The two main water-supply reservoirs of a major Texas city were sitting at a combined 37.3% full despite several days of precipitation that pushed November rainfall above normal across the state’s Coastal Bend.
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Corpus Christi depends on Choke Canyon Reservoir and Lake Corpus Christi for its water supply. But as of Nov. 9, Choke Canyon was just 21% full, while Lake Corpus Christi was at 79.3% capacity.
Local news outlet KRIS 6 reported that both reservoirs have benefited from recent rain. But meteorologist Steven Jones cautioned that heavy rains were only one part of the puzzle.
“One thing that I don’t think a lot of people understand is it’s very important where that rain falls,” he noted…