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A rip current statement is a warning statement issued by the National Weather Service of the United States when there is a high threat of rip currents due to weather and ocean conditions. [ 1 ] The statement usually contains some detail about when and roughly where the rip currents are most likely to be forming.
'An early and violent start': NOAA issues dire hurricane season forecast. In a revised forecast issued Thursday, the federal government still calls for an "extremely active" Atlantic hurricane season.
Tides were 3 to 5 feet (0.91 to 1.52 m) at Galveston Bay; Morgan Point measured the highest tides, at 7.9 feet (2.4 m) above normal. [1] Overall, the storm surge was about 7 feet (2.1 m) high; near Harrisburg, Houston , its height was approximately 9.6 feet (2.9 m); around the Kemah - Seabrook area, the storm surge was 7 feet (2.1 m), while ...
Increased tides also occurred in Texas, peaking at 4.05 ft (1.2 m) at San Luis Pass. [42] Storm surge in Galveston reached a height of 4 ft (1.2 m), marking the city's seventh-highest water level on record. [43] Flooding due to Alberto in Fulton, Texas. Alberto brought significant rainfall to the Galveston area
Texas Gulf Coast is an intertidal zone which borders the coastal region of South Texas, Southeast Texas, and the Texas Coastal Bend.The Texas coastal geography boundaries the Gulf of Mexico encompassing a geographical distance relative bearing at 367 miles (591 km) of coastline according to CRS [1] and 3,359 miles (5,406 km) of shoreline according to NOAA.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA / ˈ n oʊ. ə / NOH-ə) is an American scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.
The 1900 Galveston hurricane, [1] also known as the Great Galveston hurricane and the Galveston Flood, and known regionally as the Great Storm of 1900 or the 1900 Storm, [2] [3] is the deadliest natural disaster in United States history. [4]
Winds were fairly minor in association with the storm; a station in Galveston, Texas recorded a peak wind gust of 46 mph (74 km/h). As Elena moved ashore, it produced a 3-foot (0.91 m) storm tide at Galveston and Baytown. [4]