On Saturday, water was being released from Lake Livingston dam floodgates at a rate of 83,600 cubic feet per second, the third-largest amount on record, but the river takes about five days to crest at Liberty, according to the National Weather Service.The release rate, decreasing since Saturday, was about 36,300 cfs late Wednesday.
I saw that too, but notice the date:
June 14, 2001, 12:46AM