When laid out by Waller and his team of surveyors in 1839, the city was embraced on three sides by water — Waller Creek to the east, Shoal Creek to the west, and the Colorado River to the south.

Shoal Creek flooded on Wednesday evening when Austin was hit by severe storms that brought damaging winds, large hail, and localized flooding to an approximately 10-mile stretch of town. https ...

ATCEMS says they received reports of two people in the water in the 2200 block of W. North Loop Boulevard, near Shoal Creek, between Woodview Avenue and Burnet Road.