Also, the drought has now been lowered to a more-favorable classification of "severe" for some parts of Bedford County, according to data provided by the United States Drought Monitor.

Last week, the county was lowered to the "extreme" drought category after months of an "exceptional" ranking.

Lake elevations recorded at 6 a.m. today indicted that the level of Normandy Lake was 868.32 feet above sea level.

Last Monday, the level was recorded at 862.18 feet, according to data supplied by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).

As of Friday at 6 a.m., the level was reported as 864 feet, which is the elevation for Normandy's winter pool, according to operating guidelines set down by TVA. By 1 p.m. of that day, the level rose over six inches, TVA's website reported.

However, to meet the reservoir's current operating target, there is still a little ways to go -- 1.68 feet. According to TVA, the lake should be at a level of 870 feet at this point of the year.

TVA reported 1.55 inches of rain fell at Normandy Dam on Friday, bringing the rainfall amount to 2.92 inches for the first week of April.

Early Friday morning, the National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning for Bedford and surrounding counties that lasted until Saturday morning, stating that as much as two inches had fallen Friday morning, with as much as four inches coming down in some areas on Thursday night.

As a result, runoff coming from Coffee County caused a drastic jump in the lake's level. While the outflow into the Duck River is kept at 40 cubic feet per second (cfs) by TVA, the inflow from area runoff was estimated to be as much as 2,820 cfs on Saturday.

Nearly all the runoff from tributaries in Bedford County goes to the Duck River.