For immediate release: 7/03/08

Floodwater release bulletin

At 12:00 PM on Thursday, July 3:

• Grand Lake elevation was 749.05 feet.
  
• Grand Lake flood pool was at 37.44 percent capacity.
  
• At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, one (1) floodgate was open at Pensacola Dam, discharging 471 cubic feet per second (cfs) of water.
  
• Six (6) units were online at the Pensacola Dam powerhouse, releasing 13,856 cfs of water through generation.
  
• Releases through floodgates and generation totaled 14,327 cfs.
  
• Inflows into Grand Lake totaled 8,101 cfs.

• Lake Hudson elevation was 627.52 feet.
  
• Lake Hudson flood pool was at 43.37 percent capacity.
  
• Three (3) units were online at Robert S. Kerr Dam powerhouse releasing 21,870 cfs of water through generation.
  
• No floodgates were open at Robert S. Kerr Dam
  
• Releases through floodgates and generation totaled 21,870 cfs.
  
• Inflows into Lake Hudson totaled 14,959 cfs.

The last crest predictions from the United States Army Corps of Engineers were for a Grand Lake crest of 752.10 on Wednesday, June 25 and a Lake Hudson crest of 632, occurring on Tuesday, June 24.