The Little Rock District of the Army Corps of Engineers will reopen the spillway gates at Norfork Dam at 10:00 Thursday morning because of 1.8 inches of rain that fell Wednesday night in the drainage basin. The lake had room to store one-half inch of runoff. The Corps says the release will be the same combination of the 12 spillway gates opened to one-half foot releasing 7,000 cubic feet per second in addition to 5,000 cubic feet per second being released through two turbine generators for a combined release of 12,000 cubic feet per second.Current lake elevation is 579.2 and rising from Wednesday night’s rain.
Although National Weather Service is predicting dry conditions through May 10, future rainfall may cause the Corps to increase releases from Norfork Lake.
For questions, call the Mountain Home Project Office at 870-425-2700. Daily lake information can be obtained at www.swl-wc.usace.army.mil or the Corps’ mobile App which can be found in mobile App stores by searching for USACE Little Rock.
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