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Rains in New Orleans were more significant than expected partly because Francine took an unexpected slight "jog" to the east, and because the storm moved more slowly than forecasters thought it ...
The National Weather Service in New Orleans said a Flood Watch is in effect through Friday evening for portions of southeast Louisiana and the Mississippi Gulf Coast, with three to five inches of ...
Atlantic storm tracker Tropical Depression Joyce, Tropical Storm Isaac continue to weaken. Tropical Depression Joyce was forecast to continue weakening during the next 48 hours, the hurricane ...
NEXRAD or Nexrad (Next-Generation Radar) is a network of 159 high-resolution S-band Doppler weather radars operated by the National Weather Service (NWS), an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) within the United States Department of Commerce, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) within the Department of Transportation, and the U.S. Air Force within the ...
The National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office New Orleans/Baton Rouge has its origins in a U.S. Army Signal Service office opened in Downtown New Orleans on October 4, 1870. [3] A hurricane forecast center operated in the New Orleans office from 1935 until 1966, when its responsibilities were transferred to the National Hurricane Center ...
Hurricane Francine made landfall in southern Louisiana in the Parish of Terrebonne, about 30 miles south-southwest of Morgan City, as a Category 2 (Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale) storm at 5: ...
Francine strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane Tuesday evening in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm is forecast to make landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday afternoon or evening.
It was the first television station to sign on in the state of Louisiana, the first in the city of New Orleans, the first on the Gulf Coast, the first in the Deep South, [3] and the 49th in the nation. It was founded by New Orleans businessman Edgar B. Stern, Jr., owner of WDSU radio (1280 AM, now WODT; and 93.3 FM, now WQUE-FM).