![]() ![]() Prior to making landfall, tropical storm watches and warnings are issued along the Gulf Coast, west to New Orleans. August 6, 2001 – Tropical Storm Barry causes tides of 2–3 ft (0.61–0.91 m) along the southeastern coast of Louisiana before it makes landfall on Santa Rosa Beach, Florida on August 6.Damages from Tropical Storm Allison in Louisiana alone total to $65 million. In Zachary, a man is killed after a tornado knocks a tree onto his truck. Homes are destroyed and swept away by flooding across the state. Major river flooding occurs in Amite River and Comite River, which experience their highest water levels since 1983. Rainfall from Allison peaks at 29.92 in (76.0 cm) in Thibodaux, ranking as the second–wettest tropical cyclone in state history, only behind a hurricane in 1940. ![]() This results in catastrophic flooding across the state. Early–June 2001 – Tropical Storm Allison makes landfall near Freeport, Texas on June 5, consequently stalling over the state before moving offshore and subsequently making a second landfall on Morgan City as a subtropical depression on June 11 with winds of 30 mph (48 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1,004 mbar (29.6 inHg).In Terrebonne Parish, strong thunderstorm winds associated with the depression damage trailers and boats in Bayou Black, resulting in $2,500 in damages. At the coast, Tropical Depression Nine brings a storm surge peaking at 3 ft (0.91 m). Although the depression makes landfall on Texas, most of the rain associated with the system affects Louisiana, where rainfall peaks at 6.70 in (17.0 cm). September 9, 2000 – Tropical Depression Nine makes landfall near the Texas and Louisiana border as a tropical depression with winds of 30 mph (48 km/h).In terms of wind speed, Hurricane Ida, Hurricane Laura, and the 1856 Last Island hurricane are the strongest storms to affect the state, each producing maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (240 km/h), equivalent to Category 4 on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale.Ģ000–2004 Flooding from Tropical Storm Allison in Chackbay The 2020 hurricane season has seen the most landfalling tropical cyclones in a single season with 5 total storms. Katrina is also tied with Hurricane Harvey of 2017 as the costliest hurricane in the Atlantic basin. The most intense storm to affect the state in terms of barometric pressure is Hurricane Katrina of 2005, which also caused the most fatalities and damage with 1,833 total deaths and over $100 billion in total damages. The most active month for tropical cyclone activity in the state is September, with ten total storms, while no recorded storms have affected Louisiana during the months of December through May. According to David Roth of the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center (HPC), a tropical cyclone makes landfall along the coastline about two times every three years, and a hurricane makes landfall once every 2.8 years. Flooding in Downtown New Orleans caused by Hurricane Katrinaįrom 2000 to the present, at least 28 tropical or subtropical cyclones affected the U.S. ![]()
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