MEDINA LAKE -- It's official. As of 9:15 p.m. Monday, Medina Lake is over the spillway. That hasn't happened since 2009.
Last year around this time, the lake was nearly bone dry.
With the recent rains in Bandera, the water from the Medina River flowed straight to Medina Lake. In fact, the lake is 10 feet higher now than it was one week ago.
"It's pretty amazing. You would never think that kind of water is flowing out of Medina Lake. You would never imagine it," said Mike Crandall, owner of Wallys Watersports.
At sunrise Tuesday, Crandall flew his drone over the spillway of Medina Lake. From Bedrock Resort & Lodge, which lies on the border of the lake and the dam, you can hear the water flowing over the spillway.
It's music to the ears of surrounding business owners.
"This is a hidden treasure of the Texas Hill Country," Crandall said. "What's behind this dam and over this spillway is pretty much a class three to four Rapids right now, white water raft."
In April of last year, Medina Lake was at 3.8 percent capacity, causing some to predict that the lake would never fill up again.
"Some businesses had to close," Crandall noted. "Now, we're just regaining our strength as a community of businesses."
By July 2015, the lake slowly started to fill up.
Saturday night, when the storm hit Bandera, Medina Lake sat and waited for the watershed.
"When [Bandera] got 10 inches of rain, we knew it was coming. It's heading this way. This is a result of it right now," said Crandall, pointing at the lake.
With the lake at full capacity, Ed Berger, manager of Bexar Medina Atascosa Counties Water Control & Improvement District said that they are keeping a close eye on the weather. Should more rains head to the Hill Country, anyone downstream should brace themselves for potential floods.
"There's Paradise Canyon, Riverside down there, some resorts that might take a hit if it comes up a whole lot higher," Crandall said. "If that spillway right there raises up a couple, three feet, there may be some action taken."
For now, the gates to the dam are closed, but they could open later for flood relief.
"Hopefully [the water] won't come up too high and it will just rain enough for the farmers to be happy," Crandall said.
For more information about Wallys Watersports, call (210) 859-5246 or visit their Facebook page. They also offer ski school and boat storage.
If you'd like to book a reservation at Bedrock Resort & Lodge at Medina Lake, call (210) 542-2919 or visit www.bedrockresort.com