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NHC AL132003 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Isabel (2003)

September 6, 2003 – September 20, 2003

Hurricane Isabel peaked at Category 5 with 167 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 839 US cities, 150 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Peak strength
Category 5

167 mph

Cities within 75 mi
839
At hurricane strength
150

when closest

States
7
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Cities Isabel passed near, strongest first

Pennsylvania (244)

and 184 more

Virginia (211)

and 151 more

Ohio (179)

and 119 more

North Carolina (123)

and 63 more

West Virginia (72)

and 12 more

Maryland (9)

BC (1)

About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.