Fast ones?? I'm not sure I understand the question.

I meant what class would they be classified as. (VI, X)?

Oh I don't have any idea

Is that two port o potties in the last few seconds of the video down at the bottom of the dam?

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I can't find it Anywhere but do they have all the flood gates open on Canyon?

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Canyon doesn't have actual gates. It has a primary outlet works there in the center of the dam along the old river channel that can release water in measured amounts. I'm not sure what type of valve is down there inside the dam that is opened. I'm also unsure if it's fully open with this ~5000 cfs release.

Looks like information like that doesn't exactly make it onto the net.

its also crazy all of that water is only from one gate. if all of them were open that would be a sight for sure. Not sure I would want to be anywhere down stream though

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Is that two port o potties in the last few seconds of the video down at the bottom of the dam?

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It's been mentioned before that the reason they are releasing water is to work on the dam. you can see the man lift moving to the right at the end too.

The Canyon spillway is really neat looking flowing that much. Saw it a few weeks ago.

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Is that two port o potties in the last few seconds of the video down at the bottom of the dam?

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It's been mentioned before that the reason they are releasing water is to work on the dam. you can see the man lift moving to the right at the end too.

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Buchanan isn't specifically designed to hold back Floodwater. It can hold a little bit and can knock the peak off of a flow, but Travis is the only lake in the Highland Lakes that is specifically designed to hold and store floodwater in any significant quantity.

It looks like LCRA has different targets for "full" on Buchanan depending on time of year.

• May-October --> At or below 1,018 ft MSL
• November - April --> At or below 1,020 ft MSL
• 100 YR flood level is 1,021 ft MSL

http://www.lcra.org/water/dams-and-lakes/pages/buchanan-dam.aspx

So right now with teh water level in the lake being about 1,017.## I don't know if the current work that's being done has anything to do with the releases. They just really aren't designed to hold back and store much floodwater. There is some water coming into the lake from upstream so they pretty much have to let it go. I don't know specifically about Buchanan, but I do know for a fact for example on Conroe (same style tainter gates) they can install stop logs and completely dry a gate out to work on it; painting seal maintenance, etc. Working on one gate shouldn't effect overall dam operations.


What does surprise me is that Travis is releasing water even though the downstream river is in flood stage. Travis is "full" at 681.0 ft and is currently at 686.35 ft. I would presume they don't want to store up to the spillway elevation unless they absolutely have to. I guess the details of the dam operation are in their operations manual. That might make some interesting reading!

http://floodstatus.lcra.org/

Those would be VI or greater.

Target releases for different levels of Lake Travis

http://www.lcra.org/water/floods/pages/key-elevations-for-lake-travis-during-floods.aspx

If you have fb...... here are some pics of the boat ramp under the bridge in Lagrange.


https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1187425564630332&set=pcb.1187426347963587&type=3&theater

Video of Lake Somerville (from the Eagle's Fishing guy) sending all kinds of trash over the spillway.

Trash:


Full Video:

Wow.

I assume you are talking about this point of the video:

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Is that two port o potties in the last few seconds of the video down at the bottom of the dam?

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It's been mentioned before that the reason they are releasing water is to work on the dam. you can see the man lift moving to the right at the end too.

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Buchanan isn't specifically designed to hold back Floodwater. It can hold a little bit and can knock the peak off of a flow, but Travis is the only lake in the Highland Lakes that is specifically designed to hold and store floodwater in any significant quantity.

It looks like LCRA has different targets for "full" on Buchanan depending on time of year.

• May-October --> At or below 1,018 ft MSL
• November - April --> At or below 1,020 ft MSL
• 100 YR flood level is 1,021 ft MSL

http://www.lcra.org/water/dams-and-lakes/pages/buchanan-dam.aspx

So right now with teh water level in the lake being about 1,017.## I don't know if the current work that's being done has anything to do with the releases. They just really aren't designed to hold back and store much floodwater. There is some water coming into the lake from upstream so they pretty much have to let it go. I don't know specifically about Buchanan, but I do know for a fact for example on Conroe (same style tainter gates) they can install stop logs and completely dry a gate out to work on it; painting seal maintenance, etc. Working on one gate shouldn't effect overall dam operations.


What does surprise me is that Travis is releasing water even though the downstream river is in flood stage. Travis is "full" at 681.0 ft and is currently at 686.35 ft. I would presume they don't want to store up to the spillway elevation unless they absolutely have to. I guess the details of the dam operation are in their operations manual. That might make some interesting reading!

http://floodstatus.lcra.org/

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Because the water being released from Travis takes a while to make its way downstream, and by the time it gets to Wharton, it is expected that the river will be low enough to handle this flow. Of course, a big rain between Smithville and Wharton could cause all kinds of problems.

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Video of Lake Somerville (from the Eagle's Fishing guy) sending all kinds of trash over the spillway.

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If you watch the first part of the video as he is trying to take a detour down 1361, our cotton field is about a half mile down from where he turned around.

this is what it looked like on the 18th


this is what it looked like on the 31st

KLBK News @KLBKNews 2h2 hours ago
Reports of #flooding at South Loop 289 and Quaker Avenue in South #Lubbock (near Walmart & Applebee's). #txwxpic.twitter.com/MnlUqITxfc

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Be back soon, I'm headed to Somerville with a cast net.

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It's funny because of your user name.

https://www.facebook.com/johninsotexas/videos/1775042189374326/

Cool video of the Medina Lake spillway today.

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Is that two port o potties in the last few seconds of the video down at the bottom of the dam?

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It's been mentioned before that the reason they are releasing water is to work on the dam. you can see the man lift moving to the right at the end too.

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Buchanan isn't specifically designed to hold back Floodwater. It can hold a little bit and can knock the peak off of a flow, but Travis is the only lake in the Highland Lakes that is specifically designed to hold and store floodwater in any significant quantity.

It looks like LCRA has different targets for "full" on Buchanan depending on time of year.

• May-October --> At or below 1,018 ft MSL
• November - April --> At or below 1,020 ft MSL
• 100 YR flood level is 1,021 ft MSL

http://www.lcra.org/water/dams-and-lakes/pages/buchanan-dam.aspx

So right now with teh water level in the lake being about 1,017.## I don't know if the current work that's being done has anything to do with the releases. They just really aren't designed to hold back and store much floodwater. There is some water coming into the lake from upstream so they pretty much have to let it go. I don't know specifically about Buchanan, but I do know for a fact for example on Conroe (same style tainter gates) they can install stop logs and completely dry a gate out to work on it; painting seal maintenance, etc. Working on one gate shouldn't effect overall dam operations.


What does surprise me is that Travis is releasing water even though the downstream river is in flood stage. Travis is "full" at 681.0 ft and is currently at 686.35 ft. I would presume they don't want to store up to the spillway elevation unless they absolutely have to. I guess the details of the dam operation are in their operations manual. That might make some interesting reading!

http://floodstatus.lcra.org/

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While they do have targets for "full" at different stages of the year, they are intentionally capping Lake Buchanan at 1018' (2' below max capacity) max year around right now as they perform flood gate maintenance. Not sure when the maintenance is supposed to end. It's been going on for years, but it hasn't really been an issue since the lake has been so low.

http://hydromet.lcra.org/riverreport/

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Lake Buchanan is currently being managed to a maximum storage level of 1,018 feet msl. Under an agreement with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, conservation storage is limited to this elevation in the more flood-prone months of May through October. LCRA is currently limiting storage year-round while upgrades to the floodgates are underway. Read more about the management of Lake Buchanan.

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Leon river up by mother Neff state park. Good aerial views.

https://player.vimeo.com/video/168928711?autoplay=1&title=0&byline=0&portrait=0

Spring getting hammered again?

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Spring getting hammered again?

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McKenzie Park is flooded. My truck made it through, but a lot of cars did not. Willow Creek is out of its banks already.

I hate to say this but I'm thankful this is not in the Brazos watershed guys. I hope no one is flooded out due to this.

dlance, where are you located?

Friends parents in Conroe just flooded again an hour ago. The insurance adjuster was in their way

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Leon river up by mother Neff state park. Good aerial views.

https://player.vimeo.com/video/168928711?autoplay=1&title=0&byline=0&portrait=0

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Whoa! I need to ask my dad about the Leon. He lives near it, near Leon Junction. He didn't mention anything about the Leon getting out again.