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The National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office New Orleans/Baton Rouge has its origins in a U.S. Army Signal Service office opened in Downtown New Orleans on October 4, 1870. A hurricane forecast center operated in the New Orleans office from 1935 until 1966, when its responsibilities were transferred to the National Hurricane Center . [3]
Hurricane Zeta was a late-season major hurricane in 2020 that made landfall on the Yucatán Peninsula and then in southeastern Louisiana, the latest on record to do so at such strength in the United States. Zeta was the record-tying sixth hurricane of the year to make landfall in the United States. The twenty-seventh named storm, twelfth ...
By the morning of August 27, forecasters anticipated a direct hit on New Orleans. [23] Following the westward shift, the NHC's forecasts were "exceptionally accurate and consistent". Landfall as a major hurricane was accurately pegged three days ahead of time. Track forecast errors were less than half of the 10-year average for 2005.
January 27, 2016 [ 5] The Caesars Superdome (originally Louisiana Superdome and formerly Mercedes-Benz Superdome ), commonly known as the Superdome, is a domed multi-purpose stadium located in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. It is the home stadium of the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League ...
August 6, 2001 – Tropical Storm Barry causes tides of 2–3 ft (0.61–0.91 m) along the southeastern coast of Louisiana before it makes landfall on Santa Rosa Beach, Florida on August 6. Prior to making landfall, tropical storm watches and warnings are issued along the Gulf Coast, west to New Orleans. [ 12] August 5, 2002 – Tropical Storm ...
The history of New Orleans, Louisiana traces the city's development from its founding by the French in 1718 through its period of Spanish control, then briefly back to French rule before being acquired by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. During the War of 1812, the last major battle was the Battle of New Orleans in 1815.
Nevertheless, the Rams responded the next week with a 28–20 win over the Washington Commanders. The following Thursday, Los Angeles dominated the New Orleans Saints and held off a late comeback chance to win 30–22. The Rams would then play the New York Giants on New Year's Eve, in what was a very sloppy and inconsistent game from both sides.
The city, expecting to lose the NFL's Los Angeles Rams (who relocated to St. Louis in 1995 for 21 seasons, before moving back to Los Angeles in 2016), was looking for a new professional team and began courting the Clippers, who struggled to carve out an identity competing against the popular Lakers for audience share.