From Wed. Kingsport Times News...

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However, users of Fort Patrick Henry and Boone lakes will notice little if any difference.

The reason, Bowling and Knoxville-based TVA spokesman Gil Francis said during a Tuesday visit to the Tri-Cities, is that those lakes are not as deep as the others, and what water comes in flows out.

"What comes in goes out is essentially the way you run a Boone and East Pat,"? Bowling said.

Douglas, Cherokee, Watauga and South Holston, on the other hand, are much deeper with steeper shorelines.

South Holston is down 12 feet below normal, compared to Watauga at 7 feet down, Cherokee 13 feet down and Douglas 17 feet down. Fontana Lake, near Asheville, N.C., is down 26 feet. However, Bowling said all are down about the same amount of water, just in proportion to their shapes and depths. </div></div>

I guess that is why Ft Pat has been at the same level for at least the last four months.

IMO this guy is talking out of his ass. South Holston runs into Boone, which runs into Ft Pat, which pretty much runs into Cherokee.

So WTF are SH and Cherokee down so damned much but everyone's favorite pleasure lakes are pretty much right at full pool?