Katrina has passed away

[Jim Cantore]

at 10am central time Hurricane Katrina was pronounced dead by the NHC funaral services are tonight

..KATRINA BECOMES A TROPICAL DEPRESSION...STILL PRODUCING HEAVY
RAINS...

AT 10 AM CDT...1500Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION KATRINA WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 36.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 87.5 WEST OR ABOUT 25
MILES SOUTH OF CLARKSVILLE TENNESSEE.

THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 21 MPH
AND THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS
WITH AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. KATRINA
IS EXPECTED TO BECOME EXTRATROPICAL DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 985 MB...29.09 INCHES.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED
MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES...WILL ACCOMPANY KATRINA ACROSS THE
OHIO VALLEY...THE LOWER GREAT LAKES...AND INTO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND.

TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY OVER EASTERN GEORGIA...WESTERN SOUTH
CAROLINA...NORTH CAROLINA...AND VIRGINIA.

REPEATING THE 10 AM CDT POSITION...36.3 N... 87.5 W. MOVEMENT
TOWARD...NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 21 MPH. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...35
MPH. MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE... 985 MB.

THIS IS THE LAST PUBLIC ADVISORY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER ON THIS SYSTEM. FUTURE INFORMATION ON THIS SYSTEM CAN BE
FOUND IN PUBLIC ADVISORIES ISSUED BY THE HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL
PREDICTION CENTER...UNDER AWIPS HEADER TCPAT2 AND WMO HEADER WTNT32
KWNH...BEGINNING AT 4PM CDT.

FORECASTER AVILA

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

Yes she will become the most costiest storm. She hit a very large area with alot of people/homes/business/budges in which it has distoryed countless towns or cities. You can't say that about Andrew that "only" did its dirty work in a retirement dade county. No Katrina is flooding a Major city which is New orleans. In with 80 percent under water. Some areas up to 20 feet.

There is no way this storm is going to be less then 50 billion dollars. In maybe more.

This is my option. Yes Andrew was bad but he was a compacted thing like Charley. This is what we have feared. In which not only is tha large/huge hurricane of cat4 power hits the united states. But it also doe's great damgae to a major city.

[djtil]

estimates are up to 26 billion, so yes....in absolute dollars. will come up short in inflation adjusted dollars.

[CaptinCrunch]

For sure, Katrina will be the costiest storm in US. history

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

estimates are up to 26 billion, so yes....in absolute dollars. will come up short in inflation adjusted dollars.

So your going to believe soming that came out Yesterday? In which they did not have a idea on the damage? New orleans in all this other damage is going to cost alot more then a small area of winds little Andrew done. Not trying to degrade Andrew because he was bad. But this caused a Heck of alot more damage.

[djtil]

actually the revised estimate was from this morning....up from 15 yesterday......it will go higher but not make it to 45 billion imo.

andrews damage was not "in a small area"...it ripped nearly completely across the peninsula.....and was still a cat 3 at 2nd landfall in la.

[senorpepr]

Katrina is far from dead. Millions of people across the midwest and Northeast as well as eastern Canada will have to deal with her still.

...also, HPC is issuing advisories on Katrina, starting at 4pm CDT.