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Lake Level Update as of August 19 2016 6 pm

By August 19, 2016

?Heavy rain in the entire area has caused flash flooding and increased flows in tributaries and rivers.  TRWD Flood Monitoring Teams are monitoring the conditions and are on duty 24/7. The Flood Hotline will be activated soon and the voicemail box initiated as well and Flood Teams on duty will respond to messages left on the voicemail.

Blogs will be posted twice daily with updated information.

Elevations at 1800

Lake Bridgeport – 835.81

Eagle Mountain Lake – 648.00

Lake Worth – 593.56

Cedar Creek Reservoir – 321.12

Richland Chambers – 314.89

Flood discharges are not currently planned. Eagle Mountain is discharging a low flow to Lake Worth 117 cfs. This is for water supply to Lake Worth.

Lake Current Level Conservation Level* Level Difference**
Arlington 550.22 550.00 0.22
Benbrook 696.15 694.00 2.15
Bridgeport 820.87 836.00 -15.13
Cedar Creek 322.34 322.00 0.34
Eagle Mountain 644.69 649.10 -4.41
Lake Worth 591.20 594.00 -2.80
Richland-Chambers 315.67 315.00 0.67
*Conservation Level: The permitted level of water an entity is allowed to hold in a lake. Any amount above the conservation level is used for the temporary storage of flood waters and must be released downstream.
**Difference: Amount above or below conservation level.
For more information read our daily reports or the TRWD Lake Level Blog.

Check out the TRWD OneRain portal for a visualization of this information and more.

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