Hurricane Katrina was a category-five hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale as it churned towards the southern coast of the United States on Sunday. The powerful storm weakened slightly to a category-four hurricane just before making landfall in the southern state of Louisiana early morning on 29 Aug with winds at around 140 miles per hour.
TC-2005-000144---- Tropical Cyclone,(Non-Localized): Tropical Storm KATRINA, PSTN 200508242000EDT 26.0N 77.6W, MOVING BETWEEN THE WEST-NORTHWEST AND WEST NEAR 9 MPH, PRES 1001HPA, MXWD 45MPH