tropical storm katrina tropical storm katrina short lived weak tropical cyclone produced minor damage areas previously devastated forming broad area low pressure southwestern caribbean_sea october disorganized tropical storm landfall near nicaragua winds mph october weakening tropical depression remnants storm persisted november time absorbed cold northern end yucatán_peninsula central_america katrina produced heavy rains estimated mountainous areas triggering mudslides flash flooding unlike little damage resulted katrina fatalities reported lack damage caused storm retired time retired catastrophic damage united_states meteorological history tropical storm katrina originated remnants cold tracking southward caribbean_sea october october broad area low pressure associated disorganized shower thunderstorm activity developed southwestern caribbean_sea following day surface low pressure apparent system showed signs rotation near northern panama coastline october hurricane hunter flight circulation revealed defined low pressure system resulting system declared tropical depression situated roughly east nicaragua center newly classified depression situated western edge deep convection depression tracked slowly northeast response mid level flow embedded morning october tropical wave tracking west began interact depression leading forecasters discussing possible merger systems upper level anticyclone eastern caribbean produced significant wind shear depression preventing center moving deep convection large convective banding feature developed north system hours later hurricane hunters flew storm recorded surface winds mph barometric pressure mbar hpa inhg leading upgrade depression tropical storm time storm received katrina peaked intensity utc october center katrina landfall near nicaragua peak intensity hours storm weakened depression interaction mountains nicaragua convection limited small area western center circulation katrina continued track central_america october began accelerate roughly hours landfall depression moved water time convection remaining system acceleration storm regeneration low level circulation northward unfavorable conditions weakened system failed convection moving land near northern belize mexico border time forecasters reported depression intensify gulf_of_mexico transitioning extratropical cyclone situated land depression began convection leading increased rainfall evening november depression weakened moved gulf_of_mexico unlike previous forecasts circulation absorbed cold hours later despite weak storm forecasters wary katrina central_america devastated exactly year earlier considerable fear additional flash flooding mudslides mountainous region immediately declared tropical depression tropical storm warning issued nicaragua extended islands colombia shortly afterward officials honduras evacuated families district families risk areas coastline honduras red alert declared torrential rains anticipated produce deadly mudslides areas recovering nearly year ago overall damage minimal result katrina small mudslides reported minor flooding storm tracked central_america estimated inches rain fell parts region result katrina report inches hours island east nicaragua roughly people evacuated emergency shelters honduras flooding bridges sustained damage cities isolated rivers overflowed banks water pipes recently constructed destroyed worth destroyed katrina severely affected area honduras october november remnants katrina produced widespread moderate rainfall peaking moisture remnants storm enhanced rainfall southern florida association cold absorbed system saturated previous rains national_weather_service issued flood watches region torrential rains expected fall relation system following storm united_nations deployed field assessment teams survey damage caused katrina helped relocate affected families construct new residences victims katrina hurricane year prior deployed assessment teams survey area possibility post storm diseases lack significant damage katrina retired season catastrophic damage caused storm retired replaced
Tropical Storm Katrina (1999)