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[quote=Anonymous]From an Austin meteorologist this morning:

The flooding this weekend was so extreme that a number of the equipment sites that monitor river levels were damaged or destroyed. The USGS has been working to retrieve some of that lost data, and we have some final numbers regarding the historic crests on the Guadalupe, San Saba, and San Gabriel Rivers from the July 4th & 5th floods.

🔹Up to 22" of rain fell on part of the San Gabriel watershed. That sent the river to its 2nd HIGHEST crest on record, and about 6 feet higher than the 2007 flood in Georgetown

🔹10-20" on the San Saba watershed brought the San Saba River to its HIGHEST CREST on record in McCulloch County

[b]🔹10-15" of rain July 4th morning west of Kerrville took the Guadalupe River up to 10ft at 3 AM, 29ft an hour and a half later (that's when the flood gauge was damaged), then finally to a crest of 37.36ft by 5:10 AM in Hunt, TX. That's the highest level that flood gauge has ever measured, and it's located near just downstream from Camp Mystic and the many other camps that sustained catastrophic damage. [/b]

🔹That wall of water quickly moved into Kerrville with devastating consequences from there and further downstream towards Comfort, TX. The Kerrville flood gauge topped out at its 3rd highest crest on record.

Closer to Austin, two flood gauges operated by the LCRA were washed away in the catastrophic Saturday morning floods. One on Big Sandy Creek was destroyed after sending its last reading of 21ft. Another on Hamilton Creek in Burnet county was destroyed after topping 26ft. We may never know the true heights of those creeks which tore through so many homes, businesses, and lives this weekend. 
As of this writing, the 13 fatalities reported in Travis, Burnet, and Williamson counties is the same number of deaths from the 2015 Memorial Day weekend floods along the Blanco River in Wimberley. With many still reported missing, the grim reality is that the death toll will likely climb higher. 
The fact that this flood will likely eclipse the 2015 Wimberley flood is unbelievable. I thought I would never see anything like that again in my life. What's worrisome is that the state and national attention has been heavily concentrated on Kerr County. Obviously, they need all of the assistance that they can possibly get, but I hope state and national leaders will also recognize the critical need for equipment, manpower, and supplies in the disaster zones of Travis, Williamson, and Burnet counties in the coming days. So many people need so, so much help.[/quote]

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