ADVISORY #1 – December 11, 2015
TOLEDO BEND RESERVOIR – WATER RELEASES
Persons having interests in the Sabine River Basin below the reservoir are hereby advised that on Friday, December 11, 2015, the reservoir elevation was 171.54 ft. MSL. Based on the National Weather Service forecast, the reservoir may continue to rise and spillway gates may have to be opened.
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, will be 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 will be to open five gates one foot each.
Once the spillway releases begin, the local sheriff’s office, as well as the Toledo Bend Project offices at the dam site will be able to give the latest reported river stages and river forecasts received 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 or 409/565-2273.
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