Hurricane Isidore was a powerful tropical cyclone that caused widespread flooding and heavy damage across Mexico, Cuba, and the United States in September 2002.
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10 Facts About Hurricane Isidore
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The ninth named storm and the second hurricane in the 2002 Atlantic hurricane season, and the fifth of eight named storms to occur in September of that year, Isidore peaked as a Category 3 hurricane, causing damage, as well as four fatalities in Jamaica, Cuba, Mexico, and the United States.
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Conditions favored significant strengthening, but Hurricane Isidore did not redevelop central convection until reaching the northern Gulf of Mexico.
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Once in the Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Isidore became a major Category 3 storm with winds of 125 miles per hour .
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The forecasts then predicted Isidore to move westward in the Gulf of Mexico for a few days, before turning northward towards the Gulf Coast as what was predicted by then to be a strong Category 4 hurricane.
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Hurricane Isidore brought torrential rainfall, with many areas reporting over 1 foot of rain.
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Hurricane Isidore was one of only four storms to hit the north side of the Yucatan since records have been kept.
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Hurricane Isidore caused heavy rains in Guatemala due to upslope flow from the Pacific Ocean, which led to landslides and flooding across southern and western portions of the country.
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Hurricane Isidore brought widespread heavy rainfall from the central Gulf coast into the Ohio Valley, with a maximum of 15.
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Name Isidore was retired in the spring of 2003, and will never be used for an Atlantic hurricane again.
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