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  • For immediate release: 10/15/09


    Floodwater release bulletin
  • At 10 AM on Thursday, October 15:
  • Grand Lake elevation was 746.81 feet. Daily target elevation for October 15 is 741 feet.
  • At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, four (4) floodgates were open at Pensacola Dam, discharging 16,200 cubic feet per second (cfs) of water.
  • Six (6) units were online at the Pensacola Dam powerhouse, releasing 13,152 cfs of water through generation.
  • Releases through floodgates and generation totaled 29,352 cfs.
  • Inflows into Grand Lake totaled 10,260 cfs.
  • Lake Hudson elevation was 624.44 feet. Normal elevation is 619 feet.
  • At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, one (1) floodgate was open at Robert S. Kerr Dam, discharging 17,055 cfs of water.
  • Three (3) units were online at Robert S. Kerr Dam powerhouse releasing 23,490 cfs of water through generation.
  • Releases through floodgates and generation totaled 40,545 cfs.
  • Inflows into Lake Hudson totaled 31,043 cfs.


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