 A hurricane in the middle of September affected some of the same areas along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico as the August hurricane . It was first detected on the evening of September 10 in the southeastern Gulf , although its track may be far off from the actual storms movement due to a lack of available information . Its first data point in the hurricane database lists it as possessing sustained winds of 100 mph ( 160 km / h ) , placing it at Category 2 intensity on the Saffir @-@ Simpson Hurricane Scale . The storm followed a broad northward curve through the central Gulf of Mexico , making landfall along the Mississippi River Delta of Louisiana on the night of September 14 . It continued toward the north @-@ northeast , dissipating on September 16 . 
