PREFACE 
The information and data presented herein were assembled and analyzed 
in 1983-1984 as a mission requirement of the Hurricane Surge Prototype Data 
Collection work unit, Coastal Flooding and Storm Protection Program, Coastal 
Engineering Area of Civil Works R&D under No. 321-31662. Mr. John H. 
Lockhart, Jr., and Mr. John Housley are the Office, Chief of Engineers, tech- 
nical monitors for the Coastal Engineering Research Area. The work unit is a 
multiyear project of the Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC), US Army 
Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES), under the general supervision of 
Dr. Robert W. Whalin, Chief of CERC, Dr. Lewis E. Link, Assistant Chief of 
CERC, Dr. Fred E. Camfield, Acting Chief of the Engineering Development Divi- 
sion, and Dr. Dennis R. Smith, Chief of the Prototype Measurement and Analysis 
Branch. Mr. Andrew W. Garcia is the Principal Investigator of the Hurricane 
Surge Prototype Data Collection work unit. Mr. Thomas H. Flor is the engineer 
in charge of data collection activities. This report was prepared by 
Messrs. Garcia and Flor. 
Commanders and Directors of WES during the conduct of this study and the 
preparation and publication of this report were COL Tilford C. Creel, CE, and 
COL Robert C. Lee, CE. Technical Director was Mr. F. R. Brown. 
