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Spring snow melt feeds a spectacular Palouse Falls

By Annette Cary

acary@tricityherald.com
John Panther of Kennewick shared this photo of the water crashing over the Palouse Falls. The Palouse River gauge measured the water level at nearly 13.2 feet deep at Hooper above the falls last week. The river level has fallen to 10 feet at the gauge since then, but spring snow melt should bring the river level up to 11.2 feet by the end of the week. The record for the Hooper gauge is 19.1 feet.
John Panther of Kennewick shared this photo of the water crashing over the Palouse Falls. The Palouse River gauge measured the water level at nearly 13.2 feet deep at Hooper above the falls last week. The river level has fallen to 10 feet at the gauge since then, but spring snow melt should bring the river level up to 11.2 feet by the end of the week. The record for the Hooper gauge is 19.1 feet. Courtesy John Panther

Water from the spring snow melt was crashing over the Palouse Falls in Franklin County last week.

The Palouse River water level was measured at nearly 13.2 feet at the Hooper gauge above the falls.

The river level has fallen to 10 feet at the gauge since then, but more snow melt should bring the river level up to 11.2 feet by Thursday or Friday.

The record for the Hooper gauge is 19.1 feet.

This story was originally published March 25, 2017 at 3:38 PM with the headline "Spring snow melt feeds a spectacular Palouse Falls."

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