Re: Nov Q & A with NHC - Michael Lowry
Posted by hanna on 11/11/2011, 3:37 pm
I like this - "The storm surge unit has a much more visible role now. "  And this.  "We are currently vetting a "storm surge warning" which would be separate from the hurricane warning itself. One of the ideas behind it is the fact that storm surge is not simply confined to the radius of maximum winds. Often times you can get storm surge well away from the center of the storm. We saw this in 2005 when Hurricane Dennis made landfall near Pensacola, with a storm surge of 6 to 9 feet occurring some 150 miles east at St. Marks. The surge devastated the community, yet it was located outside of the hurricane warning at the time of landfall. We want to convey the risk that exists outside of the immediate hurricane landfall area. "
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