Another 8-1/2 ft and my Monday Tee time at Grapevine Municipal will be canceled.

Might were some waterwings....that us a 63 year old earthen dam holding back 175% of its normal capacity.

Below is a link to an online map that can display various layers of data for the USA about rain and floods. This data includes reports from trained weather spotters. These data layers are hosted on GIS (Geographical Information System) servers operated by NOAA and FEMA

If you click on GIS data then you will see a popup with all the attribute data the GIS server has for the thing that you clicked. Sometimes that attribute data has a link you can follow for more information. These links can be very informative. For example, the �Stream_flow� layer has a link that usually displays a graph showing actual and forecast water flow levels at that gage.

To see the map legends and learn how to turn other GIS layers on/off, click "About this map" in the upper left corner. If you turn on a GIS layer and do not see any data then (1) try zooming in and (2) wait a bit in case the server is busy.

The map is displayed by Gmap4 which is an enhanced Google map viewer. I developed this browser app and provide it as a public service. If you open the map with a cell phone or other mobile device then you will see a touch-friendly interface.

http://www.mappingsupport.com/p/gmap4.ph..._rain_flood.txt

Joseph, the Gmap4 guy

18.5' above pool and rising.

19'...finally started to open the gates.

Wow this map has a lot of good information built into it.
It took me a while to figure out the layers but now I see how to add the data that I am looking for.
Great job on the interface!

20.49' over. How high did it get in the 1982 flood?

It was over the spillway...so 25'+.

Nov.1st 1981 it reached 563.6 ft. It should go over spillway at 560ft.

Back in 81 when it went over it took out the road and exposed some dinosaur bones down the gully a ways. The ARKY-ologist tree huggers descended on the area and it was years before they rebuilt the road and spillway while these people excavated the reptiles old bones. People in Flower Mound had a real inconvenience handed to them since there was no way to get across the dam into their neighborhoods.

I would expect the Grapevine ramps will be closed for an extended period of time after the water goes down. Last time in 2007 they opened them back up almost immediately. It took them years to get the parking lot lights fixed....but this has been a bigger flood.

Lake will stay closed after the water goes down. The ground under the roads and parking lots must dry out before traffic is allowed on the surface or the surface will break and crumble. Road to dove Rd. Ramp Entrance to RV Park

I rode out with my brother the grapevine cop last night.Its terrible out there. We tried to go check out our boat. It will be weeks if not a month or more before we can get anywhere near the boat. Interestingly enough we came across a herd of feral hogs and about 20 does hanging out at the soccer fields off Dove Loop rd. Crazy out there.

And we got another 3" of rain last night at DFW airport.

22.5' high...coe has started letting some water on now... But I can't see them doing it much longer wish cause the Elm Form is full. I took this pic from Riverside Drive in Las Colinas.