POST TROPICAL CYCLONE REPORT...HURRICANE KATRINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
741 PM CDT SAT SEP 3 2005


KATRINA FORMED NEAR LONG ISLAND IN THE BAHAMAS ON THE AFTERNOON
OF AUGUST 23RD...2005. KATRINA REACHED HURRICANE STRENGTH JUST
BEFORE MAKING LANDFALL NORTH OF MIAMI...FLORIDA ON THE EVENING ON
AUGUST 25TH...2005. KATRINA PRODUCED 10 TO 20 INCHES OF RAIN..
FLOODING...TORNADOES...AND INJURIES ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN FLORIDA.


KATRINA MOVED SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TIP OF
FLORIDA AND INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. KATRINA REACHED
CATEGORY FIVE IN THE CENTRAL GULF OF MEXICO WITH SUSTAINED WINDS
AROUND 175 MPH. THIS OCCURRED ON SUNDAY AUGUST 28TH...2005.
KATRINA THEN TURNED ON A NORTHWARD PATH.


HURRICANE KATRINA MADE LANDFALL ALONG THE GULF COAST AROUND EARLY
MONDAY MORNING AUGUST 29TH...2005 AS A LARGE CATEGORY FOUR
HURRICANE. SUSTAINED WINDS WERE AROUND 145 MPH IN SOUTHEAST
LOUISIANA.  KATRINA CONTINUED NORTHWARD...AFFECTING AREAS FROM
NEAR NEW ORLEANS...LOUISIANA TO NEAR MOBILE...ALABAMA.
DEVASTATING DAMAGE OCCURRED ALONG THE GULF COAST.


KATRINA WEAKENED TO A TROPICAL STORM MONDAY EVENING AUGUST 29TH
...2005 NORTHWEST OF MERIDIAN MISSISSIPPI. KATRINA CONTINUED TO
MOVE NORTHWARD ACROSS FAR EASTERN MISSISSIPPI OVERNIGHT...THEN
INTO TENNESSEE TUESDAY MORNING. KATRINA FINALLY LOST ITS TROPICAL
CHARACTERISTICS AS IT MERGED WITH A COLD FRONT OVER NORTHERN
PENNSYLVANIA ON AUGUST 31ST...2005.


KATRINA PRODUCED LOCAL EFFECTS THAT WERE WIDESPREAD ACROSS
CENTRAL ALABAMA. NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE DOWNED...
MINOR TO MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OCCURRED...AND POWER OUTAGES
WERE WIDESPREAD. MANY LOCATIONS REMAIN WITHOUT POWER AS OF THIS
WRITING...6 DAYS SO FAR. FOUR TORNADOES OCCURRED ACROSS CENTRAL
ALABAMA...TWO F0`S AND TWO F1`S. STORM TOTAL RAIN AMOUNTS RANGED FROM
ONE INCH OR LESS IN THE NORTHEAST...TO FIVE TO SIX INCH AMOUNTS IN
NORTHWEST COUNTIES NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE.


A.  WIND DATA

OVERVIEW...PEAK SUSTAINED WINDS FROM KATRINA RANGED FROM 25 MPH
ALONG THE GEORGIA STATE LINE TO AROUND 65 MPH ALONG THE
MISSISSIPPI STATE LINE.  PEAK WIND GUSTS GENERALLY RANGED
BETWEEN 35 MPH TO 80 MPH...WITH THE HIGHEST GUSTS OCCURING
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA AND IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS.

AWOS/ASOS (PEAK WIND GUSTS IN KNOTS)

COUNTY.......LOCATIONS.........DATE.....DIR/SPEED....TIME(UTC)

JEFFERSON....BIRMINGHAM (BHM)..08/30....120/45.......0316
MONTGOMERY...MONTGOMERY (MGM)..08/30....160/39.......0108
PIKE.........TROY (TOI)........08/30....140/36.......0148
CALHOUN......ANNISTON (ANB)....08/30....160/37.......0629

***ESTIMATED DUE TO EQUIPMENT/POWER FAILURE****

SHELBY........CALERA (EET)......08/30...180/39.......0344


AWOS/ASOS (SUSTAINED 2 MINUTE WIND IN KNOTS)

COUNTY.......LOCATIONS.........DATE.....DIR/SPEED....TIME(UTC)

JEFFERSON.....BIRMINGHAM (BHM).08/30....180/31.......0418
MONTGOMERY....MONTGOMERY (MGM).08/30....150/31.......0108
CALHOUN.......ANNISTON (ANB)...08/30....170/29.......0720
PIKE..........TROY (TOI).......08/30....160/27.......0147

***ESTIMATED DUE TO EQUIPMENT/POWER FAILURE****

SHELBY........CALERA (EET)......08/30...180/28.......0345

OTHER OBSERVATIONS (UNOFFICIAL...PEAK WIND GUSTS IN MPH)

COUNTY.......LOCATIONS................DATE/SPEED

SUMTER.......CUBA......................8/29...80 MPH
TUSCALOOSA...VANCE.....................8/30...68 MPH
JEFFERSON....JIMMIE HALE MISSION.......8/30...60 MPH
JEFFERSON....BIRMINGHAM RACE COURSE....8/30...52 MPH
BIBB.........OAKMULGEE.................8/29...49 MPH
JEFFERSON....LIMBAUGH TOYOTA...........8/30...47 MPH
MARION.......GUIN......................8/30...47 MPH
CLEBURNE.....RANBURNE..................8/30...45 MPH
JEFFERSON....ADVENT EPISCOPAL SCHOOL...8/30...43 MPH
ETOWAH.......ATTALLA...................8/30...39 MPH
ETOWAH.......GLENCOE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.8/30...37 MPH
ETOWAH.......GADSDEN...................8/30...37 MPH


B. SEA LEVEL PRESSURE DATA

(LOWEST MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE OBSERVED IN MILLIBARS)

ASOS/AWOS OBSERVATIONS

PRESSURE...TIME (UTC)...DATE......LOCATION

992........0340.........8/30......BIRMINGHAM (BHM)
993........0349.........8/30......SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT (EET)
995........0059.........8/30......MONTGOMERY (MGM)
997........0720.........8/30......ANNISTON (ANB)
999........0101.........8/30......TROY (TOI)

OTHER OBSERVATIONS (UNOFFICIAL...PRESSURE IN INCHES)

SUMTER.......CUBA.......................28.20
MARION.......GUIN.......................29.13
VANCE........MERCEDES BENZ..............29.19
JEFFERSON....JIMMIE HALE MISSION........29.30
JEFFERSON....ADVENT EPISCOPAL SCHOOL....29.32
JEFFERSON....LIMBAUGH TOYOTA............29.32
JEFFERSON....BIRMINGHAM RACE COURSE.....29.40
ETOWAH.......GLENCOE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL..29.46
ETOWAH.......GADSDEN....................29.48


C. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS

OVERVIEW...STORM TOTAL RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH OR LESS WERE
MEASURED IN THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA. THIS WAS DUE TO DRY AIR WRAPPING INTO THE CIRCULATION
KATRINA AND DIMINISHING THE RAIN AREA. RAIN TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
WERE COMMON OVER THE SOUTHEAST SECTIONS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4
INCHES OCCURRED OVER MUCH OF WEST ALABAMA...WEST OF INTERSTATE 65.
SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVED 5 TO 6 INCH AMOUNTS IN THE NORTHWEST
SECTIONS...SPECIFICALLY IN LAMAR AND MARION COUNTIES. RIVER
FLOODING THAT WAS REPORTED WAS MINOR AND LIMITED TO BEVILL DAM ON THE
UPPER TOMBIGBEE RIVER.

(STORM TOTAL RAIN IN INCHES)

COUNTY.........LOCATION.........RAIN AMOUNT

MARION.........HAMILTON.........4.82
WINSTON........ADDISON..........3.62
PIKE...........TROY.............2.18
DALLAS.........SELMA............2.00
TALLAPOOSA.....ALEXANDER CITY...1.15
ETOWAH.........GADSDEN..........0.92
SHELBY.........CALERA...........0.83
JEFFERSON......BIRMINGHAM.......0.78
MONTGOMERY.....MONTGOMERY.......0.20

D.  MAXIMUM STORM TIDE HEIGHTS (STORM SURGE)...
NOT APPLICABLE

E.  EXTENT OF BEACH EROSION...
NOT APPLICABLE

F.  FLOODING AND/OR FLASH FLOODING...

MINOR RIVER FLOODING OCCURRED ON THE UPPER TOMBIGBEE RIVER. NO FLASH
FLOODING WAS REPORTED ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA.

G.  TORNADOES (CONFIRMED)

DAMAGE RATING....DATE/TIME (UTC)..COUNTY.......LOCATION

F1...............08/29...1855.....TALLAPOOSA...4 NE TALLASSEE
F0...............08/29...2016.....BULLOCK......4 NW FITZPATRICK
F1...............08/29...2053.....CALHOUN......5 NE JACKSONVILLE
F0...............08/29...2145.....MACON........8 NW TUSKEGEE

H.  PRELIMINARY STORM EFFECTS...

DEATHS.....NONE

INJURIES...FIVE TOTAL...

...08/29...SWEETWATER IN SOUTHERN MARENGO COUNTY...ONE
MINOR INJURY AS A TREE FELL ON A MOVING VEHICLE.

...08/29...GREENSBORO IN HALE COUNTY...FOUR PEOPLE
WERE INJURED. TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED WHEN A TREE FELL ONTO A MOBILE
HOME. ONE MAN WAS INJURED AS A TREE FELL ON HIS HOME. ONE MAN WAS
INJURED WHEN HE LEFT HIS VECHICLE TO CLEAR A TREE FROM THE ROADWAY
AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY HIT BY ANOTHER VEHICLE.

DAMAGE BY COUNTY...FROM LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...

AUTAUGA...A FEW TREES BLOWN DOWN COUNTYWIDE.

BARBOUR...A FEW TREES BLOWN DOWN COUNTYWIDE.

BIBB...SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
SEVERAL AREAS WERE WITHOUT POWER.  A FEW VEHICLES WERE DAMAGED
BY FALLEN TREES.

BLOUNT...SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN COUNTYWIDE WITH WIDESPREAD
POWER OUTAGES.

BULLOCK...SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN
COUNTYWIDE.

CALHOUN...SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN WITH AT LEAST ONE HOME
SUSTAINING ROOF DAMAGE.

CHEROKEE...NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN COUNTYWIDE. A FEW POWER
LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.

CHILTON...SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN
COUNTYWIDE. SEVERAL ROADS WERE TEMPORARILY IMPASSABLE DUE
TO THE FALLEN TREES.

CLAY...SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN COUNTYWIDE. A FEW POWER
LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN.

COOSA...SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
SEVERAL AREAS WERE WITHOUT POWER.

DALLAS...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN
COUNTYWIDE. SEVERAL OF THE FALLEN TREES LANDED ON STRUCTURES
CAUSING DAMAGE. THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS WERE WITHOUT POWER.

ELMORE...A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

FAYETTE...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN
COUNTYWIDE. ONE FALLEN TREE DAMAGED A MOBILE HOME. AT LEAST
FOUR ADDITIONAL HOMES WERE DAMAGED BY FALLEN TREES.

GREENE...EXTENSIVE TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. NUMEROUS
STRUCTURES AND HOMES SUSTAINED DAMAGED COUNTYWIDE. WIDESPREAD POWER
OUTAGES.

HALE...HUNDREDS OF TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN COUNTYWIDE. AT LEAST
THREE QUARTERS OF THE COUNTY WAS WITHOUT POWER. AT LEAST 30
STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED...SOME OF THE DAMAGE WAS MAJOR.

JEFFERSON...SIX HUNDRED TREES AND THREE HUNDRED TELEPHONE POLES
WERE BLOWN DOWN COUNTYWIDE.  SEVERAL ROADS WERE TEMPORARILY
IMPASSABLE DUE TO THE FALLEN TREES. AT LEAST TWO STRUCTURES
RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
THOUSAND CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER.

LAMAR...EXTENSIVE TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE COUNTYWIDE. POWER
OUTAGES ARE WIDESPREAD. SEVERAL ROADS ARE TEMPORARILY IMPASSABLE
DUE TO FALLEN TREES...WITH AT LEAST TWO HOMES DAMAGED.

LEE...A FEW TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

LOWNDES...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
POWER OUTAGES WERE WIDESPREAD.

MACON...SEVERAL TREES WERE DOWNED AND ONE HOME WAS DAMAGED.

MARENGO...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN...ALONG
WITH SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE.

MARION...WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE RESULTED IN NUMEROUS TREES
AND POWER LINES BEING BLOWN DOWN...ALONG WITH SOME STRUCTURAL
DAMAGE.

MONTGOMERY...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
POWER OUTAGES WERE WIDESPREAD. SEVERAL STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED.

PERRY...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN...ALONG
WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. A COUPLE OF HIGHWAYS WERE
BLOCKED AND IMPASSABLE DUE TO FALLEN TREES.

PICKENS...EXTENSIVE TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE COUNTYWIDE.
MANY ROADS WERE IMPASSABLE DUE TO FALLEN TREES.  POWER OUTAGES
WERE WIDESPREAD. SEVERAL STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED...INCLUDING A
ROOF BEING BLOWN OFF A GROCERY STORE.

PIKE...SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN COUNTYWIDE.

RUSSELL....A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN COUNTYWIDE.

SHELBY...SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN
COUNTYWIDE. POWER OUTAGES WERE WIDESPREAD. SOME HOMES SUSTAINED ROOF
DAMAGE.

ST CLAIR...SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ACROSS AT LEAST TWO THIRDS
OF THE COUNTY...ALONG WITH SEVERAL TREES BEING BLOWN DOWN
COUNTYWIDE.

SUMTER...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN COUNTYWIDE.
POWER OUTAGES WERE WIDESPREAD. SEVERAL STRUCTURES WERE DAMAGED.

TALLADEGA...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN COUNTYWIDE.

TALLAPOOSA...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN ALONG WITH
DAMAGE TO SEVERAL STRUCTURES. POWER OUTAGES WERE WIDESPREAD.

TUSCALOOSA...EXTENSIVE AND WIDESPREAD TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE.
SEVERAL STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY FALLEN TREES. A FEW FIRES
WERE ALSO GENERATED BY FALLEN TREES. SEVERAL ROADWAYS CLOSED
AND WERE TEMPORARILY IMPASSABLE DUE TO FALLEN TREES.

WALKER...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN
COUNTYWIDE. SOME HOMES WERE DAMAGED BY FALLEN TREES.

WINSTON...NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN
COUNTYWIDE. MANY MAJOR THOROUGHFARES ACROSS THE COUNTY WERE
IMPASSABLE DUE TO FALLEN TREES. POWER OUTAGES WERE WIDESPREAD.
SEVERAL STRUCTURES WERE ALSO DAMAGED.

OVERALL...IMPACT WAS VERY LARGE TO CENTRAL ALABAMA...SPECIFICALLY
WESTERN AREAS. THE DAMAGE WAS EXTENSIVE ACROSS WESTERN ALABAMA.

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LINHARES/SCOTTEN/WESTLAND/WRIGHT/BMX STAFF
 

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