Hurricane Isbell: Difference between revisions

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===Cuba===

Isbell reached hurricane intensity around 18 [[UTC]] on the 13th, shortly after reaching tropical storm status earlier that day. A few hours after that status upgrade, the storm made landfall in the extreme western portion of Cuba. It then crossed western Cuba, entered the southeast Gulf of Mexico, and began to strengthen into a Category 3 hurricane. <ref><ref name=HURDAT storm strength arhive>{{cite web

|url=http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/hurdat/easy_1961-70.htm#1964_11|title=Storm ISBELL is number 11 of the year 1964 |publisher=HURDAT|accessdate=2006-09-27}}</ref><ref><ref name="MWR of Isbell">{{cite web|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/093/mwr-093-03-0175.pdf#search=%22Hurricane%20Isbell%2Bcuba%22|last=Dunn|first= Gordon E. |coauthors=et al.|title=Storm ISBELL is number 11 of the year 1964 |publisher=U.S. Weather Bureau Office, Miami, Florida|date=[[March 1965]]|accessdate=2006-09-27}}</ref>

===Florida and pre-North Carolina landfall===

Isbell peaked at 125 mph before entering Florida near Everglades City on the 14th.

It reached the Atlantic Ocean that night, and steadily weakened while moving to the north.

===North Carolina and Mid-Atlantic States===

Isbell became extratropical right before its final landfall on Morehead City, North Carolina on the 16th, and dissipated the next day. An eyewitness said that severe rains occured during the early portions of the storm, but that eventually it died down to fairly light rain.<ref><ref name="Florida Hurricanes and Tropical Storms">{{cite web|url= http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/flsgp/flsgpb97001.pdf |last=Williams|first=John M. |coauthors=Iver W. Duedall|title=Florida Hurricanes and Tropical Storms |publisher=University Press of Florida|accessdate=2006-09-27}}</ref>

==Preparations==

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Isbell caused $20 million (1964 USD ($120 million 2005 USD)) in damage; most of it was from crop damage or [[tornado|tornadic]] activity. The hurricane also caused 6 deaths.

===Cuba===

70 mph gusts were reported as far east as [[Boyeros Airport]] in the capital [[Havana]] [[Cuba]], with air pressure of 979 [[mbar]] ([[hPa]]). No information on wind speeds in far Western Cuba is available. In the [[Guane]] area which was most strongly affected, heavy damage and three fatalities occurred. <ref><ref name="MWR of Isbell">{{cite web|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/mwr/093/mwr-093-03-0175.pdf#search=%22Hurricane%20Isbell%2Bcuba%22|last=Dunn|first= Gordon E. |coauthors=et al.|title=Storm ISBELL is number 11 of the year 1964 |publisher=U.S. Weather Bureau Office, Miami, Florida date=[[March 1965]]|accessdate=2006-09-27}}</ref>

===Florida===

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Gusts up to 65 mph were reported in [[Elizabeth City, North Carolina]] on October 16th. No significant wind damage was reported though.

An eyewitness account said that tornadoes from Isbell "caused as much damage as the hurricane did."<ref name="Florida Hurricanes and Tropical Storms">{{cite web|url= http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/flsgp/flsgpb97001.pdf |last=Williams|first=John M.|coauthors=Iver W. Duedall|title=Florida Hurricanes and Tropical Storms |publisher=University Press of Florida|accessdate=2006-09-27}}</ref>

<ref><ref name=Florida Hurricanes and Tropical Storms>{{cite web|url= http://nsgl.gso.uri.edu/flsgp/flsgpb97001.pdf |last=Williams|first=John M. |coauthors=Iver W. Duedall|title=Florida Hurricanes and Tropical Storms |publisher=University Press of Florida|accessdate=2006-09-27}}</ref>

Considerable weakening occured before landfall, causing only minor damage and some beach erosion. Damage was primarly to low lying areas.