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Grand River Dam Authority Floodwater Release Bulletin

May 19, 2020

At 1 PM on Tuesday, May 19:

• Grand Lake elevation was 746.73 feet.
• At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, three (3) main spillway gates and one (1) east spillway gate were open at Pensacola Dam, discharging 30,066 cubic feet per second (cfs) of water.
• Six (6) units were online at the Pensacola Dam powerhouse, releasing 13,548 cfs of water through generation.
• Releases through floodgates and generation totaled 43,614 cfs.
• Inflows into Grand Lake totaled 13,651 cfs.

• Lake Hudson elevation was 618.83 feet.
• At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, fourteen (14) gates were open at Robert S. Kerr Dam, discharging 12,551 cfs of water.
• Four (4) units were online at the Robert S. Kerr Dam powerhouse releasing 27,000 cfs of water through generation.
• Releases through generation and floodgates totaled 39,551 cfs.
• Inflows into Lake Hudson totaled 45,145 cfs.

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