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Flooding Threat Continues in Portions of Texas; Poor Air Quality in the Great Lakes through the Mid-Atlantic

Widespread life-threatening flash and urban flooding continues in south-central Texas, with considerable flooding impacts possible across central Texas. Wildfire smoke is impacting air quality across much of the Great Lakes region into southern New England and the Mid-Atlantic. Monsoonal thunderstorms may produce isolated to scattered flash flooding across the Southwest into the Great Basin. Read More >

 

Hurricane Gustav Peak Wind Gusts image

LOCATION

MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WIND

MAXIMUM
WIND GUST

MINIMUM
SEA LEVEL PRESSURE

4 N Abbeville LA (TTUHRT) 59 mph 85 mph -
Amerada Pass LA 61 mph 82 mph 965.2 mb
Lafayette LA 52 mph* 77 mph* 968.5 mb*
New Iberia LA 54 mph* 76 mph* 968.8 mb*
5 NW New Iberia LA (TTUHRT) 51 mph 71 mph -
4 W Jeanerette LA (TTUHRT) 48 mph 70 mph -
3 SW Maurice LA (TTUHRT) 48 mph 69 mph -
1 ESE Avery Island LA (TTUHRT) 44 mph 68 mph -
2 NW Patterson LA (TTUHRT) 51 mph 64 mph -
4 SSE Milton LA (TTUHRT) 43 mph 62 mph -
Alexandria LA 43 mph* 61 mph* 984.1 mb*
3 W Kaplan LA (TTUHRT) 40 mph 60 mph -
2 S Crowley LA (TTUHRT) 37 mph 59 mph -
4 NE Kaplan LA (TTUHRT) 41 mph 56 mph -
1 WSW Youngsville LA (TTUHRT) 39 mph 55 mph -
Oakdale LA 33 mph 54 mph 978.9 mb
2 NE Abbeville LA (TTUHRT) 36 mph 53 mph -
Texas Point TX 38 mph 52 mph 997.7 mb
Fort Polk LA 33 mph 49 mph 985.8 mb
Salt Point LA 29 mph* 48 mph* 989.5 mb*
Lake Charles LA 33 mph 46 mph 992.2 mb
Sabine Pass TX 37 mph 46 mph 998.6 mb
Calcasieu Pass LA 35 mph 45 mph 994.3 mb
Fort Polk Self Strip LA 32 mph 45 mph 987.1 mb
Deridder LA 26 mph 43 mph 989.0 mb
Alexandria Esler LA 18 mph* 43 mph* 989.5 mb*
Patterson LA 28 mph* 41 mph* 994.6 mb*
Sea Rim State Park TX 25 mph 39 mph 998.6 mb
Beaumont/Port Arthur TX 30 mph 39 mph 997.3 mb
Jasper TX 22 mph 35 mph 995.6 mb

* NOTE:  sensor stopped working before peak winds/lowest pressure

 

HURRICANE GUSTAV
Maximum Sustained 1 Minute Wind in Knots
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