Texas, 2023

Coastal Flood and Astronomical Low Tide in Texas, January 22 to 25, 2023

January 22 to 25, 2023 · NWS LCH · 3 events in 1 county or zone

Low and high tidal variations from the 22nd through the 25th were forced by a pair of strong cold fronts and an area of low pressure.

The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS LCH wrote it up.

Low and high tidal variations from the 22nd through the 25th were forced by a pair of strong cold fronts and an area of low pressure.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 22, 5:16 AM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 5:16 AM CST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
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Event by event

2 astronomical low tide, 1 coastal flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Astronomical Low Tide, Jefferson

When
January 22, 9:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
Where
Jefferson forecast zone
Reported by
C-MAN Station

The tide at Sabine Pass fell below -1 foot MLLW for 2 hours and reached a minimum of -1.24 feet below MLLW.

Coastal Flood, Jefferson

When
January 24, 7:30 PM CST to 8:30 PM CST
Where
Jefferson forecast zone
Reported by
C-MAN Station

Strong south winds ahead of an area of low pressure forced water levels at Sabine Pass up to 4.17 feet above MLLW flooding low areas of Highway 87.

Astronomical Low Tide, Jefferson

When
January 25, 11:00 AM CST to 1:30 PM CST
Where
Jefferson forecast zone
Reported by
C-MAN Station

The tide at Sabine Pass fell below -1 foot MLLW for over 2 hours and reached a minimum of -1.49 feet below MLLW.

What these are

Astronomical Low Tide
Unusually low water from tides and offshore wind that caused impacts.
Coastal Flood
Flooding of coastal land by the sea, from storm surge, onshore wind or high tides.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1077763, 1077778, 1077764.