Bob Rose, chief meteorologist for the Lower Colorado River Authority, posted this forecast today for the coming week.[/caption]Lake Travis was at 673.02 feet above mean sea level, or msl, as of Aug. 4 at 8:15 a.m. and rose to 673.31 feet above msl as of 11:35 a.m. today, according to the LCRA.
This morning the agency opened floodgates at the Starcke and Wirtz dams for several hours because “heavy rains of up to 7 inches fell in parts of the Highland Lakes watershed” today, the agency reported on its website. However, as of 11:40 a.m., those floodgates were closed.
As of 11:35 a.m., the LCRA predicts “the level of Lake Travis is expected to rise to 673 to 674 feet above msl in the next 24 hours.”
How much rain fell in your area during the past 24 hours?
Barton Creek at Loop 360: 1.98 inches (as of 11:25 a.m.)
Barton Creek at West Hwy. 71, near Oak Hill: 3.07 inches (as of 11:25 a.m.)
Bull Creek at Loop 360: 2.2 inches (as of 11:25 a.m.)
Lady Bird Lake near Longhorn Dam: 2.69 inches (as of 11:25 a.m.)
Lake Austin at Quinlan Park: 2.78 inches (as of 11:10 a.m.)
Lakeway: 2.41-2.92 inches (as of 11:10 a.m.)
LCRA Redbud Center: 2.24 inches (as of 11:10 a.m.)
Mansfield Dam: 2.95 inches (as of 11:10 a.m.)
Spicewood: 2.97-3.99 inches (as of 11:11 a.m.)
