Toledo Bend Reservoir Advisory #4 May 20, 2023 (Event Over-Operations Back to Normal)

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Advisory # 4 Saturday May 20, 2023

EVENT OVER-OPERATIONS BACK TO NORMAL  

TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR – WATER RELEASES

 AS OF TIME:     2115hrs  

 RESERVOIR ELEV:     172.00 FT. MSL

 SPILLWAY RELEASES HAVE CHANGED FROM 5,000 cfs TO 300 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 – ALL GATES CLOSED

Number of Gates Opened (Feet)
1 0.3
   

 GENERATORS

Generator # Current Status
1 24 hrs @ 7,421
2 24 hrs @ 6,107

 TOTAL RELEASES  

   (CFS)
SPILLWAY      300
GENERATORS 13,528
            TOTAL 13,828

 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 website: http://tx.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.