Wet Hot Austin Summer

Either something's gone wonky with the Doppler Radar, or Mother Nature's feeling awfully gloomy: Austin's extended forecast indicates that we'll be dealing with hot, stormy weather through the July 4th holiday.

Last night's thunderstorms, which delivered an estimated 18 inches of rain, flooded parts of Williamson, Lampasas, and Burnet counties, leaving many folks stranded on cars, roofs, and trees. Emergency rescue crews were forced to make their way by land, air, and, in several cases, water—boats were used in severely flooded areas that were unreachable by helicopters.

Despite the water level at Lake Travis climbing steadily to over 690 feet, the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) began opening all four floodgates at Mansfield Dam this morning, in order to accommodate any runoff from the Hill Country. Town Lake and Lake Austin are currently closed.

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By Allen Y Chen in News on June 27, 2007 12:30 PM 0 Comments

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guest

This rain is interfering with my iPhone camping...

Shawn Shillington

I'm loving the rain. I wish it was like this here every year.

guest

Have to agree that moving here to get away from the rain is funny. As for the yard, yeah, it was nice for a while, but its actually too much rain at this point. Most people's grass roots are rotting and they don't know it. I'm presonally ready for the heat and the sun at this point, but I'm not ready for the people who are complaining now to also start complaining about how hot and dry it is.

tim

Moved here to get away from rain? This is the second rainiest area of Texas.,,

I'm loving it, and so is my yard. So many flowers. And I like listening to the frogs at night. We'll get back to blistering sun soon enough.