Grand River Dam Authority Floodwater Release Bulletin
Contact: Melanie Earl
Corporate Communications Manager
For immediate release: 04/22/26
At 9 AM on Wednesday, April 22:
Grand Lake elevation was 745.31 feet.
At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, one main spillway gate was open at Pensacola Dam, discharging 8,092 cubic feet per second (cfs) of water.
Six units were online at the Pensacola Dam powerhouse, releasing 13,560 cfs of water through generation.
Releases through floodgates and generation totaled 21,652 cfs.
Inflows into Grand Lake totaled 8,786 cfs.
Lake Hudson elevation was 621.36 feet.
At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, six floodgates were open at Robert S. Kerr Dam, discharging 9,187 cfs of water.
Four units were online at the Robert S. Kerr Dam powerhouse, releasing 30,780 cfs of water through generation.
Releases through floodgates and generation totaled 39,967 cfs.
Inflows into Lake Hudson totaled 22,999 cfs.
Real time data can be found by visiting: http://stormops.grda.tech/riveroperations
Contact: Melanie Earl Corporate Communications Manager Grand River Dam Authority melanie.
Originally published on 360GrandLake.com.
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