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By this time, Katrina's maximum winds fell to 120 mph (195 km/h) and its central pressure rose to 928 mbar (hPa; 27.40 inHg). [1] A University of Southern Mississippi buoy over the Mississippi Bight measured ten-minute sustained winds of 76.9 mph (123.8 km/h) and a peak gust of 107.4 mph (172.8 km/h) as the center of Katrina passed 56 mi (90 km ...
The hurricane subsequently weakened due to another eyewall replacement cycle, and Katrina made its second landfall at 1110 UTC on August 29, as a high-end Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds of 125 mph (201 km/h), near Buras-Triumph, Louisiana. At landfall, hurricane-force winds extended outward 120 miles (190 km) from the center and the ...
The National Weather Service bulletin for the New Orleans region of 10:11 a.m., August 28, 2005, was a particularly dire warning issued by the local Weather Forecast Office in Slidell, Louisiana, warning of the devastation that Hurricane Katrina could wreak upon the Gulf Coast of the United States, and the human suffering that would follow once the storm left the area.
Coming with maximum sustained winds of 157mph or higher, it tears roofs apart, shatters glass, and collapses walls, trees and power poles. ... When Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana nearly 20 years ...
Just after midnight, at 12:40 AM CDT (0540 UTC), Hurricane Katrina reached Category 4 intensity with 145 mph (233 km/h) winds. By 7:00 AM CDT (1200 UTC), it was a Category 5 storm, with maximum sustained winds of 175 mph (282 km/h), gusts up to 190 mph (310 km/h) and a central pressure of 902 mbar.
The actual maximum sustained winds of the hurricane are not known as the storm destroyed wind-recording instruments in the area, but estimates say the hurricane hit roughly 175 mph along the coast ...
Hurricane Katrina, 2005: Tropical Storm Katrina formed on Aug. 23, 2005 and passed over South Florida as a Category 1 hurricane, ... With maximum sustained winds of 205 mph, ...
Hurricane Katrina made its final landfall near the Louisiana/Mississippi border, with estimated sustained winds of 120 mph (195 km/h). Anemometers failed during the storm, leading to an incomplete wind observation record. [12] Wind gusts reached 110 mph (180 km/h) in Laurel before the instrument failed.