Yeah, I don't know where he is getting it from. The forecast doesn't show it.
Rain is outdoors.....
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FHKChE07 said:
So technically, it isn't elevation above sea level, but elevation above the survey benchmark NAVD88 +0.6'.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Vertical_Datum_of_1988
Also, you aren't far off about the releases from Mansfield Dam being like Niagara Falls. Right now they are releasing about 28000 CFS and normal flow over Niagara Falls is 85000 CFS. It is a lot of water. However, for reference, during Harvey, Lake Houston was releasing 400,000 CFS at the peak. That was an inordinate amount of water.
Wait, Niagra is only 85,000 cfs? And the Llano River in Llano yesterday was flowing at 290,000?
Technically, Lake Buchanan's main purpose was water storage for Austin and not power generation. The power generation was just a nice benefit.
FHKChE07 said:
Yeah, I don't know where he is getting it from. The forecast doesn't show it.
Saw it I believe in a San Antonio express article
Just curious if it was credible. While down there we heard a bunch of different rumors. Most of them were around the Lake coming up again overnight but that didn't happen at all. Everyone seemed to know someone that knew something though.
It's stil raining it's ass off in the Colorado and Llano riversheds, so I'm afraid we're not out of the woods yet. Llano was running really high along 29 and thru Llano.
It's stil raining it's ass off in the Colorado and Llano riversheds, so I'm afraid we're not out of the woods yet. Llano was running really high along 29 and thru Llano.
That is the average. During the summer, it can be as much as 100,000 cfs, but they turn it down at night to 55,000 cfs. The highest rate ever at Niagara was 225,000 cfs. And yes, the Llano was higher than that yesterday. That is how devastating the flash floods really are and why the dams are important.
search Llano River Cresting on google and you'll find several news sources saying they expected the Llano to crest this morning in Llano near yesterday's crest but later they said it's not going to get near that.Aggie_3 said:FHKChE07 said:
Yeah, I don't know where he is getting it from. The forecast doesn't show it.
Saw it I believe in a San Antonio express article
CWby '90
AgCWby90CS48 said:search Llano River Cresting on google and you'll find several news sources saying they expected the Llano to crest this morning in Llano near yesterday's crest but later they said it's not going to get near that.Aggie_3 said:FHKChE07 said:
Yeah, I don't know where he is getting it from. The forecast doesn't show it.
Saw it I believe in a San Antonio express article
Austin 6pm news yesterday had it dropping from 39.9' down to 20 something and then back up to 40+ last night. By the 10pm news they were saying a steady drop.
AgCWby90CS48 said:search Llano River Cresting on google and you'll find several news sources saying they expected the Llano to crest this morning in Llano near yesterday's crest but later they said it's not going to get near that.Aggie_3 said:FHKChE07 said:
Yeah, I don't know where he is getting it from. The forecast doesn't show it.
Saw it I believe in a San Antonio express article
I saw the one I saw and posted before stepping into a few hour long meeting so glad the one I saw was wrong
I can tell you what 140,000cfs looks like on the brazos unfortnuately.FHKChE07 said:
So technically, it isn't elevation above sea level, but elevation above the survey benchmark NAVD88 +0.6'.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Vertical_Datum_of_1988
Also, you aren't far off about the releases from Mansfield Dam being like Niagara Falls. Right now they are releasing about 28000 CFS and normal flow over Niagara Falls is 85000 CFS. It is a lot of water. However, for reference, during Harvey, Lake Houston was releasing 400,000 CFS at the peak. That was an inordinate amount of water.
The lakes are closed to recreation by LCRA.MouthBQ98 said:
I'm surprised there's not a legion of whitewater kayakers down there as there is some epic class 4-5 stuff going on.
Not going to get political... I don't know the ins and outs of who all owns what and where along that river. I suspect it's LCRA as they're pretty much 4th in the chain of command along that river behind The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. But for now, if you're caught on the river or lakes in that area for recreational purposes, you're going to jail.
They have their own Marshals to do it too. I was once threatened to go on a ride with them by an overzealous LCRA project manager on a project I was working on. Fun times.Kenneth_2003 said:The lakes are closed to recreation by LCRA.MouthBQ98 said:
I'm surprised there's not a legion of whitewater kayakers down there as there is some epic class 4-5 stuff going on.
Not going to get political... I don't know the ins and outs of who all owns what and where along that river. I suspect it's LCRA as they're pretty much 4th in the chain of command along that river behind The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. But for now, if you're caught on the river or lakes in that area for recreational purposes, you're going to jail.
schmellba99 said:They have their own Marshals to do it too. I was once threatened to go on a ride with them by an overzealous LCRA project manager on a project I was working on. Fun times.Kenneth_2003 said:The lakes are closed to recreation by LCRA.MouthBQ98 said:
I'm surprised there's not a legion of whitewater kayakers down there as there is some epic class 4-5 stuff going on.
Not going to get political... I don't know the ins and outs of who all owns what and where along that river. I suspect it's LCRA as they're pretty much 4th in the chain of command along that river behind The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost. But for now, if you're caught on the river or lakes in that area for recreational purposes, you're going to jail.
Truth
BurnetAggie99 said:
Truth
Stevie may actually be inundated tomorrow if they open more Mansfield gates.
Storm forming in the Pacific could cause real issues next week.
https://www.facebook.com/127127024456876/posts/473692686466973/
https://www.facebook.com/127127024456876/posts/473692686466973/
Models for the Pacific storm mentioned above don't look good.
Where is the storm currently located on that graph?
BoerneGator said:
Where is the storm currently located on that graph?
Usually where all the lines start at the same place.
Anyone know about the roads around Llano? I'm supposed to go up tomorrow to check on feeders and get things ready for the season.
I come in off 29, go through town on 16 over the bridge, and then turn on 2323. Checked TxDot and ATX floods, not seeing any road closures. Just checking to see if anyone had some first hand knowledge of things.
I come in off 29, go through town on 16 over the bridge, and then turn on 2323. Checked TxDot and ATX floods, not seeing any road closures. Just checking to see if anyone had some first hand knowledge of things.
See if that county website has anything.
My frogs have been serenading like their lives depend on it the past two nights.Charpie said:
My husband went outside and said goodbye to the frogs, cicadas and mosquitoes. "See you next spring!"
Bob_Ag said:
Anyone know about the roads around Llano? I'm supposed to go up tomorrow to check on feeders and get things ready for the season.
I come in off 29, go through town on 16 over the bridge, and then turn on 2323. Checked TxDot and ATX floods, not seeing any road closures. Just checking to see if anyone had some first hand knowledge of things.
DriveTexas.org was very reliable and accurate this week with everything going on as we made our way to LBJ.
Bob_Ag said:
Anyone know about the roads around Llano? I'm supposed to go up tomorrow to check on feeders and get things ready for the season.
I come in off 29, go through town on 16 over the bridge, and then turn on 2323. Checked TxDot and ATX floods, not seeing any road closures. Just checking to see if anyone had some first hand knowledge of things.
Check out driveTX.org
It just won't stop raining. Been raining since 630 this morning here in Denton.
It's pretty crazy watching the water come out of the spillway on Mansfield dam. Wednesday it was a foamy clear greenish hue that is the normal color of lake Travis. Today it was a gushing mud colored torrent coming out of the gates. I presume the big surge has muddied Travis from end to end. There's going to be all sorts of crazy debris in the lake this winter.
danieljustin06 said:
It just won't stop raining. Been raining since 630 this morning here in Denton.
It's been raining, even in midland, since Sunday night. The sun just came out. First time in 5 days.
We've had rain every day since Sunday as well. Today has been the most consistent. I'm just as tired of the rain as everyone else.
4" since midnight in Portland Texas.
It rains. Every. Damn. Day.
Heard on the news last night that Travis caught enough water in 24 hrs to satisfy Austin's water needs for 4 years. That blows my mind.
It rains. Every. Damn. Day.
Heard on the news last night that Travis caught enough water in 24 hrs to satisfy Austin's water needs for 4 years. That blows my mind.
Guadalupe river downstream of Canyon lake is flowing at 3,000 cfs. Guess they finally decided to let some water out of the lake. Don't make any plans to fish the river this weekend!
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