This week's 7.57" of rain at Austin-Mabry brings the monthly total to 11.89 inches. This is the 4th wettest September ever at Austin-Mabry, and the wettest since 1921. Heavy rains of up to 12 inches fell this week in the Lake Austin watershed. At the height of the downpour, five floodgates were opened on Tom Miller Dam, moving water from Lake Austin downstream to Lady Bird Lake. Read more http://www.lcra.org/newsstory/2010/tropical_storm_hermine.html All this of course meant that Shoal Creek was once again approaching flood stage. See graph below for USGS data taken from the gauging station at W 12th St. The station, a small metal box with an antenna on top, is visible from the road and is located on the east bank just south of the 12th street bridge. See station data at http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/nwisman/?site_no=08156800&agency_cd=USGS
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/nwisman/?site_no=08156800&agency_cd=USGS
