Grand River Dam Authority Floodwater Release Bulletin
For immediate release: 4/23/25
At 9:50 AM on Wednesday, April 23:
Grand Lake elevation was 749.07 feet.
At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, four (4) main spillway and two (2) east spillway gates were open at Pensacola Dam, discharging 52,296 cubic feet per second (cfs) of water.
Six (6) units were online at the Pensacola Dam powerhouse, releasing 13,334 cfs of water through generation.
Releases through floodgates and generation totaled 65,630 cfs.
Inflows into Grand Lake totaled 56,603 cfs.
Lake Hudson elevation was 627.74 feet.
Fourteen (14) floodgates were open at Robert S. Kerr Dam, discharging 35,760 cfs of water.
Three (3) units were online at the Robert S. Kerr Dam powerhouse, releasing 25,650 cfs of water through generation.
Releases through floodgates and generation totaled 61,410 cfs.
Inflows into Lake Hudson totaled 67,372 cfs.
Additional information can be found by visiting: http://stormops.grda.tech/riveroperations
Originally published on 360GrandLake.com.
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