Geospatial Support for Hurricane Ike - Maps

As new data are created and made available, they will be posted to this site.

Safe Re-Entry Times
Graphics prepared to assist first responder teams during their preparation for re-entry operations. The listed GIF files illustrate the estimated time of the passage of tropical storm force winds (>39 mph) through the landfall region of Hurricane Ike into Southeast Texas and western Louisiana. The graphic is based on information contained in advisories issued by the National Hurricane Center on September 11-13. 2008-09-13 16:00 CDT 2008-09-13 10:00 CDT 2008-09-13 04:00 CDT 2008-09-12 22:00 CDT 2008-09-12 16:00 CDT 2008-09-12 10:00 CDT 2008-09-12 04:00 CDT 2008-09-11 22:00 CDT 2008-09-11 16:00 CDT
Forecast Windfields
Graphics prepared to assist emergency managers in their assessment of potential wind damage. 2008-09-13 10:00 CDT 2008-09-13 04:00 CDT 2008-09-12 22:00 CDT 2008-09-12 16:00 CDT 2008-09-12 10:00 CDT 2008-09-11 16:00 CDT

Hurricane Ike: Estimated Depth of Inundation in Galveston
A preliminary estimation of the inundation depths in the City of Galveston appears in an imagemap based upon LiDAR-derived elevation data collected by the University of Texas at Austin. Download PDF
High-Resulution Storm Surge Modeling
Three-dimensional visualizations of the impact of a Category 5 storm surge striking Galveston are displayed in SLOSH model results that incorporate LiDAR-derived elevation data. Download PDF