Heat Wave Continues in the West; Critical Fire Weather Conditions in the High Plains

An anomalously early heat wave will continue to intensify and expand across the West and Southwest as the week progresses. Numerous daily and potentially monthly record highs are expected to be broken. Critical fire weather conditions will continue over the next couple of days across portions of the High Plains as gusty winds and dry conditions persist. Read More >

*Hurricane Carla*
September 3-13, 1961

Carla Storm Surge: Measured and High Water Marks Louisiana Map Sources: Louisiana U.S. Weather Bureau Post Storm Surveys U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Survey

Carla Storm Surge: Measured and High Water Marks Texas Map Sources: Verification Study of a Bathystrophic Storm Surge Model TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM - NO. 50 (May 1975) U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Survey

Carla Storm Surge: Measured and High Water Marks Source: Texas and Louisiana U.S. Weather Bureau Post Storm Surveys U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Survey
Location		Feet (MSL)
High Island, TX (staff gage)		8.9
Orange, TX (staff gage)		7.4
Port Arthur, TX (Texaco Tank Farm) (HWM)		6.7
Port Arthur/Orange Bridge, TX (crest gage)		6.9
Lake Sabine, TX (crest gage)		7.2
Port Arthur, TX Corp of Engineer Office (recorder)		7.1
Sabine Pass, TX Old Coast Guard Station (recorder)		7.4
Sabine Pass, TX Coast Guard Station (HWM)		7.7
Sabine Pass, TX West Jetty (HWM)		8.8
Sabine Pass, TX Keith Lake Gully (crest gage)		7.3
Cameron, LA (recorder)		6.5
Grand Chenier, LA (recorder)		7.5
Morgan City, LA (HWM)		4.5
Eugene Island, LA (HWM)		7.1

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Heat Wave Continues in the West; Critical Fire Weather Conditions in the High Plains

Hurricane Carla 1961