Recent Heavy Rains Have Area Lakes Near ‘Full Pool’
5 short months ago, November 2011, things were looking very bleak for East Texas lakes. After suffering through last year’s historic drought, many lakes were down at least 10-12 feet.
And the outlook was not promising. Many forecasters were in agreement that the overall drought pattern across the state would probably continue for another 6-12 months. This meant that it may take at least a couple of years for area lakes to get close to being at full pool levels again.
With apologies to Forrest Gump, forecasting the weather is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get.
Recent heavy rains have done a lot to replenish many area lakes, let’s take a look at some of the statistics:
LAKE SAM RAYBURN
Full Pool Level – 164.4
4/3/12 Level – 162.98
Nov 2011 Level – 151
TOLEDO BEND
Full Pool Level – 172
4/3/12 Level – 170.73
Nov 2011 Level – 159
LAKE NACOGDOCHES
Full Pool Level – 279
4/3/12 Level – 275.51
Nov 2011 Level – 267
LAKE LIVINGSTON
Full Pool Level – 131
4/3/12 Level – 132.5
Nov 2011 Level – 126
And with more heavy rains in today’s forecast, it looks like these levels will just keep going up.