(br)=brush (ts)=Tropical Storm
(bd)=Back Door,meaning coming from over land from opposite coast.Not all names
are noted,also storms before 1950 were not named.Not every stat on every storm
description is given(since 1871).
Years
within 60
miles 1879,1879ts,1887,1888br,1897br,1892ts,1893,1900tsbr,1901,1905ts,1907ts,1909 1914bdts,1915,1916br,1932ts,1934tsbr,1936ts,1944tsbr,1947,1948,1949ts 1955ts,1964bdts,1965,1969br,1979,1985br,1988ts,1992br,1998ts,2002- 2 ts,2004tsbr,2005ts,2005,2008br,2009tsbr 38
times in 139yrs end of 2009
Names from
list
above Brenda,Esther,Hilda,Betsy,Camille,Bob,Elena,Florence,Andrew,Hermine,Bertha ,Isidore,Matthew,Cindy,Katrina,Gustav,Ida,
How often New Orleans gets
affected? brushed or hit every 3.66 years
Average years between direct hurricane hits.(usually within 40 miles to include small hurricanes) (11h)once every 12.64 years
Statistically when New Orleans should be affected
next before the end of 2014
Last affected by Last affected
by 2009 brushed just east by tropical storm Ida on Nov 10th while moving NNE with 60mph winds.
This areas hurricane
past 1779 one of the earliest recorded hurricanes hits
here
1879 Just NW by 40 miles with 100mph winds Sept 1st 1887 oct 18th press 29.22 heavy damage from a brush with a
hurricane 1893 oct 2nd 2,000 killed in louisiana by storm surge of 13ft 100mph heavy damage in N.E U.S as well 1901 aug 14th a hurricane causes heavy flooding here kills 10 1909 a hurricane just west kills 353 in louisiana sept causes 5 million in damage 110mph wind gusts. 1915 press 28.11 measured at Tulane university, 124mph gusts to 140mph 275 killed. By the time it reached New Orleans winds were around cat 2 status. A storm surge of 13 ft reported in lake Pontchatrain,near the city it was closer to 9ft.The extreme velocity of 130 miles per
hour, from the southeast, occurred at 4:58 p.m while the maximum velocity
for five minutes, 86 miles per hour, occurred from 5:11 to 5:16 p.m.The HRD Reanalysis est press at 944MB at landfall 110kts a cat 3. 1947 an 11ft
storm surge covers St Bernard & Plaquemines parishes.Barometer 28.57 51 killed winds 90mph a one min maximum of 110mph very heavy damage,gusts to 125mph,6ft of standing water Newspaper article 1948 sept 3rd press 29.21 1965 sept 10th hurricane Betsy gives the area gusts
to 105mph & dumps very heavy rain here.while moving just west . Power outages last for quite some time, Ruth Chris steak house gave away food during this event & helped establish the popular food chain. NOTE: Betsy was a strong cat 4 while approaching land near Grand Isle but by the time she reached her closest point to New Orleans 45miles to the SW her winds were 105mph. Betsy page
Tropical Storm Frances pushed a 4.5-foot storm surge into St. Charles Parish in 1998, putting U.S. 90 under water for a week .
2005 august 29th Hurricane Katrina hits just east with 125mph winds while moving north with very heavy damage and many fatalities. St Bernard Parish under water with many missing.Death toll after season ended was over 1,800 . Final wind reports show category 1/2 winds were most common in the city.97 mph winds were measured by NASA at 1100 UTC aug 29th. Katrina was officially a category 3 while hitting SE Louisiana & the Mississippi coast. The large size of Katrina as well a being a category 5 before hitting land caused a near 27ft storm surge on the Mississippi coast, causing a high surge into lake pontchatrain. 80% of New Orleans flooded after passage of hurricane Katrina. Radar animation | Newspaper headline | Newspaper headline #2 | Newpaper Headline #3 | Newpaper Headline #4 | Newpaper Headline #5 | Newspaper article about winds |map of flooding | Hyatt hotel glass blown out | Jim Williams & Dr Neil Frank at hurricane conference in New Orleans before Katrina hit(audio clip rp) | Damage shot | Levee being rebuilt | damage shot | superdome damage | Katrina tour Brochure | Illinois newspaper 9 months later | Video of New Orleans damage & rebuilding | Lower ninth ward monument day | Lower ninth ward monument night | St Bernard Parish monument | Color enhanced satellite vapor image | track and dates
Text Sources:The Major Hurricanes to affect the Bahamas Wayne Neely.....Hurricane Watch Dr. Bob Sheets & Jack Williams.....Inside the Hurricane Pete Davies.....The Ship & the Storm Jim Carrier.....Lunatic Wind William Price Fox...Sudden Sea R.A Scotti.....Hurricane Almanac Bryan Norcross.....Divine Wind Kerry Emanuel.....Florida's Hurricane History Jay Barnes.....Stormscaping Pamela Crawford.....Hurricanes and the Middle Atlantic States Rick Scwartz..... Killer Cane Robert Mykle..... Isaac's Storm Erik Larson.....Florida Hurricanes & Tropical Storms John M. Williams & Iver W.Duedall.....Path of destruction John McQuaid & Mark Schleifstein.....Sun sentinel newspaper(microfilm).....Miami Herald newspaper(microfilm).....NOAA research division.....hurricanecity.com (calculations) Jim Williams.....plus many more.............
New Orleans,Louisiana's history with tropical
systems