Hurricane Isabel - Wikipedia
Hurricane Isabel was the strongest Atlantic hurricane since Mitch, and the deadliest, costliest, and most intense hurricane in the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season.
Summary of Hurricane Isabel - National Weather Service
Sep 18, 2003 · At 11 AM on Tuesday, September 16, 2003, when the center of Isabel was 600 miles away, a Hurricane Watch was raised for the coast of North Carolina and a Tropical Storm Watch was raised for the South Carolina coast south to the mouth of the South Santee River.
Hurricane Isabel: Looking back 20 years later - News 3 WTKR
Sep 18, 2023 · It's been 20 years since Hurricane Isabel barreled its way up the coast of North Carolina and Virginia, leaving 17 dead, hundreds of thousands without power, and destroying homes and businesses.
Effects of Hurricane Isabel in Virginia - Wikipedia
The effects of Hurricane Isabel in Virginia proved to be the costliest disaster in the history of Virginia. [1] Hurricane Isabel formed from a tropical wave on September 6, 2003, in the tropical Atlantic Ocean. It moved northwestward, and within an environment of light wind shear and warm waters it steadily strengthened to reach peak winds of ...
Hurricane Isabel was a long-lived Cape Verde hurricane that reached Category 5 status on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. It made landfall near Drum Inlet on the Outer Banks of North Carolina as a Category 2 hurricane. Isabel is considered to be one of the most significant tropical
Looking back on Hurricane Isabel and its impacts on Maryland 20 …
Sep 23, 2023 · Hurricane Isabel pushed a storm up the Chesapeake Bay, flooding Annapolis and triggering water rescues in Baltimore as the Inner Harbor flowed into downtown.
Isabel Anniversary - National Weather Service
Sep 18, 2003 · Isabel began as a strong tropical wave off the West African Coast about three days earlier, and was upgraded to a hurricane by September 7. Isabel intensified rapidly on the 8th, going through Categories 2 and 3 of the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale and reaching Category 4 intensity that day.
Hurricane Isabel | Office of Readiness and Response | CDC
On September 18, 2003, Hurricane Isabel, a Category 2 hurricane, made landfall on the Outer Banks of North Carolina (NC). The storm caused extensive power outages and structural damage in northeastern NC and southern Virginia.
Hurricanes: Science and Society: 2003- Hurricane Isabel
Hurricane Isabel was the worst hurricane to affect the Chesapeake Bay region since 1933. It became the costliest (~$3 billion in 2003 USD) and deadliest (17 fatalities) hurricane of 2003. Isabel’s largest effect was due to flood damage, the greatest of which occurred along North Carolina’s Outer Banks.
Sep 18, 2003 · Hurricane Isabel made landfall in eastern North Carolina around midday Thursday, September 18, 2003, as a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale (Appendix A).