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Historical Bay St. Louis/Waveland Storm Surges
Storm Date
08/19/1812
07/28/1819	Direct hit
09/15/1821	Direct hit
09/15/1855	Direct hit
08/14/18601860-1	Direct hit	M/ENE12	120/10?
09/15/1860	1860-2	Direct hit	S/NNE10	100/10?
10/02/1860	1860-3	100 W	L/N16	60/8?
10/01/1893 ChenierCaminda 20 S M/NE10 115/13?
08/15/1901	35 S	S/NE6	85/10
09/20/1909	100 W	XL/N10	95/11
15' surge in Plaquemines parish passed just W of New Orleans.
10 minute eye/ 6' water in BSL streets/only 3
3	houses remained in P.C.
EYE over BSL @ 9pm/ calm lasted 15 min/8 ft surge in the(w Rigolets/ Not as strong as 1819.
Cat 4 @ 1st (Louisiana) landfall. Size??
Nearly identical LA/MS track as Katrina
10' over run of Cat Island
Tight small storm/ eye exp BSL-Mobile.
Hit Thibodeaux - just W of N.O.
3'surge on Bookter @ Beach Rd/9 foot rollers" on Carrol Ave bluff. Large storm/ Hit mouth of MS RVR then Pascg. SSC road front washout.
4' wall then built giving protection in 1915. WPA rebuilt existing wall in 1930's
Eye hit Grand Isle then Pascagoula BSL train bridge nearly submerged.
MS River rose 7 feet.
Hit Grand Isle w/ 15' storm surge then due N over BR then Natchez. BSL train br submerged.
Name Closest size/dir/fwd spd BSL/Wave obs. ___________________Comments
Approach	Wind/Surge
50 S	100/11?
120/14?
100/12?
105/16?
9/29/1915	45	W	L/N12
85/12
Hit Grand Isle/then directly over N.O. 13' surge /24 dead at Rigolets/ 50% (Ms) Hwy 90 gone.