Extremely Dangerous Category 4 Hurricane Ida Makes Second Landfall Southwest of Galliano, Louisiana

Posted on Aug. 29, 2021

National Weather Service: Hurricane Conditions Spreading Inland Across Southeast Louisiana

Forecast Information

NOAA Doppler radar imagery indicates that the eye of Ida made a
second landfall along the southeastern coast of Louisiana just
southwest of Galliano around 200 PM CDT (1900 UTC). Maximum
sustained winds are estimated to be 145 mph (235 km/h). The
estimated central pressure is 934 mb (27.58 in).

Within the past hour, a research wind gauge near Golden Meadow,
Louisiana, reported sustained winds of 70 mph (113 km/h) and a gust
to 107 mph (172 km/h) and a Weatherflow site in Dulac reported
sustained winds of 76 mph (122 km/h) and a gust to 104 mph
(167 km/h).

The New Orleans Lakefront airport reported a peak wind gust of
76 mph (122 km/h) within the last hour.

A NOAA National Ocean Service tide gauge in Shell Beach, Louisiana,
recently reported a water level of 6.8 feet above mean higher high
water, which is an approximation of inundation in that area.

A NOAA National Ocean Service tide gauge at Bay Waveland Yacht Club,
Mississippi, recently reported a water level of 5.6 feet above mean
higher high water, which is an approximation of inundation in that
area.


SUMMARY OF 200 PM CDT...1900 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...29.3N 90.4W
ABOUT 25 MI...40 KM WNW OF GRAND ISLE LOUISIANA
ABOUT 25 MI...40 KM SE OF HOUMA LOUISIANA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...145 MPH...235 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 320 DEGREES AT 12 MPH...19 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...934 MB...27.58 INCHES

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