For immediate release: 7/2/08

Floodwater release bulletin

At 3:30 PM on Wednesday, July 2:

• Grand Lake elevation was 749.42 feet.
  
• Grand Lake flood pool was at 41.03 percent capacity.
  
• At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, two (2) floodgates were open at Pensacola Dam, discharging 7,504 cubic feet per second (cfs) of water.
  
• Six (6) units were online at the Pensacola Dam powerhouse, releasing 13,586 cfs of water through generation.
  
• Releases through floodgates and generation totaled 21,090 cfs.
  
• Inflows into Grand Lake totaled 9,523 cfs.

• Lake Hudson elevation was 628.61 feet.
  
• Lake Hudson flood pool was at 49.77 percent capacity.
  
• At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, one (1) floodgate was open at Robert S. Kerr Dam, discharging 11,447 cubic feet per second (cfs) of water.
  
• Three (3) units were online at Robert S. Kerr Dam powerhouse releasing 21,870 cfs of water through generation.
  
• Releases through floodgates and generation totaled 33,317 cfs.
  
• Inflows into Lake Hudson totaled 21,741 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.