Marble Falls Flood 2007

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Marble falls flood 2007.

Marble falls flood in 2007 18 inches of rain in a matter of hours flash floods destroyed homes and businesses turning streets into rivers. Usually it s a dry bed but just look at it now. Marble falls tx flood 2007 1 2 3 marker lake marble falls bridge over lake marble falls news crews warning sign bridge by back of meadowlakes tree under water street caved in again in perspective johnson park bridge johnson park again. Marble falls one of the hardest hit areas received 18 inches 460 mm of rain in a period six hours.

The headwaters of lake marble falls and lake travis had 19 inches of rain totals recorded. The flood hazard areas of the city of marble falls are subject to periodic inundation which may result in loss of life and property health and safety hazards disruption of commerce and governmental services and extraordinary public expenditures for flood protection and relief. Marble falls flood 2007 at the creek where i live. While marble falls has seen serious floods before in 1997 and 2007 people here said this one was different in how it came from the river.

11 flood related deaths were reported and approximately 300 homes were ordered to evacuate. In recent years two major events have affected burnet county. The rains in town this week weren t much to comment on they said it was the water coursing downstream from the llano river to the colorado river that caused much of the damage. The county is susceptible to riverine flooding as well as urban flooding such as low lying areas and street flooding and flash flooding.

In 24 hours beginning the morning of june 26 nearly 20 inches fell. The llano and colorado rivers meet at kingsland and the national weather service said.