Hurricane_Isabel

Post Landfall 1 | Summary
Posting Date: September 19, 2003, 2:00:00 PM

As of 11:00 a.m. EDT, Friday, September 19, 2003, Tropical Depression Isabel was located about 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Cleveland, Ohio. Isabel was downgraded to a tropical storm by about 9:00 p.m. EDT, on Thursday, September 18. It was reclassified as a tropical depression at about 11:00 a.m. today. All tropical storm warnings have been discontinued. Isabel continues to move north at near 30 mph (48 kph) and some further increase in forward speed is expected over the next 24 hours. Maximum sustained wind speed is 35 mph (55 kph) with higher gusts. Estimated minimum central pressure is 997 mb. Hurricane Isabel made landfall near Drum Inlet in Carteret County along the North Carolina coastline at around 1:00 p.m. EDT, on Thursday, September 18, 2003. Over 5,700 airline flights were cancelled and more than 4 million people lost electricity. Reports of damage included numerous reports of downed trees blocking roads and damaging homes. Three buildings were severely damaged in Baltimore, along with downed trees and utility lines. Two water treatment plants and one sewage treatment plant had generators knocked out. Federal disasters were declared for North Carolina and Virginia. At least 17 people are reported dead as a result of the storm. Using the available information about the meteorological parameters and track of this storm, the AIR tropical cyclone modeling team has run new scenarios. Five of these, along with wind speed and loss maps, are now posted on the Scenarios page of this web site. In addition, event sets are available to all clients for download.

Post Landfall 1 | Downloads
Posting Date: September 19, 2003, 2:00:00 PM