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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 >

Hurricane Celia
July 31-August 5, 1970

 

Celia Storm Surge: Measured and High Water Marks Texas Map
Sources: U.S. Army Corp of Engineers & U.S. Weather Bureau Surveys
Celia Storm Surge: Measured and High Water Marks Texas Map

 

Celia Storm Surge: Measured and High Water Marks
Source: Texas and Louisiana U.S. Weather Bureau Post Storm Surveys
Source: 
National Hurricane Center Preliminary Report on Hurricane Celia
Location Feet (MSL)
Cameron, LA 2.0
Port Arthur, TX 2.8
Sabine Pass, TX 2.5
Galveston Channel, TX 3.0
Galveston Pleasure Pier, TX 4.0
Texas City, TX 3.5
San Leon, TX 4.0
Kemah/Seabrook, TX 4.7
La Porte, TX 4.8
Morgan Point, TX 5.0
Baytown, TX 5.3
Freeport, TX 4.0
Lavac Bay, TX 5.8
Port O'Conner, TX 3.4
Austwell, TX 3.1
Bayside, TX 4.2
Capano Bay, TX 3.8
Rockport, TX 4.1
Port Aransas Beach, TX 9.2
Port Aransas Jetty, TX 9.0
Mustang Island, TX 7.9
Corpus Christi, TX 4.9
Brownsville, TX 1.5