LAKE SOMERVILLE STATUS

[Knotty Girl]

Holy crap the lake is 1ft 4inches high hopefully they will leave it high so it will kill the grass that grew down last year and we will have sandy beaches this summer

John you coming out Sat?

 

[Michael Swindoll]

As of 6:00 AM today (Wednesday) it's 1.83' above full pool!!!  :smile26:

I wish lake conroe was like that... :smile18:

Yeah but at least its Finlay coming up! we have 2-1/2 feet at are Pier! From nothing!

 

[John]

Holy crap the lake is 1ft 4inches high hopefully they will leave it high so it will kill the grass that grew down last year and we will have sandy beaches this summer

John you coming out Sat?

probably not boat is in the shop still, and i may be going to look at a boat that is in longview this weekend if i can get my father in law sufficiently pumped up about it

 

[John]

As of 6:00 AM today (Wednesday) it's 1.83' above full pool!!!  :smile26:

I wish lake conroe was like that... :smile18:

Yeah but at least its Finlay coming up! we have 2-1/2 feet at are Pier! From nothing!

yeah and only 2.5 ft left to go to be at full pool

 

[scarabscs]

Conroe is 15 min from where I keep my boat, it would be sweet to see it fill up again.

 

[Patchman]

My dad says he's got 3' of water in his boat stall. Conroe is filling up as well! jump.gif

 

[Patchman]

Holy crap the lake is 1ft 4inches high hopefully they will leave it high so it will kill the grass that grew down last year and we will have sandy beaches this summer

John you coming out Sat?

probably not boat is in the shop still, and i may be going to look at a boat is longview this weekend if i can get my father in law sufficiently pumped up about it

What you looking at? think.gif

 

[John]

Holy crap the lake is 1ft 4inches high hopefully they will leave it high so it will kill the grass that grew down last year and we will have sandy beaches this summer

John you coming out Sat?

probably not boat is in the shop still, and i may be going to look at a boat is longview this weekend if i can get my father in law sufficiently pumped up about it

What you looking at? think.gif

something supercharged around 800hp................ :smile16: :smile16:

 

[farmo83]

I'll be out at Sommerville on Sunday. Is it full enough to pull into the floating dock at Rocky, and are there any new prop busters that anyone knows of?

 

[KONA77]

it should be,  i believe it's +2' above full pool  think.gif

 

[TexasJet]

it should be,  i believe it's +2' above full pool  think.gif

I hope to be there Sunday, at Overlook. Lake is now 2.5' above full pool. That's 16' above what it was on the Dec. 11, 2011!

 

[farmo83]

So the lake is now 4.5 feet above normal. Never thought I would ask this but are the ramps closing down as they are over full ?

 

[John]

according to the corps site the only ramp closed is Rocky creek #2 (the one on the point) due to high water

 

[Patchman]

according to the corps site the only ramp closed is Rocky creek #2 (the one on the point) due to high water

That still shocks me that it is closed. You would think you could still use it! think.gif

 

[TexasJet]

They have had and are having more rain as we speak. Lake is going higher in the next 3-4 days! Unbelievable!!!

 

[Michael Swindoll]

I bet there letting water out like crazy only in Texas form one extream to the next! crazy.gif

 

[John]

there releasing 823 CFS, not that really much compared to other lakes, BTW the spillway height is 258 which is only 16 ft higher

 

[TexasJet]

I have seen water going over the spillway only once in all the years I have been camping up there. It was in the spring, don't remember what year, probably in the 80's. About 9" was going over, I think. Alot of trees died because of it, they drowned.

 

[farmo83]

I have seen water going over the spillway only once in all the years I have been camping up there. It was in the spring, don't remember what year, probably in the 80's. About 9" was going over, I think. Alot of trees died because of it, they drowned.

That was 1992. My grandparents were living at our place by Sommerville at the time, and we nearly had lake front property. I remember going to the spillway and and it was a sight to see, every now and then you would see a school of fish go flying over the spillway. 1948 was closed just before Rocky as it was all under water. Papaw had been going to Sommerville since I believe the early 70's and had never seen it like that and it sure hasn't been that way since.

 

[jroberts88]

thats a crap load of water....