Lake Travis has risen more than 17 feet over the Fourth of July holiday weekend after heavy rainfall caused deadly flooding in the Texas Hill Country, according to data from the Lower Colorado River Authority on Saturday.
The surface elevation of Lake Travis at Mansfield Dam at 3:30 a.m. Friday was 637.56 feet above mean sea level. As of 3:50 a.m. Sunday, the lake levels had risen 17.79 feet to 655.35 feet, and was projected to continue rising in the coming days as tributaries empty floodwaters into the lake. Lake Travis is considered full when the surface elevation reaches 681 feet.
The LCRA also was conducting flood operations Saturday, as the agency sought to manage water levels on the Highland Lakes after floodwaters overwhelmed the Guadalupe River as well as tributaries that feed the Highland Lakes, such as the Llano and Pedernales rivers…