DOWNTOWN MIAMI - FRIDAY
MORNING
HURRICANE KATRINA
August, 26, 2005
DOWNTOWN MIAMI - FRIDAY
MORNING
KATRINA IS A HURRICANE THIS MORNING AND IS MOVING OUT
INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO. SHE COULD BECOME A DANGEROUS HURRICANE OVER THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.
KATRINA THIS MORNING AT 9 A.M. - GAINING STRENGTH
9 a.m. Katrina
KATRINA DAMAGE PHOTOGRAPHS
Dinner Key Marina
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Miami - Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Fort Lauderdale - Miami, Florida
10 a.m. KATRINA ROARS INTO THE GULF OF MEXICO WITH
WINDS ABOVE 100 MILES PER HOUR.
Miami, Florida - Katrina damage
Silver Lakes, Florida
Miami, Florida
First Baptist Church - Hallendale, Florida
AP News Photo
KATRINA AT NOON CENTRAL TIME
SQUALL LINE APPROACHING SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN
KENTUCKY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS
THIS AREA. RAINFALL TOTALS OVER NIGHT EXCEEDED 6 INCHES ACROSS PORTIONS OF
WESTERN KENTUCKY.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LINE MOVING TOWARDS PADUCAH
KATRINA - 100+ MPH WINDS - FRIDAY AFTERNOON
SATELLITE IMAGE
Meanwhile back home....reports of significant
wind damage in portions of Southeast Missouri and Southern Illinois.
Reports that a school building was damaged near Carbondale. 70 MPH winds
have been recorded with this line of storms as it moved through Southeast
Missouri.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON - SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING THROUGH THE PADUCAH FORECAST REGION
SPECIAL SATELLITE PHOTO-ENHANCED OF KATRINA AT 3:30
P.M. CENTRAL TIME
MIAMI, FLORIDA - KATRINA
MIAMI, FLORIDA - KATRINA
FRIDAY EVENING KATRINA
STORM SKY OVER MY HOUSE THIS AFTERNOON
KATRINA 6 P.M. EASTERN TIME
EVENING FORECAST PATH
EVENING RADAR SHOWS KATRINA SPINNING OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA
ETA WAVB HEIGHT FORECAST - IF THIS MODEL WERE TO HOLD TRUE THEN THIS WOULD BE
A TRUE DISASTER FOR LOUISIANA.
Southern Louisiana - ETA FORECAST FOR WAVE HEIGHTS - 45
FEET!
ETA PRESSURE FORECAST - NEW ORLEANS AND AREA COULD BE HIT VERY HARD
VERY HIGH CLOUD TOPS WRAPPING AROUND THE HURRICANE TONIGHT
9 p.m Central Time - KATRINA STILL CAN BE SEEN FROM KEY WEST NWS RADAR. SOLID EYE.
HURRICANE KATRINA ADVISORY NUMBER 15
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
11 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2005
...STUBBORN KATRINA CONTINUES TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST...EXPECTED
TO BECOME AN INTENSE HURRICANE IN THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FLORIDA BAY AND FOR
THE FLORIDA KEYS FROM KEY LARGO SOUTHWARD AND WESTWARD TO KEY WEST
INCLUDING THE DRY TORTUGAS.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...INCLUDING POSSIBLE
INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED
BY YOUR LOCAL WEATHER OFFICE.
AT 11 PM EDT...0300Z...THE EYE OF HURRICANE KATRINA WAS LOCATED BY
RADAR NEAR LATITUDE 24.6 NORTH...LONGITUDE 83.6 WEST OR ABOUT 460
MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE MOUTH OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND ABOUT 115
MILES WEST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA.
KATRINA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-SOUTHWEST NEAR 8 MPH. A GRADUAL
TURN TO THE WEST AND WEST-NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 105 MPH WITH HIGHER
GUSTS. KATRINA IS A CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON
SCALE. KATRINA IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A MAJOR HURRICANE DURING THE
NEXT DAY OR TWO.
HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 25 MILES FROM THE
CENTER...AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 85
MILES.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 965 MB...28.50 INCHES.
KATRINA FRIDAY NIGHT
KATRINA HAS FORMED AN EYE THAT IS NOW VISIBLE ON
SATELLITE.
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