Lir Water Release Schedule

[fishfeeder]

It seems lately there has been 2 or 3 horn signals from the dam in the morning long before the signal for the generation in the afternoon. I check the schedule before fishing and try to keep a close eye on water level but I catch myself ignoring the signals before generation is scheduled, as others seem to do. I still plan to keep a close eye on the water, but is there information in the sequence of horn blasts or all the same? I'm a little worried they'll start generating early some day and I'll drown.

[JCWolfe]

Everytime you hear the horn sound it indicates a gate change. Watch the water to be safe. There is always a certain amount of water running when they don't generate and they will change this flow almost daily betore they generate. Watching the schedule you can see the difference in water flow numbers which corresponds with the horn blasts you here.

[JCWolfe]

http://www.swt-wc.usace.army.mil/power/hydropower.html#Day%201. Check out gauge data for tenkiller. CFS numbers don't coincide with horn blasts because the gauge is down stream, takes longer to get there.

[mchunter]

As JCWolfe said, "Every time you hear a horn sound it indicates a gate change." I don't know a lot about it, but I have noticed that this is true. I have noticed the water level rise only 6" - 1' when the horn has blown multiple times and I have seen it fall the same with multiple horn blows. I take it this is when they only open or close the gates a little. Other times I have seen the water come up with multiple horn blasts where you would drown! I take it this is when they are generating. I have gotten to where I don't pay a lot of attention to their generation schedule when I am down there. The main thing is to always keep a watchful eye on the water when the horn sounds. It doesn't take long to start noticing a change of some sort (depending where you are on the river).

[fishfeeder]

thanks to everyone for your information, very helpful.