HURRICANE DANNY STORM SURGE AND WAVE DATA 



PART I: INTRODUCTION 



1. This report is the fourth in a series* providing a data base 

 directed toward verification of numerical storm surge models. As such, the 

 emphasis is on quantitative measurements of the hydrodynamic and meteorologic 

 parameters of Hurricane Danny rather than on documentation of structural dam- 

 age or changes in coastal morphology. The wave data contained in Part IV were 

 obtained by a US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES), Coastal En- 

 gineering Research Center (CERC) , wave gage located on Shell Oil Company Plat- 

 form Vermilion 22 located at latitude 29°28.2' N, longitude 92°33.0' W. The 

 eye of Danny passed very near Vermilion 22, resulting in a rare opportunity to 

 acquire locally generated hurricane wave data. These data are included to 

 permit assessment and verification of hurricane-generated wave models. 



2. Contained herein are coastal and inland hydrographs and basic meteo- 

 rological data associated with Hurricane Danny. These data have been compiled 

 from a variety of sources; consequently, they cannot be guaranteed to be abso- 

 lutely accurate. Nevertheless, every reasonable effort has been made to en- 

 sure the data are as consistent and complete as possible. 



* Thomas H. Flor. 1983 (Jul). "Poststorm Reconnaissance of Tropical Storm 

 Chris," Miscellaneous Paper HL-83-5, US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment 

 Station, Vicksburg, Miss. 



Andrew W. Garcia and Thomas H. Flor. 1984 (Nov). "Hurricane Alicia Storm 

 Surge and Wave Data," Technical Report CERC-84-6, US Army Engineer Waterways 

 Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Miss. 



Andrew W. Garcia and William S. Hegge. 1987. "Hurricane Elena Storm Surge 

 Data," Technical Report CERC-87-10, Report 3, US Army Engineer Waterways 

 Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Miss. 



