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Reservoir Monitoring Update

By May 30, 2024

Current Conditions

  • No significant rainfall recorded since the last Reservoir Monitoring Update.
  • Eagle Mountain Lake flood discharges are ongoing and pool is slowly rising.
  • East Texas lakes (Richland-Chambers and Cedar Creek) continue to make flood discharges.

Projections

  • Eagle Mountain Lake is above conservation and slowly rising as runoff from the Tuesday rainfall event continues to flow into the reservoir.
  • Runoff at the Boyd gage peaked overnight from Tuesday’s rain; travel time from Boyd to Eagle Mountain is about 8 to 12 hours.
  • Cedar Creek and Richland-Chambers are expected to remain fairly constant with a slight downward trend.

*Projections are subject to change and are based on past precipitation.

Looking Forward

Additional rainfall is expected today and tomorrow as a complex of storms sweep through the area. There is a severe component to the storms. Storms should start this morning in the metroplex and extend through the afternoon. A second round of storms are expected tonight into tomorrow. See the latest NWS Guidance on severe storms for today in Graphic-1. See timing of tonight storms in Graphic-2 from the latest NWS guidance.  Bridgeport is more than 11 ft below conservation and has plenty of room to catch the runoff. The other TRWD lakes are over full. TRWD staff will continue to monitor conditions and flood discharges will be adjusted accordingly.

Please stay weather aware and follow our partners at the National Weather Service (NWS) and the River Forecast Center (RFC) for the latest information regarding weather and river conditions, respectively.

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Graphic-1. NWS Tuesday Night Guidance

Graphic-2. NWS Thursday-Friday 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

If prompted to leave a message, the flood monitor on duty will return your message within 30 minutes.

Posted by VdO

Lake Current Level Conservation Level* Level Difference**
Arlington 542.37 550.00 -7.63
Benbrook 690.70 694.00 -3.30
Bridgeport 828.47 836.00 -7.53
Cedar Creek 318.61 322.00 -3.39
Eagle Mountain 643.80 649.10 -5.30
Lake Worth 591.51 594.00 -2.49
Richland-Chambers 313.06 315.00 -1.94
*Conservation Level: The permitted level of water an entity is allowed to hold in a lake. Any amount above the conservation level is used for the temporary storage of flood waters and must be released downstream.
**Difference: Amount above or below conservation level.
For more information read our daily reports or the TRWD Lake Level Blog.

Check out the TRWD OneRain portal for a visualization of this information and more.

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