Texas flooding: Lake Travis dangerous conditions

Yeah, she just said a large amount of water is flowing down from the Perdinallis River and making its way into Lake Travis. Fox 7 Austin's Jenna King is joining us live there. And Jenna, you spoke to the county judge about this. What did he tell you? Yeah. Hey, Katie, as you and Angela just mentioning the Perdinallis River flowing directly into Lake Travis. I spoke with the Travis County judge. He tells me they're taking a proactive approach as L. C. R. A. Tells me that this could grow 5 to 7 more inches overnight. Just of water again. Travis County officials urging people to stay out of this water, at least for now. L. C. R. A. Says that Lake Travis is expected to rise as high as 681 ft above mean sea level through Friday. That means the lake could be full. The water is coming from the Perdinallis River and water that's being released from upstream dams. L. C. R. A. Cautions that these conditions, of course, are dynamic and could change. But the L. C. R. A. Says the inflows in Lake Travis or below levels that would require gate operations to pass floodwaters at Mansfield Dam. But there are floodgates open upstream at warts and Starkey dams. Widespread life threatening. Considerable flash flooding is possible in south central Texas through at least Friday. Heavy rain, of course, caused a flash flood warning earlier today for the Perdinallis River. That river is still under a flood warning until tomorrow. Travis County Judge Andy Brown tells me the county is taking the precautionary move of sending out alerts for people to seek higher ground before the water rises. He advises people to stay away from the Perdinallis River and where it dumps I talked to L. C. R. A. And they let us know that there is a large amount of capacity in Lake Travis right now between where it is and where the max is. So they feel that increased water from the Perdinallis and also from the any releases that they're doing for now is okay. Of course, to make sure to stay out of fast moving water, avoid those flooded areas. It's, of course, important to always follow those instructions from state and local officials, including not driving around those barricades again. Judge Brown also urging people to sign up for Warren Central Texas. He says that's a good way to keep up with the latest alerts. I'll send it back to you, Katie.