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Toledo Bend
Reservoir - Water Releases
TOLEDO BEND PROJECT JOINT OPERATION
450 Spur 135, Burkeville, TX 75932
409/565-2273
FAX 409/565-2338
November 11, 2009
ADVISORY
#14
Persons
having interests in the Sabine River Basin below the reservoir are hereby
advised that at 6:30 A.M. on Wednesday, November 11, 2009, the reservoir
elevation was 172.54' m.s.l. Both
generators are operating 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Eleven (11)
spillway gates have been lowered and now are open one (1) foot each for a
total discharge (spillway & powerhouse) of +25,790 cfs.
Interested persons should monitor current river and reservoir levels and
reservoir release amounts since the river could reach flood stage and
evacuation of persons, animals and property may become necessary.
Releases through the spillway gates, depending on upstream and downstream
conditions, are made in accordance with the Guide for Spillway Gate Operation
for Toledo Bend Reservoir dated March 1994, as Revised June 27,
2001. The first step is to open five gates one foot each.
The local
sheriff's offices, as well as the Toledo Bend Project offices at the dam
will be able to give the latest reported river stages and river forecasts
from the National Weather Service, River Forecast Center.
Up-to-date reservoir elevations and releases may be obtained from the
Toledo Bend Project offices on a 24 hour per day basis at 337/286-5253
and 409/565-2273.
Toledo Bend Reservoir is not a flood control reservoir and can experience
significant rises in elevation in a short time span, as much as one to
two feet in a 24 to 36 hour period.
Information on specific river gages can be obtained from the National
Weather Service at the following web
site:
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/wgrfc
Also, from the USGS at the following website: http://tx.waterdata.usgs.gov
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