary wetlands and wooded lowlands, which acts primarily as a temporary storage sump for the town’s storm water runoff. A pumping station sends the water through a dike into Lake Dardanelle. A good part of Bona Dea was flooded when this photo was taken.2
- Each photo in this series is an “original work” – a copyright term – of Michael Goad.
- US Army Corps of Engineers sign at Bona Dea
