Disturbing reports from the NWS Lake Charles…this is all with a northeast wind, so it is all the water ebing pushed ahead of the storm…so a huge water rise despite the offshore winds…what will happen when the winds come around out of the south??
7.5 foot storm surge at Cameron in SW Louisiana. Water oncitnues to rise rapidly. Significant inundation is occurringi n Cameron Parish.
Tide gage at Lake Charles Civic Center is 3.2 above mean low water. Inundation is occurring around Lake Charles.
Tide gage at Sabine Pass, Texas is now 6.7 feet. Inundation is occurring through much of southern Jefferson and Orange counties in Texas .
Storm surge 8.3 feet at Fres Water Lock 10 miles SE of Pecan Island in Vermillion Parish. Flooding now has cut off Burns and Cypremort point. Flooding is also coming into Franklin.
A tornado was reported 7 miles NE of Arnaudville in St. Landry Co Parish, Louisiana at 06:30 AM CDT — media relayed report of a brief tornado touch down in a field northeast of Arnaudville. No damage reported. Event time based on combination of radar imagery and report estmated time.
IN ADDITION…
The town of Surfside on the Texas coast is under water.
TIDE GAGES
Here is the National Ocean Survey page on Ike.
Tidal heights above mean low water…
…looks like it peaked just below 8 feet at Waveland MS…
…Pascagoula MS…levelled off at 5 feet…
…Pensacola…levelled off at 4 feet…
…Shell Beach LA still climbing at nearly 8 feet…
…SW Pass LA…just below 5 feet…has dropped back a little…
…Calcasieu Pass…climbing rapidly at 7.5 feet…
…Sabine Pass…climbing rapidly at 6.5 feet…
…Galveston Pier…7.5 feet and climbing rapidly…
