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A rise in local sea level caused by the combination of regular tides and a storm surge.
At 8pm of the 27th there was 1.0 ft of storm tide at both Pensacola and Port Eads.
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storm surge — noun An unusual rise in sea level on a coast due to the action of high winds. The storm surge is defined as the difference between the observed tide and the predicted astronomical tide and is considered to be the meteorological effect on sea… … Wiktionary
storm surge — an abnormal rise in the level of the sea along a coast caused by the onshore winds of a severe cyclone. Also called stormtide, surge. * * * storm surge noun An unusual, rapid rise in tide level caused by a combination of low pressure over the sea … Useful english dictionary
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