For immediate release: 7/17/08

Floodwater release bulletin

At 2:00 PM on Thursday, July 17:

• Grand Lake elevation was 746.56 feet.
  
• Grand Lake flood pool was at 13.89 percent capacity.
  
• Six (6) units were online at the Pensacola Dam powerhouse, releasing 13,130 cfs of water through generation.
  
• No floodgates were open at Pensacola Dam.
  
• Releases through floodgates and generation totaled 13,130 cfs.
  
• Inflows into Grand Lake totaled 8,867 cfs.

• Lake Hudson elevation was 624.16 feet.
  
• Lake Hudson flood pool was at 24.92 percent capacity.
  
• Three (3) units were online at Robert S. Kerr Dam powerhouse releasing 21,330 cfs of water through generation.
  
• No floodgates were open at Robert S. Kerr Dam
  
• Releases through floodgates and generation totaled 21,330 cfs.
  
• Inflows into Lake Hudson totaled 14,464 cfs.

In the event of flooding conditions, the United States Army Corps of Engineers often issues crest predictions for GRDA's Grand Lake and Lake Hudson. When those are issued, they will be included in this bulletin. Currently, the Corps has no future crest predictions issued.