NEW ORLEANS — Thursday, August 29 marks 19 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall.
WWL Louisiana takes a look back at what happened on August 28, 2005.
Katrina is upgraded to a Category 4 storm with wind speeds reaching 145 mph.
1 a.m. - National Hurricane Center issues Hurricane Katrina Special Advisory Number 20
7 a.m. – Katrina is upgraded to a “potentially catastrophic” Category 5 storm. NOAA predicts “coastal storm surge flooding of 15 to 20 feet above normal tide levels.”
National Hurricane Center issues Hurricane Katrina Special Advisory Number 22
With Katrina's wind speeds reaching up to 175 mph, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin orders a mandatory evacuation and the Superdome is opened as a shelter of last resort.
10 a.m. – NOAA raises their estimate of storm surge flooding to 18 to 22 feet above normal tide levels.
10:11 a.m. - The National Weather Service in Slidell issues a dire warning ahead of Hurricane Katrina's landfall.
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