Toledo Bend Reservoir Advisory #3 April 12, 2024

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Advisory #3 April 12, 2024

TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR – WATER RELEASES

 AS OF TIME:     1115 hrs    

 RESERVOIR ELEV:     172.50 FT. MSL

 SPILLWAY RELEASES HAVE CHANGED FROM 300 cfs TO 5000 cfs 

 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GUIDE FOR SPILLWAY GATE OPERATIONS IN THE LICENSE APPROVED BY FERC FOR TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR, CURRENT RELEASES ARE NOTED BELOW:

 

SPILLWAY GATES

 

Number of Gates Opened (Feet)
5 1
XX XX

 

GENERATORS

 

Generator # Current Status
1 24 hrs at 7,384 cfs
2 24 hrs at 5,849 cfs

 

TOTAL RELEASES  

 

   (CFS)
SPILLWAY 5,000
GENERATORS 13,233
            TOTAL 18,233

 

Up-to-date reservoir elevations and releases as well as links to specific river gauges may be obtained from SRA’s websites: www.srala-toledo.com , www.sratx.org and www.setexasrain.org.   Information on specific river gages can be obtained from the National Weather Service at the following website: http://www.weather.gov/wgrfc and from the USGS at the following websites: http://tx.waterdata.usgs.gov or https://la.waterdata.usgs.gov.

Actual flood conditions may vary significantly from the alert based on new or changed conditions; advanced alerts of changed conditions may not be possible.