2018 Rain Thread

[BottleRocket 644]

56 minutes ago, Jiggy-Z said:

The more it rains, the Wirtz it gets.  I'll see myself out.

 

I bought a boat that was being stored at Wirtz.  I moved it to Travis and called it the "Wirtz Dam Boat".  It had a big black Johnson.

[Lerka Lerka 1,086]

30 minutes ago, NaTeWHO said:

At 680.02 now. Should be full in the next 45 minutes or so.

At 680.78 at 3:00 pm hydromet update. 

[Judge Roybeanbag 11,819]

1 hour ago, Jiggy-Z said:

The more it rains, the Wirtz it gets.  I'll see myself out.

I grew up on Wirtz Street in Garwood, TX, so this hits close and all.

[atomheartbevo 89,625]

I’m actually surprised at how few road closures there are so far.  

https://drivetexas.org/#/10/30.5412/-98.0178?future=false

[Orange&White 5,522]

3 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

I grew up on Wirtz Street in Garwood, TX, so this hits close and all.

Yeah....well....being from Garwood, I can only assume that you are one of those water sucking rice farmers that makes Lake Travis into a desert so we can't jetski!!

[Judge Roybeanbag 11,819]

1 minute ago, Orange&White said:

Yeah....well....being from Garwood, I can only assume that you are one of those water sucking rice farmers that makes Lake Travis into a desert so we can't jetski!!

My straw.  It's 120 miles long!

[Wally Pryor 5,261]

41 minutes ago, NaTeWHO said:

Long way to go for that...

Top 10 highest levels for Lake Travis

Rank	Date	Height (msl)
1	Dec. 25, 1991	710.44
2	May 18, 1957	707.38
3	June 25, 1997	705.11
4	Feb. 9, 1992	704.68
5	July 6, 2007	701.51
6	Nov. 25, 2004	696.70
7	July 7, 2002	693.50
8	June 14, 1987	693.48
9	June 16, 2016	692.69
10	Oct. 7, 1959	692.58

 

Got to 693 in summer of '16?    Me must have blacked out around that time. 

[NaTeWHO 852]

Lake is full.

Travis (Mansfield)

Oct 16 2018 3:15PM

681.15

658.90

655.76

Edited October 16, 2018 by NaTeWHO

[Lerka Lerka 1,086]

Travis officially full.  681.15 at 3:15 update

Edited October 16, 2018 by Lerka Lerka
NaTeWHO beat me to it

[Lerka Lerka 1,086]

Travis was at 666 yesterday.  And it's still rising....fast

[Wally Pryor 5,261]

Llano River has yet to crest per Big Al.  Will do so tonight (sans any add'l rain).

[hornian 5,210]

22 minutes ago, Wally Pryor said:

 

Got to 693 in summer of '16?    Me must have blacked out around that time. 

I remember. I was married at a spot overlooking the lake in May '15. Water was about 1/4 mile away from the spot I was standing. Went back in June 2016 and took a pic at the same spot - water was about 10 feet from where I was standing. 

[hornian 5,210]

It is crazy how fast the lake has caught water - 2 weeks ago my wife and I drove out to our lake house and remarked how green and lush the grass on the sometimes islands were. 

Last week, I went out and remarked how much smaller the sometimes islands looks, as the water had come up about 5-10 feet.

Yesterday, there were still one or two sometimes islands (I think, I wasn't out there but I'm pretty sure the tallest are out of the water if the level is under 670'ish), and today they are under water completely. 

September primed the pump, and October has just been run off from fully saturated ground. 

 

[Digdogger 1,344]

1 minute ago, hornian said:

I remember. I was married at a spot overlooking the lake in May '15. Water was about 1/4 mile away from the spot I was standing. Went back in June 2016 and took a pic at the same spot - water was about 10 feet from where I was standing. 

Hippy Hollow is a wonderful spot for a union 

[Wally Pryor 5,261]

These are always staggering....pretty lazy flow this past weekend. 

[J.R. Juniors Junior Jr. 1,084]

7 minutes ago, hornian said:

It is crazy how fast the lake has caught water - 2 weeks ago my wife and I drove out to our lake house...

 

And thus was born a top-class humblebrag.

[El Diablo 4,232]

35 minutes ago, Lerka Lerka said:

Travis was at 666 yesterday.  And it's still rising....fast

I was nowhere near there, just want to clear this up before the talk starts.

[jimmyjazz 45,882]

Anyone know if Travis is full yet?

[Steamboat1874 4,048]

Speaking of boats.......I once saw Dennis Rodman on his boat on Lake Austin.

The name of his boat was W.W.O.

[llanoflash 151]

2 hours ago, Shaggy3.0 said:

anybody else see that stupid fucker driving a runabout/wake boat toward the llano river before daylight at the 1431 bridge in kingsland? the newscast caught the fucker driving by and said.. "oh look, law enforcement is out patrolling this morning.. oh wait... that is just some dickhead!"

sumbitch went under the 1431 bridge going south. he barely fit.. a little later the water was about 2-3' from the bottom of the bridge. wonder where he went. i dont see getting to a ramp going that way.  what in the fuck?

cant find a video.

 

guess he was just trolling? .

[Anastasis 23,458]

Just now, jimmyjazz said:

Anyone know if Travis is full yet?

If that's what you refer to your mom's cooch as, I can confirm that it is indeed full.

 

[jimmyjazz 45,882]

Yeah, full of my brother Travis.

Wait . . .

[phdhorn 6,224]

I thought I'd include this because we need more graphics and color:

[Anastasis 23,458]

So basically at 714 we flood austin?

[J.R. Juniors Junior Jr. 1,084]

Austin HS let out early because of flooding fears along Cesar Chavez due to water release.

https://www.statesman.com/news/20181016/austin-high-school-dismisses-students-early-due-to-flood-concerns

[phdhorn 6,224]

Yeah but at 751 we cut a new, straight Amazon-wide path to Matagorda Bay.

Ain't got time fo' dis' meandering shit.

[GlenFromTheMailRoom 1,603]

16 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

So basically at 714 we flood austin?

Pretty much.  Town lake is looking pretty full as well.

[hayden_horn 11,362]

17 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

So basically at 714 we flood austin?

remember when this happened?

[Blotto 23,487]

Stevie fixin to get wetter than Jimmyjazz's mom.

[Anastasis 23,458]

3 minutes ago, hayden_horn said:

remember when this happened?

Cue up Armybrat

[SuingToGetAMessageBoard? 3,861]

That's great that Stevie was in such an epic Flood.  I hope they pumped the perfect SRV song for that occasion.   "oooohh she's my sweet little baby, I'm her little lover boy. . ."

[Al Czervik 1,229]

1 hour ago, Digdogger said:

Hippy Hollow is a wonderful spot for a union 

 Can those people get married now? Asking for a friend.  

Edited October 16, 2018 by Al Czervik
Spelling duh

[texhorn 351]

Shit’s about to get real, folks. Buchanan Dam releases on tap tonight - up to four gates...


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[JimmyGlass 21]

At the lowest point in 2012 Travis held about 340,000 acre feet.  Since midnight the volume in Travis has increased  by about 310,000 acre feet.  

Of course that isn't counting the volume released from Mansfield since midnight. 

 

[Anastasis 23,458]

Why are they releasing from buchanan? They have what would seem to be a lot of capacity left there, with most of the rain running right to LBJ, and travis already at full. 

[clapclapclap 9,000]

12 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

Why are they releasing from buchanan? They have what would seem to be a lot of capacity left there, with most of the rain running right to LBJ, and travis already at full. 

Because it is 8 inches from full (1018').  Gotta be prepared for potential future heavy rain in the basin later this week:

https://floodstatus.lcra.org/

Flood operations at Buchanan Dam will start tonight or early tomorrow.  Take action to protect people and property.  Flood operations will start after the peak of the Llano River flood begins to pass Wirtz Dam.  This is anticipated to occur overnight on Oct. 16-17.  However, the start of gate operations will be determined based on actual conditions downstream on lakes LBJ and Marble Falls.  Lake Buchanan is forecast to rise to 1,018 to 1,020 feet msl and then be gradually drawn by flood releases to 1,018 feet msl over the following day or two.

Edited October 16, 2018 by clapclapclap

[Texas Jeff 1,944]

18 minutes ago, JimmyGlass said:

At the lowest point in 2012 Travis held about 340,000 acre feet.  Since midnight the volume in Travis has increased  by about 310,000 acre feet.  

Of course that isn't counting the volume released from Mansfield since midnight. 

 

Crazy numbers. One acre-foot of water is 43,460 cubic feet of water.  Today, the Llano River is dumping 3-4 cubic acres of water into Lake LBJ per second, or around 13 thousand cubic-acres per hour, or around Jimmy's number of 310K acre feet per day.

Lake Travis was 77% full yesterday and it's full today.  Rain is in the forecast off and on for the next four days.  Time to root for the forcefield.

 

 

[Dewey 3,286]

Why are they releasing from buchanan? They have what would seem to be a lot of capacity left there, with most of the rain running right to LBJ, and travis already at full. 

Travis is meant to flood.

[hornian 5,210]

4 minutes ago, Dewey said:

23 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

Why are they releasing from buchanan? They have what would seem to be a lot of capacity left there, with most of the rain running right to LBJ, and travis already at full. 

Travis is meant to flood.

So is Buchanan. 

[GlenFromTheMailRoom 1,603]

Folks on the other side of Mansfield better hold onto their nuts.  

[Anastasis 23,458]

27 minutes ago, clapclapclap said:

Because it is 8 inches from full (1018'). 

And Travis is 4' over full. I think Austin about to have to take the full length. 

[Dewey 3,286]

So is Buchanan. 

Dont know how it all works, the lakes, I'm pretty sure LT is designed to take the brunt of things.

[LongestHorn 759]

Few days after Texas hired Mackovic in December 1991, Mansfield rose about 18 feet overnight and they couldn't open the gates because of rains in Onion Creek and Bastrop.  They waited for the Colorado to crest in Bastrop before opening 6 gates.  Lake Travis maxed out at 710.4 on Christmas.  Everyone drove across the dam that day to see water just 3.5 feet from going over the spillway. 

[UnivTex34 1,763]

26 minutes ago, hornian said:

So is Buchanan. 

No it’s not. Buchanon does not have a built in flood pool. Only Travis does. Buchanon is opening gates at 1018, Travis can absorb nearly 75% of its full capacity after it hits 681.

 

so as he said, Travis is by design to flood.

[UnivTex34 1,763]

13 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

And Travis is 4' over full. I think Austin about to have to take the full length. 

4 feet over conservation full. It’s not full till it gets to 714, or when it gets to the spillway. Spillway at Buchanon is 1021. They have lowered the full pool level to 1018 while they repair floodgates.

Edited October 16, 2018 by UnivTex34

[Native Horn 3,498]

4 minutes ago, UnivTex34 said:

No it’s not. Buchanon does not have a built in flood pool. Only Travis does. Buchanon is opening gates at 1018, Travis can absorb nearly 75% of its full capacity after it hits 681.

 

so as he said, Travis is by design to flood.

Don't be pedantic when you can't even spell the name of Lake Buchanan correctly.  

[UnivTex34 1,763]

understanding how water is stored in the highland lakes > my shitty spelling

[Anastasis 23,458]

so we're like one more rain event away from some crazy shit going down, huh?

[Dewey 3,286]

All I know is, Lake Travis is not a constant level lake and takes as much water as needed, or gives as much water as needed. It's not until you're charged with the upkeep on a boat dock, that you truely see just how much that lake rises and falls, daily.

I wish everyone well up there, I know how ugly it gets.

[Anastasis 23,458]

3 minutes ago, Native Horn said:

Don't be pedantic when you can't even spell the name of Lake Buchanan correctly.  

pedantry is to be celebrated here.