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Excessive Rainfall Potential for the Southeast; Heat Expands for Center of the Nation; Critical Fire Weather for Pacific Northwest

Flash flooding threatens areas from the Tennessee Valley to the Carolinas as storms repeat along a stalled front. Monsoonal storms may trigger flooding in the Southwest. Dangerous heat expands across the Desert Southwest, Plains, mid-Mississippi Valley and Southern Tier. Critical fire weather for interior Pacific Northwest. Cooler, drier air brings brief relief to the Great Lakes and Northeast. Read More >

Hurricane Gilbert
September 8-19, 1988

 

Gilbert Storm Surge: Measured and High Water Marks
Sources:  Texas National Weather Service Post Storm Surveys
Location Feet (MSL)
Sabine Pass, TX 4.6
Galveston (Flagship Pier), TX 5.0
Corpus Christi, TX 3.0
North Padre Island (Bob Hall Pier), TX 5.8
South Padre Island, TX (E) 6.9
(E)=Estimated
(I) =Incomplete