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 >

Hurricane Rita:
A Comparison of Winds and Storm Surge

Montra Lockwood, Service Hydrologist
Felix Navejar, Science & Operations Officer
Sam Shamburger, Meteorologist

	To view the report for Southwest Louisiana, click here. For graphical wind & storm surge data for Southwest Louisiana, click here.
	For river crest data for Southwest Louisiana, click here. For storm surge flooding data for downtown Lake Charles, click here.

To view the report for South-Central Louisiana, click here.
For graphical wind & storm surge data for South-Central Louisiana,
click here.

To view the report for Southeast Texas, click here.

For graphical wind & storm surge data for Southeast Texas, click here.

For even more information on Hurricane Rita, click here!

Questions about this article and its associated data should be forwarded to the National Weather Service Office in Lake Charles and its authors. You can reach these individuals by phone at 337-477-5285, and by email at Felix.Navejar@noaa.gov, Montra.Lockwood@noaa.gov, or Sam.Shamburger@noaa.gov.
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A special thanks goes to David Hotz, Senior Forecaster at NWS Morristown, TN for creating a special program that produced the hurricane data and observation graphics found in this report!

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

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