Sep 1, 2008
Hurricane Gustav emerged into the southeast Gulf of Mexico as a major category 3 hurricane on August 31st after developing in the Caribbean Sea and moving across western Cuba. Gustav tracked northwestward across the Gulf toward Louisiana and made landfall as a category 2 hurricane near Cocodrie Louisiana during the morning of September 1st. Gustav continued to move northwest and weakened to a category 1 storm over south central Louisiana later that day. The storm diminished to a tropical depress
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 135929). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Amite County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.