Lake Level Blog

Reservoir Monitoring Update

By June 3, 2021

The City of Fort Worth has closed Lake Worth effective June 1st at 9:30 a.m. See City of Fort Worth website for additional information.

Weather Update

TRWD continues to monitor reservoir conditions 24 hours a day. Less than 1/4″ of rainfall was recorded in the Upper Trinity watersheds in the last 24 hours. Richland-Chambers and Cedar Creek watersheds saw little to no rain. See Graphic-1 and Graphic-2 for NWS guidance on tonight and the remainder of the weekend.

Reservoir Conditions

Current reservoir conditions are shown below. Bridgeport discharges started yesterday. Pool is at a few inches over conservation and slowly falling. Discharges continue at Eagle Mountain with the pool a few inches over conservation and slowly falling. Discharges continue at Cedar Creek with the pool just over conservation. Discharges have been increased at Richland-Chambers this afternoon, the pool has begun receding today.  Staff will continue to monitor conditions and make discharges as needed to safely move excess water through the system. Updates to lake status and flood discharges will be posted here.

Please be advised that forecasts and projections are subject to change, and TRWD reservoir operations are based on observed rainfall conditions. The next update will come this evening, unless conditions dictate otherwise.  Please check back.  You can also follow @TRWD_News on Twitter to receive notification of any new posts to this Lake Level blog.

Current lake levels can be found in a variety of locations including TRWD.com, the TRWD watershed data viewer trwd.onerain.com, or download the TRWD Lake Level App for iOS or Android.  You may also follow the National Weather Service (NWS)  and the River Forecast Center (RFC) for the latest information regarding weather and river conditions, respectively.

Graphic-1. NWS Guidance – Tonight through Tomorrow Morning

Graphic-2. NWS Guidance – This Weekend

*Lake Worth is owned and operated by the City of Fort Worth.  See the City of Fort Worth news feed and NWS forecast page for updates on Lake Worth.

**Benbrook Lake is owned and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.  ***See Benbrook Lake Home Page for current discharge.

****Please visit TRWD’s new watershed data viewer at  www.trwd.onerain.com . You can see the same rain, stream, and lake gages the Flood Team monitors during an event.  You can also check out this YouTube video to see what it is all about!

Please call the Flood Hotline for further information.

817-720-4296

If prompted to leave a message, the flood monitor on duty will return your message within 30 minutes.

Posted by LPB.

Lake Current Level Conservation Level* Level Difference**
Arlington 550.96 550.00 0.96
Benbrook 697.84 694.00 3.84
Bridgeport 822.39 836.00 -13.61
Cedar Creek 322.28 322.00 0.28
Eagle Mountain 646.97 649.10 -2.13
Lake Worth 591.92 594.00 -2.08
Richland-Chambers 315.82 315.00 0.82
*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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