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Tropical Storm — Pearl River, MS

Sep 25, 2002

Tropical Storm Isidore moved steadily northward across the central Gulf of Mexico on September 24th and September 25th before making landfall near Grand Isle, Louisiana during the early morning of September 26th. The tropical storm moved north across southeast Louisiana and by the evening of the 26th was located in central Mississippi where it was downgraded to a tropical depression. Tropical Storm Isidore had a large circulation with tropical storm force winds extending several hundred miles

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5320811). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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