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Areas of Dangerous Heat and Heavy Rain with Possible Flooding into this Weekend

Hot temperatures and high humidity are forecast to continue across much of northeast Texas into the mid-Mississippi Valley into this weekend with heat advisories in effect. Heavy to excessive rainfall occurring at times through Saturday could bring areas of flooding across parts of the central Plains into the upper Midwest/Great Lakes, and Four Corners states. Read More >

Hurricane Gustav Storm Tide Data

LOCATION

PEAK STORM TIDE
(MLLW)

PEAK STORM SURGE
(MLLW)

DATE/TIME (CDT)

Amerada Pass LA 4.77 feet 3.39 feet 9/01 at 2:30 pm
Freshwater Canal Locks LA 4.01 feet 2.69 feet 9/03 at 2:06 am
Calcasieu Pass LA 3.90 feet 1.17 feet 9/03 at 4:06 am
Cypremort Point LA 3.20 feet 2.63 feet 9/02 at 6:06 pm
Sabine Pass North TX 2.82 feet 1.90 feet 9/03 at 3:12 pm
Lake Charles LA 2.82 feet 1.91 feet 9/03 at 3:06 pm
Port Arthur TX 2.25 feet 1.32 feet 9/03 at 6:00 am
Tesoro Terminal LA 2.17 feet 1.70 feet 9/01 at 8:12 pm
Rainbow Bridge TX 1.34 feet 2.09 feet 9/03 at 3:12 am

 

Hurricane Gustav River Flood Data

LOCATION

RIVER CREST

RIVER CREST
(NAVD 88)

FLOOD STAGE

DATE/TIME (CDT)

Calcasieu River at Glenmora LA 14.42 feet 125.22 feet 12.00 feet 9/04 at 8:00 pm
Calcasieu River at Oakdale LA 13.10 feet 96.17 feet 12.00 feet 9/04 at 8:30 am
Calcasieu River at Oberlin LA 16.65 feet 56.14 feet 13.00 feet 9/06 at 2:00 am
Calcasieu River at Old Town Bay LA 4.75 feet 2.65 feet 4.00 feet 9/03 at 12:00 pm
Calcasieu River at Salt Water Barrier LA 4.69 feet 4.08 feet 4.00 feet 9/03 at 3:00 pm
Vermilion River at Lafayette LA 11.24 feet 8.50 feet 10.00 feet 9/04 at 2:00 am
Vermilion River at Carencro LA 19.01 feet N/A 16.00 feet 9/04 at 12:00 pm
Vermilion River at Broussard LA 8.58 feet N/A 7.00 feet 9/04 at 4:00 am
Atchafalaya River at Morgan City LA 4.40 feet N/A 4.00 feet 9/02 at 7:00 am
 

Salt Water Burn

High resolution satellite image showing salt water burn to the marshes and prairie pasturelands as a result of both Gustav and Ike. Click here for a .pdf version of this image.