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The Impacts of Katrina |
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Hurricane Katrina made landfall in southeast Louisiana
around 610 am CDT on August 29th near Grand Isle (southeast of New Orleans).
Katrina was a Category 3 storm with winds around 130 mph. Katrina
tracked north through Mississippi and western Tennessee...and was headed
into the Ohio Valley on the 30th. The system mostly remained east of
Arkansas along its journey. |
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A satellite picture showing the eye of Hurricane Katrina in southeast
Louisiana around 8 am CDT on 08/29/2005. Click
for larger image of Katrina on 08/28/2005 before landfall. |
| Over 8 inches of rain fell east of the state...or
along and just east of the track of Katrina. In Arkansas, 1 to 2 inches
of rain occurred in areas along the Mississippi River...with locally
heavier amounts. Twenty four hour rainfall amounts as of 7 am CDT on the
30th included 1.97 inches at Jonesboro (Craighead County), 1.74 inches
at West Memphis (Crittenden County) and 1.16 inches at Blytheville
(Mississippi County). |
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A 24 hour precipitation forecast through 7 am CDT on 08/30/2005. |
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| In the picture:
A NOAA aerial image over Biloxi, MS (10 miles east of Gulfport,
MS) following Hurricane Katrina on 08/30/2005. Click
to enlarge. |
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| In the picture:
A NOAA aerial image over New Orleans, LAfollowing Hurricane Katrina on
08/31/2005. Click
to enlarge. |
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| Severe weather was confined to areas east of Katrina in
spiraling rain bands. Numerous Tornado Warnings were issued in Mississippi, Alabama and
Georgia. There was no severe weather in Arkansas. |
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Counter clockwise circulation around Katrina caused breezy conditions
in about the eastern half of the state during the afternoon and evening
hours of the 29th. North to northeast winds at 15 to 25 mph
with higher gusts were common. |
| In the picture:
The eyewall of Hurricane Katrina as seen from a NOAA P-3 hurricane
hunter aircraft on 08/28/2005 (before the system made landfall). Click
to enlarge. |
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While Arkansas was left relatively unscathed by Hurricane Katrina, it was
much worse along the Gulf Coast from near New Orleans, LA to around
Mobile, AL. Damaging winds, storm surge (Gulf water coming inland) and
flooding have completely destroyed homes and businesses...with many people
left homeless. |
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