Hurricane Isaac
POST TROPICAL CYCLONE REPORT...HURRICANE ISAAC...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
430 PM CDT THU SEP 13 2012
NOTE: THE DATA SHOWN HERE ARE PRELIMINARY....AND SUBJECT TO UPDATES
AND CORRECTIONS AS APPROPRIATE.
COUNTIES INCLUDED...AMITE...HANCOCK...HARRISON...JACKSON...PEARL
RIVER...PIKE...WALTHALL...WILKINSON.
PARISHES INCLUDED...ASCENSION...ASSUMPTION...EAST BATON ROUGE...
EAST FELICIANA...IBERVILLE...JEFFERSON...LAFOURCHE...LIVINGSTON...
ORLEANS...PLAQUEMINES...POINTE COUPEE...ST. BERNARD...ST. CHARLES...
ST. HELENA...ST. JAMES...ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST...ST. TAMMANY...
TANGIPAHOA...TERREBONNE...WASHINGTON...WEST BATON ROUGE...
WEST FELICIANA.
CHANGES MADE ON SEP 6...
1. SECTION A - CORRECTED WIND SPEEDS AT KBTR. AND ADDED DATA FOR
SITES KNBG...KHUM...KHDC AND KGAO. ADDED SEVERAL STATIONS TO THE
NON-METAR OBSERVATION SECTION.
2. SECTION C - CORRECTED SEVERAL RAINFALL TOTALS DUE TO AN ALGORITHM
ERROR.
CHANGES MADE ON SEPT 13...
1. SECTION A - METAR OBSERVATIONS...ADDED DATA FOR SITE KBIX.
NON-METAR STATIONS...ADDED DATA FROM TTU STICKNET SITES. ADDED
LAT/LON DATA FOR LSU AG SITES.
2. SECTION B - ADDED DATA FOR KMDJ...KSPR...KMIS...PTBM6 AND SPLL1.
3. SECTION C - ADDED RAINFALL TOTALS FROM SELECT COCORAHS SITES.
4. SECTION E - ADDED DATA FROM USCOE GAGES AT MANDEVILLE AND
PONCHATOULA.
5. SECTION F - ADDED INFORMATION ABOUT TORNADOES IN JACKSON COUNTY.
6. SECTION G - ADDED PARISH/COUNTY SPECIFIC IMPACTS.
A. LOWEST SEA LEVEL PRESSURE/MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS AND PEAK GUSTS
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METAR OBSERVATIONS...
NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IS 10 METERS AND WIND AVERAGING IS 2 MINUTES
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LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/
LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME
DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC)
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KNEW-NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT AIRPORT
30.04 -90.03 985.1 29/1446 040/052 29/0328 070/066 29/0507
KGAO-SOUTH LAFOURCHE AIRPORT
29.44 -90.26 100/050 29/0455 I 100/067 29/0455 I
KBVE-BOOTHVILLE
29.33 -89.40 977.3 28/2346 I 100/047 29/0302 I 100/073 29/0259 I
KNBG-BELLE CHASSE NAS
29.82 -90.03 990.1 29/1055 080/046 29/0838 080/069 29/0838
KMSY-NEW ORLEANS ARMSTRONG INTL AIRPORT
29.98 -90.25 982.4 29/1622 030/046 29/0348 080/065 29/1007
KGPT-GULFPORT AIRPORT
30.40 -89.07 997.6 29/2218 130/046 29/1719 130/061 29/1719
KHUM-HOUMA-TERREBONNE AIRPORT
29.57 -90.67 360/043 29/0755 I 360/057 29/0815 I
KBTR-BATON ROUGE RYAN FIELD
30.54 -91.15 982.1 30/0028 030/039 29/1153 030/050 29/1253
KBIX-BILOXI KEESLER AFB
30.41 -88.92 994.9 29/2320 130/039 29/1858 130/049 29/1858
KASD-SLIDELL AIRPORT
30.35 -89.82 991.9 29/2122 160/034 30/0306 090/050 29/1239
KPQL-PASCAGOULA AIRPORT
30.46 -88.53 1000.0 29/1049 150/032 30/0230 110/045 30/0136
KHDC-HAMMOND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT
30.52 -90.42 100/030 29/2215 100/047 30/0015
KMCB-MCCOMB AIRPORT
31.18 -90.47 992.6 30/0650 160/025 30/1911 110/039 30/0429
REMARKS: DATA FROM KBVE AND KBTR ARE INCOMPLETE DUE TO EQUIPMENT
FAILURES. WIND OBSERVATIONS ARE IN THE FORMAT DDD/SSS WHERE DDD IS
THE DIRECTION AND SSS IS THE SPEED.
NON-METAR OBSERVATIONS...
NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IN METERS AND WIND AVERAGING PERIOD IN
MINUTES INDICATED UNDER MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND IF KNOWN
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LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/
LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME
DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC)
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BURAS - TTU STICKNET
29.36 -89.56 045/065 28/2333 045/075 29/2332
1MIN 2.25M
LAKEFRONT AIRPORT - WEATHERFLOW INC
30.04 -90.02 070/058 29/0500 066/073 29/0405
10M
VERRET - TTU STICKNET
29.86 -89.77 070/055 29/0923 070/070 29/0923
1MIN 2.25M
GARDERE - TTU STICKNET
30.37 -91.17 217/051 30/0627 217/062 30/0627
1MIN 2.25M
DULAC - WEATHERFLOW INC
29.35 -90.73 338/049 29/1043 355/064 29/0805
10M
JEFFERSON PARISH - WEATHERFLOW INC
29.93 -90.23 060/048 29/0925 047/061 29/0810
10M
GULFPORT - WEATHERFLOW INC
30.36 -90.09 131/048 29/1636 116/058 29/1610
10M
MANDEVILLE - WEATHERFLOW INC
30.36 -90.09 118/047 29/2056 112/057 29/1915
10M
LAKESHORE - TTU STICKNET
30.26 -89.40 030/045 29/1350 030/052 29/1426
1MIN 2.25M
EDEN ISLE - TTU STICKNET
30.21 -89.79 098/041 29/1316 098/054 29/1329
1MIN 2.25M
BAY ST. LOUIS - TTU STICKNET
30.31 -89.33 159/041 29/1546 159/050 29/1546
1MIN 2.25M
BELLE TERRE - TTU STICKNET
30.11 -91.07 002/044 29/1724 002/054 29/1710
1MIN 2.25M
LAROSE - TTU STICKNET
29.56 -90.38 046/043 29/0750 046/061 29/0416
1MIN 2.25M
LAFITTE - TTU STICKNET
29.77 -90.03 075/043 29/0758 075/057 29/0853
1MIN 2.25M
ST. GABRIEL - LSU AG STATION
30.26 -91.09 019/042 29/1755 017/059 29/1700
1MIN 10M
BEN HUR - LSU AG STATION
30.36 -91.18 060/041 29/1748 052/055 29/2000
1MIN 10M
VACHERIE - TTU STICKNET
29.96 - 90.74 035/040 29/1320 035/053 29/0935
1MIN 2.25M
CRESCENT - TTU STICKNET
30.25 -91.27 139/040 30/1144 139/049 30/1159
1MIN 2.25M
BYGL1 - BAYOU GAUCHE NOAA NOS
27.79 -90.42 974.3 29/1300 040/039 29/0842 050/055 29/1030
9M
THIBODAUX - TTU STICKNET
29.77 -90.86 015/038 29/1055 015/053 29/1214
1MIN 2.25M
FRANKLINTON - LSU AG STATION
30.79 -90.20 138/033 30/0515 138/046 30/0600
1MIN 10M
PEARLINGTON - TTU STICKNET
30.30 -89.82 094/029 29/1118 094/043 29/1331
1MIN 2.25M
GAUTIER - TTU STICKNET
30.38 -88.60 115/029 29/0335 115/040 29/0913
1MIN 2.25M
REMARKS: WIND OBSERVATIONS ARE IN THE FORMAT DDD/SSS WHERE DDD IS
THE DIRECTION AND SSS IS THE SPEED. TTU STICKNET OBSERVATIONS FROM
BURAS AND VERRET WERE TAKEN ON TOP OF LEVEES...WHICH MAY HAVE
RESULTED IN SLIGHTLY HIGHER WIND SPEEDS.
B. MARINE OBSERVATIONS...
NOTE: ANEMOMETER HEIGHT IN METERS AND WIND AVERAGING PERIOD IN
MINUTES INDICATED UNDER MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WIND IF KNOWN
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LOCATION ID MIN DATE/ MAX DATE/ PEAK DATE/
LAT LON PRES TIME SUST TIME GUST TIME
DEG DECIMAL (MB) (UTC) (KT) (UTC) (KT) (UTC)
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KMDJ - MS CANYON 311A
28.64 -88.79 290/075 29/0035 290/089 29/0035
90M
LOPL1 - LOUISIANA OFFSHORE OIL PORT
28.89 -90.02 968.1 29/0415 360/072 29/0130 220/086 29/1045
57.9M
KMIS - MP 140B AWOS
29.30 -88.84 150/069 28/2055 150/092 28/2135
85M
42363 - MISSISSIPPI CANYON PLATFORM 807
28.16 -89.22 979.9 28/2030 I 040/066 30/0130 I
122M
BURL1 - NOAA C-MAN SW PASS
28.91 -89.43 047/066 29/0600 MMM/077 29/0500
30.5M
PSTL1 - PILOTS STATION NOAA NOS
28.93 -89.41 969.8 29/0218 170/065 29/0506 170/082 29/0624
24M
SPLL1 - SOUTH TIMBALIER
28.87 -90.48 330/064 29/0200 I 330/077 29/0200 I
40.4M
GISL1 - GRAND ISLE NOAA NOS
29.26 -89.96 010/058 29/0012 010/074 29/0012
9.4M
PILL1 - PILOT TOWN NOAA NOS
29.18 -89.26 970.8 28/2318 180/056 29/1506 150/069 29/0454
10M
SHBL1 - SHELL BEACH NOAA NOS
29.87 -89.67 050/056 29/0324 060/068 29/0330
10M
42040 - NDBC BUOY
29.21 -88.21 988.9 28/1850 I 130/054 28/1950 I 120/072 28/1850 I
10M
NWCL1 - NEW CANAL NOAA NOS
30.03 -90.11 983.4 29/1418 080/053 29/1000 070/072 29/0918
11.9M
GPOM6 - GULFPORT OUTER RANGE NOAA NOS
30.23 -88.98 996.9 28/2342 110/045 29/0742 150/064 29/1800
13.7M
WYCM6 - WAVELAND YACHT CLUB NOAA NOS
30.33 -89.33 995.9 29/0936 150/044 29/1912 120/058 29/1536
10M
PTBM6 - PETIT BOIS ISLAND NOAA NOS
30.21 -88.50 998.9 28/2348 080/039 28/2336 080/054 28/2336
8.2M
DKCM6 - PASCAGOULA DOCK C NOAA NOS
30.36 -88.57 999.4 29/0000 170/039 30/1112 170/054 30/1112
8.4M
KSPR - SHIP SHOAL
28.60 -91.20 360/037 28/0535 I 360/041 28/1655 I
75M
REMARKS: WIND OBSERVATIONS ARE IN THE FORMAT DDD/SSS WHERE DDD IS
THE DIRECTION AND SSS IS THE SPEED. DATA FROM SITE 42363 AND 42040
ARE INCOMPLETE.
C. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL FROM 1200 UTC AUG 27 THROUGH 1200 UTC AUG 31
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CITY/TOWN COUNTY ID RAINFALL
LAT LON (IN)
DEG DECIMAL
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PASCAGOULA 3 NE JACKSON PGLM6 22.20
30.40 -88.48
N.O. CARROLLTON ORLEANS NORL1 20.66
29.97 -90.08
KILN - COCORAHS HANCOCK MS-HC-9 18.27
30.46 -89.43
BILOXI HARRISON BLXM6 17.72
30.39 -89.00
LIVINGSTON LIVINGSTON LVGL1 16.46
30.52 -90.75
WAVELAND HANCOCK WVLM6 16.09
30.29 -89.38
JAYESS - COCORAHS PIKE MS-PK-2 15.94
31.30 -90.26
HAMMOND - COCORAHS TANGIPAHOA LA-TG-2 15.68
30.50 -90.50
MOUNT HERMON WASHINGTON MHML1 15.52
30.95 -90.31
RESERVE - COCORAHS ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST LA-JB-2 14.84
30.07 -90.56
PORT VINCENT LIVINGSTON PVLL1 14.50
30.33 -90.85
PICAYUNE - COCORAHS PEARL RIVER MS-PR-4 13.94
30.55 -89.59
SAUCIER - COCORAHS HARRISON MS-HR-22 13.81
30.66 -89.13
CARRIERE - COCORAHS PEARL RIVER MS-PR-1 13.69
30.66 -89.67
GRAMMERCY - COCORAHS ST. JAMES LA-SJ-2 13.62
30.06 -90.70
PASCAGOULA AIRPORT JACKSON KPQL 13.33
30.36 -88.55
GONZALES ASCENSION GZLL1 12.26 I
30.20 -90.92
STENNIS AIRPORT HANCOCK KHSA 12.21
30.40 -89.48
LONG BEACH HARRISON LNGM6 12.08
30.35 -89.16
SUN ST. TAMMANY SUNL1 11.85
30.64 -89.92
MCCOMB AIRPORT PIKE KMCB 11.74
31.18 -90.47
TALISHEEK ST. TAMMANY TALL1 11.66
30.52 -89.87
ROBERT LA TANGIPAHOA ROBL1 11.50
30.50 -90.34
OCEAN SPRINGS JACKSON OCSM6 11.25
30.41 -88.79
VANCLEAVE - COCORAHS JACKSON MS-JC-13 11.10
30.59 -88.70
MERAUX - COCORAHS ST. BERNARD LA-SB-1 11.04
29.93 -89.93
TERRYTOWN JEFFERSON TERL1 11.02
29.90 -90.03
GALLIANO LAFOURCHE GALL1 10.89
29.46 -90.31
DUTCHTOWN ASCENSION DCHL1 10.88
30.25 -90.99
GULFPORT AIRPORT HARRISON KGPT 10.85
30.40 -89.07
SLIDELL AIRPORT ST. TAMMANY KASD 10.39
30.35 -89.82
LUTCHER ST. JAMES LUTL1 10.38 I
30.04 -90.69
KENTWOOD TANGIPAHOA KENL1 10.32
30.94 -90.49
N.O. ARMSTRONG AIRPORT JEFFERSON KMSY 10.29
29.98 -90.25
BILOXI KEESLER AFB HARRISON KBIX 10.17
30.41 -88.92
ABITA SPRINGS ST. TAMMANY ABSL1 9.68
30.47 -90.04
ABITA RIVER ST. TAMMANY ABRL1 9.67
30.49 -90.10
SLIDELL CITY ST. TAMMANY SISL1 9.54
30.27 -89.77
LIBERTY - COCORAHS AMITE MS-AM-1 9.53
31.20 -90.70
BOOTHVILLE PLAQUEMINES KBVE 9.43 I
29.33 -89.40
DENHAM SPRINGS LIVINGSTON DSPL1 9.39
30.48 -90.96
BATON ROUGE SHERWOOD EAST BATON ROUGE SBRL1 9.21
30.44 -91.13
HOUMA TERREBONNE HUML1 8.26
29.64 -90.82
GRAY - COCORAHS TERREBONNE LA-TR-5 8.21
29.68 -90.77
THIBODAUX LAFOURCHE THIL1 8.15
29.75 -90.77
DONALDSONVILLE 4SW ASSUMPTION DVLL1 7.80
30.07 -91.03
OLIVE BRANCH EAST FELICIANA OLVL1 7.30
30.76 -91.03
OAKNOLIA EAST FELICIANA OKNL1 7.28
30.75 -90.99
LIVERPOOL ST. HELENA LPLL1 7.20
30.88 -90.77
CARVILLE IBERVILLE CRVL1 7.09
30.20 -91.13
NAPOLEONVILLE ASCENSION NAPL1 6.47
29.93 -91.02
ZACHARY - COCORAHS EAST BATON ROUGE LA-EB-28 5.24
30.68 -91.20
PORT ALLEN WEST BATON ROUGE PTAL1 4.57
30.45 -91.22
ST. FRANCISVILLE WEST FELICIANA SFVL1 3.68
30.78 -91.38
NEW ROADS 5NE POINTE COUPEE NWRL1 3.07
30.73 -91.37
REMARKS: AN I BEHIND THE RAINFALL TOTAL INDICATES AN INCOMPLETE
RECORD.
D. INLAND FLOODING...
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LOCATION FLOOD CREST CREST FLOOD
CATEGORY HEIGHT DATE STAGE
WOLF RIVER NEAR LANDON RECORD 31.36 08/31 27.0
WOLF RIVER NEAR GULFPORT RECORD 16.50 09/01 8.0
E. HOBOLOCHITTO NEAR CAESAR RECORD 21.48 08/31 15.0
TANGIPAHOA RIVER NEAR KENTWOOD MAJOR 16.86 08/31 13.0
TANGIPAHOA RIVER NEAR ROBERT MAJOR 24.02 09/01 15.0
TCHEFUNCTE RIVER NEAR FOLSOM MAJOR 20.93 08/29 16.0
AMITE RIVER NEAR MAUREPAS MAJOR 7.48 08/28 4.0
PEARL RIVER NEAR PEARL RIVER MAJOR 18.54 09/04 14.0
BOGUE CHITTO NEAR TYLERTOWN MAJOR 29.81 08/31 15.0
BOGUE CHITTO NEAR FRANKLINTON MAJOR 22.13 08/31 12.0
BOGUE CHITTO NEAR BUSH MAJOR 19.82 09/02 11.0
W. HOBOLOCHITTO NEAR MCNEIL MAJOR 24.63 08/31 15.0
BILOXI RIVER NEAR WORTHAM MAJOR 26.38 08/29 16.0
TCHEFUNCTE RIVER COVINGTON MODERATE 26.81 08/28 20.0
TICKFAW RIVER NEAR KILLIAN MODERATE 5.90 09/04 4.0
AMITE RIVER FRENCH SETTLEMENT MODERATE 6.87 08/27 4.0
BOGUE FALAYA CAMP COVINGTON MODERATE 55.15 08/30 45.0
BOGUE FALAYA NEAR COVINGTON MODERATE 15.08 08/28 6.0
BILOXI RIVER NEAR LYMAN MODERATE 16.40 08/30 12.0
JOURDAN RIVER NEAR KILN MODERATE 9.69 08/29 6.0
REMARKS: MODERATE TO RECORD FLOODING OCCURRED ON SEVERAL AREA
RIVERS DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANE ISAAC. SOME
OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT CRESTS ARE LISTED ABOVE.
E. MAXIMUM STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
OFFICIAL TIDE GAGES NOTED WITH LEADING G
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COUNTY CITY/TOWN SURGE TIDE DATE/ BEACH
OR LOCATION (FT) (FT) TIME EROSION
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PLAQUEMINES G POINT-A-LA-HACHE 12.0E 13.21 30/0230
USGS GAGE. NAVD88.
ST. BERNARD G SHELL BEACH 11.07 11.02 29/0536
NOS GAGE. MLLW. PREDICTED TIDE WAS -0.05
ORLEANS G LITTLE IRISH BAYOU 5.5E 10.95 30/0915
USGS GAGE. NAVD88.
HANCOCK G BAY ST LOUIS JOURD 9.0E 10.28 29/1700
USGS GAGE. NAVD88.
HANCOCK G WAVELAND YACHT CLUB 7.98 9.82 29/1642
NOS GAGE. MLLW. MAX STORM SURGE 8.0 FT 29/1424.
JEFFERSON G S OF LAFITTE 8.5E 9.47 31/0900
USGS GAGE. NAVD88.
ORLEANS G RIGOLETS AT HWY 90 7.0E 8.88 I 30/0300
USGS GAGE. NAVD88.
ST. BERNARD G GRAND PASS 7.5E 8.86 29/1530
USGS GAGE. NAVD88.
ST. TAMMANY G MANDEVILLE 7.0E 8.25 30/0400
USCOE GAGE. NAVD88.
ST. TAMMANY G BAYOU LIBERTY SLIDEL 7.5E 8.13 30/0645
USGS GAGE. NAVD88.
ASCENSION G GONZALES PANAMA CANA 6.5E 7.96 30/0515
USGS GAGE. NAVD88.
ST. TAMMANY G LACOMBE BAYOU LACOMB 6.5E 7.95 30/0545
USGS GAGE. NAVD88.
HARRISON G BILOXI BACK BAY 6.5E 7.66 29/1845
USGS GAGE. NAVD88.
ST. JOHN THE G PASS MANCHAC LAPLACE 5.5E 6.99 30/1100
USGS GAGE. NAVD88.
JACKSON G OCEAN SPRINGS OLD FO 6.5E 6.96 29/1815
USGS GAGE. NAVD88.
PLAQUEMINES G PILOT TOWN 6.63 6.70 29/0324
NOS GAGE. MLLW. MAX SURGE 6.69 FT 29/0000
TANGIPAHOA G PONCHATOULA PASS MAN 5.5E 6.64 30/1900
USCOE GAGE. NAVD88.
LIVINGSTON G MAUREPAS AMITE RIVER 5.5E 6.58 30/1500
USGS GAGE. NAVD88.
ORLEANS G NEW CANAL 5.5E 6.53 30/0824
NOS GAGE. MLLW.
LAFOURCHE G LITTLE LAKE CUTOFF 4.0E 5.70 29/1900
USGS GAGE. NAVD88.
JEFFERSON G GRAND ISLE 4.5E 5.64 29/1406
NOS GAGE. MLLW.
JEFFERSON G LITTLE LAKE GALLIANO 4.5E 5.54 29/1700
USGS GAGE. NAVD88.
JACKSON G PASCAGOULA DOCK E 4.41 5.38 29/1000
NOS GAGE. MLLW. MAX SURGE 4.46 FT 29/0100
JEFFERSON G WAGGAMAN WHISKEY CAN 3.0E 5.12 30/0400
USGS GAGE. NAVD88.
JEFFERSON G LAFITTE LAKE SALVAD 4.0E 4.71 30/1600
USGS GAGE. NAVD88.
ST. CHARLES G BOUTEE DAVIS POND 3.0E 4.63 30/1815
USGS GAGE. NAVD88.
TERREBONNE G CAILLOU LAKE DULAC 3.0E 4.54 30/1612
USGS GAGE. NAVD88.
TERREBONNE G CAILLOU BAY COCODRI 2.5E 3.47 29/1700
USGS GAGE. NAVD88.
LAFOURCHE G LOCKPORT COMPANY CA 2.0E 3.06 31/1200
USGS GAGE. NAVD88.
ST. CHARLES G BAYOU GAUCHE 2.0E 2.77 31/0354
NOS GAGE. MLLW.
REMARKS: SURGE AT GAGES WITH NO KNOWN TIDE PREDICTIONS ARE
ESTIMATED TO THE NEAREST HALF A FOOT AND DESIGNATED WITH AN E
FOLLOWING THE SURGE VALUE. INCOMPLETE DATA IS DESIGNATED WITH AN
I. TIME IN UTC.
F. TORNADOES...
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(DIST)CITY/TOWN COUNTY DATE/ EF SCALE
LAT LON (DEG DECIMAL) TIME(UTC) (IF KNOWN)
DESCRIPTION
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GULFPORT HARRISON 29/2215 EF-1
30.369N -89.086W
TORNADO MOVED INLAND AND UPROOTED A TREE AFTER CROSSING BEACH BLVD.
IT CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO A HOME UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON THE
CORNER OF 15TH ST AND 18TH AVE. ALL WALLS OF THE HOME WERE SHIFTED
AND LEANING AND A PORTION OF THE ROOF WAS COLLAPSED. THE TORNADO
ALSO COLLAPSED THE PORCH ROOF OF A HOME ON 19TH AVE. IT CAUSED
MAINLY TREE DAMAGE AS IT CONTINUED TO MOVE NNW BEFORE LIFTING.
PATH LENGTH 0.5 MILES. PATH WIDTH 25 YARDS
OCEAN SPRINGS 4SE JACKSON 30/0014 EF-1
30.362N -88.749W
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE GULF PARK ESTATES AREA CAUSING DAMAGE
TO ROOFS ON SEVERAL HOUSES AND BLOWING OUT WINDOWS. A FEW TREES WERE
DOWNED AND LARGE TREE BRANCHES SNAPPED. PATH LENGTH APPROXIMATELY
0.40 MILES. PATH WIDTH 40 YARDS.
PASCAGOULA 2SSW JACKSON 30/1210 EF-2
30.344N -88.553W
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE SOUTH PORTION OF PASCAGOULA. MOST OF
THE DAMAGE WAS CONSISTENT WITH EF-1 SCALE DAMAGE CONSISTING OF DOWNED
TREES AND LARGE TREES AND LIGHT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A FEW HOUSES. A
SMALL AREA OF SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE...EF-2...OCCURRED WHERE NEARLY ALL
OF THE ROOF OF A LARGE HOUSE WAS BLOWN OFF. PATH LENGTH 0.7 MILES.
PATH WIDTH 40 YARDS.
G. STORM IMPACTS BY COUNTY... LISTED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
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COUNTY DEATHS INJURIES EVACUATIONS
DESCRIPTION
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ASCENSION 0 0 UNKNOWN
STORM SURGE FLOODING IN THE FAR EAST PORTION...AND SIGNIFICANT
FLOODING ON THE AMITE RIVER. SEVERAL STREETS IMPASSIBLE DUE TO
FLOODING. APPROX. 10 HOMES IMPACTED BY FLOODING IN ST. AMANT AREA.
OVER 250 STRUCTURES WITH WIND DAMAGE DUE TO PROLONGED HIGH WINDS.
ASSUMPTION 0 0 0
MINOR IMPACTS DUE TO PROLONGED STRONG WINDS...SEVERAL ROOFS DAMAGED
AND TREES DOWNED THROUGHOUT THE PARISH.
EAST BATON ROUGE 0 0 0
SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE TO DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. WIDESPREAD
POWER OUTAGES. MINOR IMPACTS DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL.
EAST FELICIANA 0 0 0
4 HOMES FLOODED DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL/FLASH FLOODING. NUMEROUS TREES
AND POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS THE PARISH...WITH A FEW ROADS BLOCKED BY
TREES OR OTHER WIND DEBRIS. MINOR IMPACTS DUE TO FLOODING ALONG THE
AMITE RIVER.
IBERVILLE 0 0 0
SOME WIND DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES WITH ROUGHLY 1400 POWER
OUTAGES REPORTED ACROSS THE PARISH. A FEW HUNDRED PEOPLE EVACUATED
TO PARISH SHELTERS.
JEFFERSON 0 0 UNKNOWN
SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE FLOODING ON WEST BANK OF PARISH OUTSIDE OF
FEDERAL LEVEE SYSTEM. FLOODING IMPACTED 250 HOMES...100 OF THEM IN
GRAND ISLE. A FEW HIGH WATER RESCUES NECESSARY IN LAFITTE. HEAVY
RAINFALL LED TO A FEW STREETS BECOMING IMPASSIBLE...MOSTLY IN THE
USUAL LOW LYING AREAS AROUND THE PARISH. WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO TREES
AND POWER LINES DUE TO PROLONGED HIGH WINDS WITH SEVERAL HURRICANE
FORCE WIND GUSTS MEASURED AT ARMSTRONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
LAFOURCHE 0 0 UNKNOWN
SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE FLOODING OUTSIDE OF FEDERAL HURRICANE
PROTECTION LEVEE IN SOUTH LAFOURCHE. HWY 1 FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE
SOUTH OF GOLDEN MEADOW FLOODGATES...IMPACTING PORT FOURCHON. SEVERAL OTHER
ROADS BLOCKED BY DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. WIDESPREAD POWER
OUTAGES ACROSS THE PARISH.
LIVINGSTON 0 0 UNKNOWN
SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE FLOODING ON SOUTH/SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE
PARISH FROM LAKES PONTCHARTRAIN AND MAUREPAS. THIS WAS COMPOUNDED BY
FLOODING ALONG THE AMITE RIVER. MAIN IMPACTS WERE IN THE AREAS OF
SPRINGFIELD...MAUREPAS AND KILLIAN. NEARLY 100 ROADS CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING OR WIND DEBRIS. A FEW SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS WERE
NECESSARY. WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.
ORLEANS 0 0 UNKNOWN
STORM SURGE FLOODING LIMITED TO AREAS OUTSIDE OF FEDERAL LEVEE
PROTECTION. 400-500 HOMES FLOODED DUE TO STORM SURGE IN THE VENITIAN
ISLES AREA IN FAR EAST PORTION OF PARISH. PERSISTENT TROPICAL STORM
FORCE WINDS WITH A FEW GUST TO AROUND HURRICANE FORCE RESULTED IN
WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES. A FEW RESCUES WERE
NECESSARY DUE TO TREES FALLING ON HOMES.
PLAQUEMINES 2 0 UNKNOWN
STORM SURGE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ACROSS THE
PARISH. NUMEROUS HOMES WERE INUNDATED IN THE MYRTLE GROVE AND
BRAITHWAITE AREAS WHEN LOCAL LEVEES WERE OVERTOPPED. TWO
FATALITIES...A MALE AND FEMALE BOTH IN THEIR MID 40S...ARE
ATTRIBUTED TO THE STORM SURGE FLOODING IN BRAITHWAITE ON AUG 29.
PROLONGED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS AND GUSTS TO HURRICANE FORCE
RESULTED IN POWER OUTAGES TO NEARLY 100 PERCENT OF HOMES AND
FACILITIES IN THE PARISH.
ST. BERNARD 0 0 UNKNOWN
STORM SURGE FLOODING INUNDATED BETWEEN 80 AND 100 HOMES IN THE
PARISH...ALL OUTSIDE OF FEDERAL HURRICANE PROTECTION LEVEES. LONG
DURATION OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD DAMAGE
TO TREES AND POWER LINES.
ST. CHARLES 0 0 UNKNOWN
SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE FLOODING OUTSIDE OF FEDERAL HURRICANE
PROTECTION LEVEES. WIDESPREAD ROAD BLOCKAGES DUE TO FLOODING AND
DOWNED TREES. ABOUT 10 HOMES FLOODED IN THE MUNTZ AREA. WIDESPREAD
POWER OUTAGES DUE TO PROLONGED HIGH WINDS AND DOWNED POWER LINES.
ST. HELENA 0 0 0
SEVERAL ROAD CLOSURES DUE TO WIND AND FLASH FLOODING DEBRIS.
ST. JAMES 0 0 UNKNOWN
STORM SURGE FLOODING FROM LAKE MAUREPAS AND THE BLIND RIVER IMPACTED
ABOUT 25 HOMES WEST OF LUTCHER. STORM SURGE FLOODING MADE SEVERAL
ROADS IMPASSIBLE AND CROSSED HWY 1325 FOR THE FIRST TIME. WIDESPREAD
TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE DUE TO PROLONGED HIGH WINDS...WITH A FEW
ROADS BLOCKED BY WIND DEBRIS.
ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST 0 0 UNKNOWN
SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IMPACTS FROM LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN AND LAKE
MAUREPAS INUNDATING A LARGE AREA OF LAPLACE...NECESSITATING SOME
HIGH WATER RESCUES AND EVACUATION OF NEARLY 4000 RESIDENTS. I-10 WAS
CLOSED NEAR LAPLACE DUE TO HIGH WATER COVERING THE ROAD. PROLONGED
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS RESULTED IN WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO TREES
AND POWER LINES.
ST. TAMMANY 1 0 UNKNOWN
SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE FLOODING IMPACTED AREAS ADJACENT TO LAKE
PONTCHARTRAIN...INCLUDING MANDEVILLE...MADISONVILLE...LACOMBE AND
SLIDELL. IN SLIDELL...A 75 YEAR OLD MALE DROWNED WHEN HE DROVE HIS
VEHICLE INTO A STORM SURGE FLOODED DITCH IN SLIDELL ON AUG 30. OVER
300 HIGH WATER RESCUES WERE NECESSARY THROUGHOUT THE PARISH. I-10
EXITS AT OAK HARBOR CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. HEAVY RAINFALL LED TO
MAJOR FLOODING ALONG THE PEARL RIVER...THREATENING APPROX. 5000 HOMES.
APPROX 1200 PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED WHEN A LOCK/DAM ON THE PEARL RIVER
THREATENED TO FAIL. PROLONGED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS RESULTED IN
WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES.
TANGIPAHOA 0 0 UNKNOWN
SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE IMPACTS FOR PARTS OF THE PARISH SOUTH OF HWY
22 WITH UP TO 8 FT OF WATER REPORTED IN SOME PLACES. SEVERAL HOMES
FLOODED...NECESSITATING HIGH WATER RESCUES OF ABOUT 50 PEOPLE.
NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING OR WIND DEBRIS. HEAVY RAINFALL
LED TO MAJOR FLOODING ALONG THE TANGIPAHOA RIVER AND NEARLY 25000
PEOPLE EVACUATED IN RESPONSE TO A POSSIBLE DAM BREAK ON THE RIVER. AN
ADDITIONAL 50 PEOPLE WERE RESCUED FROM HIGH WATER IN THE ROBERT AREA
AS THE TANGIPAHOA RIVER NEARED ITS CREST. I-55 WAS CLOSED SOUTH OF
PONCHATOULA DUE TO HIGH WATER AT ALL EXITS.
TERREBONNE 0 0 UNKNOWN
SEVERAL ROADS BLOCKED BY DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. WIDESPREAD
POWER OUTAGES.
WASHINGTON 0 0 0
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ALONG THE BOGUE FALAYA AND BOGUE CHITTO RIVERS
DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE STORM. OVER 125 HOMES FLOODED.
DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES RESULTED IN ROUGHLY 1000 POWER
OUTAGES ACROSS THE PARISH.
WEST BATON ROUGE 0 0 0
MINOR IMPACTS DUE TO STRONG WINDS. A FEW ROADS BLOCKED BY DOWNED
TREES AND POWER LINES.
WEST FELICIANA 0 0 0
MINOR IMPACTS DUE TO STRONG WINDS. A FEW ROADS BLOCKED BY DEBRIS.
AMITE 0 0 0
HANCOCK 0 0 UNKNOWN
SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE FLOODING IN COASTAL AREAS...INCLUDING THE
SHORELINE PARK AND DIAMONDHEAD AREAS...WITH TIDE GAGES REPORTING 7
TO 11 FT OF TOTAL WATER. A FEW HIGH WATER RESCUES.
HARRISON 0 0 UNKNOWN
SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE FLOODING IN COASTAL AREAS...WITH TIDE GAGES
READING 7 TO 9 FT OF TOTAL WATER. HEAVY RAINFALL LED TO RECORD LEVELS
ON THE WOLF RIVER AT LANDON AND ABOVE GULFPORT. NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED
DUE TO HIGH WATER. ONE CONFIRMED TORNADO MOVED INLAND FROM THE GULF
ON AUG 29.
JACKSON 0 0 UNKNOWN
SIGNIFICANT STORM SURGE FLOODING IN COASTAL AREAS. HEAVY RAINFALL
RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS WITH SEVERAL HIGH
WATER RESCUES NECESSARY IN THE MOSS POINT AND PASCAGOULA. 800 OR
MORE HOMES INUNDATED BY COMBINATION OF STORM SURGE...FLASH FLOODING
AND RIVER FLOODING. TORNADOES OCCURRED SOUTHEAST OF OCEAN SPRINGS ON
AUG 29 AND PASCAGOULA ON THE AUG 30.
PEARL RIVER 1 0 0
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS FROM HEAVY RAINFALL. HOBOLOCHITTO RIVER CRESTED
AT RECORD LEVELS. NUMEROUS ROADS WERE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER FROM
FLASH FLOODING AND RIVER FLOODING. PORTIONS OF INTERSTATE 59 WERE
CLOSED DUE TO WATER COVERING THE ROAD. HIGH WINDS ALSO DOWNED
NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES. IN PICAYUNE...A TREE FELL ON A TOW
TRUCK KILLING THE 62 YEAR OLD MALE DRIVER ON AUG 30.
PIKE 0 0 0
HEAVY RAINFALL RAISED THE LEVEL OF LAKE TANGIPAHOA TO A POINT WHICH
COMPROMISED THE DAM THAT RELEASES WATER INTO THE TANGIPAHOA RIVER.
THOUGH THE DAM DID NOT FAIL...PRECAUTIONARY MANDATORY EVACUATIONS FOR
AREAS BELOW THE DAM WERE PUT INTO EFFECT. SEVERAL ROADS WERE FLOODED
DUE TO HEAVY RAIN AS WELL.
REMARKS: ONLY DIRECT FATALITIES ARE INCLUDED ABOVE. A FEW INDIRECT
FATALITIES HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN THE DAYS AFTER THE STORM. ONE
HEAT RELATED DEATH OCCURRED IN ORLEANS PARISH...AND AN ELECTROCUTION
OCCURRED IN ST. TAMMANY PARISH.
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LEGEND:
I-INCOMPLETE DATA
E-ESTIMATED
REVITTE/MANNING/SALZWEDEL/RICKS/ONEIL
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