Table 3. Hurricane and storm data, Atlantic City, 1933-62 (modified from 

 U.S. Army Engineer District, Philadelphia, 1966) 





Storm 



Minimum distance of center 



Maximum wind 



Highest tide 









from Atlantic City 







Date 



Name 



Distance 



Direction 



Direction 



Velocity^ 









(mi) 







(mi/h) 



(ft above MSL) 



Aug. 



1933 





125 



W. 



E. 



76 



5.0 



Nov. 



1935^ 





3 







NE. 



66 



5.3 



Sept. 



1936 





100 



E. 



NE. 



90 



4.7 



Sept. 



1938 





75 



E. 



W. 



72 



4.1 



Sept. 



1944 





30 



E. 



NE. 

 N. 



91(G) 

 82 (V) 



7.6 



Nov. 



19502 









... 



E. 



72 



7.0 



Oct. 



1953^ 













N. 



29 



6.1 



Nov. 



19532 













NE. 



69(G)65(V) 



5.0 



Aug. 



1954 



Carol 



50 



E. 



NE. 



57 



4.4 



Sept. 



1954 



Edna 



150 



E. 



NE. 



65 



4.6 



Oct. 



1954 



Hazel 



125 



W. 



SE. 

 SE. 



80(G) 

 66 



4.6 



Aug. 



1955 



Connie 



125 



W. 



S. 



65 



4.0 



Aug. 



1955 



Diane 



65 



N. 



SW. 



49 



3.6 



Oct. 



1955 









E. 



60 



5.0 



Sept. 



1956 



Flossy 







E. 



54 



4.9 



Sept. 



1960 



Donna 



80 



E. 



WNW. 

 WNW. 



83(G) 

 60 



6.1 



Mar. 



19622 









--- 



E. 



E. 



58(G) 

 44 



7.2 



^Generally fastest mile or highest 1-minute value; (G) denotes gust and (V) 

 S-minute value. 



^Not of tropical origin . 

 ^Not available. 



are caused by hurricanes or extratropical cyclones. The maximum surge elevation 

 at Atlantic City for each year from 1922 to 1968 is shown in Figure 14. A storm 

 surge equivalent to the 1951 surge at Atlantic City could cover 75 percent of 

 Ludlam Island if it occurred at high tide. This is unlikely, however, because 

 for such extensive flooding the foredunes and bulkhead would have to breach. 

 Therefore, the maximum possible coverage is 75 percent. 



c. Wave Data . Wave data were obtained between 1957 and 1967 from a CERC 

 staff gage in 18 feet of water on the Steel Pier in Atlantic City, the nearest 

 source of wave gage data. Based on 18,132 observations, Thompson and Harris 

 (1972) determined the mean wave height at Atlantic City to be 2.8 feet. Less 

 than 1 percent of the waves exceeded 8.5 feet (Fig. 15). Figure 16 shows the 

 monthly wave power for waves less than and greater than or equal to 4 feet at 

 Atlantic City, based on an average of 6 years' data (1962-67). Using the mean 

 monthly wave period of 8 seconds obtained from Atlantic City data, a 4-foot wave 

 height results in a wave steepness (wave height/wavelength) of 0.022 at the gage. 



The direction of wave approach at the outer breaker zone was observed at 

 near daily intervals near profile line 14 and at irregular intervals near pro- 

 file lines 5 and 18 (Fig. 3) during the period 1969 to 1974. Distribution of 

 the data is shown in Figure 17. The percent of the total monthly observations 

 is given for one of five possible sectors of wave approach identified in the 



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