Hurricane Katrina in 2005 was a historic Hurricane. Here is is 20 years later and this hurricane is still talked about to this day. Katrina remains the costliest hurricane in US history causing a $125 Billion dollars worth of damage. Katrina caused destruction by its record storm surge, its very high winds, and of course tornadoes. Today I want to focus on the Katrina Tornado Outbreak.
While Katrina is infamous for its Louisiana and Mississippi landfalls, Katrina's first landfall was in Florida. A small tornado outbreak occurred in South Florida. Katrina's rotation and being a hurricane provided fuel and spin in the atmosphere to produce tornadoes. In South Florida Katrina produced 3 tornadoes one of those was an EF2.
After Katrina moved into the Gulf it became a category 5 hurricane. Katrina did weaken before landfall due to an eye wall replacement. However, unlike its South Florida landfall Katrina was larger and much stronger. The extra size created more spinning in the atmosphere followed by heat.
When Katrina made landfall tornadoes touched down in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. A total of 23 tornadoes occurred most were rated F0 but a few were F2. These tornadoes developed quickly and due to the heavy rain were rain wrapped.
The next day the remnants of Katrina moved farther North. Tornadoes begin to touch down in Georgia, South Carolina, and even Virginia. Several tornado warning were issued in Kentucky and Tennessee due to funnel sightings. But none came down.
However, in addition to tornadoes. Katrina and its remnants begin to produce severe thunderstorms. These severe thunderstorms also produced damaging winds up to 70 mph. Moreover, Katrina's heavy rain caused a lot of flash flooding into Tennessee and Kentucky.
In my area we had several tornado warnings and severe thunderstorm warnings. A total of 3 tornadoes touched down within 50 miles of my area. However, we had several severe thunderstorms doing straight line wind damage.
In four days Katrina produced a total of 57 tornadoes making it one of the larger outbreaks for the month of August. While a lot of the tornadoes were EF0 and EF1 6 were rated F2. The Enhanced Fujita scale would be used in 2007.
The tornadoes added insult to injury to Katrina's destruction. The tornadoes contributed to 10 deaths and $23 million in damages. Katrina showed that tropical systems can be dangerous farther inland especially when severe weather outbreaks occur as well as flooding.
I was working on my degree when Katrina hit. I remember having several lessons and having to do a report on Hurricane Katrina. One thing I covered in my report was the number of tornadoes. While it was not the largest outbreak produced by a hurricane it was still historic as I stated it added more destruction to one of the worst hurricane's of all time. Overall, Katrina caused $125 Billion dollars worth of damage and over 1,800 deaths. While the tornado outbreak was only a small fraction of that, it was still a big part of this historic storm, and this August would mark the 20th anniversary.
Hurricane Katrina in 2005 was a historic Hurricane. Here is is 20 years later and this hurricane is still talked about to this day. Katrina remains the costliest hurricane in US history causing a $125 Billion dollars worth of damage. Katrina caused destruction by its record storm surge, its very high winds, and of course tornadoes. Today I want to focus on the Katrina Tornado Outbreak.
While Katrina is infamous for its Louisiana and Mississippi landfalls, Katrina's first landfall was in Florida. A small tornado outbreak occurred in South Florida. Katrina's rotation and being a hurricane provided fuel and spin in the atmosphere to produce tornadoes. In South Florida Katrina produced 3 tornadoes one of those was an EF2.
After Katrina moved into the Gulf it became a category 5 hurricane. Katrina did weaken before landfall due to an eye wall replacement. However, unlike its South Florida landfall Katrina was larger and much stronger. The extra size created more spinning in the atmosphere followed by heat.
When Katrina made landfall tornadoes touched down in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. A total of 23 tornadoes occurred most were rated F0 but a few were F2. These tornadoes developed quickly and due to the heavy rain were rain wrapped.
The next day the remnants of Katrina moved farther North. Tornadoes begin to touch down in Georgia, South Carolina, and even Virginia. Several tornado warning were issued in Kentucky and Tennessee due to funnel sightings. But none came down.
However, in addition to tornadoes. Katrina and its remnants begin to produce severe thunderstorms. These severe thunderstorms also produced damaging winds up to 70 mph. Moreover, Katrina's heavy rain caused a lot of flash flooding into Tennessee and Kentucky.
In my area we had several tornado warnings and severe thunderstorm warnings. A total of 3 tornadoes touched down within 50 miles of my area. However, we had several severe thunderstorms doing straight line wind damage.
In four days Katrina produced a total of 57 tornadoes making it one of the larger outbreaks for the month of August. While a lot of the tornadoes were EF0 and EF1 6 were rated F2. The Enhanced Fujita scale would be used in 2007.
The tornadoes added insult to injury to Katrina's destruction. The tornadoes contributed to 10 deaths and $23 million in damages. Katrina showed that tropical systems can be dangerous farther inland especially when severe weather outbreaks occur as well as flooding.
I was working on my degree when Katrina hit. I remember having several lessons and having to do a report on Hurricane Katrina. One thing I covered in my report was the number of tornadoes. While it was not the largest outbreak produced by a hurricane it was still historic as I stated it added more destruction to one of the worst hurricane's of all time. Overall, Katrina caused $125 Billion dollars worth of damage and over 1,800 deaths. While the tornado outbreak was only a small fraction of that, it was still a big part of this historic storm, and this August would mark the 20th anniversary.
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