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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 17, 2009
ADVISORY #20
Persons having
interests in the Sabine River Basin below the reservoir are hereby advised
that at 1:00 P.M. on Tuesday, November 17, 2009, the reservoir elevation
was 172.58' m.s.l. Currently
both generators are operating 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.
All spillway gates have been closed. Total discharge is +12,870
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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