The Poster Shack.
from
Hurricane Katrina
August 23 - 30, 2005
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Hurricane Katrina
Tracking Chart
THIS HORRIFIC STORM FORMED FROM A TROPICAL WAVE...BECOMING A DEPRESSION ABOUT 175 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NASSAU IN THE BAHAMAS ON 23 AUGUST. IT BECAME A TROPICAL STORM THE FOLLOWING DAY. KATRINA MOVED NORTHWESTWARD THROUGH THE BAHAMAS...AND THEN TURNED WESTWARD TOWARD SOUTH FLORIDA AND GRADUALLY STRENGTHENED. KATRINA BECAME A CATEGORY 1 HURRICANE AND MADE LANDFALL ON THE MIAMI-DADE/BROWARD COUNTY LINE DURING THE EVENING OF 25 AUGUST. KATRINA MOVED SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS SOUTH FLORIDA...DUMPING OVER A FOOT OF RAIN...TOPPLING TREES AND POWER LINES AND DAMAGING HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD COUNTIES. KATRINA ALSO BROUGHT HEAVY RAINS AND SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS TO PORTIONS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS. AFTER CROSSING SOUTH FLORIDA AND ENTERING THE GULF OF MEXICO...KATRINA BEGAN TO STRENGTHEN... REACHING CATEGORY 5 STRENGTH ON 28 AUGUST ABOUT 250 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. KATRINA'S WINDS REACHED THEIR PEAK INTENSITY OF 175 MPH WINDS AND THE PRESSURE FELL TO 902 MB...THE FOURTH LOWEST PRESSURE ON RECORD...
LATER THAT DAY. KATRINA TURNED TO THE NORTHWEST AND THEN NORTH...MAKING LANDFALL IN PLAQUEMINES PARISH LOUISIANA JUST SOUTH OF BURAS WITH 140 MPH WINDS...CATEGORY 4...AT 610 AM CDT ON 29 AUGUST. CONTINUING NORTHWARD...KATRINA MADE A SECOND LANDFALL NEAR THE LOUISIANA/MISSISSIPPI BORDER AT 1000 AM CDT...WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF NEAR 125 MPH...CATEGORY 3. KATRINA WEAKENED AS IT MOVED INLAND TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST BUT WAS STILL A HURRICANE 100 MILES INLAND NEAR LAUREL MISSISSIPPI. KATRINA CONTINUED TO WEAKEN AND BECAME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION NEAR CLARKSVILLE TENNESSEE ON 30 AUGUST. AT MONTH'S END...THE REMNANTS OF KATRINA WERE RACING EAST-NORTHEASTWARD NEAR BINGHAMTON NEW YORK.
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