Grand River Dam Authority Floodwater Release Bulletin
For immediate release: 4/30/25
At 9:45 AM on Wednesday, April 30:
Grand Lake elevation was 745.75 feet.
At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, one (1) main spillway and three (3) east spillway gates were open at Pensacola Dam, discharging 13,600 cubic feet per second (cfs) of water.
Six (6) units were online at the Pensacola Dam powerhouse, releasing 13,447 cfs of water through generation.
Releases through floodgates and generation totaled 27,047 cfs.
Inflows into Grand Lake totaled 51,577 cfs.
Lake Hudson elevation was 622.90 feet.
No floodgates were open at Robert S. Kerr Dam
Three (3) units were online at the Robert S. Kerr Dam powerhouse, releasing 24,840 cfs of water through generation.
Inflows into Lake Hudson totaled 45,034 cfs.
Additional information can be found by visiting: http://stormops.grda.tech/riveroperations
Originally published on 360GrandLake.com.
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