Grand River Dam Authority Floodwater Release Bulletin

Written By Grand Splash Marketing

Contact: Melanie Earl

Corporate Communications Manager

Grand River Dam Authority

melanie.earl@grda.com

www.grda.com

For immediate release: 04/28/26

At 8:45 AM on Tuesday, April 28:

  • Grand Lake elevation was 745.66 feet.

  • At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, two main spillway gates were open at Pensacola Dam, discharging 16,834 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 30,394 cfs.

  • Inflows into Grand Lake totaled 22,887 cfs.

  • Lake Hudson elevation was 619.86 feet.

  • No floodgates were open at Robert S. Kerr Dam.

  • Four units were online at the Robert S. Kerr Dam powerhouse, releasing 32,400 cfs of water through generation.

  • Inflows into Lake Hudson totaled 31,785 cfs.

Real time data can be found by visiting: http://stormops.grda.tech/riveroperations

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