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Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rain in the Central Plains to Upper Midwest; Extreme Heat in Parts of the South

Thunderstorms with severe wind gusts and hail will be possible today across parts of the central Plains, and from the Missouri Valley into the upper Mississippi Valley. Heavy rain associated with the thunderstorms may also produce flash/urban flooding. Critical fire weather conditions expected in the Great Basin and interior Northwest. Dangerous heat continues across the Southwest and Southeast. Read More >

Hurricane Florence
September 7-11, 1988

 

Florence Storm Surge: Measured and High Water Marks
Sources:  National Weather Service Post Storm Surveys
Monthly Weather Review Meteorological Data of Hurricane Florence (Note: All data in metric system)

Location Feet (MSL)
Calcasieu Pass, LA 2.6
Bayou Bienvenue, LA 7.5
Paris Road, LA 5.6
The Rigolets, LA 4.3
Industrial Canal, LA 6.5
North Lake Causeway near Mandeville, LA 4.8
West End Marina, LA 5.1
Pass Christian Harbor, MS 5.1
Jackson County, MS 3.0
Mobile, AL 2.0
(E)=Estimated
(I) =Incomplete