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Heat Wave Persists Over the Central U.S.; Significant Flooding Expected in the Northern Mid-Atlantic Tuesday

Dangerous and extreme heat will remain across portions of the Central U.S. this week, persisting across the Mid to Lower Mississippi Valleys, Gulf Coast, Southern Plains and portions of Texas. A heat wave over the Southwest will intensify late this week. Severe thunderstorms and flash flooding will spread from the Great Lakes/Ohio Valley to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast the next few days. Read More >

Hurricane Allen
July 31-August 11, 1980

 

Allen 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 4.3
Sabine Pass, TX 3.6
Port Arthur, TX 4.0
Galveston, TX 5.0
Port O'Connor, TX 4.5
Rockport, TX 7.0
Aransas Pass, TX 7.5
Corpus Christi, TX 8.9
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station, TX 9.0
Port Mansfield, TX 12.0
South Padre Island, TX 10.0