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Lake Travis expected to hit highest level since 1991 by Friday
Posted: Wed, 17 Oct 2018 10:20 PM - 27,409 Readers
By: CBS Austin
Flooding at Jonestown Park on Lake Travis (Photos courtesy: Robert Haskins)
Lake Travis is now 129 percent full. The lake is considered full at 681 feet and as of 2 a.m. it was at 694.21 feet. LCRA says the lake can rise up to one foot per hour, and they now expect Lake Travis expected to hit 705 to 710 feet by Friday. The all time record is 710.44 feet in 1991. Below is a list of properties that are threatened as the lake hits specific water levels:
- 714 - Flow reaches and goes uncontrolled over the emergency spillway over Mansfield Dam at Lake Travis. Hundreds of homes around Lake Travis flood, many with water well over their roofs or in the second floor level.
- 710 - Hundreds of homes around Lake Travis at Graveyard Point at Lakeway flood with water well over some roofs and into the second floor of lower homes.
- 705 - Disastrous residential flooding of hundreds of homes occurs around Lake Travis at Graveyard Point at Lakeway, many with water over their roofs in up to 17 feet of water.
- 700 - Many homes flood at Graveyard Point at Lakeway on Lake Travis, some with water to their roofs in up to twelve feet of water.
- 695 - Lowest temporary and mobile homes in Graveyard Point at Lakeway on Lake Travis have up to seven feet of water in them.
- 691 - The lowest permanent homes at Graveyard Point at Lakeway on Lake Travis flood. Several temporary homes are in several feet of water.
- 688 - Lowest temporary and mobile homes at Graveyard Point at Lakeway on Lake Travis flood.
- 685 - The lowest temporary and mobile homes at Lakeway at Graveyard Point on Lake Travis are threatened.
The city of Lakeway and the Lakeway PD are currently monitoring the lake levels.
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