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February 26, 2018 Flood Monitoring Update

By February 26, 2018

TRWD flood monitoring staff continues to monitor reservoir conditions 24 hours a day.  The latest update of the conditions at the District reservoirs is as follows:

  • Lake Bridgeport and Richland-Chambers Reservoir are not expected to reach conservation level at this time.
  • Eagle Mountain Lake is above conservation level.  Controlled discharges will be initiated this afternoon.  These discharges will be low level, approximately 500 cfs.
  • Cedar Creek crested at elevation 322.55 feet-msl* early yesterday.  The reservoir level is now receding but still remains above conservation.  Controlled flood discharges will continue until the reservoir level nears conservation.
  • Reservoir levels and inflows will continue to be monitored to maintain the reservoirs at a safe operating level.

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

 

Post based on conditions as of Feb. 26, 2018, at 11:00 AM

*msl – mean sea level

Lake Current Level Conservation Level* Level Difference**
Arlington 546.38 550.00 -3.62
Benbrook 688.50 694.00 -5.50
Bridgeport 827.59 836.00 -8.41
Cedar Creek 318.17 322.00 -3.83
Eagle Mountain 644.32 649.10 -4.78
Lake Worth 591.47 594.00 -2.53
Richland-Chambers 312.88 315.00 -2.12
*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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