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Monitoring inland storm surge and flooding from Hurricane Ike in Texas and Louisiana, September 2008

Open-File Report 2008-1365
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20081365

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Abstract

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) deployed a temporary monitoring network of 117 pressure transducers (sensors) at 65 sites over an area of about 5,000 square miles to record the timing, areal extent, and magnitude of inland hurricane storm surge and coastal flooding generated by Hurricane Ike, which struck southeastern Texas and southwestern Louisiana September 12-13, 2008. Fifty-six sites were in Texas and nine were in Louisiana. Sites were categorized as surge, riverine, or beach/wave on the basis of proximity to the Gulf Coast. One-hundred five sensors from 59 sites (fig. 1) were recovered; 12 sensors from six sites either were lost during the storm or were not retrieved. All 59 sites (41 surge, 10 riverine, 8 beach/wave) had sensors to record water pressure (fig. 2), which is expressed as water level in feet above North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88), and 46 sites had an additional sensor to record barometric pressure, expressed in pounds per square inch. Figure 3 shows an example of water level and barometric pressure over time recorded by sensors during the storm.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Monitoring inland storm surge and flooding from Hurricane Ike in Texas and Louisiana, September 2008
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 2008-1365
DOI 10.3133/ofr20081365
Year Published 2008
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Contributing office(s) Texas Water Science Center
Description Report: 34 p.; Dataset
Time Range Start 2008-09-12
Time Range End 2008-09-13
Country United States
State Louisiana, Texas
Online Only (Y/N) Y
Additional Online Files (Y/N) Y
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