Lake Travis 2010
03-20-2010, 05:53 AM
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4 years ago we had drought and lake was very low, next year we had flood and lake was closed for July 4th , last 2 years we had drought and lake went to record lows, now they are predicting floods again for this year.
Between the typically crazy Texas weather and the increasing demand for water from Lake Travis from more and more people moving to Austin I think we will be seeing a lot more up and down swings than has been normal...
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Central TX faces potential flood risk
NOAA releases Flood Forecast
Updated: Tuesday, 16 Mar 2010, 6:16 PM CDT
Published : Tuesday, 16 Mar 2010, 1:15 PM CDT
* Mary Lee
AUSTIN (KXAN) - NOAA just released its Flood Forecast for spring. Experts are predicting a good possibility of flooding for Central Texas.
"We're delivering an urgent message to citizens throughout the country and that message is get ready for flooding this spring," said National Weather Service Director Jack Hayes. "The flood risk is above average over a third of the country."
In Central Texas, NOAA is predicting wetter-than-average conditions with the possibility of flooding.
"Our major concern in the Southern tier of the United States is our ongoing El Nino," said Hayes. "We have seen throughout the winter that we've had the heavy rains and that's one of the things that we're watching. And that goes roughly from Texas to Florida."
In fact, the area's rainfall totals for the year are doing exceptionally well. Austin's Camp Mabry has a surplus of more than 2 1/2 inches, thanks to the area's wetter-than-normal fall and winter.
Between the typically crazy Texas weather and the increasing demand for water from Lake Travis from more and more people moving to Austin I think we will be seeing a lot more up and down swings than has been normal...
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Central TX faces potential flood risk
NOAA releases Flood Forecast
Updated: Tuesday, 16 Mar 2010, 6:16 PM CDT
Published : Tuesday, 16 Mar 2010, 1:15 PM CDT
* Mary Lee
AUSTIN (KXAN) - NOAA just released its Flood Forecast for spring. Experts are predicting a good possibility of flooding for Central Texas.
"We're delivering an urgent message to citizens throughout the country and that message is get ready for flooding this spring," said National Weather Service Director Jack Hayes. "The flood risk is above average over a third of the country."
In Central Texas, NOAA is predicting wetter-than-average conditions with the possibility of flooding.
"Our major concern in the Southern tier of the United States is our ongoing El Nino," said Hayes. "We have seen throughout the winter that we've had the heavy rains and that's one of the things that we're watching. And that goes roughly from Texas to Florida."
In fact, the area's rainfall totals for the year are doing exceptionally well. Austin's Camp Mabry has a surplus of more than 2 1/2 inches, thanks to the area's wetter-than-normal fall and winter.
Last edited by HTRDLNCN; 03-20-2010 at 05:56 AM.
03-20-2010, 11:30 AM
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With last nights rains we will be at 681 by tommorow or monday
Supposed to be in the 30s tonight up here in the hill country by the lake.
we are in mid March, this is friggin ridiculous..
Supposed to be in the 30s tonight up here in the hill country by the lake.
we are in mid March, this is friggin ridiculous..
03-22-2010, 08:26 AM
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This cold weather is getting to me. Was outside doing yardwork yesterday, and those chilled 35MPH winds were blowing right through me. I need a beach, a beverage, and 90degrees ASAP.
03-22-2010, 11:45 AM
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No kidding, it was windy as hell here in Houston too. I wonder how long it's going to take for the water to warm up this year. I sure can't wait for a nice day to get a raft-up going in Cow Creek!!!
03-29-2010, 12:17 PM
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Spent the whole day spring cleaning and waxing the yacht. Very windy all day, so decided to spare the cruise until later. White caps out there were pretty impressive.
