Hurricane Isabel was the strongest Atlantic hurricane since Mitch, and the deadliest, costliest, and most intense tropical cyclone in the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season.

Sep 18, 2003 · Isabel was identified as a Tropical Storm on Saturday, September 6, 2003 at 9 PM/1300 UTC at 14N 34W, west of the Cape Verde Islands. Moving west-northwest, Isabel developed into a Category 1 Hurricane on Sunday, and strengthened to rare Category 5 Hurricane status (sustained 1-minute wind greater than 155 …

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

In Maryland and Washington, D.C., the effects of Hurricane Isabel were among the most damaging from a tropical cyclone in the respective metropolitan area. Hurricane Isabel formed from a tropical wave on September 6, 2003, in the tropical Atlantic Ocean.

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 …

Hurricane Isabel - September 17-20, 2003 Isabel becgan as a westward-moving tropical depression over the eastern tropical Atlantic on September 6th. It became a tropical storm later that day and a hurricane on the 7th as it veered west-northwest.

Sep 18, 2024 · WASHINGTON (7News) — On Thursday, September 18, 2003, Hurricane Isabel made landfall near Drum Inlet, North Carolina as a Category 2 storm with winds near 100 mph. The storm traveled inland...

Sep 18, 2003 · Isabel became the ninth named storm of the 2003 Atlantic basin tropical cyclone season about 625 miles west of the Cape Verde Islands on Saturday morning, September 6. Isabel began as a strong tropical wave off the West African Coast about three days before, and was upgraded to a hurricane at 11 a.m. EDT Sunday, September 7. Isabel intensified ...

The 2003 Atlantic hurricane season was a very active season with tropical cyclogenesis occurring before and after the official bounds of the season—the first such occurrence since the 1970 season.The season produced 21 tropical cyclones, of which 16 developed into named storms; seven of those attained hurricane status, of which three reached major hurricane status.

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.