entrance to Mobile Bay exceeded +8 ft NGVD and reached the base of the seawall 

 In Fort Morgan State Park (Photo 7) . Within the boundaries of the state park, 

 there were several locations where the surge passed completely over the spit, 

 resulting in highway erosion (Photo 8). While surge related damage was con- 

 fined to the highway, high winds totally destroyed one building and severely 

 damaged several others in the park. Surge elevations dropped rapidly east of 

 the park to an average of +4 ft NGVD. This was sufficient to cause some 

 flooding in the communities located between the park and the city of Gulf 

 Shores. However, the amount of structural damage was minimal as can be seen 

 by the house shown in Photo 9. 



18. Throughout the western part of the Florida panhandle the measured 

 high-water marks were less than +5 ft NGVD. Thus, actual damage resulting 

 from surge was limited to minor highway damage and to structures located very 

 close to the high-water mark such as the chain link fence in Pensacola Beach 

 shown in Photo 10. In Destin, the surge and wave runup cut through a dune 

 line (Photo 11) and flooded a lagoon located behind the dune line. The water 

 level in the lagoon rose approximately 5 ft but did not flood any of the 

 structures surrounding it. Farther east along the coast, surge levels contin- 

 ued to diminish with most high-water marks at an elevation of less than +4 ft 

 NGVD. However, some damage did occur at several locations. One such location 

 was the Dan Russell City Pier in Panama City Beach, Fla. The concrete decking 

 on the end of the pier was lifted and broken by waves (Photo 12). This damage 

 occurred at an elevation of approximately +20 ft NGVD, at a location where the 

 measured wave runup did not exceed +10 ft NGVD, and is probably the result of 

 the seaward end of the pier being in the breaker zone during part of the 

 storm. 



19. A series of contour maps showing the high-water marks from Biloxi, 

 Miss., to Pensacola, Fla., is presented in Appendix A. 



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