As of 10am Hurricane Katrina is a Category 3 storm with winds at 125mph. The latest advisory has the breakdown of information for Louisiana and Mississippi.
Katrina was a Cat 4 Hurricane when she made landfall near Grand Isle, Louisiana Monday morning at 5:30central with 145mph winds.
The storm skirted by New Orleans on the east side of town… still close enough for serious damage.
Now, Katrina will push north through Mississippi and eventually into middle Tennessee late tonight through Tuesday.
It looks like Katrina could come through middle Tennnessee still hanging on to Tropical Storm status. Our winds could be sustained at 35 to 50mph…. gusts could top out near 70mph. There is a very good chance this will cause tree damage and power outages.
It is not out of the question we could have a threat of tornadoes late tonight, as well.
And, if that’s not enough, all of middle Tennessee is under a Flash Flood Watch from 1am Tuesday morning until 1pm Tuesday afternoon. We can expect 3 to 5 inches of rain. Hopefully, the storm will move quickly and because the ground is dry we won’t have widespread flooding but short-lived flash flooding is a good possibility in the areas prone to that.
We have numerous watches and warnings for middle Tennessee that begin later tonight.
We will be updating the weather situation on News 2 about every 30 minutes on News 2 throughout day Monday into Tuesday.
Edmonton dominated the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night and the 4-0 margin in Game 6 makes it hard to imagine the Oilers not hoisting hockey’s Holy Grail above their heads in less than 48 hours. And it would not come as any shock to see defenseman Chris Pronger, who had another 31-minute night, take the honors for the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoff MVP.
Edmonton dominated the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday night and the 4-0 margin in Game 6 makes it hard to imagine the Oilers not hoisting hockey’s Holy Grail above their heads in less than 48 hours. And it would not come as any shock to see defenseman Chris Pronger, who had another 31-minute night, take the honors for the Conn Smythe Trophy as the playoff MVP.