1. 1 2012 AASC Meeting LOUISIANA OFFICE of STATE CLIMATOLOGY Louisiana State University Dept. of Geography & Anthropology Baton Rouge, LA 70803 (225) 578-6870 -- Office (225) 578-2912 -- 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

2. 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)

3. 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

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

5. Depth-Area-Duration Table for Point of Maximum Rainfall

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

7. YearNAME Vol (km3) VolRankArea(KM2)AreaRank Distance (km) DistRank Speed (km/h) SpeedRank 1972AGNES1131110704941829392356 2008IKE96212835241291232083 1985JUAN843920704921462616128 1999FLOYD7547805621723352230 1989ALLISON735506404613371779184 1979DAVID696110542452314232646 1961CARLA6778255081413867914146 1960DONNA65886243611282763028 2002ISIDORE5995372645212128817124 2010HERMINE57101252800310461002270 Wettest TSs and Hurricanes in the U.S. 1960-2011 in Water Volume (192 Storms)

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

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

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

11. 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

12. Top 10 Storm Surges in the Gulf of Mexico 1880-2009 RankSurge (ft)StormYearPeak Loc. 127.8Katrina2005Pass 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 1016.0Cheniere Caminada 1893Cheniere Caminada, LA 1016.0Unnamed1919Corpus Christi, TX

13. SRCC linear regression for Gulf Coast storm surges

14. Return Period (years) SRCC Surge Level (meters) SRCC Surge Level (feet) 1008.2026.90 507.2223.69 256.2420.47 104.9516.24 53.9713.02 22.678.76 Storm Surge Quantiles for U.S. Gulf Coast

16. Building Full Envelopes of Storm Surge: Example Hurricane Ike