Lake Lewisville Inches Towards Spillway Crest
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DENTON COUNTY(CBS11) - Another day, another rain storm. It's trend many in Denton County are hoping will soon end.
"Everybody always says we could use some more rain," said James Howell of Sanger. "No, we can't. I think we're good."
Saturday evening Lake Lewisville rose to 530.85 feet, just more than a foot below the spillway crest of 532.00 feet.
With more rain forecast for the weekend, the county's main concern is flooded roadways near the lake and creeks that could potentially isolate people in their homes.
Rock Hill Road, just north of Highway 380, is on the top of the county's list of roads it will be monitoring this weekend.
The U. S. Army Corp of Engineers made a house call earlier in the week to many neighbors who live along Rock Hill Road advising them their street, just north of the Lake Lewisville, could soon be under water.
"Obviously my concern is that Lake Lewisville levels will get high enough to get into my house," said resident Rick Davison. "I'm hoping it won't."
The Corp of Engineers has been releasing water upstream from Lake Ray Roberts at the rate of 7,000 cubic feet per second.
That water feeds into Lake Lewisville.
Meanwhile, the Corp of Engineers is releasing 6,400 cubic feet of water per second at Lake Lewisville.
So even when it's not raining, Lake Lewisville has been slowing rising.
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