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Convection remained minimal, though outflow retained excellent organization, [19] and Isabel remained a Category 2 hurricane for two days, until it made landfall between Cape Lookout and Ocracoke Island on September 18, with winds of 105 mph (169 km/h). Isabel was a large hurricane at landfall, with a windfield of 460 miles (740 kilometres). [20]
While Isabel was still over the western Atlantic Ocean as a Category 5 hurricane, forecasters predicted the storm would move northwestward and within five days be at a position 130 miles (210 km) east-southeast of Ocean City, Maryland, as a 115 miles per hour (185 km/h) major hurricane. [2] By four days before Isabel made landfall, most ...
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 ...
While multiple hurricanes that made landfall in the U.S. peaked at Category 5, only four storms on record have done so at that intensity. ... Isabel in 2003 and Ivan in 2004 each soared to ...
The strongest hurricane of the season was Hurricane Isabel, which reached Category 5 status on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane scale northeast of the Lesser Antilles; Isabel later struck North Carolina as a Category 2 hurricane, causing $3.6 billion in damage (2003 USD) and a total of 51 deaths across the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
Hurricane Isabel (2003) - a Category 5 Cape Verde-type hurricane; total damages were estimated at $3.37 billion. The name Isabel was retired after the 2003 season, and was replaced by Ida in the 2009 season. In the South-West Indian: Tropical Storm Isabel (1962)
This story is part of a weather partnership with WTKR News 3. Two decades ago, a veil of uneasiness hung over Hampton Roads and the Outer Banks as Hurricane Isabel made her way to landfall. The ...
Here's a list of the retired names according to the National Hurricane Center and Central Pacific Hurricane Center. 1954: Carol and Hazel 1955: Connie, Diane, Ione and Janet