Lake Austin and Lake Buchanan Watersheds

 Here's where the rain needs to fall to fill up Lake Austin and Lake Buchanan:

Fun fact: 7.2 BILLION gallons of water has been added to Lake Buchanan in just the last 24 hours thanks to heavy rain upstream.

Currently, about 650 million gallons of water is flowing into Lake Buchanan every hour🙌 pic.twitter.com/1uMbmR6iYD

— Avery Tomasco (@averytomascowx) May 6, 2024

Austin Area Lake Levels

 

In case you are wondering, here's where the levels of Lakes Travis and Buchanan are after the recent rains:

LAKE LEVELS at Lake Travis & Lake Buchanan via @lcra. https://t.co/UAJT9yS1wP #lakelevels pic.twitter.com/hLYv13VijZ

— Chikage Windler WX (@ChikageWeather) May 7, 2024