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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 northwestern Gulf Coast from south central Louisiana to the upper Texas coast today. Read More >

Tropical Storm Debra
August 26-29, 1978

 

Debra Storm Surge: Measured and High Water Marks
Sources:  Louisiana & Texas National Weather Service Post Storm Surveys
U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Survey
Location Feet (MSL)
Galveston Pleasure Pier, TX 2.5
Galveston Pier 21, TX 2.6
Sabine Pass, TX 2.4
Cameron, LA N/A
Vermilion Bay, Cypremort Point, LA 5.7
Lake Pontchartrain North Causeway, LA 3.2
Fort Pike on Rigolets, LA 3.8