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Severe Thunderstorms in the Central U.S.; Record Temperatures Likely for Eastern U.S.

Several rounds of severe thunderstorms are forecast from the southern Plains to the Midwest today through Friday. Large hail, damaging wind gusts, and tornadoes are possible. A significant warm-up is expected for much of the southeastern U.S. and parts of the central U.S. into next week. Several daily record high maximum and high minimum temperature records are likely to be broken. 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

 

Radar and Satellite Animated Imagery
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Regional Radar Imagery

GOES-13 IR/VIS Satellite Imagery


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