Post Tropical Cyclone Report for Hurricane Katrina; 2006.

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Hurricane Katrina Post­Tropical
Cyclone Report
POST­TROPICAL
CYCLONE REPORT...HURRICANE KATRINA...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW ORLEANS LA
230 PM CST FRI FEB 17 2006
THIS REPORT COVERS THE PERIOD AUGUST 28­29
2005 WHEN HURRICANE
KATRINA MOVED THROUGH THE EASTERN GULF OF MEXICO BEFORE MAKING
LANDFALL NEAR THE LOUISIANA MISSISSIPPI BORDER ON AUGUST 29.
THIS DATA IS PRELIMINARY AND WILL BE UPDATED AS NEW INFORMATION
BECOMES AVAILABLE.
OCT 7...UPDATED FOR LLWAS WIND DATA AT NEW ORLEANS ARMSTRONG AIRPORT...
WIND/PRESSURE DATA AT PORT SULPHUR
OCT 19...UPDATED FOR...MESONET DATA FROM PASCAGOULA WIND/PRES DATA.
KEESLER AFB WIND DATA...MID LAKE WIND OBS...INSURED PROPERTY DAMAGE
ESTIMATES...FATALITIES. CLARIFY THAT ALL ASOS DATA IS INCOMPLETE.
NOV 9...ADDED WIND/PRESSURE DATA FROM ULM ­BURAS
LOCATION.
CORRECTED MID LAKE WIND DATA FROM KNOTS TO MPH.
UPDATED LSU AG STATION WIND AND RAINFALL DATA.
UPDATED NOAA CMAN BUOY DATA
DEC 12...UPDATED FOR NASA MICHOUD WIND/PRESSURE DATA.
UPDATED WIND DATA.
FEB 17...UPDATED MCCOMB AND BATON ROUGE WIND AND PRES. UPDATED EAST
NEW ORLEANS AND MISSISSIPPI COAST WIND DATA
A. HIGHEST WINDS...
ALL ASOS DATA IS INCOMPLETE DUE TO POWER INTERUPTION PRIOR TO PEAK
WIND AND MIN PRESSURE OCCURRENCE.
ASOS....2 MINUTE SUSTAINED WINDS
LOCATION DIR/SPEED KT TIME ON AUGUST 29 2005
UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED
PASCAGOULA PQL ....DATA INCOMPLETE
SUSTAINED 080/38 KT 0953 UTC
PEAK 090/44 KT 0933 UTC
BILOXI­KEESLER
AFB...INCOMPLETE...DATA FROM LAST OBSERVATION
SUSTAINED 110/52 KT 1400 UTC
PEAK 110/85 KT 1400 UTC
GULFPORT GPT...DATA INCOMPLETE
SUSTAINED 070/40 KT 1025 UTC
PEAK 090/55 KT 1008 UTC
SLIDELL KASD...DATA INCOMPLETE
SUSTAINED 030/32 KT 1243 UTC
PEAK 030/44 KT 1243 UTC
BOOTHEVILLE KBVE...DATA INCOMPLETE
SUSTAINED 040/26 KT 2137 UTC 08/28/05
PEAK 040/39 KT 2137 UTC 08/28/05
NEW ORLEANS ARMSTRONG INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT KMSY...INCOMPLETE
SUSTAINED 040/29 KT 0305 UTC
PEAK 050/38 KT 0255 UTC
NEW ORLEANS LAKEFRONT AIRPORT KNEW...DATA INCOMPLETE
SUSTAINED 040/60 KT 1153 UTC
PEAK 060/75 KT 1153 UTC
ARMSTRONG NEW ORELANS INTL AIRPORT LLWAS TOWERS...11 SITES
PEAK WIND FROM ALL SITES 328/85 KT (120 FT AGL) 1340UTC
PEAK WIND FROM INSTRUMENT AT 30 FT AGL
328/64 KT (30 FT AGL) 1405UTC
MCCOMB MS ASOS...KMCB
SUSTAINED 330/42 KT 1742 UTC
PEAK 56 KT 1742 UTC
BATON ROUGE LA ASOS...KBTR