Areas of Extreme Heat and Excessive Rainfall Potential

Dangerous and extreme heat will remain across portions of the central U.S. this week, persisting across the mid to lower Mississippi Valley, Gulf Coast, southern Plains and portions of Texas. A heat wave over the Southwest U.S. will peak this weekend. Heavy to excessive rainfall may produce flash flooding from the Delmarva Peninsula north into the Hudson Valley today and tonight. Read More >

November 23, 2014 Coastal Flooding along the Southeast Texas & Southwest Louisiana Coast

Donovan Landreneau, Senior Meteorologist
Kent Kuyper, Senior Meteorologist

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During the late evening hours of November 22, 2014, a mesoscale convective complex of thunderstorms rolled through the northwestern Gulf of America which led to a quick jump in tide levels along the coast, and subsequent minor flooding of coastal areas.

Click here for a study of this event presented at the 2016 AMS Annual Meeting

NOS Tidal Water Level Graphs
Amerada Pass, LA	Freshwater Canal Locks, LA	Calcasieu Pass, LA	Lake Charles, LA
Bulk Terminal, LA	Sabine Pass North, TX	Galveston, TX

NOS Pressure Graphs
Amerada Pass, LA	Freshwater Canal Locks, LA	Calcasieu Pass, LA	Lake Charles, LA
Sabine Pass North, TX

NOS Wind Gust Graphs
Amerada Pass, LA	Freshwater Canal Locks, LA	Calcasieu Pass, LA	Sabine Pass North, TX

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