1 2012 AASC Meeting LOUISIANA OFFICE of STATE CLIMATOLOGY Louisiana State University Dept. of Geography & Anthropology Baton Rouge, LA 70803 (225) 578-6870.

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AASC Meeting LOUISIANA OFFICE of STATE CLIMATOLOGY Louisiana State University Dept. of Geography & Anthropology Baton Rouge, LA (225) Office (225) FAX Kyle Brehe User Services Moe Moreau NWS Liason Handle Hundreds of Data Requests Annually Give Hundreds of Media Requests Annually Contribute to the RISA-Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program (SCIPP) Perform Applied Research

THREE EXAMPLES OF RECENT RESEARCH Nashville, TN Storm of May 1-2, 2010 – w/ AWA Rainiest TSs and Hurricanes in the Eastern US SURGEDAT – Storm Surge Database Nashville, TN May 2010 Wilks-Barre, PA June 1972 (H Agnes) Bolivar Peninsula, TX September 2008 (H Ike)

Figure 1: Surface and 500-mb maps at 0700 EST (1200 UTC) for 1-3 May 2010 from the Daily Weather Map series provided by National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration ’ s (NOAA) Hydrometeorological Prediction Center. Nashville Storm and Flooding May 1-2, 2010 Deep Trough – W./C. US * Slow Moving Cold Front * Strong Advection off of Gulf

Geographical Pattern of Rainfall Across Tennessee, May 1-2, 2010 Peak near Brownville at 19.71”

Depth-Area-Duration Table for Point of Maximum Rainfall

Nashville, TN Brownsville, TN Return Frequencies of the Tennessee Storm May 1-2, 2010

YearNAME Vol (km3) VolRankArea(KM2)AreaRank Distance (km) DistRank Speed (km/h) SpeedRank 1972AGNES IKE JUAN FLOYD ALLISON DAVID CARLA DONNA ISIDORE HERMINE Wettest TSs and Hurricanes in the U.S in Water Volume (192 Storms)

From: David Roth, Hydrometeorological Prediction Center, NCEP, NOAA Storm Tracks and Rainfall Patterns for Hurricanes Agnes and Ike

SURGEDAT – The World’s Most Comprehensive Tropical Storm Surge Database

Map of Surge Activity along the U.S. Gulf Coast

SURGEDAT utilized 70 sources of surge data (U.S. Gulf Coast) Federal Government: 28 Books and Academic Publications: 23 Historic newspapers: 16 titles 3,120 pages of newspaper read

Top 10 Storm Surges in the Gulf of Mexico RankSurge (ft)StormYearPeak Loc Katrina2005Pass Christian, MS 224.6Camille1969Pass Christian, MS 320.0Galveston1900Galveston, TX 320.0Labor Day1935Long Key, FL 518.5Carla1961Port Lavaca, TX 618.2Eloise1975Dune Allen Bch, FL 718.0Beulah1967South Padre Is, TX 817.5Ike2008Chambers Co., TX 917.0New Orleans1915Southeastern LA Cheniere Caminada 1893Cheniere Caminada, LA Unnamed1919Corpus Christi, TX

SRCC linear regression for Gulf Coast storm surges

Return Period (years) SRCC Surge Level (meters) SRCC Surge Level (feet) Storm Surge Quantiles for U.S. Gulf Coast

Building Full Envelopes of Storm Surge: Example Hurricane Ike