Billions of gallons of water have fallen over the last week across the Texas Hill Country, producing devastating floods and enormous loss of life. As the flood water recedes in these areas, a frequent question to the KPRC2 Weather Team is, “Where is all this water going to go?”
Water --> Gravity -->> Gulf:
A steadfast rule of science is that water knows one thing: gravity. Any flow of water will always work to find the lowest point, i.e., flow downstream. For most of Texas, that means inland streams and rivers that flow back down to the Gulf.
Thankfully, the Guadalupe River has fallen back into its banks and is expected to stay below flood stage as clean-up efforts continue. Now, we pivot to all those billions of gallons of water start to use gravity to move downstream towards the Gulf.
The one area that we’ll be watching is down across parts of Victoria along the Guadalupe over the next 24 hours. The river gauge near Bloomington will briefly go into minor flood stage early Thursday but should fall back into the bank as the bump of flood water moves south into Matagorda Bay.
Thankfully, no other river gauges or sections are expected to go under flood conditions for the remainder of the week.
You can always check the river levels in your area if you want, for free, by accessing the National Weather Service site.
