BRYAN, Tex (KBTX) – Most Texans know the phrase, "Drought ends in flood.
Flood ends in drought."
For us, for now, the case is the former.
At least for almost all of us.
Save a tiny sliver in far West Texas and parts of the Panhandle, all of the state of Texas is considered out of drought with the newest update released this morning.
For now, we’ll see what we can do with more scattered rain chances over the next week, but the potential for flooding remains with saturated grounds here and across most of the Lonestar State.
For comparison: Here is this week’s #Drought Monitor (image on the left) vs that of: 1) last week 2) this time last month 3) early August pic.twitter.com/Z1FALdZsMR — Shel Winkley (@KBTXShel) October 18, 2018 Safe to say….#Texas has once again erased #Drought in a dramatic fashion.
This week’s #Drought Monitor shows very little issues other than out west & in the Panhandle pic.twitter.com/1rd6aQNZgU — Shel Winkley (@KBTXShel) October 18, 2018 Lake Travis just hit 701.55′, now the 5th highest level ever.
At its current rate of increase with no additional flood gates opening, it will climb to the number 4 spot by early Friday morning.
#atxwx #CBSAustinWX pic.twitter.com/OYOPfWYjXj — Avery Tomasco (@averytomascowx) October 18, 2018 Wixon Valley (NE Brazos County) since last Tuesday: • 10/9: 4.2" • 10/13: 5.0" • 10/14: 3.10" • 10/16: 5.5" Grand total for the past 8 days: 17.8" — Shel Winkley (@KBTXShel) October 17, 2018