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NHC AL102002 · Atlantic basin

Hurricane Isidore (2002)

September 14, 2002 – September 27, 2002

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Hurricane Isidore peaked at Category 3 with 127 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 211 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

Isidore in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Isidore from September 14, 2002 to September 27, 2002; its peak was 127 mph (Category 3). HURDAT2 marks a landfall within 50 miles of a US city on this site: on September 26 at 63 mph (tropical storm), 13 miles from Golden Meadow, LA. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 211 US cities, in 2 states, most in Mississippi (119). The strongest pass was 63 mph (tropical storm) less than a mile from Meraux, LA; the centre came closest to Sandy Hook, MS, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Category 3

127 mph

Cities within 75 mi
211
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
2
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Cities Isidore passed near, strongest first

Louisiana (92)

and 32 more

Mississippi (119)

and 59 more

Other storms of the 2002 season

  • BerthaTropical storm · 64 cities
  • EdouardTropical storm · 103 cities
  • FayTropical storm · 38 cities
  • GustavCategory 2 · 6 cities
  • HannaTropical storm · 81 cities
  • KyleCategory 1 · 244 cities
  • LiliCategory 4 · 148 cities

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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.