Cat 5 Hurricane Katrina

[SnowBear]

New Orleans is 6 hours behind UK time with daylight saving taken into account, time there now is 2.50pm, our time, 8.50pm at time of creating this post.

I have heard that estimate for eye landfall is 6-7am NO time, around midday-1pm for UK.

[Carl]

also people who stay WILL need to be rescued putting pressure and risking emergency workers lives.

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Indeed. The thought occured to me too. That said, they won't go in until the storm passes. There is no reason for them to stay and ride it out, i hope they leave town too.

Carl

[rixxxgolf]

"100,000 incapable of leaving"

There WILL unfortuately deaths.

Then the Floods will come.

[i luv snow]

i thought i just read it had sustained wind speeds of 179 mph somewhere in one of those articles :unsure: lol

[kaz]

This is the weird thing. I hope knowone dies but I would like to see what a cat5 can do. It's just a spectacle to see what nature can throw at us. Anyone else want it to stay a cat 5?

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hi yes i do the bigger the better. Cant help to wonder what it will do. I know if there could be a poss of loss of life, but if they heed all the warnings they should be ok. but for me its all about what Mother nature can throw at us.

[pinball wizard]

hi yes i do the bigger the better. Cant help to wonder what it will do. I know if there could be a poss of loss of life, but if they heed all the warnings they should be ok. but for me its all about what Mother nature can throw at us.

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Guess we should all be glad that we can sit in the comfort of our homes and watch it safe that nothing like this would reach the UK

[weather2]

what gusts can be expected

[snow raven]

"100,000 incapable of leaving"

There WILL unfortuately deaths.

Then the Floods will come.

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have there already been some deaths reported in Florida? (or was this another storm? :unsure: )

[SnowBear]

WTUS84 KBMX 281955 CCA

HLSBMX

ALZ011>015-017-022>025-030>035-039>044-290100-

HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTED ZONES

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

150 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...HURRICANE KATRINA POISED TO BRING HIGH WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS TO

PARTS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...

...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND

WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON TO TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES SERVED BY THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM FROM 4 PM MONDAY

THROUGH 7 PM CDT TUESDAY...

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT PERTAINS TO ALL CENTRAL ALABAMA COUNTIES SERVICED

BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST

OF INTERSTATE 65 FROM 8AM CDT MONDAY TO TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES SERVED BY THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM FROM 4 PM MONDAY

THROUGH 7 PM CDT TUESDAY.

...STORM INFORMATION...

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...AT LEAST EQUAL TO HURRICANE CAMILLE OF 1969.

SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24

HOURS...BUT KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY FIVE

HURRICANE.

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 902 MB...26.64 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA NEED TO MAKE PREPARATIONS AND BRING

THEM TO COMPLETION BY THIS EVENING. HIGH WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN

BE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA.

...WIND IMPACTS...

WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA BEGINNING

EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND INCREASING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE

STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE HURRICANE TRACK

WITH THOSE AREAS ALONG THE ALABAMA MISSISSIPPI BORDER LIKELY TO BE

SUSTAINED AT 45 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR HURRICANE FORCE...FROM

LINDEN AND DEMOPOLIS NORTHWARD TO FAYETTE AND HAMILTON. HOWEVER...IF

KATRINA SHIFTS HER TRACK EVEN A LITTLE BIT TO THE EAST...THEN

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE COULD REACH AS FAR EAST

AS THE GEORGIA STATE LINE...AND THE WATCH WILL NEED TO BE ADJUSTED.

WINDS SUCH AS THESE CAN TOPPLE NUMEROUS TREES AND

POWERLINES...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE PLANS

AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS SHOULD WARNINGS LATER BE ISSUED. DO NOT WAIT

UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE...CONDITIONS MAY QUICKLY BECOME TOO DANGEROUS.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE

EXPECTED DUE TO A LANDFALLING HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM...IN

THE NEXT 36 TO 48 HOURS.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...

BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF HURRICANE KATRINA...3 TO 6

INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES...IS

POSSIBLE WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED EAST OF

INTERSTATE 65.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES SERVED BY THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM FROM 4 PM MONDAY

THROUGH 7 PM CDT TUESDAY.

RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA DURING THE PAST MONTH HAS

LED TO SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS...AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY

RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF AND POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING.

WITH ABOVE NORMAL RIVER FLOW IN MANY LOCATIONS...HEAVY RAINFALL FROM

KATRINA WILL AGGRAVATE RIVER CONDITIONS. RIVER FLOODING IS LIKELY

TO BECOME A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM BY TUESDAY ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA.

THIS FLOODING WILL LAST FOR SEVERAL DAYS. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE

WATER BEGINS RISING TO MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIVES AND

PROPERTY. EVACUATIONS FROM LOWLANDS MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE DUE TO

DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES AND RAPIDLY RISING WATER. PREPARATIONS

SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION BY THIS EVENING.

...ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...

KATRINA IS NOW AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE WITH 175

MPH WINDS WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS SET UP A HOT LINE

FOR ROAD CLOSURE INFORMATION IN SOUTH ALABAMA. THE ACCESS NUMBER

IS 1-888-588-2848.

TO REPORT DOWN POWER LINES TO PLEASE CALL ALABAMA POWER AT 800-888-

2726.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 4PM CDT.

&&

$$

KSUMRALL

[Guest Nelbertine]

FEMA in Louisiana (and Florida, Mississippi Alabama and Texas, for that matter) are past masters about hurricane drills - I wouldn't be surprised to see the National Guard on the streets of New Orleans (and Baton Rouge, Lafayette and a few other places) this time tomorrow night.

Still, one hopes for the best, but it appears that the Metro evacuation is going to be awfully tight.

[rixxxgolf]

have there already been some deaths reported in Florida? (or was this another storm?  :unsure: )

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7 or 9 (conflicting sites) already dead when Katrina hit florida, so she's already a serial killer.

[pinball wizard]

WTUS84 KBMX 281955 CCA

HLSBMX

ALZ011>015-017-022>025-030>035-039>044-290100-

HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTED ZONES

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL

150 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005

...HURRICANE KATRINA POISED TO BRING HIGH WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS TO

PARTS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...

...AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND

WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON TO TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES SERVED BY THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM FROM 4 PM MONDAY

THROUGH 7 PM CDT TUESDAY...

...AREAS AFFECTED...

THIS STATEMENT PERTAINS TO ALL CENTRAL ALABAMA COUNTIES SERVICED

BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM.

...WATCHES/WARNINGS...

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES ALONG AND WEST

OF INTERSTATE 65 FROM 8AM CDT MONDAY TO TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES SERVED BY THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM FROM 4 PM MONDAY

THROUGH 7 PM CDT TUESDAY.

...STORM INFORMATION...

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...AT LEAST EQUAL TO HURRICANE CAMILLE OF 1969. 

SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY DURING THE NEXT 24

HOURS...BUT KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY FIVE

HURRICANE.

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 902 MB...26.64 INCHES.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RESIDENTS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA NEED TO MAKE PREPARATIONS AND BRING

THEM TO COMPLETION BY THIS EVENING. HIGH WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS CAN

BE EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA.

...WIND IMPACTS...

WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED TO INCREASE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA BEGINNING

EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND INCREASING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE

STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE HURRICANE TRACK

WITH THOSE AREAS ALONG THE ALABAMA MISSISSIPPI BORDER LIKELY TO BE

SUSTAINED AT 45 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR HURRICANE FORCE...FROM

LINDEN AND DEMOPOLIS NORTHWARD TO FAYETTE AND HAMILTON. HOWEVER...IF

KATRINA SHIFTS HER TRACK EVEN A LITTLE BIT TO THE EAST...THEN

TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS OF 40 MPH OR MORE COULD REACH AS FAR EAST

AS THE GEORGIA STATE LINE...AND THE WATCH WILL NEED TO BE ADJUSTED.

WINDS SUCH AS THESE CAN TOPPLE NUMEROUS TREES AND

POWERLINES...CAUSING POWER OUTAGES. NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE PLANS

AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS SHOULD WARNINGS LATER BE ISSUED. DO NOT WAIT

UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE...CONDITIONS MAY QUICKLY BECOME TOO DANGEROUS.

AN INLAND TROPICAL STORM WATCH MEANS WINDS OF 39 TO 73 MPH ARE

EXPECTED DUE TO A LANDFALLING HURRICANE OR TROPICAL STORM...IN

THE NEXT 36 TO 48 HOURS.

...FLOOD IMPACTS...

BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF HURRICANE KATRINA...3 TO 6

INCHES OF RAINFALL...WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES...IS

POSSIBLE WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES EXPECTED EAST OF

INTERSTATE 65.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL COUNTIES SERVED BY THE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BIRMINGHAM FROM 4 PM MONDAY

THROUGH 7 PM CDT TUESDAY.

RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA DURING THE PAST MONTH HAS

LED TO SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS...AND ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY

RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN RAPID RUNOFF AND POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING.

WITH ABOVE NORMAL RIVER FLOW IN MANY LOCATIONS...HEAVY RAINFALL FROM

KATRINA WILL AGGRAVATE RIVER CONDITIONS.  RIVER FLOODING IS LIKELY

TO BECOME A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM BY TUESDAY ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA.

THIS FLOODING WILL LAST FOR SEVERAL DAYS.  DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE

WATER BEGINS RISING TO MAKE PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIVES AND

PROPERTY. EVACUATIONS FROM LOWLANDS MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE DUE TO

DOWNED TREES AND POWERLINES AND RAPIDLY RISING WATER. PREPARATIONS

SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO COMPLETION BY THIS EVENING.

...ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...

KATRINA IS NOW AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE WITH 175

MPH WINDS WITH HIGHER GUSTS.

THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS SET UP A HOT LINE

FOR ROAD CLOSURE INFORMATION IN SOUTH ALABAMA.  THE ACCESS NUMBER

IS 1-888-588-2848.

TO REPORT DOWN POWER LINES TO PLEASE CALL ALABAMA POWER AT 800-888-

2726.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THE NEXT HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 4PM CDT.

&&

$$

KSUMRALL

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Just said on http://www.wwltv.com/perl/common/video/wmP...&props=livenoad

that a re-con plane has recently verified the central pressure at 902mb, upto 20 inches of rain could fall.

[willinkent]

according to john laminate floori on fox news, expect next advisory, 902mbs and 180 to 185 mph sustained winds......... gusts well over 200mph, poss 220mph........

Biggest monster ive seen develop ........... although i think Gilbert and Mitch were stronger........

[AmericanIceman]

FEMA in Louisiana (and Florida, Mississippi Alabama and Texas, for that matter) are past masters about hurricane drills - I wouldn't be surprised to see the National Guard on the streets of New Orleans (and Baton Rouge, Lafayette and a few other places) this time tomorrow night.

Still, one hopes for the best, but it appears that the Metro evacuation is going to be awfully tight.

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Last I heard they already ahve 4,000 national guard ready to go in. President Bush has already declared Mississippi & Lousiana a disaster area. First time to ever do this before the storm. Goes to show how bad it's gonna be...

[Mondy]

Down to 901mb now.

Snow Raven, this hurri caused 7 deaths in Florida, rearranged itself within days and is now likely to cause widespread chaos and more

[P.K.]

i thought i just read it had sustained wind speeds of 179 mph somewhere in one of those articles :unsure: lol

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The highest recon reading this afternoon was 166kts at flight level, which is 149kts at the surface. Since then the highest reading has been 160kts at flight level which is 144kts at the surface.

There is currently a NOAA jet in the area which was at 27.2N 89.5W at 8:50pm BST.

[kold weather]

weather2,depends on how strong its sustained winds are by the time it makes landfall,but I suspect that wind gusts of 200-210mph is likely at its current strength.I think we may see some slight weakening but probably only down to 170-165mph I suspect and will still cause massive amount of damage,its stil Annular and still has a cracking satilite representation...this is going to be,as they say,the big one for Nw Orleans,and with damage estimates already of 2 billion from just Florida alone,add another 30-40 billion to that on the next landfall making it the most costiliest hurricane ever even past Andrew I believe.

Will it make sub-900,it may just make it sometime tonight when it heads over the warmest water eddies and providing it keeps its Annular structure till landfall,which is looking very likely now.The most powerful landfalling hurricane in 30 odd years,highly likely...will it be more powerful then Camille's 165mph at landfall,possible.

Edited August 28, 2005 by kold weather

[kaz]

Guess we should all be glad that we can sit in the comfort of our homes and watch it safe that nothing like this would reach the UK

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Yes your right we are very lucky to sit at home safe watching this, but none of us are watching this hoping to see people hurt or loose their lives I am watching this because i am in awe of this storm, i have never seen anything like it.

[SMU]

weather2,depends on how strong its sustained winds are by the time it makes landfall,but I suspect that wind gusts of 200-210mph is likely at its current strength.I think we may see some slight weakening but probably only down to 170-165mph I suspect and will still cause massive amount of damage,its stil Annular and still has a cracking satilite representation...this is going to be,as they say,the big one for Nw Orleans,and with damage estimates already of 2 billion from just Florida alone,add another 30-40 billion to that on the next landfall making it the most costiliest hurricane ever even past Andrew I believe.

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New Orleans Weather Forum-

>>>>>>Forum

you will be able to read and browse as things develop- info through 'our' channels will never be as quick as some wort of 'live' feed-

S

[A Gower Guy]

Hopefully there wont be any more storms following Katrina's path this season

PS: Welcome to Net-weather weather2

Edited August 28, 2005 by button04

[rixxxgolf]

Katrina - Sadistically Beautiful.

[pinball wizard]

Katrina - Sadistically Beautiful.

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Thunderstorms have now made landfall - so its getting closer

[i luv snow]

satanisticly beautiful

[pinball wizard]

Winds gusting to 32mph now, only got to go up by 5x then!

[rixxxgolf]

£5 says the Kite business is booming lol.