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danielw
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Re: HurriSheet... Intensity and Surge Estimations from Pressure
Sun May 17 2009 10:00 AM

Based on Ike 2008's MCP of 935mb that would equate to a max possible surge of 19.5 feet.
Landfall windspeed maximum was 95kt or 110 mph that would roughly give a surge value of 12 feet.
Ike's surge was in the 12 to 19 foot range. At 99% of locations.

I use the Storm's lowest barometric pressure to calculate the maximum storm surge. Worked with Katrina and other Major Hurricanes. It's the worst case scenario... but gives a lot of margin for evacuation of lower areas.

Always use the storms lowest barometric pressure reported and you can't go wrong... or get wet.

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
HurriSheet... Intensity and Surge Estimations from Pressure	danielw	Sun May 17 2009 10:00 AM
Re: HurriScale	dem05	Mon Jul 23 2007 01:08 AM
Re: HurriScale	Hootowl	Thu May 03 2007 07:10 AM
Re: HurriScale	Lamar-Plant City	Tue May 01 2007 04:55 PM
Re: HurriScale	IMTechspec	Sat Jul 21 2007 11:48 PM
Re: HurriScale	RevUp	Tue Jul 24 2007 12:17 PM
Experimental Wind Loading Data	CoconutCandy	Tue Jul 24 2007 08:40 PM
Re: HurriSheet... Intensity and Surge Estimations from Pressure	danielw	Tue Apr 14 2009 08:01 PM
Re: HurriSheet... Intensity and Surge Estimations from Pressure	danielw	Wed Apr 22 2009 02:16 PM
Re: HurriSheet... Intensity and Surge Estimations from Pressure	Storm Hunter	Sat May 16 2009 01:53 PM
Re: HurriSheet... Intensity and Surge Estimations from Pressure	danielw	Sun May 17 2009 10:00 AM
Re: HurriScale	danielw	Thu May 03 2007 01:58 AM
Wind Loading and the Saffir-Simpson Scale	CoconutCandy	Fri Jul 20 2007 09:05 AM
Re: Wind Loading and the Saffir-Simpson Scale	audienceofone	Fri Jul 20 2007 10:01 AM
Re: Wind Loading and the Saffir-Simpson Scale	Ed Dunham	Fri Jul 20 2007 05:54 PM
Wind Loading and the Saffir-Simpson Scale	CoconutCandy	Mon Jul 23 2007 07:43 PM
Re: Wind Loading and the Saffir-Simpson Scale	danielw	Mon Jul 23 2007 08:25 PM

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