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Extreme Heat and Tropical Storm Bertha Impacts

Dangerous heat will expand from the Gulf Coast into the Southern Plains and Desert Southwest through week's end. Additional extreme heat impacting the Pacific Northwest will shift to the northern Plains by the weekend. Tropical Storm Bertha is expected to continue to impact portions of the northern Gulf Coast from the western Florida Panhandle to southeastern Louisiana through tonight. Read More >

Tropical Storm Bertha
August 7-11, 1957

 

Bertha Storm Surge High Water Marks
Source: U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Survey
Location Feet (MSL)
Lake Charles, LA 2.5
Hackberry, LA 2.7
Grand Chenier, LA 3.5
Schooner Bayou Lock, LA 4.8
Morgan City, LA 6.5