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Saw a friend post on Facebook (so we know it has to be true) that they are closing the boat ramp at Mansfield Dam.  If that's true, the only public ramp open is the one at Pace Bend Park.  Could use some rain I suppose.

3 hours ago, smwhorn said:

Saw a friend post on Facebook (so we know it has to be true) that they are closing the boat ramp at Mansfield Dam.  If that's true, the only public ramp open is the one at Pace Bend Park.  Could use some rain I suppose.

Friend who lives on the lake says it's true - they were notified by somebody (marina I guess).

Everybody out there watching this site

https://isthelakefullyet.com/#volume

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The 8-14 day outlook, which spent about 3-4 days showing "wetter than normal" is now back to "normal" which means zero rainfall.

3 hours ago, FirstTimeCaller said:

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The 8-14 day outlook, which spent about 3-4 days showing "wetter than normal" is now back to "normal" which means zero rainfall.

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Those 2 maps are pretty much the inverse of each other.

PS: guess where my house is.

13 hours ago, Larry T. Spider said:

Hadn’t driven by lake Travis in a while. Yikes. 

Went boating yesterday and the hike down to and back up from the marina nearly fucking killed me. Pretty much a 75 degree climb for 50 yards.

14 hours ago, Larry T. Spider said:

Hadn’t driven by lake Travis in a while. Yikes. 

1 hour ago, MissingInAction said:

Went boating yesterday and the hike down to and back up from the marina nearly fucking killed me. Pretty much a 75 degree climb for 50 yards.

Shame this site doesn't have historical data, but then again, this is one of those sites that 100% delivers on what the domain name says.

https://isthelakefullyet.com/#volume

1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

Shame this site doesn't have historical data, but then again, this is one of those sites that 100% delivers on what the domain name says.

https://isthelakefullyet.com/#volume

This site has a link to a spreadsheet on the right side that has lake level data by month from 1941 thru 2015.  Not sure why they stopped then, I guess they got bored, but there are other sites that have more recent data.

http://www.laketraviswaterlevel.com/

 

 

We get back from vacation tomorrow so it will probably rain then. 

To dark to for me make these out, but pretty good airshow over Cedar Creek tonighte1838d17c1298397bd6750c90e80d07f.jpg610a91f2b00bae6c035c54d17c6ac339.jpg

Has Lake Travis ever been really low and been filled up by steady consistent rain over time or has it always taken a flood?

2 hours ago, Mighty fine said:

Bah, thought I was in the plane thread

At least there was water in it. Unlike most of this thread. 

17 hours ago, utee94 said:

This site has a link to a spreadsheet on the right side that has lake level data by month from 1941 thru 2015.  Not sure why they stopped then, I guess they got bored, but there are other sites that have more recent data.

http://www.laketraviswaterlevel.com/

I just stumbled over this site, which has daily levels for Lake Travis going all the way back to 1941, through present:

https://waterdatafortexas.org/reservoirs/individual/travis.csv

 

The last time we had a low-high cycle was 2014/2015.  It reached its lowest of around 622 in November 2014, and was full at 680+ a little over a year later.  The majority of that occurred due to the Memorial Day flooding in Central Texas in 2015.  Same storm that devastated Wimberly.

 

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I went down to Wimberley with some fellow shaggroids to help clean up. 

I've never seen devastation like that. Massive cypress trees completely ripped out by their roots. Entire houses smashed to nothing. 

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5 hours ago, MissingInAction said:

I went down to Wimberley with some fellow shaggroids to help clean up. 

I've never seen devastation like that. Massive cypress trees completely ripped out by their roots. Entire houses smashed to nothing. 

Yeah, we drove up that Tuesday. Worked directly across the Blanco from where the Porsche ended up on the house's slab. Just an insane night that Saturday was. Blanco rose 36 feet in less than 4 hours, five feet every 15 minutes from 10:45P to 11:45P. The Charba and McComb kids were never found I think.

Agree that the Cypress devastation did and still stands out as much as anything. It really was hard to imagine.

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Feels strange to hope for a flood knowing that it’s going to cause significant property damage and people will likely lose their lives. But it’s the only way this city continues to exist.

It’s been raining all night in Isla Mujeres.

.5 inch yesterday in 77057.  Enough to fuck up my golf game.  

2 minutes ago, HouTex said:

.5 inch yesterday in 77057.  Enough to fuck up my golf game.  

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Visiting family in Houston this week. i forgot what a good thunderstorm is like. 

Glorious day of rain in The Woodlands today. Thinking 2 inches.

Houston area got at least some rain just about every day since Sunday evening, with some pretty substantial totals Wednesday thru this morning. Looks like we may still get one more round tomorrow afternoon.

Sprinklers caught a multi-day break, which was much appreciated, as it doesn't appear we'll be getting any more for the 2 weeks to follow.

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What that stuff on my radar app out at 620 and 2222??

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WATER IS FALLING FROM THE SKY IN 78730, WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW??

Just had 10 minute downpour in Lakewood, near 360/2222. Clouds, thunder, the whole works. Damn strange.

Right as I'm getting the kids ready to walk over to the neighborhood swimming pool after being cooped up this afternoon, fucking lightning/thunder, but no rain.

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8 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

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I think they have a better chance on that "peace & sanity" thing than they do on the rain.

Fuck this guy.

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JUNCTION, Texas (KXAN) — A private dam proposed on the South Llano River, a major tributary to the Highland Lakes, is the center of a debate in the Hill Country this week as a public hearing set for Thursday evening approaches.

It all started in 2018 when then-CEO of Phillips 66, Gregory Garland, filed an application with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, or TCEQ, to dam up the river and create a private pool.

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The proposed size of Garland’s private recreational pool, filed under Waterstone Creek LLC, is 12 acre-feet of water — roughly 3.9 million gallons. That’s enough water to cover an entire football field with water nine feet deep.

https://www.kxan.com/texas-water/houston-oil-executive-wants-to-build-private-dam-for-recreation-on-south-llano-river/

7 minutes ago, Hpara759 said:

he's an "aggy"

 

go figure

Well they certainly don't lie cheat or steal, so you know his application is completely on the up-and-up.

This thread being bumped got me all excited so I checked the 10 day forecast. Should have known better...

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