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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 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