Hurricane Isaac Live Blog
At 7:45 a.m., Hurricane Isaac officially made landfall in far southeastern Louisiana in Plaquemines Parish with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph.
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State government offices to remain closed in 16 parishes Friday www.wafb.comby WAFB via twitter 8/31/2012 4:28:10 AM -
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Aerial view of the ship that Hurricane #Isaac uncovered near Fort Morgan. (via @OrangeBeacher ) #alwx pbs.twimg.com
by NWS Mobile via twitter 8/31/2012 5:13:11 AM -
Hurricane Isaac uncovered this mystery ship near Fort Morgan! (via @OrangeBeacher ) p.twimg.com
by NWS Mobile via twitter 8/31/2012 5:13:28 AM -
Entergy is restoring power to parts of LaPlace, Wallace and Reserve. Approximately 18,145 customers remain without power.by WWL-TV via twitter 8/31/2012 5:50:54 AM -
Link to National Weather Service River Forecast Center - Lower Mississippi RFC: River Levels -
Here is a list of selected rainfall totals from #Isaac. #txwx #houwx www.hpc.ncep.noaa.govby NWS Houston via twitter 8/31/2012 10:44:22 AM -
Kentwood High shelter for Tangipahoa River situation has about 100 people. Shelter reps say many went home to check on elec.. Didn't return.by Ashley Rodrigue via twitter 8/31/2012 10:46:30 AM -
Center of circulation from the remnants of Isaac located just east of Huntsville, Arkansas, moving north at 18 mph.by NWS Tulsa via twitter 8/31/2012 1:51:26 PM -
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN WHITE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
NORTHEASTERN LONOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN PRAIRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ARKANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN WOODRUFF COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL NOON CDT
* AT 850 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
NARROW BAND OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS FROM SEARCY TO ENGLAND AND PINE BLUFF. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING WITH THIS BAND OF PRECIPITATION. RAIN WAS FALLING OVER AREAS THAT RECEIVED TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN AND LOCALLY MORE SINCE THURSDAY. GIVEN ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL...FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY TO OCCUR. -
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LITTLE ROCK HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CALHOUN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
EASTERN OUACHITA COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
NORTHWESTERN BRADLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...
SOUTHEASTERN DALLAS COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS...
SOUTHERN CLEVELAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...
* UNTIL NOON CDT
* AT 849 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR CRANE LAKE TO 2 MILES EAST OF CALION. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA IN THE PAST 2 HOURS. THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE 2 TO 4 INCHES SEEN ON THURSDAY. WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED... FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY TO OCCUR. WHILE PRECIPITATION MAY TAPER OFF IN SOME AREAS DURING THE WARNING PERIOD...IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR ANY HIGH WATER TO RUNOFF. -
Plaquemines to punch as many as 10 holes in levee to get high water outhttp://bit.ly/O8WQTeby WWL-TV via twitter 8/31/2012 1:53:22 PM
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#Orleans Parish distributing #ice, #water, & #food at several sites listed here new.nola.gov #nola #help Pls RTby RedCrossSELA via twitter 8/31/2012 1:59:50 PM -
Grand Isle residents under boil water order. Urged not to drink the water unless they disinfect it first by boiling. #wwlisaacby WWL-TV via twitter 8/31/2012 2:00:10 PM
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Added more resources to our team. Now have +12,000 on the ground. We're working to get power restored to every customer impacted. #Isaacby Entergy New Orleans via twitter 8/31/2012 2:03:10 PM -
St. Tammany: water down in communities across parishby Ashley Rodrigue via twitter 8/31/2012 2:14:46 PM
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Pine Bluff rain 6.01 in 24 hours, 8.32 inches for month. Now the wettest Aug. on record, and wettest since 1911. Records since 1883. #arwxby NWS Little Rock via twitter 8/31/2012 2:26:22 PM
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Plaquemines Pres. Billy Nungesser: residents in 2 temp. parish shelters will be taken by bus to state shelter in Shreveport today. #Isaacby MRodriguezWWL via twitter 8/31/2012 2:27:34 PM -
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Hwy 90 into Lake Catherine is closed to all except residents who can get in at the checkpoint at the Rigolets.by WWL-TV via twitter 8/31/2012 2:33:02 PM
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LSUA has closed all of its campuses immediately due to high water/flooding. Classes resume Tues. Sept. 4.by KALBtv5 via twitter 8/31/2012 2:36:18 PM -
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Continuing to assess damage & restore power outages. We expect to make significant progress today & over the weekend. Thx for your patience!by Entergy New Orleans via twitter 8/31/2012 2:37:54 PM
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Most #tsunami warnings from the 7.6 magnitude earthquake in the Philippines now canceled.
ptwc.weather.govby Russell Lewis via twitter 8/31/2012 2:38:44 PM -
Old Brooklyn Bridge Brooklyn, MS - twitpic.comby wdam via twitter 8/31/2012 2:39:34 PM -
Gov @BobbyJindal will brief press about state response to #Isaac around 11:15 a.m. LPB will provide coverage online at www.lpb.orgby Louisiana GOHSEP via twitter 8/31/2012 3:20:54 PM -
Headed to Jean Lafitte for Romney presser got stopped in Crown Pointe. Streets still flooded here. @wdsu p.twimg.com
by nolacameragirl via twitter 8/31/2012 3:21:07 PM -
40 lb. bags of ice being distributed at Home Depot, Gause Blvd. East. Additional updates just posted at www.slidell.la.usby SlidellSOS via twitter 8/31/2012 3:21:22 PM -
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Water is still in the streets, but is finally draining from homes in hard hit Cambridge Subdivision in LaPlace. p.twimg.com
by Bill Capo via twitter 8/31/2012 3:21:53 PM -
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MS: Carnes Rd off of Hwy 49 completely underwater #wdam p.twimg.com
by AshleaWDAM via twitter edited by Jennifer Narramore 8/31/2012 3:25:41 PM
