Tropical Storm Isodore Landfall in Lousiana (26 Sep 2002)

  • Credit

    NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio

Tropical storm Isodore makes landfall in Louisiana Thursday morning, September 26, 2002

Tropical Storm Isodore blew ashore early Thursday morning packing winds just below hurricane strength. At 11 am (EST) Isodore's center was 60 miles north-northeast of New Orleans and just west of Poplarville, Mississippi. It was moving north-northeast at 17 mph. Tornado warnings and flood watches were posted from the Louisiana coast to the Florida panhandle. The storm has brought two days of steady downpours with 10-12 inch accumulations.

The clouds are removed to show the underlying rain structure. In this annimation yellow represents 0.5 inches of rain per hour, green shows 1.0 inches of rain per hour, and red is 2.0 or more inches of rain per hour.

Metadata

  • Sensor

    TRMM/TMI, TRMM/PR

  • Animation ID

    2561

  • Video ID

    SVS2002-0024

  • Start Timecode

    01:09:52:00

  • End Timecode

    01:11:33:00

  • Animator

    Tom Bridgman, Lori Perkins

  • Studio

    SVS

  • Visualization Date

    2002/09/26

  • Scientist

    Jeff Halverson (NASA/GSFC)

  • Keywords

    Hurricane, Isidore, New Orleans

  • DLESE Subject

    Natural hazards, Atmospheric science

  • Data Date

    2002/09/26

  • Animation Type

    Regular