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Hurricane Ida Update Statement
2021-08-29 20:55:38| National Hurricane Center (Atlantic)
Issued at 200 PM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021 000 WTNT64 KNHC 291855 TCUAT4 Hurricane Ida Tropical Cyclone Update NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092021 200 PM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021 ...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE IDA MAKES SECOND LANDFALL SOUTHWEST OF GALLIANO LOUISIANA... ...HURRICANE CONDITIONS SPREADING INLAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA... NOAA Doppler radar imagery indicates that the eye of Ida made a second landfall along the southeastern coast of Louisiana just southwest of Galliano around 200 PM CDT (1900 UTC). Maximum sustained winds are estimated to be 145 mph (235 km/h). The estimated central pressure is 934 mb (27.58 in). Within the past hour, a research wind gauge near Golden Meadow, Louisiana, reported sustained winds of 70 mph (113 km/h) and a gust to 107 mph (172 km/h) and a Weatherflow site in Dulac reported sustained winds of 76 mph (122 km/h) and a gust to 104 mph (167 km/h). The New Orleans Lakefront airport reported a peak wind gust of 76 mph (122 km/h) within the last hour. A NOAA National Ocean Service tide gauge in Shell Beach, Louisiana, recently reported a water level of 6.8 feet above mean higher high water, which is an approximation of inundation in that area. A NOAA National Ocean Service tide gauge at Bay Waveland Yacht Club, Mississippi, recently reported a water level of 5.6 feet above mean higher high water, which is an approximation of inundation in that area. SUMMARY OF 200 PM CDT...1900 UTC...INFORMATION ----------------------------------------------- LOCATION...29.3N 90.4W ABOUT 25 MI...40 KM WNW OF GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA ABOUT 25 MI...40 KM SE OF HOUMA LOUISIANA MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...145 MPH...235 KM/H PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 320 DEGREES AT 12 MPH...19 KM/H MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...934 MB...27.58 INCHES $$ Forecaster D. Zelinsky/Brown [ more ]
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