At NUMBER@1 p.m. EDT August NUMBER@2 , approximately NUMBER@3 hours before Katrina 's landfall near LOCATION@1 , LOCATION@2 , the ORGANIZATION@1 had predicted that the LOCATION@3 area could face a direct hit by the storm .

At NUMBER@1 p.m. EDT August NUMBER@2 , approximately NUMBER@3 hours before Katrina 's landfall near LOCATION@1 , LOCATION@2 , the ORGANIZATION@1 had predicted that the LOCATION@4 metropolitan area could face a direct hit by the storm .
