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Avalux

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47. My backyard is a lake and I spent part of Saturday night in the closet.

Mon May 25, 2015, 11:41 PM

May 2015

I've never experienced a tornado warning before, but when my phone went off and told me to take shelter immediately, I tuned in to our local weather and sure enough, the storm had rotation and was headed my way. The dogs and I put cushions in the closet and got comfy for a bit.

Luckily, we are fine, except for my flooded back yard. North of here got the worst of it. Boerne, Wimberly and San Marcos....never seen anything like it. The Blanco River rose over 30 feet in 3 hours and the guage quit measuring at 40 feet. Broke the almost 100 year old record by at least 7 feet.

Today the storms have been off to the east, so I've been lucky again. The silver lining of this - our depleted lakes are receiving a much needed infusion. And the aquifer is now visible deep down inside Natural Bridge Caverns. The underground lake that is so important to this part of Texas.

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More bad weather for Texas [View all] malaise May 2015 OP

I heard that San Marcos had over 7.5 inches today. TexasTowelie May 2015 #1

We are activley flooding right now. Texasgal May 2015 #2

Heard that an eighteen year old prom queen was among those malaise May 2015 #4

We have a saying in TVA land RobertEarl May 2015 #15

And that's the truth malaise May 2015 #18

It does catrose May 2015 #22

You sure that dosen't refer to the 1900 hurricane oneshooter May 2015 #39

You're probably right catrose May 2015 #67

Stay safe Texasgal. GGJohn May 2015 #5

Aw man, I'm hearing all about it from my friend in Dallas/Fort Worth. calimary May 2015 #43

In the meantime CA is mostly dry nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #3

Well, okay. Texasgal May 2015 #6

You are getting the floods because the rain is coming down in bucketfulls nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #9

We'd notice malaise May 2015 #19

But you are NOT in the US nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #23

As someone who has lived Texasgal May 2015 #21

Don't thank me nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #25

Agree AuntPatsy May 2015 #28

That was a bit of a nasty reply to nadin... malokvale77 May 2015 #35

Not a problem nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #41

Thank you nadin (nt) malokvale77 May 2015 #45

She changed the subject to make it about CA (about her) treestar May 2015 #65

This song... sendero May 2015 #7

The last time we had serious floods was 2002 malaise May 2015 #10

I've lived in north Texas.. sendero May 2015 #12

I'm hearing historic floods malaise May 2015 #66

I am under tornado watch and flash flood watch Gothmog May 2015 #8

Stay safe Gothmog. eom. GGJohn May 2015 #11

Stay safe! Texasgal May 2015 #13

I am not in a flood zone Gothmog May 2015 #17

Four hundred homes destroyed malaise May 2015 #24

CNN national is on Bordain marathon nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #26

I know - that's why I switched malaise May 2015 #29

The only reason I have not done a story nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #30

They bring him on national for plane crashes or malaise May 2015 #32

I know nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #33

My son left at 2:30 pm to pick his wife up at DFW airport. malokvale77 May 2015 #40

The roads, from reading the Guardian nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #42

Where from? tammywammy May 2015 #44

I have been trying to call him... malokvale77 May 2015 #46

I was just looking at Weather Underground. kentauros May 2015 #34

That is scary. okasha May 2015 #48

Thankfully, those thunderstorms are devolving. kentauros May 2015 #50

Gods. okasha May 2015 #55

Well, unlike the monster that went through Saturday, kentauros May 2015 #56

My son lives near that area and has lost power twice Gothmog May 2015 #49

I'm in an apartment kentauros May 2015 #52

Please be safe my friend! Alittleliberal May 2015 #57

We are under a tornado watch oneshooter May 2015 #14

Just got a Flash Flood warning oneshooter May 2015 #16

Stay safe and remember malaise May 2015 #20

Not raining real hard, just steady oneshooter May 2015 #36

Gah.. been running a shop vac in my basement for 40 of the last 48 hours. X_Digger May 2015 #27

That's a lot of water - the really hard part malaise May 2015 #31

Thru the slab, or the walls? n/t oneshooter May 2015 #37

A little of both. X_Digger May 2015 #38

My backyard is a lake and I spent part of Saturday night in the closet. Avalux May 2015 #47

Lake Travis rose 7 feet over the last couple of days Gothmog May 2015 #51

Lake Bridgeport has gone up 13 feet since Tuesday. tammywammy May 2015 #53

Friday morning Travis was at 636, this morning 654 and rising. hobbit709 May 2015 #60

Message auto-removed Name removed May 2015 #54

It looks like White Oak Bayou near I-10 is out of its banks. kentauros May 2015 #58

Yep malaise May 2015 #59

Houston and surrounding areas are shut down Gothmog May 2015 #61

Crazy weather, a year ago they were in a drought. B Calm May 2015 #62

The roads in blue are underwater or have standing water Gothmog May 2015 #63

That's a lot of water malaise May 2015 #64

Well, it's floodin' down in Texas.... KamaAina May 2015 #68