Grand River Dam Authority Floodwater Release Bulletin
Contact: Melanie Earl
Corporate Communications Manager
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
Contact: Melanie Earl Corporate Communications Manager Grand River Dam Authority melanie.
Originally published on 360GrandLake.com.
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