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Tropical Storm — Allen, LA

Sep 12, 2008

Property Damage
$1.0M

Hurricane Ike caused wind damage, storm surge flooding, and tornadoes across southwest Louisiana.||Ike made landfall near Galveston, TX early in the morning on September 13th as a strong category 2 hurricane.||Sustained hurricane force winds were confined to extreme western Cameron Parish. The highest recorded winds in southwest Lousiana were at Lake Charles Regional Airport with sustained winds of 46 kts (53 mph) and gusts of 67 kts (77 mph). The lowest pressure reading occurred at Southland Fi

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 136864). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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