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Fire Weather Concerns and Severe Weather

Dry and breezy conditions will bring elevated to critical fire weather conditions across portions of the northern and central High Plains through this weekend, where fuels remain largely receptive. Severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall are possible from the Plains into the Upper Midwest, as well as in the Ohio Valley and portions of the Mid-Atlantic through this weekend. Read More >

Tropical Storm Claudette
July 15-29, 1979

 

Claudette Storm Surge: Measured and High Water Marks
Sources:  Louisiana National Weather Service Post Storm Surveys
U.S. Army Corp of Engineers Survey
Location Feet (MSL)
Freeport, TX 3.1
Baytown, TX 3.2
Texas City, TX 3.5
Pier 21 Galveston Channel, TX 2.8
Galveston Pleasure Pier, TX 3.8
Port Arthur, TX 4.0
Sabine Pass, TX 5.0
Cameron, LA 3.9
Lake Charles, LA 4.0
Bayou Bienvenue, LA 4.3