For immediate release: 6/27/08

Floodwater release bulletin

At 3 PM on Friday, June 27:

• Grand Lake elevation was 750.83 feet.
  
• Grand Lake flood pool was at 54.94 percent capacity.
  
• At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, two (2) floodgates were open at Pensacola Dam, discharging 9,362 cubic feet per second (cfs) of water.
  
• Six (6) units were online at the Pensacola Dam powerhouse, releasing 13,653 cfs of water through generation.
  
• Releases through floodgates and generation totaled 23,015 cfs.
  
• Inflows into Grand Lake totaled 9,651 cfs.

• Lake Hudson elevation was 629.44 feet.
  
• Lake Hudson flood pool was at 54.37 percent capacity.
  
• At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, one (1) floodgate was open at Robert S. Kerr Dam, discharging 3,688 cubic feet per second (cfs) of water.
  
• Three (3) units were online at Robert S. Kerr Dam powerhouse releasing 23,220 cfs of water through generation.
  
• Releases through floodgates and generation totaled 26,908 cfs.
  
• Inflows into Lake Hudson totaled 24,043 cfs.

The United States Army Corps of Engineers has indicated that weekend gate operations would be contingent upon additional rainfall.

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.