 Isidore at peak intensity making landfall in Mexico on September 22 | |
| Meteorological history | |
|---|---|
| Formed | September 14, 2002 |
| Dissipated | September 27, 2002 |
| Category 3 major hurricane | |
| 1-minute sustained (SSHWS/NWS) | |
| Highest winds | 125 mph (205 km/h) |
| Lowest pressure | 934 mbar (hPa); 27.58 inHg |
| Overall effects | |
| Fatalities | 22 (19 direct, 3 indirect) |
| Damage | $1.28 billion (2002 USD) |
| Areas affected | Venezuela, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Yucatán Peninsula, Louisiana, Mississippi |
| IBTrACS | |
Part of the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season | |
Hurricane Isidore was a powerful tropical cyclone that caused widespread flooding and heavy damage across Mexico, Cuba, and the United States in September 2002. The ninth named storm and the second hurricane in the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season, and the fifth of eight named storms to occur in September of that year,[1] Isidore peaked as a Category 3 hurricane, causing damage, as well as four fatalities in Jamaica, Cuba, Mexico, and the United States.[2] Isidore is also noted for threatening to strike the northern Gulf Coast as a Category 4 hurricane, however, the storm struck the region as a moderately strong tropical storm, due to a track change that brought the storm over the Yucatán Peninsula for over a day, which significantly weakened the cyclone in the process. The primary impact from the storm was the heavy rainfall, which fell across southeast Mexico, and also from the central United States Gulf coast into the Ohio Valley.[3]
- ^ "Atlantic hurricane best track (HURDAT version 2)" (Database). United States National Hurricane Center. April 5, 2023. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Lixion A. Avila (September 14, 2002). "Tropical Depression Ten Discussion Number 1". National Hurricane Center. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
- ^ David M. Roth (May 12, 2022). "Tropical Storm Isidore - September 20-29, 2002". Weather Prediction Center. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
