After mid-July rainstorms pummeled Texas Hill Nation, Canyon Lake has hit 100% capability for the primary time in almost 5 years.
The leisure vacation spot lower than an hour north of San Antonio reached a water floor elevation of 909.0 toes on Friday — its conservation pool stage — in line with Comal County’s Fb web page. The final time the lake was that top was November 28, 2021.
“That’s 4 years, 7 months, and 23 days in the past,” the county’s submit learn.
The Central Texas reservoir attracts guests for boating, fishing, tenting and different out of doors actions.
An estimated 480 billion gallons of rain fell throughout the Texas Hill Nation as a collection of storm programs hit the area between July 13 and 17, in line with KSAT. That’s between 15 and 27 inches relying on the area, the TV station studies.
The huge rainfall — probably brought on by the tremendous El Niño within the Pacific Ocean that can proceed to have an effect on the area by the autumn — induced damaging rises within the Frio, Sabinal, Nueces, Guadalupe and Pedernales rivers, in line with KSAT.
Cibolo Creek, Hondo Creek and different native creeks rose to harmful stage as properly, KSAT meteorologists added.
Only a month in the past, Canyon Lake was solely 61.7% full, MySA studies. Earlier than the devastating floods of July 4, 2025, the lake had hit its lowest level in years, at solely 46.3% full.
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