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Posted: 5/24/2015 2:03:49 AM EDT

The Blanco River is seven feet higher than it's ever been in recorded history. I built a friend's house on the Blanco a few years ago in Wimberley and I'm sure it's under water now. There's a life threatening flood wave heading down the Blanco now to San Marcos.

The good thing is the Pedernales is flooding and dumping it into Travis.

Posted: 5/24/2015 2:09:12 AM EDT

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We have more water than we can use,hope everybody gets to high ground.
It's coming a downpour right now in Garland,water is standing in my backyard.

Posted: 5/24/2015 2:14:41 AM EDT

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It's bad. Real bad.

Member NwG lives out that way IIRC. Hope they haven't floated away.

Posted: 5/24/2015 2:15:07 AM EDT

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Probably going to declare Kendall County a disaster area.

Posted: 5/24/2015 2:24:20 AM EDT

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Jim Swift on KXAN News keeps saying it's an unprecedented flood of which they've never seen before. 12" of rain just got dumped in Blanco and another wave of 2" an hour is coming from Gillespie Co. that may hit Blanco Co. Five mile Dam above San Marcos is going to be roaring at 41.5 ft. and higher projected in the next few hours.

Posted: 5/24/2015 2:48:01 AM EDT

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I have an older Aunt and Uncle up there, don't know how close to the river they are.

Posted: 5/24/2015 3:02:12 AM EDT

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The Blanco is about 9ft above the highest ever recorded flood level right now. Last record was 33ft in 1929 and its well north of 40' now.

LOTS of swift water rescues going on. Austin and San Antonio have sent rescue crews.

ANOTHER round in incoming with 2-4" per hour of rain.

Lake Travis now expected to be 645-648ft by later tonight.

Posted: 5/24/2015 3:17:18 AM EDT

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The Blanco is about 9ft above the highest ever recorded flood level right now. Last record was 33ft in 1929 and its well north of 40' now.

LOTS of swift water rescues going on. Austin and San Antonio have sent rescue crews.

ANOTHER round in incoming with 2-4" per hour of rain.

Lake Travis now expected to be 645-648ft by later tonight.

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Really? I know they have the flood gates open at Max Starke. After five years I can wake up tomorrow to lake front property again.

I wonder if the fishing will be as good as it was the last time the lake was full?

Posted: 5/24/2015 3:22:24 AM EDT

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Really? After five years I can wake up tomorrow to lake front property again.

I wonder if the fishing will be as good as it was the last time the lake was full?

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The Blanco is about 9ft above the highest ever recorded flood level right now. Last record was 33ft in 1929 and its well north of 40' now.
LOTS of swift water rescues going on. Austin and San Antonio have sent rescue crews.
ANOTHER round in incoming with 2-4" per hour of rain.

Lake Travis now expected to be 645-648ft by later tonight.

Really? After five years I can wake up tomorrow to lake front property again.

I wonder if the fishing will be as good as it was the last time the lake was full?

KXAN had an LCRA lady on who said it. Thats JUST by end of Sunday NOT including all next week. They have a gate open at Marble Falls, too.

Posted: 5/24/2015 3:38:45 AM EDT

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Onion Creek in Driftwood now at 19ft 3rd highest level on record. Round 2 for Sat/Sun yet to hit.

Edit- Up to 2nd highest flood level in Driftwood. Water will move downstream towards ABIA this morning.

Edit 2- Flood gauge on the Blanco in Wimberly has been LOST. No new data coming in. New storm is dumping 4-6" of rain per hour.

I-35 in Kyle may be closed to flood waters over on the interstate.

Posted: 5/24/2015 4:33:34 AM EDT

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Yall hang in there.

Posted: 5/24/2015 4:45:55 AM EDT

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2nd gauge lost near Kyle. Rivers near San Marcos and Kyle have gone up 10ft+ in 30 minutes or less.

Edit- 0400 Blanco river now on south bound I35

Edit 2- I35 now closed in Kyle both directions.

Posted: 5/24/2015 5:24:39 AM EDT

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2nd gauge lost near Kyle. Rivers near San Marcos and Kyle have gone up 10ft+ in 30 minutes or less.

Edit- 0400 Blanco river now on south bound I35

Edit 2- I35 now closed in Kyle both directions.

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With the amount of traffic on I35 that's going to be a hell of a mess.

Posted: 5/24/2015 5:26:30 AM EDT

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And it is still pouring!

ETA I heard RR12 is closed on either side of Wimberley, both Cypress Creek and the Blanco River are over the road. Evacuees are being placed in the elementary school in my subdivision.

Posted: 5/24/2015 6:54:53 AM EDT

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Yep, buying flood insurance probably sounded pretty stupid a year ago.

Hope everyone stays safe.

Lots of rain down in the San Antonio area as well.

Glad we live on a hill. Boerne and Bandera both have flooding issues.

Posted: 5/24/2015 7:02:46 AM EDT

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Prayers needed for the folks in Wimberley. The news said 350 homes are under water.

Posted: 5/24/2015 8:34:21 AM EDT

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Glad we live on a hill. Boerne and Bandera both have flooding issues.

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Me too.

The Fischer store bridge over the Blanco is gone. I think that was a pretty nice bridge.

In Boerne, at Herff road and Esser, the water was four feet under the traffic lights. They spent most of the evening evacuating the houses and apartments. Mandatory Evacuation order.

I'll give you guys some insight on how a swiftwater emergency happens even though shit has been flooded for six hours:

/be from Oklahoma

/be drunk all day

/decide to hop in your beat up late 90s van and drive it home from a friend's house.

/see the first creek 3' over the road and think "hell I'll make it".

/van stalls.

/climb out the back of the van and run into the bushes to avoid The Man.

/have someone come along, see the van, and call 911.

Posted: 5/24/2015 9:03:52 AM EDT

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http://water.weather.gov/resources/hydrographs/wmbt2_hg.png

It's bad. Real bad.

Member NwG lives out that way IIRC. Hope they haven't floated away.

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NwG checked in safe.

Posted: 5/24/2015 9:06:52 AM EDT

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We can't leave our place.
Creek is over the road.

Posted: 5/24/2015 9:23:53 AM EDT

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A firefighter died in OK (somewhere near Tulsa) trying to carry out a water rescue.

Be safe

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Claremore OK
http://www.newson6.com/story/29143941/claremore-firefighter-drowns-during-flood-rescue

Posted: 5/24/2015 9:36:11 AM EDT

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My buddy lost his house and everything in it. Two dogs drown. Luckily his wife and son were out of town, he said he had to climb out of an upstairs window and swim to his property line. Unreal.

Posted: 5/24/2015 9:41:05 AM EDT

[#21]

Tag.

Posted: 5/24/2015 9:51:10 AM EDT

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My buddy lost his house and everything in it. Two dogs drown. Luckily his wife and son were out of town, he said he had to climb out of an upstairs window and swim to his property line. Unreal.

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Dam!

Posted: 5/24/2015 10:32:59 AM EDT

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Fisher Store Road bridge over the Blanco...
Flood crested about 15 feet over where I took this picture...

We are high on a hill, no damage..
Wimberley along the Blanco is gone..

Posted: 5/24/2015 10:37:38 AM EDT

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Posted: 5/24/2015 10:49:11 AM EDT

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Posted: 5/24/2015 10:53:14 AM EDT

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That is crazy. I am 1 mile from onion creek and it looks the same, about 20ft over the bridge

Posted: 5/24/2015 10:54:14 AM EDT

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Prayers needed for the folks in Wimberley. The news said 350 homes are under water.

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A buddy insisted on locating his mansion and pool on the Blanco in River Mountain Ranch. Hell, when we were building it in 96' there came a big rain and the water almost reached the slab. It washed away a bunch of my equipment including an expensive generator that ended up in San Marcos.

This flood is bigger. His complex must be under water. He also had a 20 acre high fenced exotic game pen down on the river bottom. I hope the animals didn't drown.

Posted: 5/24/2015 10:55:47 AM EDT

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My buddy lost his house and everything in it. Two dogs drown. Luckily his wife and son were out of town, he said he had to climb out of an upstairs window and swim to his property line. Unreal.

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Damn

I'm looking at neighbor's docks with boats in them that were at the water's edge yesterday that are now out in the lake. One is listing pretty bad. I bet a bunch of those docks and boathouses laying up on the banks of the Pedernales below Hwy. 71 bridge are in Lake Travis now.

Posted: 5/24/2015 11:06:00 AM EDT

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My buddy lost his house and everything in it. Two dogs drown. Luckily his wife and son were out of town, he said he had to climb out of an upstairs window and swim to his property line. Unreal.

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That's terrible

Posted: 5/24/2015 11:18:12 AM EDT

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Fisher Store Road bridge over the Blanco...
Flood crested about 15 feet over where I took this picture...
http://i59.tinypic.com/2a4ww9l.jpg
We are high on a hill, no damage..
Wimberley along the Blanco is gone..

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Holy shit!

Glad to hear yall are safe

Posted: 5/24/2015 11:20:05 AM EDT

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Thats a good shot.

"Seriously... unTex the Mex.."

Posted: 5/24/2015 11:45:40 AM EDT

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Posted: 5/24/2015 11:47:54 AM EDT

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tinypic sucks. Can you re-host?

Posted: 5/24/2015 11:49:21 AM EDT

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Posted: 5/24/2015 11:50:08 AM EDT

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I have someone in the area probably trying to get to San Antonio. How are I-10 and I-35 looking in that area?

Posted: 5/24/2015 11:50:14 AM EDT

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No...

I'm lucky to have service or Internet... Cell towers are mostly down.

Posted: 5/24/2015 11:50:58 AM EDT

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35 in San Marcos is supposedly underwater.

Posted: 5/24/2015 12:14:47 PM EDT

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If thats the bridge I'm thinking of I used to know one of the people in one of white houses.

Posted: 5/24/2015 12:21:09 PM EDT

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I have someone in the area probably trying to get to San Antonio. How are I-10 and I-35 looking in that area?

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35 is open again

Posted: 5/24/2015 12:42:38 PM EDT

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Is 12 bridge under at town square? Is cypress creek over road at town square?

I just got notice curfew goes into effect from 9-7.

I'm in San Marcos right now but there is a helicopter going into Wimberley every 10-15 min.

Posted: 5/24/2015 12:45:57 PM EDT

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I wouldn't be surprised if curfew is placed... There is an amazing amount of valuable property strung along the river.... I saw 2 gun safes...

12 through Wimberley / cypress creek is open, but closed at the Blanco crossing.. That bridge was damaged but remained standing...

Can come in through Woodcreek, dripping springs or Blanco..

Posted: 5/24/2015 12:50:20 PM EDT

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loading up all the heavy tools and rescue gear... Tons of rigging and such..
Fuel up my chainsaws and head down and see if I can help..

It's heartbreaking..

Posted: 5/24/2015 12:53:43 PM EDT

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Looking at the Fischer Store Rd. bridge on Google streetview. Under normal conditions it looks like the bridge was fairly high up. Yikes!

Posted: 5/24/2015 1:12:21 PM EDT

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Looking at the Fischer Store Rd. bridge on Google streetview. Under normal conditions it looks like the bridge was fairly high up. Yikes!

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The road deck is usually about 30-40' above the water..

Posted: 5/24/2015 1:15:36 PM EDT

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Stay safe everyone.

Posted: 5/24/2015 1:18:33 PM EDT

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FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO TX

1138 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

TXC055-187-209-241930-

/O.NEW.KEWX.FA.W.0004.150524T1638Z-150524T1930Z/

/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

GUADALUPE TX-HAYS TX-CALDWELL TX-

1138 AM CDT SUN MAY 24 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AUSTIN SAN ANTONIO HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN...

NORTHEASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

SOUTHEASTERN HAYS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

SOUTHWESTERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS...

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT

* AT 1133 AM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING IN SAN

MARCOS...MARTINDALE...AND LULING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

SAN MARCOS...LULING...KYLE...MARTINDALE...UHLAND...STAPLES...

FENTRESS...MAXWELL...STAIRTOWN...JOLIET...REEDVILLE AND REDWOOD.

FLOOD WATERS ARE MOVING DOWN THE SAN MARCOS RIVER FROM SAN MARCOS TO

LULING. THE FLOOD CREST IS EXPECTED TO REACH LULING BY MONDAY

MORNING. RUNOFF FROM RAIN OVERNIGHT IS MOVING DOWN THE SAN MARCOS

RIVER AND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE IN EASTERN HAYS...NORTHEASTERN

GUADALUPE...AND WESTERN CALDWELL COUNTIES. NO MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED

TODAY.

Posted: 5/24/2015 1:21:01 PM EDT

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NEW EPISODES OF HEAVY RAIN COULD OCCUR AGAIN MONDAY INTO EARLY

TUESDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 83. A FLASH FLOOD

WATCH MAY BE NECESSARY. THE STORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE

MONDAY NIGHT WILL ALSO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE

HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

WIDESPREAD RAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING COULD RANGE FROM 1 TO

4 INCHES...WHILE SOME LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE UP TO 6 INCHES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

$$

Damn...y'all stay safe!

Posted: 5/24/2015 1:24:40 PM EDT

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I lived in wimberley for several years during and after college at Southwest Texas. Wonderful little town. My grandparents old house is on the Blanco. I'm sure the pump house/workshop is gone, but I can't imagine it climbing the backs high enough to get to the house itself. I sure hope not. Ray Wylie Hubbard lives in Wimberley. I don't think he's that far off if the river. Damn. Just damn... I still have an aunt there, but she's far enough away from the river. Prayers for my old friends still there and everyone else.

Posted: 5/24/2015 1:35:23 PM EDT

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Damn. We've had plenty of rain here in north Austin, but we don't have anything like the damage in Wimberley. Prayers to those who lost it all.

Stay safe out there NwG.

Posted: 5/24/2015 1:51:07 PM EDT

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Tag. Stay safe folks.

Txl

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