Hurricanes Gustav, Hanna & TS Ike

NOAA/NHC ^ | 1 September 2008 | NOAA/NHC

[NautiNurse]

Gustav made landfall in SE Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane, spawning numerous tornadoes from the Florida Panhandle to Louisiana. Throughout the day, television reporters trained their cameras on New Orleans flood walls and levees, while officials at the Army Corps of Engineers said they believed the barriers would not be breached. Midday Monday, Mayor Ray Nagin confirmed that two 400 ft ships and a barge were loose in the churning waters of New Orleans Industrial Canal.

Crude oil futures fell to their lowest prices in more than four months after Hurricane Gustav weakened, easing concern of widespread damage to drilling rigs and refineries.

Governors Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and Haley Barbour of Mississippi both kept the public informed of emergency management issues and hurricane damage updates.

The RNC prepared to open a subdued convention Monday, with plans for a telethon to raise funds for disaster relief.

Gustav	Hanna	Ike
Visible Satellite Image Loop Infrared Satellite Image Loop	Visible Image Loop Infrared Image Loop	Visible Image Loop Infrared Image Loop
WV Satellite Image Loop	WV Image Loop	WV Image Loop
Public Advisory	Public Advisory	Public Advisory
Discussion	Discussion	Discussion
Buoy Data: Western GOM	West Atlantic Florida SE US	Tropical Atlantic
Forecast Models	Forecast Models	Forecast Models

Additional Resources:

KATC Lafayette
KPLC TV Lake Charles
KALB TV Alexandria
NOLA.com
WGMB FOX44 Baton Rouge
WVLA NBC33 Baton Rouge
WWL-TV News
FOX8 Live
KLFY Lafayette News
KADN Fox15 Lafayette
WKRG5 Gulfport

News4Jax Jacksonville FL
WTOC Savannah
CBS4 Miami
WSVN Miami/Ft. Lauderdale

Emergency.Louisiana.gov
City of New Orleans Emergency Preparedness
Mississippi Emergency Management

Previous Threads:

Hurricane Gustav & Hurricane Hanna
Gustav & Hanna Thread I
Hurricane Gustav
Cat 5 Hurricane Sarah Is Catastrophic for Obama Campaign

Category	Wind Speed	Barometric Pressure	Storm Surge	Damage Potential
Tropical Depression	< 39 mph < 34 kts				Minimal
	Tropical Storm	39 - 73 mph 34 - 63 kts			Minimal
Hurricane 1 (Weak)	74 - 95 mph 64 - 82 kts		28.94" or more 980.02 mb or more	4.0' - 5.0' 1.2 m - 1.5 m	Minimal damage to vegetation
Hurricane 2 (Moderate)	96 - 110 mph 83 - 95 kts	28.50" - 28.93" 965.12 mb - 979.68 mb		6.0' - 8.0' 1.8 m - 2.4 m	Moderate damage to houses
Hurricane 3 (Strong)		111 - 130 mph 96 - 112 kts	27.91" - 28.49" 945.14 mb - 964.78 mb	9.0' - 12.0' 2.7 m - 3.7 m	Extensive damage to small buildings
Hurricane 4 (Very strong)	131 - 155 mph 113 - 135 kts		27.17" - 27.90" 920.08 mb - 944.80 mb	13.0' - 18.0' 3.9 m - 5.5 m	Extreme structural damage
Hurricane 5 (Devastating)	Greater than 155 mph Greater than 135 kts	Less than 27.17" Less than 920.08 mb		Greater than 18.0' Greater than 5.5m	Catastrophic building failures possible

[NautiNurse]

The storms are stacked up across the Atlantic.

[papasmurf]

Wow! What a great job on this post. Thanks.

[Guenevere]

We're on the east side of the peninsula, so watching Hannah closely.
We were so drenched and saturated with Fay, this will not be good.

Thank-you, thank-you for the updates.

[NonValueAdded]

Thanks for the new thread. Hannah is indeed meandering, having moved almost 14 miles due south, but gaining wind speed and dropping pressure as she does so. What really has me worried on the models are the long distances between points on some of the models. That means Hannah will come on fast and I think everyone's attention in Florida is focused on Gustav now.

Then there's Ike and the potential for TD10 off Cape Verde to be designated later on today.

[Uncle Ike]

Disclaimer —

TS Ike is not related in any way to our own beloved, and assuredly un-storm-like, Uncle Ike....

Hope this clears up any confusion......

[BurbankKarl]

Caller from “La Push” saying lots of mobile homes torn apart...etc.

[NittanyLion]

We’re headed to the Outer Banks on Saturday...I feel like we’re dodging bullets here!

[NautiNurse]

Hurricane Hanna continues to strengthen as it meanders over
the SE Bahamas. Movement toward SSW near 3 mph. Maximum
sustained winds 80 mph. 983 mb.

Hurricane Gustav: the Hurricane Warning is changed to a
Tropical Storm Warning from Cameron Louisiana westward. A
Hurricane Warning remains in effect from just east of Cameron
Louisiana eastward to the Mississippi-Alabama border...including
the city of New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain.
Winds 80 mph, 966 mb, moving NW at 16 mph.

Tropical Storm Ike is far out in the Atlantic with no immediate threat to land.

New thread for three storms

On/Off Hurricane List Mash Here-->

[Islander7]

Do you ever sleep?

Worst is over on the Mississippi Coast.

Still have feeder bands with high wind gusts and heavy rains. Many roads are flooded, all three coastal counties are under curfew.

ANYONE BREAKING CURFEW IS SUBJECT TO ARREST! (very strong statements from LEO in all areas)

US 90 is closed, much of it underwater from Biloxi westward through Hancock County.

I-10 is opened.

One fatality reported due traffic accident. Scattered power outages. (Mine was out for only 4 hours)

Things are improving with the surge waters beginning to recede.

That is all....

[deport]

Yep they are stacked and there's another behind Ike [Invest 99] but it may not develope or come toward the GOM/East Coast. I started to post this on the other Gustav thread but see you've got this one going. I'm going to add this shot but it's essentiall the same as the one you have in the body of the thread. The middle of next week maybe interesting.

[Islander7]

LOL!!

I was born under the Ike administration!

[NautiNurse]

This is getting out of hand. Too many storms.

[NautiNurse]

I like the Wunderground tracks because they illustrate the forecast strength found in the Discussion.

[papasmurf]

It’s a lot of work, I commend and thank you for it.

Uh, could you re-do it for me for php board? LOL

[yield 2 the right]

All of Florida’s East Coast from the Keys to the FLA/GA state border and northwards to and including the Outer Banks will need to watch the progress of Hurricane Hanna....
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Above statement is that only of Yield 2 The Right.....
for official updates and any possible watches and warnings please listen to local media as they relay the latest forecast and tracks from the NHC/TPC..5am 11am 5 pm and 11pm
are the 6 hourly full advisories with intermediate advisories at the 3 hour intervals between the full advisory...2am 8am 2pm and 8pm....and as a tropical system is closer to landfall the NHC will issue advisories more often.....

[Guenevere]

You're telling me!

This is looking too familiar....like 4 years ago!!!

We're just relaxing today, but tomorrow I'm seriously in 'get ready' mode...

..Thursday, Friday...this thing could be on us.

I'm halfway up the state, on the coast!!!!...

[Ax]

And I was welcomed to the U S A F by President Eisenhower. At least that’s what the SSGT said when he was hustling us off the bus.

[raygun]

[DrewsMum]

Thank you NN....

I know “they” are not paying you nearly enough. ;0)

[NautiNurse]

Do you have a key for that graphic?