TS Frances 1998 may have been of similar size. The interaction between the keeping low and ridge building across the South created a long lived easterly fetch in the northern Gulf which contributed to the 5-8' surge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Frances_(1998)
We were lucky in Texas this time. Grateful for that.
TS Frances 1998 may have been of similar size. The interaction between the keeping low and ridge building across the South created a long lived easterly fetch in the northern Gulf which contributed to the 5-8' surge. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Frances_(1998)