Current Conditions
No rain in the TRWD area of interest since Sunday. The break in the rain has given a chance for reservoirs to respond to the runoff from the heavy rains over the weekend.
The West Fork reservoirs (Lake Bridgeport and Eagle Mountain Lake) have seen more than a 4% increase in reservoir storage over the last month, 2% of that is from the last rain event. Over the last week, Lake Bridgeport water level has risen approximately 0.5’ and Eagle Mountain Lake water level has risen almost 1’. Even with these gains there is still room for additional run off before flood operations would be needed.
Flood releases are on-going at the East Texas reservoirs (Richland-Chambers and Cedar Creek) to return lake levels to normal pool elevation. Richland-Chambers reached a peak water level approximately 1’ above normal pool today from the weekend’s rain. Cedar Creek Reservoir remains approximately 0.3’ above normal pool as inflows have continued to dissipate.
Looking Forward
A chance of rain is possible daily for the next several days, with a threat of heavier rainfall moving through tonight. Some storms have the potential to be severe and locally heavy rainfall is possible. See NWS Guidance in Graphic 1 below.
With soils mostly saturated, run off is expected at the TRWD lakes causing an increase in lake levels. TRWD staff will be monitoring and adjusting releases as needed. Gate changes will continue to be posted to the Lake Level Blog. Another reservoir monitoring update will be posted tomorrow following tonight’s rain event. Please subscribe or check back when lake levels are on the rise.
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Current TRWD lake conditions are shown below. Be sure to subscribe to receive e-mail notification of any new Lake Level Blog posts. You can also follow @TRWD_News on X (formerly known as Twitter) to receive Lake Level blog notifications.
Graphic-1. NWS Guidance
*Lake Worth is owned and operated by the City of Fort Worth. See the City of Fort Worth news feed and NWS forecast page for updates on Lake Worth.
**Benbrook Lake is owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. ***See Benbrook Lake Home Page for current discharge.
Current lake levels can be found in a variety of locations including TRWD.com, the TRWD watershed data viewer trwd.onerain.com, or download the TRWD Lake Level App for iOS or Android.
Please call the Flood Hotline for further information.
817-720-4296
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Posted by ASL.
