Lake Lewisville Flood

May was a very, very rainy month in Dallas. We live three houses from Lake Lewisville which has been down significantly due to the drought the last few years. What a difference from a month ago.

The National Weather Service posted this about May rainfall: "An incredible amount of rain fell across North Texas during the month of May effectively ending the drought across the region. Widespread rainfall amounts between 10 and 20 inches were reported. A few spots recorded more than 25 inches of rain. The heaviest was northeast of Gainesville where nearly 29 inches of rain fell. This image is a combination of radar estimated rainfall and actual rainfall observations through all of May.

The conservation level of Lewisville Lake is 522 feet, the spillway level is 532 feet. Lewisville Lake crested last night at 537.02 feet. This beats the prior record of 536.73 on 5/4/1990. So I can tell you there is lots and lots of water around here. About 21,000 CFS (cubic feet per second) is going over the spillway right now, and downstream flooding continues near Valley Ridge and SH 121, Railroad Park and nearby soccer fields, the DFW landfill, Hebron Parkway and the DCTA tracks, and downstream into Coppell and Carrollton, where major flooding is occurring around Sandy Lake road.  Every boat ramp and park on the lake is closed to all recreational vehicles (campers, boats, kayaks, canoes, etc..) as there is so much debris in the lake from all the flooding.