The City of Fort Worth has closed Lake Worth effective June 1st at 9:30 a.m. See City of Fort Worth website for additional information.
Weather Update
TRWD continues to monitor reservoir conditions 24 hours a day. TRWD service area saw a lot of rain during the month of May, which left the TRWD watersheds saturated and the reservoirs full. With totals ranging from 8 to 12 inches, some areas received over 200% of rain than the normal amount for the month of May (4.8 inches). See Graphic-1 for NWS May rainfall totals. Little to no rainfall was recorded in the last 24 hours in the TRWD service area, with only traces of rain in Richland-Chamber and Cedar Creek watersheds. Rain chances return today with showers and thunderstorms possible during the mid to late morning hours. Rain chances continue through the weekend with scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms possible every day through Monday. See Graphic-2 for NWS guidance on today and the remainder of the week.
Reservoir Conditions
Current reservoir conditions are shown below. Discharges continue at Eagle Mountain, however the rate of discharge will be reduced today. Richland-Chambers and Cedar Creek continue to make flood discharges. Bridgeport is a few inches over conservation and slowly rising. Discharges started this morning. Staff will continue to monitor conditions and make discharges as needed to safely move excess water through the system. Updates to lake status and flood discharges will be posted here.
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. You can also follow @TRWD_News on Twitter to receive notification of any new posts to this Lake Level blog.
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. You may also follow the National Weather Service (NWS) and the River Forecast Center (RFC) for the latest information regarding weather and river conditions, respectively.
Graphic-1. May Rainfall Totals
Graphic-2. NWS Guidance – Today through Monday
*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.
****Please visit TRWD’s new watershed data viewer at www.trwd.onerain.com . You can see the same rain, stream, and lake gages the Flood Team monitors during an event. You can also check out this YouTube video to see what it is all about!
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.
