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Storm Surge/Tide — Lower St. Bernard, LA

Aug 28, 2012

Isaac entered the Gulf of Mexico as a tropical storm on August 26, moving northwest after crossing Haiti, Cuba and the Florida Straits. Isaac strengthened into a hurricane on the morning of the 28th when it was 75 miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River. Isaac made landfall in Plaquemines Parish as a Category 1 Hurricane near Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River on the evening of the 28th. A second landfall occurred near Port Fourchon the following morning. The storm weak

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 410090). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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