Flood threat continues for Thursday as daily rain chances linger into the weeeknd
Widespread showers and storms brought beneficial rain to the area Wednesday night through Thursday morning. Here is a look at the totals and impacts to lake levels.AUSTIN, Texas — May is historically the wettest month of the year in Central Texas and it's certainly living up to it's reputation!
Widespread showers and storms moved through the area Wednesday evening through Thursday morning, brining much-needed rain during our continuous drought. There are still ongoing showers and storms with more on the way for Thursday afternoon and the upcoming weekend. For now, we thought we'd give you a quick look at some of the rainfall totals from over the past 24 hours and how they're impacting our lake levels.Based off of radar-estimated totals, the largest rainfall over the past day was mostly detected in Blanco, Mason, and Milam counties. Projections show several inches of rainfall within these areas.
Thankfully, we saw fairly widespread rain west of I-35, but did it help our lake levels? The answer is yes, but just not much as we would've liked. As of 9 a.m. Thursday, Lake Travis is still sitting at 38% capacity and Lake Buchanan is at 48% capacity. However, both lake levels increased. Lake Travis saw the largest increase, but only by 1.44 inches. Lake Buchanan went up by an even smaller increment of 0.72 inches. Additional runoff from the rain will help feed into the lakes throughout the coming days.A new drought monitor was released early Thursday morning, but this doesn't factor in the rain from Wednesday evening's storms. This week's monitor shows minor improvements in the drought for both Williamson and Burnet counties.
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