PREFACE 



The information and data presented herein were assembled and analyzed 

 from 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 US Army Engineer Waterways 

 Experiment Station (WES) , Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC) , 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. 



This report is fourth in a series. Reports 1-3 provided similar data on 

 Hurricanes Chris, Alicia, and Elena, respectively. 



Commander and Director of WES during report publication was 

 COL Dwayne G. Lee, CE. Technical Director was Dr. Robert W. Whalin. 



