Grand River Dam Authority Floodwater Release Bulletin
For immediate release: 5/5/25
At 10:20 AM on Monday, May 5:
Grand Lake elevation was 745.29 feet.
At the direction of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, one (1) main spillway and seven (7) east spillway gates were open at Pensacola Dam, discharging 11,430 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 24,764 cfs.
Inflows into Grand Lake totaled 9,568 cfs.
Lake Hudson elevation was 629.32 feet.
No floodgates were open at Robert S. Kerr Dam
Four (4) units were online at the Robert S. Kerr Dam powerhouse, releasing 34,560 cfs of water through generation.
Inflows into Lake Hudson totaled 26,131 cfs.
Additional information can be found by visiting: http://stormops.grda.tech/riveroperations
Originally published on 360GrandLake.com.
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