Toledo Bend Reservoir - Water Releases

TOLEDO BEND PROJECT JOINT OPERATION
450 Spur 135, Burkeville, TX 75932
409/565-2273
FAX 409/565-2338
November 16, 2009

ADVISORY #17

Persons having interests in the Sabine River Basin below the reservoir are hereby advised that at 12:30 P.M. on Monday, November 16, 2009, the reservoir elevation was 172.71' m.s.l.  One generator is operating 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. One generator is down for repairs.  Five (5) spillway gates are open one (1) foot each for a total discharge (spillway & powerhouse) of +11,500 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