The Stevie Ray Vaughan statue had water nearly up to his elbows in one of those floods. At that point, the water would have been about 4 feet deep. Still, I don't really consider the shoreline and trails to be "downtown". The south side floods more than the north because it's lower in elevation. Some of the shoreline north of the river is upwards of 30 feet higher than the river is, whereas the south shore is pretty much right at the water's edge, and it doesn't take much to put it under water. Goldenboot is right, of course, the worst flooding in and around downtown that happened in the Memorial Day flood was mostly because of Shoal Creek on the west side of downtown around 8th & Lamar and a few blocks east toward West Avenue. It also flooded pretty bad between 10th & Lamar, and around 12th & 15th Street. House Stadium Park was pretty much under water.
SRV Statue/shoreline during the Halloween flood.
https://www.google.com/search?q=stev...ih=937#imgrc=_
West side of downtown during the Memorial Day flood.
https://www.google.com/search?safe=o...uact=5#imgrc=_