Lake Level Blog

Reservoir Monitoring Update – Morning

By March 19, 2020

TRWD continues to monitor reservoir conditions 24 hours a day.  Current reservoir conditions are provided below.  Currently, Bridgeport, Eagle Mountain, Cedar Creek, and Richland-Chambers are making flood discharges. Bridgeport discharges are in the process of being increase to the value shown in Table 1 below. Any additional updates to flood discharges will be posted here.

Lake Worth remains closed since Monday, March 16 at 6:30 p.m.  The official notification is provided on the City of Fort Worth’s website.

Overnight rainfall increased flows in the Bridgeport and Eagle Mountain watersheds.  Graphic 1, below, shows the 12-hour overnight rainfall accumulation. TRWD continues to monitor reservoir inflows and will make discharge adjustments accordingly.  The National Weather Service (NWS) is calling for additional rainfall over the next several days.  Please continue to follow the NWS and the River Forecast Center (RFC) for the latest information regarding the weather and river conditions, respectively.

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.

Table 1. Reservoir Conditions

Graphic 1. 12-hour Overnight Rainfall Accumulation

*Lake Worth is owned and operated by the City of Fort Worth.  See the City of Fort Worth news feed 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 call the Flood Hotline for further information.

817-720-4296

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

Posted by JZH.

Lake Current Level Conservation Level* Level Difference**
Arlington 550.24 550.00 0.24
Benbrook 696.31 694.00 2.31
Bridgeport 820.87 836.00 -15.13
Cedar Creek 322.37 322.00 0.37
Eagle Mountain 644.67 649.10 -4.43
Lake Worth 591.22 594.00 -2.78
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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