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Extreme Heat Across the Southern U.S.; Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rain in the Plains and Mississippi Valley

A heat wave over the Southwest will intensify late week, peaking and expanding into the Intermountain West and northern High Plains this weekend. Severe thunderstorms and heavy rain are expected over portions of the Plains and Mississippi Valley tonight, which will shift to parts of the Upper Midwest and mid-Mississippi Valley Friday. Monsoonal showers and flooding persist in the Desert Southwest. Read More >

Hurricane Bonnie
June 23-28, 1986

 

Bonnie Storm Surge: Measured and High Water Marks
Sources:  National Weather Service Post Storm Surveys
Monthly Weather Review Meteorological Data of Hurricane Bonnie (Note: All data in metric system)

Location Feet (MSL)
Galveston, TX 2.6
Bolivar Peninsula, TX 3.0-4.0
Sabine Pass, TX 5.4
Cameron, LA 3.9
Bayou Bienvenue, LA 2.4
Paris Road, LA 2.7
The Rigolets, LA 1.7
Industrial Canal, LA 2.6
(E)=Estimated
(I) =Incomplete