IMPORTANT UPDATE: No.Branch Potomac Release May 24-25
Posted: Fri May 23, 2025 9:15 am
This is a follow-up email regarding the whitewater release scheduled for May 24th and 25th, 2005 at Jennings Randolph Lake.
As a result of recent and current high flow conditions, adjustments are needed to the schedule for this weekend’s whitewater release. Please be advised of the following updates in considering participation in these adjusted conditions.
This weekend’s whitewater release for Jennings Randolph will include a 1,500 cfs release from 10am to 4pm on Saturday and Sunday, May 24th and 25th.
PLEASE NOTE: It is currently anticipated that the release from Jennings Randolph Lake will be increased to approximately 2,000-2,500 cfs at the conclusion of the whitewater release on Saturday (approximately 4pm), and possibly after the release on Sunday.
Please check back via email and the North Branch Potomac Release forecast page at https://www.nab-wc.usace.army.mil/nab/northBranch.html for further updates as the weekend progresses.
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The 2025 release schedule for Jennings Randolph Lake and Savage River Dam has been posted on the public website: https://www.nab-wc.usace.army.mil/nab/northBranch.html.
This page also includes three-day projections for release rates for Jennings Randolph Lake and Savage River Dam. Scroll down to find the recreational release schedule. The three-day release projections are also available via voice recording at 410-962-7687.
This information is subject to change as hydrologic conditions dictate.
From: FRITZ, Julia A (Julie) CIV USARMY CENAB (USA)
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2025 1:14 PM
To: FRITZ, Julia A (Julie) CIV USARMY CENAB (USA) <Julia.A.Fritz@usace.army.mil>
Subject: Whitewater Release - Jennings Randolph Lake - 24 & 25 May 2025
A whitewater release from Jennings Randolph Lake is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, May 24th and 25th, 2025. The release is scheduled to be 1,000 cfs from 10AM to 4PM each day.
Please note that an impending rain system is being monitored for mid-week in the North Branch Potomac watershed. Depending on how the rain materializes, some adjustments to the timing and amount of the release may need to be made. Updates to the timing, ramping, and amount of flow will be posted on the North Branch Potomac release forecast webpage (link below) later this week.
The 2025 release schedule for Jennings Randolph Lake and Savage River Dam has been posted on the public website: https://www.nab-wc.usace.army.mil/nab/northBranch.html.
This page also includes three-day projections for release rates for Jennings Randolph Lake and Savage River Dam. Scroll down to find the recreational release schedule. The three-day release projections are also available via voice recording at 410-962-7687.
This information is subject to change as hydrologic conditions dictate.
Julia A. Fritz, P.E.
Chief, Water Management Section
Engineering Division
Office: 410-962-4895
Mobile: 410-245-6865
As a result of recent and current high flow conditions, adjustments are needed to the schedule for this weekend’s whitewater release. Please be advised of the following updates in considering participation in these adjusted conditions.
This weekend’s whitewater release for Jennings Randolph will include a 1,500 cfs release from 10am to 4pm on Saturday and Sunday, May 24th and 25th.
PLEASE NOTE: It is currently anticipated that the release from Jennings Randolph Lake will be increased to approximately 2,000-2,500 cfs at the conclusion of the whitewater release on Saturday (approximately 4pm), and possibly after the release on Sunday.
Please check back via email and the North Branch Potomac Release forecast page at https://www.nab-wc.usace.army.mil/nab/northBranch.html for further updates as the weekend progresses.
~ ~ ~ ~
The 2025 release schedule for Jennings Randolph Lake and Savage River Dam has been posted on the public website: https://www.nab-wc.usace.army.mil/nab/northBranch.html.
This page also includes three-day projections for release rates for Jennings Randolph Lake and Savage River Dam. Scroll down to find the recreational release schedule. The three-day release projections are also available via voice recording at 410-962-7687.
This information is subject to change as hydrologic conditions dictate.
From: FRITZ, Julia A (Julie) CIV USARMY CENAB (USA)
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2025 1:14 PM
To: FRITZ, Julia A (Julie) CIV USARMY CENAB (USA) <Julia.A.Fritz@usace.army.mil>
Subject: Whitewater Release - Jennings Randolph Lake - 24 & 25 May 2025
A whitewater release from Jennings Randolph Lake is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, May 24th and 25th, 2025. The release is scheduled to be 1,000 cfs from 10AM to 4PM each day.
Please note that an impending rain system is being monitored for mid-week in the North Branch Potomac watershed. Depending on how the rain materializes, some adjustments to the timing and amount of the release may need to be made. Updates to the timing, ramping, and amount of flow will be posted on the North Branch Potomac release forecast webpage (link below) later this week.
The 2025 release schedule for Jennings Randolph Lake and Savage River Dam has been posted on the public website: https://www.nab-wc.usace.army.mil/nab/northBranch.html.
This page also includes three-day projections for release rates for Jennings Randolph Lake and Savage River Dam. Scroll down to find the recreational release schedule. The three-day release projections are also available via voice recording at 410-962-7687.
This information is subject to change as hydrologic conditions dictate.
Julia A. Fritz, P.E.
Chief, Water Management Section
Engineering Division
Office: 410-962-4895
Mobile: 410-245-6865