PREFACE 



The information and data presented herein were assembled and analyzed 

 during 1985 to 1986 by authorization from the Office, Chief of Engineers 

 (OCE) , Coastal Engineering Area of Civil Works Research and Development, as a 

 mission requirement of the Hurricane Surge Prototype Data Collection Work 

 Unit 321-31662. Messrs. John H. Lockhart , Jr., and John Housley are the OCE 

 Technical 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 

 general supervision of Dr. James R. Houston, Chief, CERC; Mr. Thomas W. 

 Richardson, Chief, Engineering Development Division; and Dr. Dennis R. Smith, 

 former Chief, Prototype Measurement and Analysis Branch (CD-P) . Dr. Charles L. 

 Vincent is CERC Program Manager. Mr. Andrew W. Garcia, CD-P, is the Principal 

 Investigator of the Hurricane Surge Prototype Data Collection work unit, and 

 Mr. William S. Hegge, CD-P, is the engineer in charge of data collection 

 activities. This report was prepared by Messrs. Garcia and Hegge and edited 

 by Ms. Jamie W. Leach, Information Products Division, Information Technology 

 Laboratory, WES. 



A special acknowledgment is due Messrs. Geary McDonald and Harold Doyal 

 of the US Army Engineer District, Mobile, for their cooperation in acquiring 

 and assembling the high-water mark data and for providing interpretive 

 guidance thereon. 



This report is fifth in a series. Reports 1-4 provided similar data on 

 Hurricanes Chris, Alicia, Elena, and Danny, respectively. 



Commander and Director of WES during report publication was COL Dwayne G. 

 Lee, CE. Technical Director was Dr. Robert W. Whalin. 



