Lake Level Blog

Reservoir Monitoring Update – Morning

By March 18, 2020

TRWD continues to monitor reservoir conditions 24 hours a day.  Current reservoir conditions are provided below.  Currently, Eagle Mountain, Cedar Creek, and Richland-Chambers are making flood discharges. Any additional updates to flood discharges will be posted here.

Lake Worth is closed as of Monday, March 16 at 6:30 p.m.  The official notification is provided on the City of Fort Worth’s website.

Overnight rainfall totals can be seen in Graphic-1, below.  For the third time in 7 days, the area between Bridgeport and Eagle Mountain received heavy rainfall, see Graphic-2 for 7-day rainfall totals.  This rainfall is generating runoff that will be flowing into Eagle Mountain Lake today and tomorrow.  TRWD continues to monitor reservoir inflows and will make discharge adjustments accordingly.  The National Weather Service (NWS) is calling additional rainfall tonight before a small break from the wet pattern (Graphic-3).  Please continue to follow the NWS and the River Forecast Center (RFC) for the latest information regarding the weather and river conditions, respectively.

Please be advised that forecasts and projections are subject to change, and TRWD reservoir operations are based on observed rainfall conditions. The next update will come this evening, unless conditions dictate otherwise.  Please check back.

Graphic-1. Overnight Rainfall

Graphic-2. 7-Day Rainfall Totals

Graphic-3.  NWS Guidance

 

*Lake Worth is owned and operated by the City of Fort Worth.  See the City of Fort Worth news feed 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.

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 call within 30 minutes.

Posted by CO.

Lake Current Level Conservation Level* Level Difference**
Arlington 542.33 550.00 -7.67
Benbrook 690.71 694.00 -3.29
Bridgeport 828.45 836.00 -7.55
Cedar Creek 318.59 322.00 -3.41
Eagle Mountain 643.81 649.10 -5.29
Lake Worth 591.53 594.00 -2.47
Richland-Chambers 313.04 315.00 -1.96
*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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