Heat Persists in the South Central U.S. and Southwest; Heavy rains in the Desert Southwest and Central Plains

Sweltering heat remains across the South-Central Plains, Lower/Middle Mississippi Valley, and the Southwest this week with limited nighttime relief. Thunderstorms will bring heavy rainfall leading to localized flash flooding in portions of the Desert Southwest and central Plains. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible across portions of the central Plains into the Northeast. 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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Regional Radar Imagery

GOES-13 IR/VIS Satellite Imagery

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Data collection by: Donovan Landreneau, Jonathan Brazzell, Kent Kuyper

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Heat Persists in the South Central U.S. and Southwest; Heavy rains in the Desert Southwest and Central Plains

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