Lake Level BlogReservoir Monitoring Update

Reservoir Monitoring Update

By April 19, 2024

Heavy, widespread rainfall is back in the forecast this weekend, primarily at TRWD East Texas (ET) lakes (Richland-Chambers and Cedar Creek). Both ET lakes are above conservation and additional rain may warrant additional flood water releases. The West Fork lakes (Bridgeport and Eagle Mountain) have plenty of room to store the runoff generated by the rain. TRWD staff will be monitoring conditions over the duration of this rain event and flood gate operations at the ET lakes will be adjusted accordingly.

Outlook

Numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected Friday through Sunday with the best storm chances on Saturday. Locally heavy rainfall may lead to local flooding issues, particularly Saturday afternoon and evening. See Graphic-1 for additional information on this upcoming rain event.

Graphic-1. NWS Guidance

Next update will come Sunday morning after conditions are assessed following the rain.  Until then have a wonderful day!

Follow our partners at the National Weather Service (NWS) and the River Forecast Center (RFC) for the latest information regarding weather and river conditions, respectively.

Current TRWD lake conditions are shown below. Be sure to subscribe to receive e-mail notification of any new Lake Level Blog posts. You can also follow @TRWD_News on X (formerly known as Twitter) to receive Lake Level blog notifications.

*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.

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.

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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Lake Current Level Conservation Level* Level Difference**
Arlington 542.36 550.00 -7.64
Benbrook 690.74 694.00 -3.26
Bridgeport 828.47 836.00 -7.53
Cedar Creek 318.61 322.00 -3.39
Eagle Mountain 643.78 649.10 -5.32
Lake Worth 591.51 594.00 -2.49
Richland-Chambers 313.06 315.00 -1.94
*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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