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Major Hurricane Ida


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2 minutes ago, mob1 said:

Intense feeder bands have been training over that general area for hours, and will probably continue doing so for a while. Sames goes for areas getting the eastern eyewall (like Hammond), the flash flooding will ultimately turn into significant river flooding for some areas.

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The sudden backbuilding of that band is quite something.

 

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4 minutes ago, WaPo said:

I was a teenager during Katrina, did the levees initially fail in outlying areas before they failed in New Orleans? Is a similar chain of events happening here?

no they failed in the city proper but it did take a good, long time for the word to get out.  It was basically like this until they managed to get a chopper up and then the world could see that the levees had failed.

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4 minutes ago, mob1 said:

Intense feeder bands have been training over that general area for hours, and will probably continue doing so for a while. Sames goes for areas getting the eastern eyewall (like Hammond), the flash flooding will ultimately turn into significant river flooding for some areas.

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The storm is moving more and to the NW now...will these bands shift over NO? or will they die out?

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1048 PM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021

...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR LAFITTE AND JEAN LAFITTE...

The National Weather Service in New Orleans has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Jefferson Parish in southeastern Louisiana...

* Until 645 AM CDT Monday.

* At 1048 PM CDT, local law enforcement reported levee failing
  around Lafitte and Jean Lafitte. Over 200 people in imminent danger

  This is a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for Lafitte and Jean Lafitte. This
  is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER GROUND NOW!

  HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Heavy rain and surge
           are leading to a failure of the levee.

  SOURCE...Law enforcement reported.

  IMPACT...This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK
           HIGHER GROUND NOW! Life threatening flash flooding of
           low water crossings, small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
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22 minutes ago, WaPo said:

I was a teenager during Katrina, did the levees initially fail in outlying areas before they failed in New Orleans? Is a similar chain of events happening here?

I remember being on this very board (it actually might've still been Eastern at that point) and there started being reports of levee failures in some of the more susceptible wards.  This was a pre-Twitter world, but I remember starting to see reports of this on the news late that night.

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5 minutes ago, Intensewind002 said:

New advisory has storm down to Cat 1: 95 mph, 960 mb, headed nnw at 9 mph. I don't think I've ever seen a storm initialized with that intensity before, unless it was a glitch....

It was just a position update, not a full advisory where wind speeds are specified in knots, so no reason it couldn't be done, I guess. 

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7 minutes ago, Will - Rutgers said:

I’m seeing 105?

SUMMARY OF 1100 PM CDT...0400 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...30.4N 90.7W
ABOUT 5 MI...10 KM W OF KILLIAN LOUISIANA
ABOUT 30 MI...50 KM ESE OF BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA
ABOUT 45 MI...70 KM NW OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...95 MPH...155 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 340 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...960 MB...28.35 INCHES
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U.S. Watch/Warning   Local Products   UPDATE  

000
WTNT64 KNHC 300356
TCUAT4

Hurricane Ida Tropical Cyclone Update
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL       AL092021
1100 PM CDT Sun Aug 29 2021

...HURRICANE CONDITIONS SPREADING FURTHER INLAND...
...CATASTROPHIC STORM SURGE, HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS, AND FLASH 
FLOODING CONTINUE IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA...

During the past couple of hours, a sustained wind of 66 mph (106 
km/h) gusting to 111 mph (179 km/h) were measured by a 
Weatherflow station in Mandeville, Louisiana.


SUMMARY OF 1100 PM CDT...0400 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...30.4N 90.7W
ABOUT 5 MI...10 KM W OF KILLIAN LOUISIANA
ABOUT 30 MI...50 KM ESE OF BATON ROUGE LOUISIANA
ABOUT 45 MI...70 KM NW OF NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...95 MPH...155 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 340 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...960 MB...28.35 INCHES

$$
Forecaster Stewart/Papin

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The Lafitte situation is gut wrenching. That is the type of report that can indicate a possible mass casualty event--I hope that doesn't occur. And, let's be clear, being trapped in your attic and drowning is not a peaceful way to go. It's one of the most traumatic and painful ways a person can die. When you actually think about what some people are going through *right now* as you read this.. it's tragic. And that situation is occurring in several areas. 

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18 minutes ago, jojo762 said:

 

I've driven around there many times. Its surrounded by brackish swamp with stretches of  highway elevated on pylons.   Always wondered how/ why they built those interstates. Tough conditions with heat, bugs, humidity...in good conditions.

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