The Story of Hurricane Katrina and the Mississippi Gulf Coast

This is the story of Hurricane Katrina and the Mississippi Gulf Coast, including
an NHC & NLMOC map, Doppler Radar images, and Satellite images.

The Story of Hurricane Katrina
and the Mississippi Gulf Coast

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THE STORY OF HURRICANE KATRINA - TEXT

THE TRACK OF KATRINA & RADAR & SATELLITE

DESTRUCTION OF POST 119 BY KATRINA

THE GULFPORT VA CENTER AFTER KATRINA

RESIDENTIAL PICTURES PICTURES AFTER KATRINA

OTHER PICTURES ALONG THE GULF COAST

PICTURES OF BOATS FOLLOWING KATRINA

AERIAL PICTURES OF KATRINA'S DESTRUCTION

DIRECTORY OF HURRICANE KATRINA LINKS

Map from the National Hurricane Center & NLMOC

The data is from the NHC. CST is chosen for the most affected population by Hurricane Katrina.

Date	UTC	CST	Latitude	Longitude	Pressure mb	Wind Speed mph	Category
August 23rd	1800	Noon	23.1	75.1	1008	35	Tropical Depression
August 24th	0000	6pm	23.4	75.7	1007	35	Tropical Depression
August 24th	0600	Midnight	23.8	76.2	1007	35	Tropical Depression
August 24th	1200	6am	24.5	76.5	1006	40	Tropical Storm
August 24th	1800	Noon	25.4	76.9	1003	46	Tropical Storm
August 25th	0000	6pm	26.0	77.7	1000	52	Tropical Storm
August 25th	0600	Midnight	26.1	78.4	997	58	Tropical Storm
August 25th	1200	6am	26.2	79.0	994	63	Tropical Storm
August 25th	1800	Noon	26.2	79.6	988	69	Tropical Storm
August 26th	0000	6pm	25.9	80.3	983	81	Category 1 Hurricane
August 26th	0600	Midnight	25.4	81.3	987	75	Category 1 Hurricane
August 26th	0800	2am	25.3	81.5	990	60	Tropical Storm
August 26th	1000	4am	25.2	81.7	990	60	Tropical Storm
August 26th	1200	6am	25.1	82.0	979	86	Category 1 Hurricane
August 26th	1800	Noon	24.9	82.6	968	106	Category 2 Hurricane
August 27th	0000	6pm	24.6	83.3	959	104	Category 2 Hurricane
August 27th	0600	Midnight	24.4	84.0	950	109	Category 2 Hurricane
August 27th	1200	6am	24.4	84.7	942	115	Category 3 Hurricane
August 27th	1800	Noon	24.5	85.3	948	115	Category 3 Hurricane
August 28th	0000	6pm	24.8	85.9	941	115	Category 3 Hurricane
August 28th	0600	Midnight	25.2	86.7	930	144	Category 4 Hurricane
August 28th	1200	6am	25.7	87.7	909	167	Category 5 Hurricane
August 28th	1800	Noon	26.3	88.6	902	165	Category 5 Hurricane
August 29th	0000	6pm	27.2	89.2	905	161	Category 5 Hurricane
August 29th	0600	Midnight	28.2	89.6	913	142	Category 4 Hurricane
August 29th	1200	6am	29.5	89.6	923	127	Category 3 Hurricane
August 29th	1800	Noon	31.1	89.6	948	92	Category 1 Hurricane
August 30th	0000	6pm	32.6	89.1	961	58	Tropical Storm
August 30th	0600	Midnight	34.1	88.6	978	46	Tropical Storm
August 30th	1200	6am	35.6	88.0	985	35	Tropical Depression
August 30th	1800	Noon	37.0	87.0	990	35	Tropical Depression
August 31st	0000	6pm	38.6	85.3	994	35	Tropical Depression
August 31st	0600	Midnight	40.1	82.9	996	28	Tropical Depression
August 31st	1200	6am	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Extratropical
NOTE	N/A above indicates that further information about the storm must now come from local State and City weather bureaus, and not the National Hurricane Center in Miami Florida.

Doppler Radar Images

Miami Florida Doppler Radar Image 26 August 2005

Mobile Alabama Doppler Radar Image 28 August 2005

New Orleans Radar Loop Terrain Off

New Orleans Radar Loop Terrain On

Enhanced Satellite Images

Directly overhead Visible Satellite image of Katrina around noon on 29 August 2005.

ANOTHER SATELLITE IMAGE OF HURRICANE KATRINA AT LANDFALL

Hurricane Katrina approaching the Gulf
Coast with three choices for larger images.

Here is Hurricane Katrina inland over South
Mississippi with three choices for larger images.

Katrina was large. Yucatan South, Florida East, Mississippi and Louisiana Northwest.

Katrina South Of Mississippi & Louisiana

If you have Quick Time Player installed in your computer, download the Landfall Animated Loop
from the Mobile Alabama Doppler Radar. Open Quick Time Player. Copy and Paste the following URL
http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/nexradviewer/katrina/kmob-landfall-anim_slow.gif
into Open URL in New Player. Wait for Loading... to complete. It will take about 15 minutes at 48K.
Then select Movie then select Loop at Normal size and click on > in the center at the Movie bottom.
The Hurricane Katrina landfall animated loop is from the NCDC NOAA Website at:
http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/nexradviewer/katrina/kmob-landfall-anim_slow.gif

If you are unable to view the Hurricane Katrina landfall animated loop
click HERE to view the 20 individual images of the Mobile Alabama Doppler Radar.

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THE STORY OF HURRICANE KATRINA - TEXT

THE TRACK OF KATRINA & RADAR & SATELLITE

DESTRUCTION OF POST 119 BY KATRINA

THE GULFPORT VA CENTER AFTER KATRINA

RESIDENTIAL PICTURES PICTURES AFTER KATRINA

OTHER PICTURES ALONG THE GULF COAST

PICTURES OF BOATS FOLLOWING KATRINA

AERIAL PICTURES OF KATRINA'S DESTRUCTION

DIRECTORY OF HURRICANE KATRINA LINKS

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