Barometric pressure down 908 mb or 26.81 inches.
This could be the one, that New Orleans hs been concerned about happening!
Watch out and get the BLEEP out of town New Orleans..... This is not going to be good or pretty....
Hurricane Katrina Special Advisory Number 22
Statement as of 7:00 am CDT on August 28, 2005
...Katrina...now a potentially catastrophic category five
hurricane...headed for the northern Gulf Coast...
A Hurricane Warning is in effect for the north central Gulf Coast
from Morgan City Louisiana eastward to the Alabama/Florida
border...including the city of New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain.
A Hurricane Warning means that hurricane conditions are expected
within the warning area within the next 24 hours. Preparations to
protect life and property should be rushed to completion.
A Tropical Storm Warning and a Hurricane Watch are in effect from
east of the Alabama/Florida border to Destin Florida...and from
west of Morgan City to Intracoastal City Louisiana. A Tropical
Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected
within the warning area within the next 24 hours. A Hurricane Watch
means that hurricane conditions are possible within the watch
area...generally within 36 hours.
A Tropical Storm Warning is also in effect from Destin Florida
eastward to Indian Pass Florida...and from Intracoastal City
Louisiana westward to Cameron Louisiana.
For storm information specific to your area...including possible
inland watches and warnings...please monitor products issued
by your local weather office.
At 7 am CDT...1200z...the center of Hurricane Katrina was located
near latitude 25.7 north... longitude 87.7 west or about 250 miles
south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River.
Katrina is moving toward the west-northwest near 12 mph...and a
gradual turn toward the northwest and north-northwest is expected
over the next 24 hours.
Maximum sustained winds are near 160 mph...with higher gusts.
Katrina is a potentially catastrophic category five hurricane on
the Saffir-Simpson scale. Some fluctuations in strength are likely
during the next 24 hours.
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 85 miles from the
center...and tropical storm force winds extend outward up
to 185 miles.
Data from an Air Force hurricane hunter plane indicate that the
minimum central pressure has fallen to near 908 mb...26.81 inches.
Coastal storm surge flooding of 15 to 20 feet above normal tide
levels...locally as high as 25 feet along with large and dangerous
battering waves...can be expected near and to the east of where the
center makes landfall.
Rainfall totals of 5 to 10 inches...with isolated maximum amounts of
15 inches...are possible along the path of Katrina across the Gulf
Coast and the southeastern United States.
Isolated tornadoes will be possible beginning Sunday evening over
southern portions of Louisiana...Mississippi...and Alabama...and
over the Florida Panhandle.
Repeating the 7 am CDT position...25.7 N... 87.7 W. Movement
toward...west-northwest near 12 mph. Maximum sustained
winds...160 mph. Minimum central pressure... 908 mb.
The next advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane Center at
10 am CDT.
Forecaster Knabb/Pasch
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RinglingRingling wrote:watched Jim Cantore on the Weather Channel at 5a this morning. While I appreciate the impact the storm is having, I really wish his tether would snap and the wind took that witless weasel on a long, and ultimately terminal, ride.
The way he was acting, Katrina was poised to become Andrew, lulling everyone into a false sense of security because it was only a Cat 1.. Sheesh.
perhaps Mr. Cantore knows more about weather than you give him credit for?
When it goes from full to crescent...I move in and out of tune...Everlasting Moon....
I know I never, ever underestimate a hurricane..Never. I have lived in the SE, on the Coast..all my life..and hurricanes are a fact of life here...It just IS.
I'm just hoping and praying for everyones safety..and that they listen to the warnings and GET OUT.
The sound of a Cat 5 hurricane is something that stay with you..forever..
You never forget that sound....or the devastation when you finally get out...When they tell me to leave..I leave.
Prayers for everyones safety..
"I know it's a shabby old building but after all ain't we God's children
And Lord it's a good place for hangin' out .."
Prthd119 wrote:I know I never, ever underestimate a hurricane..Never. ..
My paternal grandparents were sailors.... lived in Key Largo... taught me to swim at age 5 by throwing me overboard in the Atlantic! Grandmother always said: Never turn your back on the ocean or the weather!
New Orleans or some place on the gulf coast is in for a mess... as a Florida girl I too have lived with hurricanes for as long as I can remember.... Please heed the warning and get out of town. Your life isnt worth risking!
The bad part is, we are close to midway into the hurricane season and most occur later in the season....
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The Mayor of New Orleans has called for Mandatoy evacuation of the city....Last ditch efforts will to be to place people inside the Superdome....
The city is below sea level...The people in that area are in SOME SERIOUS NEED OF SOME SERIOUS PHIN POWER!!!!
Sustained winds were reported at 10:00 AM to be 175 with higher gusts...
Currently hurricane force winds extend outward 105 miles from the center and tropical storm force winds extend ouward to 205 miles. Barrometric pressure is down to 907 mb or 26.78 inches....
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A Buddy of mine 2 hours from New Orleans sent this to me it is a little old but scared the crap out me reading it.
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
1011 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005
...DEVASTATING DAMAGE EXPECTED...
.HURRICANE KATRINA...A MOST POWERFUL HURRICANE WITH UNPRECEDENTED
STRENGTH...RIVALING THE INTENSITY OF HURRICANE CAMILLE OF 1969.
MOST OF THE AREA WILL BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS...PERHAPS LONGER. AT
LEAST ONE HALF OF WELL CONSTRUCTED HOMES WILL HAVE ROOF AND WALL
FAILURE. ALL GABLED ROOFS WILL FAIL...LEAVING THOSE HOMES SEVERELY
DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
THE MAJORITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WILL BECOME NON FUNCTIONAL.
PARTIAL TO COMPLETE WALL AND ROOF FAILURE IS EXPECTED. ALL WOOD FRAMED
LOW RISING APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL BE DESTROYED. CONCRETE BLOCK LOW
RISE APARTMENTS WILL SUSTAIN MAJOR DAMAGE...INCLUDING SOME WALL AND
ROOF FAILURE.
HIGH RISE OFFICE AND APARTMENT BUILDINGS WILL SWAY DANGEROUSLY...A FEW
TO THE POINT OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. ALL WINDOWS WILL BLOW OUT.
AIRBORNE DEBRIS WILL BE WIDESPREAD...AND MAY INCLUDE HEAVY ITEMS SUCH
AS HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND EVEN LIGHT VEHICLES. SPORT UTILITY
VEHICLES AND LIGHT TRUCKS WILL BE MOVED. THE BLOWN DEBRIS WILL CREATE
ADDITIONAL DESTRUCTION. PERSONS...PETS...AND LIVESTOCK EXPOSED TO THE
WINDS WILL FACE CERTAIN DEATH IF STRUCK.
POWER OUTAGES WILL LAST FOR WEEKS...AS MOST POWER POLES WILL BE DOWN
AND TRANSFORMERS DESTROYED. WATER SHORTAGES WILL MAKE HUMAN SUFFERING
INCREDIBLE BY MODERN STANDARDS.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF NATIVE TREES WILL BE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED. ONLY
THE HEARTIEST WILL REMAIN STANDING...BUT BE TOTALLY DEFOLIATED. FEW
CROPS WILL REMAIN. LIVESTOCK LEFT EXPOSED TO THE WINDS WILL BEKILLED.
AN INLAND HURRICANE WIND WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR
HURRICANE FORCE...OR FREQUENT GUSTS AT OR ABOVE HURRICANE FORCE...ARE
CERTAIN WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.
ONCE TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE FORCE WINDS ONSET...DO NOT VENTURE
OUTSIDE!
"We Want Dallas, We Want Dallas"
RFK Stadium crowd chant during the NFC Championship game on January 22, 1983
Hopefully she will start losing strength as she nears the land to go feet dry ...but like I said ...it ain't going to be very pretty people....not all and that is putting it mildly
Notice the raifall as Katrina ventures further into the interior of the mainland.... Not only will the people be flooded out from the initial pass....
they will have to do with the flooding coming down the Mississippi river...
God I hope the levies will hold....
I don't think Andrew had anything on this bad girl....
PHINPOWER UP!!! AND WEST BOUND AND DOWN AND ON THE WAY!!!
Hurricane Katrina Intermediate Advisory Number 23a
Statement as of 1:00 PM CDT on August 28, 2005
...Potentially catastrophic Hurricane Katrina menacing the northern
Gulf Coast...
a Hurricane Warning is in effect for the north central Gulf Coast
from Morgan City Louisiana eastward to the Alabama/Florida
border...including the city of New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain.
A Hurricane Warning means that hurricane conditions are expected
within the warning area within the next 24 hours. Preparations to
protect life and property should be rushed to completion.
A Tropical Storm Warning and a Hurricane Watch are in effect from
east of the Alabama/Florida border to Destin Florida...and from
west of Morgan City to Intracoastal City Louisiana. A Tropical
Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected
within the warning area within the next 24 hours. A Hurricane Watch
means that hurricane conditions are possible within the watch
area...generally within 36 hours.
A Tropical Storm Warning is also in effect from Destin Florida
eastward to Indian Pass Florida...and from Intracoastal City
Louisiana westward to Cameron Louisiana.
For storm information specific to your area...including possible
inland watches and warnings...please monitor products issued
by your local weather office.
At 1 PM CDT...1800z...the center of Hurricane Katrina was located
near latitude 26.5 north... longitude 88.6 west or about 180 miles
south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River.
Katrina is moving toward the northwest near 13 mph...and a turn
toward the north-northwest is expected over the next 24 hours.
Maximum sustained winds are near 175 mph...with higher gusts.
Katrina is a potentially catastrophic category five hurricane on
the Saffir-Simpson scale. Some fluctuations in strength are likely
during the next 24 hours.
Hurricane force winds extend outward up to 105 miles from the
center...and tropical storm force winds extend outward up
to 205 miles.
The estimated minimum central pressure is 906 mb...26.75 inches.
Coastal storm surge flooding of 18 to 22 feet above normal tide
levels...locally as high as 28 feet along with large and dangerous
battering waves...can be expected near and to the east of where the
center makes landfall. Significant storm surge flooding will occur
elsewhere along the central and northeastern Gulf of Mexico coast.
Rainfall totals of 5 to 10 inches...with isolated maximum amounts of
15 inches...are possible along the path of Katrina across the Gulf
Coast and the Tennessee Valley. Rainfall totals of 4 to 8 inches
are possible across the Ohio Valley into the eastern Great Lakes
region Tuesday and Wednesday.
Isolated tornadoes will be possible beginning this evening over
southern portions of Louisiana...Mississippi...and Alabama...and
over the Florida Panhandle.
Repeating the 1 PM CDT position...26.5 N... 88.6 W. Movement
toward...northwest near 13 mph. Maximum sustained winds...
175 mph. Minimum central pressure... 906 mb.
The next advisory will be issued by the National Hurricane Center at
4 PM CDT.
Forecaster Pasch
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