The National Weather Service (NWS) is forecasting heavy rainfall in the TRWD reservoir watersheds. The latest NWS guidance (Graphic-1) is calling for widespread rain on Thursday night through Saturday across the area. On Friday and Friday evening, rain looks to be a sure bet across most of North and Central Texas with some of the rain being heavy at times. At Richland-Chambers and Cedar Creek, 4 to 6 inches of rain is anticipated and at Bridgeport and Eagle Mountain, 2 to 3 inches of rain is anticipated. Current conditions at TRWD reservoirs are shown below. TRWD staff will be monitoring conditions 24 hours a day. Please be advised that forecasts are subject to change and TRWD reservoir operations are based on observed rainfall conditions. Additional updates will be provided here if conditions dictate, please check back.
Graphic-1. NWS Guidance
The latest update of reservoir conditions follows:
Lake Bridgeport
- Current reservoir elevation – 835.82 ft-msl.
- Conservation level elevation – 836.00 ft-msl.
- Current discharge is 0 cfs.
Eagle Mountain Lake
- Current reservoir elevation – 649.03 ft-msl.
- Conservation level elevation – 649.10 ft-msl.
- Current discharge is 0 cfs.
Lake Worth (owned and operated by the City of Fort Worth)
- Current reservoir elevation – 593.52 ft-msl.
- Conservation level elevation – 594.00 ft-msl.
- Current discharge is 0 cfs.
- See City of Fort Worth news feed for updates on lake
Cedar Creek
- Current reservoir elevation – 322.02 ft-msl.
- Conservation level elevation – 322.00 ft-msl.
- Current discharge is 0 cfs.
Richland-Chambers
- Current reservoir elevation – 315.12 ft-msl.
- Conservation level elevation – 315.00 ft-msl.
- Current discharge is 3,700 cfs
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.
*ft-msl – feet above mean sea level; cfs – cubic feet per second
Post based on conditions as of December 10, 2018, at 9:00 AM
