Sep 23, 2005
The eye of Hurricane Rita moved ashore in extreme southwest Louisiana between Sabine Pass and Johnson's Bayou In Cameron Parish with a minimum central pressure of 937 mb and maximum sustained winds of 120 mph. Rita was a Category 3 hurricane at landfall.Two and a half weeks after Hurricane Katrina made her final and devastating landfall along the northern Gulf coast, all eyes turned to Tropical Storm Rita as she moved westward through the central Bahamas. On Tuesday, September 20th, Rita rapidly
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5478436). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in San Jacinto County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.