Marble Falls Flood 2007

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 flood 2007. 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. The annual rainfall in marble falls a city in the texas hill country about 45 miles northwest of austin texas is nearly 30 inches per year. 16 2018 in marble falls texas. Marble falls flood in 2007 18 inches of rain in a matter of hours flash floods destroyed homes and businesses turning streets into rivers.

11 flood related deaths were reported and approximately 300 homes were ordered to evacuate. The county is susceptible to riverine flooding as well as urban flooding such as low lying areas and street flooding and flash flooding. Five feet of water the result of a powerful flash flood swept through this city of. Marble falls flood 2007 at the creek where i live.

Usually it s a dry bed but just look at it now. The headwaters of lake marble falls and lake travis had 19 inches of rain totals recorded. In recent years two major events have affected burnet county. 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.

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.