Surge obs Wed 26Aug 2amEDT/ 1aCDT
We only have a few gauges in these regions.
Listed East to West from near New Orleans to just S of Houston. Values are my own interpretation of the gauges from here:
https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/in...orm/Laura.html Values don't represent peak unless specifically stated.
Louisiana:
-Grand Isle: +2ft, rising/level, minor flood stage
-Eugene Island: +4.6ft, rising, minor flood stage (peak so far)
-Freshwater Canal Locks: Lost data feed at 4.5ft earlier
-Lake Charles: +1ft, quickly falling, reverse surge occuring with eyewall
-Bulk Terminal (Just SW of Lake Charles): +1.6ft, quickly falling, reverse surge occuring with eyewall
-Calcasieu Pass: +9ft, quickly rising, Major flood stage (peak so far)
Texas:
-TX Point/Sabine Pass: +2ft, quickly falling with eyewall passing
-Port Arthur: +0.5ft, quickly falling with eyewall passing
-Rainbow Bridge (NE of Port Arthur): +.01ft, quickly falling with eyewall passing
-High Island: +2.1ft, rising
-Rollover Pass: +3.8ft, rising
-Morgans Point: +2ft, steady
-Eagle Point (Galveston Bay): +2.7ft, steady
-Galveston Bay Entrance, North Jetty: +2.3ft, falling, Minor/Moderate Flood stage (peak 3.2ft)
-Galveston Pier 21: +3.1ft, falling, Minor flood stage (peak 3.9ft)
-Galveston Railroad Bridge: +3.1ft, steady
-San Luis Pass: +3.2ft, steady, Minor/Moderate flood stage
-Freeport Harbor: +3.1ft, steady, Moderate flood stage