Hurricane Isaias originated from a vigorous tropical wave off the coast of Africa that was first identified by the National Hurricane Center on July 23, 2020. The tropical wave gradually became more organized, and became Tropical Storm Isaias on July 30. Isaias marked the earliest ninth named storm on record, surpassing 2005's Hurricane Irene by eight days. Isaias strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane the next day, reaching a peak intensity of 85 mph. On August 1, the storm made landfall on North Andros, Bahamas and subsequently weakened to a tropical storm before paralleling the east coast of Florida and Georgia. As it approached the Carolina coastline, it re-intensified to a hurricane shortly before making landfall near Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina, at 11:10 PM EDT on August 3 as a high-end Category 1 hurricane, and proceeded to accelerate up the East Coast of the United States. Across eastern North Carolina, Isaias produced heavy rainfall, minor storm surge and tornadoes.
Path of Tropical Cyclone Isaias across eastern North Carolina.
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Precipitation Reports from Hurricane Isaias
...PRELIMINARY STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION FROM HURRICANE ISAIAS...
Location Amount Time/Date Provider
...North Carolina...
...Beaufort County...
Washington 3.1 ESE 3.61 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Washington 1.0 SSW 3.41 in 0800 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Bath 4.1 NNW 2.65 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Bunyan 2.28 in 0913 AM 08/04 HADS
Bunyan RAWS 2.28 in 0913 AM 08/04 RAWS
Chocowinity 0.2 W 1.68 in 0800 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
...Carteret County...
Croatan RAWS 2.63 in 1005 AM 08/04 RAWS
Newport 2.43 in 1200 AM 08/04 COOP
Beaufort 15.1 N 2.18 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Newport 1.0 N 2.17 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Newport 1.7 SSE 1.78 in 0800 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Pine Knoll Shores 1.4 E 1.77 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Beaufort 3.8 N 1.70 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Cape Carteret 1.5 NE 1.70 in 0800 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Newport 10.3 SW 1.59 in 0800 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Beaufort 6.3 NNW 1.55 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Cape Carteret 0.8 NE 1.50 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Beaufort 0.6 SSE 1.50 in 0800 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Beaufort 1.4 N 1.48 in 0800 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Morehead City 2.4 WNW 1.46 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Cedar Point 0.4 WSW 1.36 in 0800 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Ocean 0.5 S 1.26 in 0800 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Beaufort 1.5 NNW 1.25 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Beaufort 3.4 NNW 1.24 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Morehead City 0.1 E 1.21 in 0800 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Morehead City 1.4 NNW 1.21 in 0630 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Newport 5.6 SW 1.20 in 0630 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Harkers Island 3.2 NE 1.14 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Emerald Isle 2.1 E 1.11 in 0632 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Morehead City 0.6 NW 1.08 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Atlantic Beach 0.6 W 1.06 in 0732 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Cedar Point 0.9 WSW 1.04 in 0620 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Atlantic Beach 1.0 E 1.03 in 0800 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Cedar Island 0.3 SSE 1.02 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Cedar Island 0.6 SSE 1.01 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Cedar Island RAWS 0.75 in 0825 AM 08/04 RAWS
7 W Cedar Island 0.71 in 0956 AM 08/04 AWOS
...Craven County...
Havelock 1.4 SW 2.47 in 0800 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
New Bern 7.5 ESE 1.96 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
New Bern 7.3 ESE 1.85 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
James City 2.0 S 1.77 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
New Bern 8.8 W 1.73 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Havelock 1.9 SSE 1.70 in 0541 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Trent Woods 1.3 SSE 1.49 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Perrytown (COOP) 1.49 in 0800 AM 08/04 COOP
New Bern 1.5 NW 1.48 in 0803 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
James City 2.5 S 1.45 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
New Bern 5.3 SW 1.43 in 0755 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Trent Woods 1.0 NNE 1.41 in 0906 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
New Bern (EWN ASOS) 1.36 in 0954 AM 08/04 ASOS
New Bern 4.9 SW 1.30 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
New Bern 2.6 SW 1.30 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
New Bern 4.6 SW 1.27 in 0800 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
River Bend 0.8 ENE 1.25 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
New Bern 4.2 S 1.21 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Trent Woods 1.2 ENE 1.19 in 0600 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Trent Woods 0.9 WNW 1.15 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
New Bern 1.3 NNE 1.05 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
3.6 E Jasper 1.05 in 0825 AM 08/04 HADS
New Bern 5.2 SE 0.95 in 0720 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
New Bern RAWS 0.94 in 0917 AM 08/04 RAWS
...Dare County...
Manteo 2.8 NW 0.76 in 0800 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Dare Bomb Range RAWS 0.74 in 0828 AM 08/04 RAWS
Frisco 2 NNE 0.56 in 0730 AM 08/04 COOP
Frisco 2.2 NE 0.56 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Buxton 0.3 ENE 0.50 in 0800 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Manteo (MQI AWOS) 0.37 in 0955 AM 08/04 AWOS
Rodanthe 1.0 SSE 0.35 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Kill Devil Hills (FFA AWOS) 0.27 in 1015 AM 08/04 AWOS
Southern Shores 0.5 NNE 0.23 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Frisco (HSE ASOS) 0.19 in 0951 AM 08/04 ASOS
...Duplin County...
Wallace 6.2 ENE 3.00 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Albertson 1.2 WNW 2.45 in 0600 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
...Hyde County...
Swanquarter 0.4 NNE 1.58 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Swan Quarter Ferry Terminal 1.25 in 0800 AM 08/04 COOP
Fairfield RAWS 0.57 in 0917 AM 08/04 RAWS
Ocracoke Lighthouse 0.48 in 0900 AM 08/04 HADS
Engelhard 0.8 NW 0.27 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Ocracoke 0.2 ESE 0.24 in 0800 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
...Jones County...
Trenton 2.18 in 0900 AM 08/04 HADS
New Bern 4.4 SW 1.26 in 0601 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
...Lenoir County...
Kinston 3 N 3.21 in 0800 AM 08/04 COOP
Kinston 1.2 NW 2.80 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
2.6 S Grifton 2.78 in 0855 AM 08/04 HADS
Kinston 4.4 WNW 2.71 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Kinston 7.0 SW 2.63 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Kinston 5.1 WNW 2.32 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
...Martin County...
Williamston 8.9 SSE 3.72 in 0800 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Jamesville 6.1 SW 3.57 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
...Onslow County...
Jacksonville 6.8 NW 2.30 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Hoffman RAWS 1.85 in 0910 AM 08/04 RAWS
Swansboro 3.3 NW 1.83 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Swansboro 1.4 N 1.66 in 0830 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Jacksonville 5.7 WSW 1.62 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Hubert 4.9 SE 1.62 in 0707 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Jacksonville 3.3 W 1.60 in 0800 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Sandy Run RAWS 1.53 in 0919 AM 08/04 RAWS
Jacksonville 2.3 NNE 1.47 in 0706 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Jacksonville (COOP) 1.45 in 0630 AM 08/04 COOP
Jacksonville (NCA ASOS) 1.42 in 0956 AM 08/04 AWOS
Holly Ridge 3.7 E 1.42 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Camp Lejeune 1.4 NW 1.35 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Swansboro 4.3 SW 1.34 in 0600 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Jacksonville 7.1 SSW 1.18 in 0853 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Sneads Ferry 1.2 SSW 0.91 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
...Pamlico County...
Oriental 4.3 NNW 2.77 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Grantsboro 4.6 SSW 2.25 in 0759 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Lowland 0.2 SE 1.10 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
...Pitt County...
Greenville 4.9 SE 2.70 in 0630 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Greenville 5.0 SE 2.51 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Winterville 3.5 W 2.39 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Greenville 4.3 SSE 2.20 in 0800 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Greenville 1.4 SE 2.20 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Greenville 2.8 WSW 2.11 in 0600 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Greenville 4.8 ESE 2.10 in 0734 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
0.9 NW East Carolina Univers 2.03 in 0815 AM 08/04 HADS
Greenville 5.7 NW 2.00 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Greenville 7.3 SSE 2.00 in 0745 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Winterville 2.5 NNW 1.96 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Fountain 0.1 NE 1.95 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Greenville 4.4 SSE 1.92 in 0800 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Greenville 4.7 WNW 1.87 in 0730 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
2.5 W Pitt-Greenville Airpor 1.83 in 0900 AM 08/04 HADS
Winterville 1.0 ENE 1.71 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Greenville 4.6 W 1.69 in 0737 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
Winterville 2.8 WNW 1.69 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
...Tyrrell County...
Columbia 1.58 in 0900 AM 08/04 HADS
...Washington County...
Pocosin Lakes RAWS 0.93 in 0917 AM 08/04 RAWS
...Maritime Stations...
Bayboro 3 E 1.86 in 0700 AM 08/04 COOP
1.9 SW Jacksonville 1.36 in 0905 AM 08/04 HADS
Frisco 3.3 NE 0.25 in 0700 AM 08/04 COCORAHS
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Wind Reports from Hurricane Isaias
...HURRICANE ISAIAS HIGHEST WIND REPORTS... Location Speed Time/Date Provider ...North Carolina... ...Beaufort County... Belhaven 60 MPH 0236 AM 08/04 CWOP Bunyan RAWS 50 MPH 0513 AM 08/04 RAWS Washington (OCW AWOS) 44 MPH 0255 AM 08/04 AWOS ...Carteret County... Indian Beach 68 MPH 0200 AM 08/04 CWOP Bogue Field (NJM ASOS) 64 MPH 0143 AM 08/04 AWOS Fort Macon (WxFlow) 64 MPH 1221 AM 08/04 WXFLOW 7 W Cedar Island 61 MPH 1239 AM 08/04 AWOS Beaufort (MRH ASOS) 56 MPH 1222 AM 08/04 ASOS Cape Lookout 54 MPH 0300 AM 08/04 NDBC Newport 53 MPH 0101 AM 08/04 CWOP Newport 53 MPH 1108 PM 08/03 CWOP Croatan RAWS 51 MPH 0105 AM 08/04 RAWS Newport 44 MPH 0200 AM 08/04 CWOP Newport 43 MPH 0259 AM 08/04 CWOP Cedar Island RAWS 37 MPH 0125 AM 08/04 RAWS Emerald Isle 36 MPH 0206 AM 08/04 CWOP ...Craven County... Cherry Point (NKT ASOS) 61 MPH 0346 AM 08/04 AWOS New Bern (EWN ASOS) 59 MPH 0249 AM 08/04 ASOS Havelock 50 MPH 0346 AM 08/04 CWOP New Bern RAWS 43 MPH 0217 AM 08/04 RAWS ...Dare County... Avon (WxFlow) 72 MPH 0412 AM 08/04 WXFLOW Manteo (MQI AWOS) 68 MPH 0535 AM 08/04 AWOS KHK Resort (WxFlow) 63 MPH 0632 AM 08/04 WXFLOW Oregon Inlet CG (WxFlow) 63 MPH 0542 AM 08/04 WXFLOW Frisco (HSE ASOS) 59 MPH 0409 AM 08/04 ASOS Hatteras High (WxFlow) 58 MPH 0408 AM 08/04 WXFLOW Oregon Inlet (WxFlow) 58 MPH 0642 AM 08/04 WXFLOW Real Slick (WxFlow) 58 MPH 0423 AM 08/04 WXFLOW Rodanthe 56 MPH 0554 AM 08/04 CWOP Buxton (WxFlow) 54 MPH 0411 AM 08/04 WXFLOW Dare Bomb Range RAWS 54 MPH 0528 AM 08/04 RAWS Kill Devil Hills (FFA AWOS) 48 MPH 0455 AM 08/04 AWOS Nags Head 48 MPH 0651 AM 08/04 CWOP Kill Devil Hills 45 MPH 0554 AM 08/04 CWOP Frisco 44 MPH 0515 AM 08/04 CWOP Buxton 37 MPH 0146 AM 08/04 CWOP ...Duplin County... Kenansville (DPL AWOS) 38 MPH 0255 AM 08/04 AWOS ...Hyde County... 4 NE Engelhard 52 MPH 0435 AM 08/04 AWOS Fairfield RAWS 34 MPH 0617 AM 08/04 RAWS ...Lenoir County... Kinston (ISO AWOS) 43 MPH 0255 AM 08/04 AWOS Seven Springs 38 MPH 0331 AM 08/04 CWOP ...Onslow County... Jacksonville (NCA ASOS) 69 MPH 0139 AM 08/04 AWOS Richlands (OAJ AWOS) 61 MPH 0138 AM 08/04 AWOS Sandy Run RAWS 54 MPH 0219 AM 08/04 RAWS Sneads Ferry 51 MPH 1216 AM 08/04 CWOP Jacksonville 49 MPH 1154 PM 08/03 CWOP Hoffman RAWS 45 MPH 0110 AM 08/04 RAWS Holly Ridge 38 MPH 1140 PM 08/03 CWOP ...Pamlico County... Oriental 42 MPH 0317 AM 08/04 CWOP ...Pitt County... Greenville (PGV AWOS) 54 MPH 0355 AM 08/04 AWOS Dowdy Ficklen Stadium (WEATH 45 MPH 0350 AM 08/04 MESOWEST 3 WNW Winterville 36 MPH 0350 AM 08/04 CWOP ...Washington County... Roper 52 MPH 0545 AM 08/04 CWOP Creswell 50 MPH 0300 AM 08/04 CWOP Pocosin Lakes RAWS 48 MPH 0517 AM 08/04 RAWS ...Maritime Stations... Jennettes Pier (WxFlow) 75 MPH 0440 AM 08/04 WXFLOW Alligator River Br (WxFlow) 71 MPH 0314 AM 08/04 WXFLOW Duck Pier 71 MPH 0424 AM 08/04 NOS-NWLON Avon Sound (WxFlow) 68 MPH 0412 AM 08/04 WXFLOW Pamlico Sound (WxFlow) 68 MPH 0337 AM 08/04 WXFLOW 18 SE Cape Hatteras Lighthou 63 MPH 0420 AM 08/04 NDBC Croatan Sound 63 MPH 0609 AM 08/04 WXFLOW Roanoke Sound Channel (WxFlo 62 MPH 0542 AM 08/04 WXFLOW Beaufort 60 MPH 0142 AM 08/04 NOS-NWLON 31 S Bogue Inlet Pier 60 MPH 1108 PM 08/03 NDBC Frisco Woods (WxFlow) 60 MPH 0409 AM 08/04 WXFLOW Ocracoke (WxFlow) 60 MPH 0227 AM 08/04 WXFLOW Oregon Inlet Marina 57 MPH 0542 AM 08/04 NOS-NWLON Oriental 53 MPH 0135 AM 08/04 CWOP North River 52 MPH 0136 AM 08/04 WXFLOW Southern Shores 43 MPH 0529 AM 08/04 CWOP && |
Tornadoes
Isaias was a good example of how impacts from any tropical cyclone can extend beyond just winds. Tornadoes are one of five impacts from any tropical cyclone and with Isaias we had 4 tornadoes in our area.
EF1 Confirmed Tornado in Bayview
Start Location...Bayview in Beaufort County, NCBeginning Lat/Lon...35.4262/-76.7291
Ending Lat/Lon...35.4363/-76.7311
EF1 Confirmed Tornado in Kennel Beach
Start Location...Kennel Beach in Pamlico County, NCBeginning Lat/Lon...35.0238/-76.8986
Ending Lat/Lon...35.0553/-76.9134
EF1 Confirmed Tornado in Pinetown
Start Location...Pinetown in Beaufort County, NCBeginning Lat/Lon...35.6441/-76.8008
Ending Lat/Lon...35.6452/-76.8013
EF1 Confirmed Tornado in Jamesville
Start Location...Jamesville in Martin County, NCBeginning Lat/Lon...35.7786/-76.9073
Ending Lat/Lon...35.7803/-76.9094
EF1 Confirmed Tornado in Goose Creek State Park
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