Hurricane Isabel
Tropical cyclone Isabel approached the North Carolina coast as a category 2 hurricane.
Morehead City Nexrad Radar
(10:56 EDT 9/18/03)
The highest sustained winds reported as Isabel made landfall
were 80 mph at Ocracoke, NC with gusts reaching 105 mph. At least two
tornadoes were spawned by the storm. One in Norfolk, VA (N 36.86, W76.26)
and one near Newark, MD (38.25N, 75.30W). There were several reports of
wind damage, two which involved fatalities, when trees fell on mobile
home in Parksley, VA (N37.78 W75.66 ) and on a car in Lancaster, PA (N40.06,
W76.30).
[Source: NWS
Storm Prediction Center].
Coordinates were obtained from the National Weather Service's Internet data source.
Storm Track
(Data in Waypoint+
Comma Delimited Text File Format)
Datum,WGS84,WGS84
WP,D,90715,14.5,-37.7,9/07/2003,15:00,Class 1
WP,D,90721,15.2,-39.1,9/07/2003,21:00,Class 1
WP,D,90823,16.1,-40.2,9/08/2003,03:00,Class 1
WP,D,90809,16.9,-41.4,9/08/2003,09:00,Class 2
WP,D,90815,17.2,-42.6,9/08/2003,15:00,Class 3
WP,D,90821,17.9,-43.7,9/08/2003,21:00,Class 3
WP,D,90903,18.5,-44.5,9/09/2003,03:00,Class 4
WP,D,90909,19.1,-45.7,9/09/2003,09:00,Class 4
WP,D,90915,19.6,-46.9,9/09/2003,15:00,Class 4
WP,D,90921,20.3,-47.8,9/09/2003,21:00,Class 4
WP,D,91003,20.6,-48.8,9/10/2003,03:00,Class 4
WP,D,91009,20.9,-50.2,9/10/2003,09:00,Class 4
WP,D,91015,21.3,-50.9,9/10/2003,15:00,Class 4
WP,D,91021,21.2,-51.9,9/10/2003,21:00,Class 4
WP,D,91103,21.1,-52.8,9/11/2003,03:00,Class 4
WP,D,91109,21.3,-53.7,9/11/2003,09:00,Class 4
WP,D,91115,21.4,-54.5,9/11/2003,15:00,Class 4
WP,D,91121,21.6,-55.3,9/11/2003,21:00,Class 5
WP,D,91203,21.6,-56.1,9/12/2003,03:00,Class 5
WP,D,91209,21.7,-57.0,9/12/2003,09:00,Class 5
WP,D,91215,21.6,-57.8,9/12/2003,15:00,Class 5
WP,D,91221,21.8,-58.6,9/12/2003,21:00,Class 5
WP,D,91303,21.8,-59.5,9/13/2003,03:00,Class 5
WP,D,91309,22.0,-60.4,9/13/2003,09:00,Class 4
WP,D,91315,22.2,-61.5,9/13/2003,15:00,Class 4
WP,D,91321,22.6,-62.6,9/13/2003,21:00,Class 5
WP,D,91403,23.0,-63.7,9/14/2003,03:00,Class 5
WP,D,91409,23.3,-65.2,9/14/2003,09:00,Class 5
WP,D,91415,23.7,-66.3,9/14/2003,15:00,Class 4
WP,D,91421,24.1,-67.4,9/14/2003,21:00,Class 4
WP,D,91503,24.5,-68.3,9/15/2003,03:00,Class 4
WP,D,91509,24.8,-69.0,9/15/2003,09:00,Class 4
WP,D,91515,25.2,-69.4,9/15/2003,15:00,Class 4
WP,D,91521,25.6,-70.0,9/15/2003,21:00,Class 3
WP,D,91603,26.1,-70.2,9/16/2003,03:00,Class 3
WP,D,91609,26.6,-70.7,9/16/2003,09:00,Class 3
WP,D,91615,27.4,-71.2,9/16/2003,15:00,Class 2
WP,D,91621,27.8,-71.4,9/16/2003,21:00,Class 2
WP,D,91703,28.5,-71.7,9/17/2003,03:00,Class 2
WP,D,91709,29.4,-72.2,9/17/2003,09:00,Class 2
WP,D,91715,30.0,-72.6,9/17/2003,15:00,Class 2
WP,D,91721,31.1,-73.3,9/17/2003,21:00,Class 2
WP,D,91803,31.9,-73.9,9/18/2003,03:00,Class 2
WP,D,91809,33.1,-74.7,9/18/2003,09:00,Class 2
WP,D,91812,33.7,-75.2,9/18/2003,12:00,Class 2
WP,D,91813,34.0,-75.3,9/18/2003,13:00,Class 2
WP,D,91815,34.4,-75.7,9/18/2003,15:00,Class 2
WP,D,91817,34.9,-76.1,9/18/2003,17:00,Class 2
WP,D,91819,35.4,-76.6,9/18/2003,19:00,Class 2
WP,D,91821,36.2,-77.1,9/18/2003,21:00,Class 1
WP,D,91903,37.7,-78.0,9/19/2003,03:00,Trpcl Strm
