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Floodwater Release Bulletin

May 01, 2026

At noon on Friday, May 1:

• Grand Lake elevation was 744.77 feet.
• At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, one main spillway gate was open at Pensacola Dam, discharging 314 cubic feet per second (cfs) of water.
• Six units were online at the Pensacola Dam powerhouse, releasing 13,560 cfs of water through generation.
• Releases through floodgates and generation totaled 13,874 cfs.
• Inflows into Grand Lake totaled 8,593 cfs.

• Lake Hudson elevation was 624.24 feet.
• No floodgates were open at Robert S. Kerr Dam.
• Two units were online at the Robert S. Kerr Dam powerhouse, releasing 13,230 cfs of water through generation.
• Inflows into Lake Hudson totaled 14,714 cfs.

Real time data can be found by visiting: http://stormops.grda.tech/riveroperations