Medina Lake has staged a striking comeback after years of drought, jumping to nearly one-third full following a brutal stretch of Hill Country rain. The rebound is dramatic enough to redraw parts of the shoreline, but the reservoir is still far from a full recovery.
As reported by MySA, the lake reached 29.3% full as of Thursday, holding 74,779 acre-feet of water at a mean elevation of 1,021.35 feet. That marks a sharp reversal from the drought-era lakebed that had become increasingly exposed and restricted recreation around the reservoir.
State reservoir data show just how quickly conditions changed. Medina Lake stood at 9% full on June 30, with 23,003 acre-feet in storage and an elevation of 991.11 feet; in a month, it gained more than 51,700 acre-feet and rose more than 30 feet, according to Water Data for Texas.
Floodwater Did The Heavy Lifting
The surge followed repeated rounds of heavy rain that caused dangerous flooding across Medina County and the surrounding Hill Country. A National Weather Service Austin/San Antonio warning said as much as 3 to 15 inches had fallen across parts of northwestern Medina County over two days, with additional flooding possible…