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Toledo Bend Reservoir - Water Releases
TOLEDO BEND PROJECT JOINT OPERATION
450 Spur 135, Burkeville, TX 75932
409/565-2273
FAX 409/565-2338
November 17, 2009
ADVISORY #19
Persons having interests in the Sabine River Basin below the
reservoir are hereby advised that at 8:30 A.M. on Tuesday, November 17,
2009, the reservoir elevation was 172.54' m.s.l. Currently
one generator is out of sevice for repairs and
one generator is operating 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Six
(6) spillway gates have been closed and now five (5) spillway gates
are open one (1) foot each for a total discharge (spillway &
powerhouse) of +11,450 cfs.
Interested persons should monitor current river and reservoir levels and
reservoir release amounts since the river could reach flood stage and
evacuation of persons, animals and property may become necessary.
Releases through the spillway gates, depending on upstream and downstream
conditions, are made in accordance with the Guide for Spillway Gate
Operation for Toledo Bend Reservoir dated March 1994, as Revised June 27,
2001. The first step is to open five gates one foot each.
The local sheriff's offices, as well as the Toledo Bend
Project offices at the dam will be able to give the latest reported river
stages and river forecasts from the National Weather Service, River
Forecast Center.
Up-to-date reservoir elevations and releases may be obtained from the
Toledo Bend Project offices on a 24 hour per day basis at 337/286-5253 and
409/565-2273.
Toledo Bend Reservoir is not a flood control reservoir and can experience
significant rises in elevation in a short time span, as much as one to two
feet in a 24 to 36 hour period.
Information on specific river gages can be obtained from the National
Weather Service at the following web
site:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/wgrfc
Also, from the
USGS at the following website: http://tx.waterdata.usgs.gov
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