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Hurricane Edith
September 5-18, 1971

 

Edith Storm Surge: Measured and High Water Marks
Sources:  Texas and Louisiana National Weather Service Post Storm Surveys
U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Survey
Location Feet (MSL)
Cameron, LA 4.7
Grand Chenier, LA 5.9
Freshwater Bayou Lock, LA 7.4
Schooner Bayou Lock, LA 4.6
Vermilion Lock, LA 4.0
Cypremort Point, LA 9.7
Charenton Drainage Canal near Baldwin, LA  5.2
Calumet, LA 5.5
Morgan City, LA 5.8
Bayou Boeuf Lock, LA 6.0
East Cote Blanche Bay near Ellerslie 5.3
Mouth of Bayou Sale 9.3
Sabine Pass, TX 4.0
Galveston, TX 4.0
Houston, TX 3.3
Freeport, TX 3.0
Corpus Christi, TX 2.2
Brownsville, TX 1.8