NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Hurricane Isidore

**Hurricane Isidore**
Satellite image of Hurricane Isidore just off the coast of Mexico on September 22nd with winds of 125 mph.
Duration	Sept. 14 - 27, 2002
Highest winds	120 mph (190 km/h) sustained
Damages	$350 million (2005 dollars)
Fatalities	4 direct, 3 indirect
Areas affected	Cuba, Yucatan Peninsula, Louisiana
Part of the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season

Hurricane Isidore was the ninth named storm out of twelve to hit during the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the second hurricane to occur during this season, and one of eight named storms to occur in September 2002. Summary Hurricane Isidore with winds of 120 mph on the Yucatan coast. ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ... September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 95 days remaining. ... 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Miles per hour is a unit of speed, expressing the number of international miles covered per hour. ... Kilometre per hour (American spelling: kilometer per hour) is a unit of both speed (scalar) and velocity (vector). ... 2005(MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Yucatán Peninsula separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico. ... State nickname: Pelican State Other U.S. States Capital Baton Rouge Largest city New Orleans, officially (currently Baton Rouge due to the evacuation of New Orleans) Governor Kathleen Blanco (D) Senators Mary Landrieu (D) David Vitter (R) Official languages None; English and French de facto Area 134,382 kmÂ² (31st... The 2002 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. ... The 2002 Atlantic hurricane season was an ongoing event in the annual cycle of tropical cyclone formation. ... September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with 30 days. ... 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Storm history

Isidore lasted for 13 days from September 14 to September 27, 2002. It became a tropical depression south of Jamaica on the 17th. It reached tropical storm status just barely grazing the island nation on the 18th. It became a hurricane in the early morning hours on the 19th. Its winds reached 100 mph while approaching the Isle of Youth in Cuba. Its winds dropped a bit and made landfall near Cabo Frances in the early evening hours on September 20. September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ... September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 95 days remaining. ... 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). ... The Isla de la Juventud (English: Isle of Youth) is the largest island of Cuba after Cuba proper. ... September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ...

It pounded Cuba for 12 hours before moving on to the Yucatan Peninsula. It reached its maximum intensity of 125 mph just before landfall at Puerto Telchac in Yucatan. It was nearly stationary over Yucatan for a day or so. Before it moved, it weakened to a tropical storm. It never re-developed over the Gulf of Mexico and made its only U.S. landfall at Grand Isle, Louisiana on September 26. It weakened to a tropical depression and produced heavy rains in the deep south. The storm dissipated over Pennsylvania on September 27 when it was absorbed by a frontal system. The Yucatán Peninsula separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico. ... Gulf of Mexico. ... Grand Isle is a town located in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, on a barrier island of the same name. ... September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining. ... State nickname: The Keystone State Other U.S. States Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Governor Ed Rendell (D) Senators Arlen Specter (R) Rick Santorum (R) Official languages None Area 119,283 kmÂ² (33rd) - Land 116,074 kmÂ² - Water 3,208 kmÂ² (2. ... September 27 is the 270th day of the year (271st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 95 days remaining. ...

Casualties and damage

According to the NHC, Isidore claimed a total of seven lives. Two indirect deaths in Mexico. One person was electrocuted by a fallen power line, and one was killed in a weather-related car crash. There were four direct and one indirect deaths in the United States. The indirect death was from a man that went into cardiac arrest in Mississippi, the other four were drowning deaths. The US National Hurricane Center is the division of National Weather Services Tropical Prediction Center responsible for tracking and predicting the likely behavior of tropical depressions, tropical storms and hurricanes. ... State nickname: Magnolia State Other U.S. States Capital Jackson Largest city Jackson Governor Haley Barbour (R) Official languages English Area 125,546 kmÂ² (32nd) - Land 121,606 kmÂ² - Water 3,940 kmÂ² (3%) Population (2000) - Population 2,697,243 (31st) - Density 23. ...

Isidore caused $330 million in damage.

The name Isidore was retired in the spring of 2003 and will be replaced with Ike in the 2008 season. 2003(MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Hurricane Isidore Lashes Cuba, Caymans and Jamaica (786 words)
	Hurricane Isidore is only the second hurricane and first major hurricane of the 2002 Atlantic Hurricane Season.
	Later, on the 19th, Isidore became the second hurricane of the season, and was hitting Jamaica, and the Caymans hard with between one to two feet of rain.
	Isidore, in the meantime, continued to drift slowly toward the Western tip of Cuba, and during the afternoon of September 20th, 2002, it made landfall in the Isle of Youth and Pinar del Rio region of the Communist island nation.

NHC Tropical Cyclone Report (2247 words)
	Hurricane Isidore was a slow-moving tropical cyclone that hit western Cuba as a category 1 hurricane (on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale) and the northern Yucatan Peninsula as a category 3 hurricane.
	Isidore's peak intensity of 110 knots at 1800 UTC 21 September, was a compromised between adjusted aircraft flight-level winds and satellite estimates.
	Later, when a weakened Isidore was heading for Louisiana, it reached 55-knot winds based on data from the "Deepwater Pathfinder", which reported sustained winds of 56 knots with gusts to 71 knots and 20 ft waves at 1743 UTC 27 September.

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