News

Floodwater Release Bulletin

Mar 14, 2021

At 2 pm on Saturday, March 13:

• Grand Lake elevation was 743.54 feet.
• At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, three (3) main spillway gates were open at Pensacola Dam, discharging 17,838 cubic feet per second (cfs) of water.
• Five (5) units were online at the Pensacola Dam powerhouse, releasing 11,421 cfs of water through generation.
• Releases through floodgates and generation totaled 29,259 cfs.
• Inflows into Grand Lake totaled 40,853 cfs.

• Lake Hudson elevation was 619.55 feet.
• At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, fourteen (14) gates were open at Robert S. Kerr Dam, discharging 16,594 cfs of water.
• Three (3) units were online at the Robert S. Kerr Dam powerhouse releasing 24,030 cfs of water through generation.
• Releases through generation and floodgates totaled 40,624 cfs.
• Inflows into Lake Hudson totaled 41,105 cfs.

The United States Army Corps of Engineers has given Pensacola a crest prediction of 747.62 feet on March 15, and 620.92 feet for Kerr on March 14. Crest predictions do not account for any future rainfall.

Additional information can be found by visiting: http://stormops.grda.tech/riveroperations