Flint River caves

[a64pilot]

I'm not sure how as it hasn't rained in two months, but the river is up and the two caves I went to dive Sun have reversed, vis is about three ft. Didn't even enter the cave.

[RN]

The Flint is fed by the Tennessee River, which in turn is fed by the Ohio River. It would make sense that 2 weeks after the northeast was hit with the worst storm in their history there would be some rise in the river level as far south as the Flint.

[a64pilot]

That must be it then. Is there a way to find out the river level before you go? Some kind of web page maybe, like there is for buoys?

[FW]

That must be it then. Is there a way to find out the river level before you go? Some kind of web page maybe, like there is for buoys?

http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=ffc

[FW]

The Flint is fed by the Tennessee River, which in turn is fed by the Ohio River. It would make sense that 2 weeks after the northeast was hit with the worst storm in their history there would be some rise in the river level as far south as the Flint.

I am not so sure that is true, the Flint starts in the GA mountains. Water from the Tennessee river ends up in the Mississippi river, through the Ohio river.

[a64pilot]

I think the Flint starts in Atlanta as water seeping out of the ground, runs under a runway at Atl Hartsfield as a drainage ditch, joins up with a few creeks? That memory is real old so it may be some other creek or river I'm thinking about.

[FW]

I think the Flint starts in Atlanta as water seeping out of the ground, runs under a runway at Atl Hartsfield as a drainage ditch, joins up with a few creeks? That memory is real old so it may be some other creek or river I'm thinking about.

From the MOST reliable source of information, Wikipedia

"The Flint River rises in west central Georgia in the city of East Point in southern Fulton County on the southern outskirts of the Atlanta metropolitan area as ground seepage. The exact start can be traced to the field located between Plant Street, Willingham Drive, Elm Street, and Vesta Avenue. It then travels under the runways of the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.[2] Flowing generally south through rural western Georgia, the river passes through Sprewell Bluff State Park, approximately 10 miles (16 km) west of Thomaston...."

[WEPIV]

And I drive over it (and some near by creeks) everytime I drive up to Peachtree City going on 16 through Griffin and Senoia.

[Kelly Jessop]

I think the Flint starts in Atlanta as water seeping out of the ground, runs under a runway at Atl Hartsfield as a drainage ditch, joins up with a few creeks? That memory is real old so it may be some other creek or river I'm thinking about.

You are correct

[RN]

I am not so sure that is true, the Flint starts in the GA mountains. Water from the Tennessee river ends up in the Mississippi river, through the Ohio river.

I can't find my source for it now but I picked this up from a google search. Either case, local rain won't necessarily determine local river levels. I do use the website you linked frequently for all the rivers I dive. It's a great source. I usually log the river level so I can go back and review later if needed. Looks like the Flint has dropped back down a foot and a half since the weekend.