+ Visit NASA.gov + Advanced Search   + About the Server   + Animation List   + How to Use the Server Previous Animation Next Animation Tropical Storm Isodore Makes Landfall in Louisiana, September 26, 2002 Tropical Storm Isodore blew ashore early Thursday morning packing winds just below hurricane strength. At 11 am (EST) Isodore's center was 60 miles north-northeast of New Orleans and just west of Poplarville, Mississippi. It was moving north-northeast at 17 mph. Tornado warnings and flood watches were posted from the Louisiana coast to the Florida panhandle. The storm has brought two days of steady downpours with 10-12 inch accumulations.    Zoom into Tropical Storm Isodore and scan across the cloudtops to reveal the underlying rain structure Duration: 19.0 seconds Available formats:   320x240 (30 fps) MPEG-1   2 MB   320x240     JPEG         14 KB How to play our movies    Tropical Storm Isodore Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 3 MB   160 x 80           PNG 18 KB   320 x 240         JPEG 17 KB   80 x 40             PNG   5 KB    The clouds are removed to show the underlying rain structure. In this annimation yellow represents 0.5 inches of rain per hour, green shows 1.0 inches of rain per hour, and red is 2.0 or more inches of rain per hour. Available formats:   2560 x 1920     TIFF 2 MB   160 x 80           PNG 17 KB   320 x 240         JPEG 14 KB   80 x 40             PNG   5 KB Animation Number: 2561 Animators: Tom Bridgman (Lead)   Lori Perkins Studio: SVS Completed: 2002-09-26 Scientist: Jeff Halverson (JCET UMBC) Instruments: GOES-8   TRMM/PR   TRMM/TMI Data Collected: 2002/09/26 Series: TRMM 3D Hurricanes Keywords: DLESE >> Atmospheric science SVS >> Hurricane SVS >> Isidore DLESE >> Natural hazards SVS >> New Orleans     Please give credit for this visualization to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Back to Top + Privacy Policy and Important Notices + Reproduction Guidelines NASA Official: SVS Contact: Curator: