Tropical Storm in Northern Baltimore, MD

Tropical Storm — Northern Baltimore, MD

Sep 18, 2003

Deaths

Property Damage

$155.0M

On September 18, 2003, Hurricane Isabel made landfall on the North Carolina Coast. Its huge wind field was already piling water up into the southern Chesapeake Bay. By the time Isabel moved into central Virginia, it had weakened and was downgraded to a tropical storm. Isabel's eye tracked well west of the bay, but the storm's 40 to 50 mph sustained winds pushed a bulge of water northward up the bay and its tributaries producing a record storm surge. The Maryland western shore counties of the Che

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5335404). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Northern Baltimore, MD

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Tropical Storm — Northern Baltimore, MD

Flood Risk Context for Northern Baltimore, MD

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