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Severe Weather and Heavy Rainfall from the High Plains to the Ohio Valley; Heat Continuing in the Central Plains and Southeast

A stationary front will be the focus for daily showers and thunderstorms capable of widely scattered flash flooding and severe weather from the High Plains to the Ohio Valley. Monsoonal thunderstorms could cause local flash flooding across the Southwest and the Great Basin. Dangerous heat continues across the Central Plains and Southeast. Many areas will see their hottest temperatures of the year. 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