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. Little to no rainfall was recorded in TRWD watersheds in the last 24 hours. Today’s rain chances are greater along and south of I-20 with scattered showers and thunderstorms possible. Rain chances continue for the weekend with greater chances of showers and storms, some of them localized heavy rainfall, east of I-35. Severe weather is not anticipated at this time, but a few stronger storms are possible every day from late morning to sunset. Rainfall is expected to continue into next week, with showers and storms possible until Thursday. See Graphic-1 for National Weather Service (NWS) guidance for today and this weekend. See Graphic-2 for NWS guidance for next week.
Reservoir Conditions
Current reservoir conditions are shown below. Bridgeport discharges continue with its pool holding steady at a few inches over conservation. Eagle Mountain continues to discharge, with the pool a few inches over conservation and slowly falling. Discharges continue at Cedar Creek with the pool steady just over conservation. The Richland-Chambers pool level began to drop yesterday. Barring additional rainfall, this behavior is expected to continue into the weekend. 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 NWS and the River Forecast Center (RFC) for the latest information regarding weather and river conditions, respectively.
Graphic-1. NWS Guidance – Rain Chances for Today through the Weekend
Graphic-2. NWS Guidance – Rain Chances for Next Week
*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.
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