Dangerous Heat Builds and Expands; Critical Fire Weather for the Southwest; Severe Thunderstorms for Plains and Midwest

Dangerous to record breaking heat will build across the center of the nation and slowly build eastward this week. Wildfire conditions remain critical for the Southwest and portions of the Great Basin through Monday. For the northern Plains and upper Midwest, severe thunderstorms with the potential for large to very large hail and severe winds are the primary hazards. 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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GOES-13 IR/VIS Satellite Imagery

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