Saint Martinville, Louisiana

... Public information statement...

... Concerning Toledo Bend Reservoir water releases...

Persons having an interest in the Sabine River basin below the
Reservoir are hereby advised that currently... two generators are
operating 24 hours per day... seven days per week. The process of
lowering the spillway gates continues and at 8:30 am... five
spillway gates are opened at one foot each for a total discharge
of eighteen thousand seven hundred eighty cubic feet per second.

Releases through the spillway gates... depending on upstream and
downstream conditions... will be made in accordance with the guide
for spillway gate operations for Toledo Bend Reservoir.

The local sheriff's offices... 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.

Up to date Reservoir elevations and releases may be obtained from
the Toledo Bend project offices on a 24 hours a day basis at 3 3 7
2 8 6 5 2 5 3 or 4 0 9 5 6 5 2 2 7 3.

Toledo Bend is not a flood control Reservoir... and can experience
significant rises in elevation in a short period of time span... as
much as one to two feet in a 24 to 36 hour period.