Hurricane Katrina
Aug.29,2005 @ 0210 Aug. 29, 2005 @ 0300 Aug. 29,2005 @  0700
Aug. 29, 2005 @ 0830 Aug. 29, 2005 @ 1330 Aug. 29, 2005 @ 1700
Hurriane hit Gulf Coast on 8-29-2005

Second Lowest air pressure and Larger than Camille.
Katrina was a Category 1 hurricane when making landfall on the Miami-Dade/Broward county line in Florida, U. S.
After moving SW across Florida the hurricane exited west into the Gulf of Mexico where it underwent intensification.
Katrina was a Category 5 storm on August 28, 2005 for the entire day. The lowest reported pressure was 902 Mb lower than Camille's 909 Mb.
The highest sustained winds were 184 mph.
It made its second landfall near Buras, Louisiana with 145 mph winds, or Category 4, on August 29, 2005.
Hurricane Katrina's eyewall then passed over the eastern edge of New Orleans before the hurricane was again over water.
A few hours later it made landfall for a third time near the Louisiana/Mississippi border with 125 mph winds, or Category 3.
Katrina lost hurricane status crossing over 100 miles inland, near Laurel, MI.
It was downgraded to a tropical depression near Clarksville, TN and continued northward.

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