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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 Danny
August 11-20, 1985

 

Danny Storm Surge: Measured and High Water Marks
Sources:  National Weather Service Post Storm Surveys
TR CERC-87-11, Hurricane Danny Storm Surge Data
Monthly Weather Review Meteorological Data of Hurricane Danny (Note: All data in metric system)

Location Feet (NGVD)
Matagorda, TX  (E) 2.2 (MSL)
Freeport, TX  (E) 2.5 (MSL)
Sabine Pass, TX 3.0 (MSL)
Cameron, LA 3.6 (MSL)
Grand Chenier, LA 3.1
Schooner Bayou Control Structure, LA 5.8
Freshwater Bayou Lock , LA (I) 6.7
Vermilion Lock (West) , LA 2.6
Vermilion Lock (East), LA 7.1
Old Vermilion Locks, LA 7.9 (MSL)
Vermilion River at Bancker, LA 5.8
Lukes Landing, LA (I) 7.7
Calumet, LA 6.1
Atchafalaya Bay, Eugene Island, LA 6.7
Morgan City, Bayou Boeff, LA 5.3 (MSL)
Sweet Bay Lake, LA 5.8
Round Bayou at Deer Island, LA 6.2
Bayou Petit Caillou at Cocodrie, LA 5.3
Bayou Lafourche at Leeville, LA 3.8
Grand Isle, LA 3.8
Venice, LA 3.9
Southwest Pass, LA 4.0
Head of Passes, LA 2.8
Port Eads, LA 3.0
Lake Borgne at Rigolets, LA 4.1
West End of Dauphin Island, AL 3.0 (MSL)
Mouth of Mobile River, AL 2.6 (MSL)
(E)=Estimated
(I) =Incomplete