Hurricane Katrina was bearing down on the SE LA coast on the evening of Sunday, August 28, 2005. It has weakened from the storm that it once was during the day, but was still a very dangerous storm, and was still going to be the storm of a lifetime. Here's the official advisory on Katrina, and its time of peak intensity, along with a satellite image of the monster storm over the Gulf South of New Orleans.
First, here is the 10a.m. Advisory on Hurricane Katrina from the National Hurricane Center on Sunday, August 28, 2005:
HURRICANE KATRINA ADVISORY NUMBER 23
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
10 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2005
...POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC HURRICANE KATRINA
...EVEN STRONGER...HEADED FOR THE NORTHERN GULF
COAST...
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH
CENTRAL GULF COAST FROM MORGAN CITY LOUISIANA
EASTWARD TO THE ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER...
INCLUDING THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN. A HURRICANE WARNING MEANS
THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN
THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
PREPARATIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY
SHOULD BE RUSHED TO COMPLETION.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING AND A HURRICANE
WATCH ARE IN EFFECT FROM EAST OF THE
ALABAMA/FLORIDA BORDER TO DESTIN FLORIDA...
AND FROM WEST OF MORGAN CITY TO INTRACOASTAL
CITY LOUISIANA.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL
STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE
WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
A HURRICANE WATCH MEAN THAT HURRICANE
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...
GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT
FROM DESTIN FLORIDA EASTWARD TO INDIAN PASS
FLORIDA...AND FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY LOUISIANA
WESTWARD TO CAMERON LOUISIANA. FOR STORM
INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING
POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE
MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL
WEATHER OFFICE.
AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE
KATRINA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 26.0 NORTH...
LONGITUDE 88.1 WEST OR ABOUT 225 MILES
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER. KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD
THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH ...AND A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTHWEST AND NORTH-NORTHWEST
IS EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. REPORTS
FROM AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER
AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT THE MAXIMUM
SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR
175 MPH...WITH HIGHER GUSTS.
KATRINA IS A POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHIC
CATEGORY FIVE HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. SOME FLUCTUATIONS IN STRENGTH ARE LIKELY
DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. HURRICANE FORCE
WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 105 MILES FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS
EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 205 MILES. THE AIR FORCE
HURRICANE HUNTER PLANE RECENTLY MEASURED
A MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE OF 907 MB...
26.78 INCHES.
COASTAL STORM SURGE FLOODING OF 18 TO 22 FEET
ABOVE NORMAL TIDE LEVELS
...LOCALLY AS HIGH AS 28 FEET ALONG WITH LARGE
AND DANGEROUS BATTERING WAVES...CAN BE
EXPECTED NEAR AND TO THE EAST OF WHERE THE
CENTER MAKES LANDFALL. RAINFALL TOTALS
OF 5 TO 10 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM
AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES...ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE
PATH OF KATRINA ACROSS THE GULF COAST AND THE
TENNESSEE VALLEY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO
8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY INTO
THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION TUESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE
BEGINNING THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS
OF LOUISIANA...MISSISSIPPI...AND ALABAMA...AND OVER
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. REPEATING THE 10 AM CDT
POSITION...26.0 N... 88.1 W.
MOVEMENT TOWARD...WEST-NORTHWEST
NEAR 12 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS... 175 MPH.
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 907 MB.
AN INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT 1 PM CDT
FOLLOWED BY THE NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY
AT 4 PM CDT.
FORECASTER PASCH
Here is the satellite imagery of Katrina near its peak intensity:
More to come later on regarding Katrina. The forecast is coming up shortly.
God bless all of those who lost their life in the nation's worst natural disaster. Also, bless all of those who continue to struggle with every day life since the storm. God, we pray for protection from all future storms.
-DM-
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