LCRA Rainfall Summaries

I was curious about some of the rainfall totals with this most recent rain event so I wandered over to LCRA's site of monitoring stations. This might be a useful link for riders to see what rainfall totals have been for the past three days at a variety of locations. If you click the link on the actual monitoring station name, you'll get data posted every 15 minutes to get a feel for activity.

James river.... wow.

Link: https://hydromet.lcra.org/Reports/RainfallSummary



Next, I went over to the Stage Flow data and that's another good resource showing flow rates, and flood stage status. Again, clicking on any of the locations gives the specific information on bank stage, flood stage and is also color coordinated for over (red)

Link: https://hydromet.lcra.org/Reports/RiverStageFlow


Hope it helps some....

Along those same lines, this site might be useful for folks,

https://drivetexas.org/

Looks like the entire hill country area has tons of road closures due to flooding! October is usually a BUSY month for the Hill Country because it is typically prime riding season. I bet there are a LOT of events that are being canceled or rescheduled right now. No doubt, this will be tough on the local folks and businesses that depend on the busy season.

I heard on radio some bridge around llano got washed away?

misterk said:

I heard on radio some bridge around llano got washed away?

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Bridge in Kingsland went downriver this morning. Video here:https://www.accuweather.com/en/weat...bridge-collapse-near-kingsland-texas/70006366

For a state-of-Texas view, the Texas Water Development Board has these offerings.


Measured rainfall: http://texmesonet.org/Viewer


Measured streamflow: https://map.texasflood.org/

For those interested in the (lower) Colorado Basin, LCRA has additional, informative resources.


Flood Operations Report: https://floodstatus.lcra.org/


How the system works: https://www.lcra.org/water/floods/Pages/how-lcra-system-of-dams-works.aspx


Key elevations for Lake Travis: https://www.lcra.org/water/floods/Pages/key-elevations-for-lake-travis-during-floods.aspx


Lower Colorado river Flood Guide: https://www.lcra.org/water/floods/Documents/2017-Flood-Guide.pdf