Toledo Bend Reservoir Advisory #3 May 15, 2023

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TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR – WATER RELEASES

 AS OF TIME:     15:30 hrs    

 RESERVOIR ELEV:     172.50 FT. MSL

 SPILLWAY RELEASES HAVE CHANGED FROM 300 cfs TO 5,000 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)
05 01
XX XX

 

GENERATORS

 

Generator # Current Status
1 24 hrs at 7,357 cfs
2 24 hrs at 6,121cfs

 

TOTAL RELEASES  

 

   (CFS)
SPILLWAY 5,000
GENERATORS 13,478
            TOTAL 18,478

 

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. <TX Leg. HB26