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Coastal Flood in Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula, Texas

Coastal Flood October 9, 2020 · Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula, Texas

What the National Weather Service wrote

Prolonged period of high tides, coastal flooding and beach erosion from fringe effects of Hurricane Delta.

The wider storm

Delta made landfall along the southwest Louisiana coast but produced tropical storm force winds across parts of Southeast Texas. Delta also produced high surf and elevated tides leading to mainly minor coastal flooding along Gulf facing beaches and around Galveston Bay.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 925613. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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