Tropical Storm Isaias Impacts Multiple U.S. Regions
Updated 2/4/21: FEMA issued a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for areas in Maryland affected by Tropical Storm Isaias from August 3-4, 2020.
Maryland Tropical Storm Isaias (DR-4583)
Updated 1/13/21: FEMA issued an update to a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for areas in New Jersey affected by Tropical Storm Isaias on August 4, 2020.
New Jersey Tropical Storm Isaias (DR-4574 Amendment 1)
Updated 1/13/21: FEMA issued an update to a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for areas in North Carolina affected by Hurricane Isaias from July 31 to August 4, 2020.
North Carolina Hurricane Isaias (DR-4568 Amendment 1)
Updated 1/12/21: FEMA issued a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for areas in Connecticut affected by Tropical Storm Isaias on August 4, 2020.
Connecticut Tropical Storm Isaias (DR-4580)
Updated 12/11/20: FEMA issued a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for areas in New Jersey affected by Tropical Storm Isaias on August 4, 2020.
New Jersey Tropical Storm Isaias (DR-4574)
Updated 12/2/20: FEMA issued an update to a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for areas in Delaware affected by Tropical Storm Isaias from August 4-7, 2020.
Delaware Tropical Storm Isaias (DR-4566 Amendment 1)
Updated 11/3/20: FEMA issued an update to a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for areas in New York affected by Tropical Storm Isaias on August 4, 2020.
New York Tropical Storm Isaias (DR-4567 Amendment 2)
Updated 10/14/20: FEMA issued a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for areas in North Carolina affected by Hurricane Isaias from July 31 to August 4, 2020.
North Carolina Hurricane Isaias (DR-4568)
Updated 10/2/20: FEMA issued an update to a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for areas in Delaware affected by Tropical Storm Isaias from August 4-7, 2020.
Delaware Tropical Storm Isaias (DR-4566 Amendment)
Updated 9/10/20: FEMA issued a Presidential Major Disaster Declaration for areas in Puerto Rico affected by Hurricane Isaias from July 29-31, 2020.
Puerto Rico Hurricane Isaias (DR-4560)
Updated 8/6/20: FEMA issued an Emergency Declaration for areas in Connecticut affected by Tropical Storm Isaias on August 4, 2020.
Connecticut Tropical Storm Isaias (EM-3535)
FEMA Emergency Declaration Connecticut: ZIP Code List
Included Tribal Areas:
Mashantucket Pequot Tribe (New London County, 06338)
Mohegan Tribe of Indians (New London County, 06382)
Updated 8/5/20: Patch.com published a report outlining major creek/river flooding in Pennsylvania resulting from Tropical Storm Isaiais.
Perkiomen Creek Floods to All-Time Historic High Levels
Approximate impacted locations include:
– Collegeville (Montgomery County, 19426, 19473)
– Eastwick/Southwest Philadelphia (Philadelphia County, 19154)
– Graterford (Montgomery County, 19426)
– Manayunk (Philadelphia County, 19127)
– Norristown (Montgomery County, 19401, 19403, 19404, 19405, 19406, 19407, 19408, 19409)
– Parkwood Manor/Northeast Philadelphia (Philadelphia County, 19154)
– Schwenksville (Montgomery County, 19473)
– Skippack (Montgomery County, 19474)
Additional Media: https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/weather/stories-weather/isaias-philadelphia-region-tropical-storm-rain-wind/2490160/
Updated 8/5/20: The Weather Channel published a report offering a full recap on Hurricane Isaias, which impacted a large portion of the U.S. Southeast, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
Approximate locations sustaining structural damage:
Building Collapse
New York
– 204 Bedford Ave., Brooklyn (Kings County, 11249)
Fire
North Carolina
– Ocean Isle Beach (Brunswick County, 28469)
*Driftwood Ave. (four fires) East 4th St. (one fire)
*One property identified as 16 Driftwood Ave.
Media: https://www.wect.com/2020/08/03/multiple-fires-spark-ocean-isle-beach-isaias-moves-shore/
Flooding
Delaware
– Dover (New Castle County, 19901, 19902, 19903, 19904, 19905, 19906)
Media: https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/tracking-high-winds-tornadoes-tractor-trailers-flipped-over-in-de/2490388/
Maryland
– Elkton (Cecil County, 21921, 21922)
Media: https://patch.com/maryland/perryville/flooded-houses-submerged-vehicles-prompt-rescues-cecil-county
– North East (Cecil County, 21901)
Media: https://www.wbaltv.com/article/north-east-being-evacuated-for-flooding/33512504
North Carolina
– Ocean Isle Beach (Brunswick County, 28469)
– Oak Island (Brunswick County, 28465)
Pennsylvania
– Alsace Township (Berks County, 19522)
– Darby Borough (Delaware County, 19023)
– Eastwick/Southwest Philly (Philadlephia County, 19153)
– North Coventry Township (Chester County, 19465)
– Upper Darby (Delaware County, 19082)
Media: https://www.fox29.com/news/reports-of-widespread-flooding-across-delaware-valley-as-isaias-dumps-rain
South Carolina
– Cherry Grove (Horry County, 29582)
Media: https://wpde.com/news/local/cherry-grove-neighbors-inundated-by-isaias-storm-surge-homes-flooded
– Garden City (Horry County, 29576)
Tornado
Delaware
– Bear (New Castle County, 19701)
*High winds
*Concentrated home damage in Brennan Estates
– Dover (New Castle County, 19901, 19902, 19903, 19904, 19905, 19906)
Media: https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/tracking-high-winds-tornadoes-tractor-trailers-flipped-over-in-de/2490388/
Maryland
– Mardela Springs (Wicomico County, 21837)
Media: https://wjla.com/news/local/multiple-tornadoes-reported-in-maryland-as
– Ocean City (Worcester County, 21842, 21843)
*Wind damage
Massachusetts
– Springfield (Hampden County, 01101, 01102, 01103, 01104, 01105, 01106, 01107, 01108, 01109, 01111, 01115, 01118, 01119, 01128, 01129, 01138, 01139, 01144, 01151, 01152, 01199)
– Worcester (Worcester County, 01601, 01602, 01603, 01604, 01605, 01606, 01607, 01608, 01609, 01610, 01612, 01613, 01614, 01615, 01653, 01655)
*Wind damage
Media: https://www.masslive.com/coronavirus/2020/08/storm-tracker-massachusetts-widespread-wind-damage-more-than-180000-customers-without-power-as-tropical-storm-isaias-rolls-through.html
New Jersey
– Marmora/Upper Township (Cape May County, 08223)
New York
*Wind damage
– Garden City/Long Island (Nassau County, 11530)
-South Shore/Staten Island (Nassau County, 10306, 10307, 10308, 10309, 10312)
Media: https://abc7ny.com/hurricane-isaias-long-island-tropical-storm-track-radar-map/6353608/
North Carolina
– Leland (Brunswick County, 28451)
– Oak Island (Brunswick County, 28465)
– Southport (Brunswick County, 28461)
*Wind damage
– Town Creek (Brunswick County, 28451)
– Windsor (Bertie County, 27983)
Media: https://www.wral.com/it-s-bad-sheriff-says-person-killed-10-homes-destroyed-in-bertie-county-tornado/19218597/
Pennsylvania
– Doylestown (Bucks County, 18901, 18902)
– Parkwood Manor/Northeast Philly (Philadelphia County, 19154)
– Worcester Township (Montgomery County, 19490)
Media: https://6abc.com/nj-tornado-isaias-delaware-pa/6354353/
Virginia
– Courtland (Southampton County, 23837)
– Suffolk (23432, 23433, 23434, 23435, 23436, 23437, 23438, 23439)
– White Stone (Lancaster County, 22587)
*Little Bay Community
Media: https://www.wric.com/weather/weather-photos/photos-tropical-storm-isaias/
Updated 8/4/20: The Weather Channel published a report outlining the latest details associated with Tropical Storm Isaias, which is tracking up the U.S. East Coast after making landfall in North Carolina as a Category 1 hurricane.
Tropical Storm Isaias Racing Through the Northeast, Spreading Damaging Winds, Flooding Rain and Tornadoes
Updated 8/3/20: The Weather Channel published a report outlining the latest details associated with Tropical Storm Isaias, which is expected to restrengthen into a hurricane and make landfall in the Carolinas over the next several hours.
Hurricane Warning Issued as Tropical Storm Isaias Takes Aim at Carolinas, East Coast
Updated 8/3/20 New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy issued a statewide emergency declaration in anticipation of Tropical Storm Isaias.
Governor Murphy Declares State of Emergency in Response to Hurricane Isaias
Associated County ZIP Code List
Updated 8/2/20: FEMA issued an Emergency Declaration for areas in North Carolina affected by Hurricane Isaias beginning July 31, 2020 and continuing.
North Carolina Hurricane Isaias (EM-3534)
FEMA Emergency Declaration North Carolina: ZIP Code List
Updated 8/2/20: The Weather Channel published a report outlining the latest details associated with Hurricane Isaias, which has weakened into a tropical storm and will track close to Florida’s eastern coast before impacting the Carolinas and New England.
Updated 8/1/20: FEMA issued an Emergency Declaration for areas in Florida affected by Hurricane Isaias beginning July 31, 2020 and continuing.
Florida Hurricane Isaias (EM-3533)
FEMA Emergency Declaration Florida: ZIP Code List
Updated 8/1/20: The Weather Channel published a report outlining the latest details associated with Hurricane Isaias, which is expected to impact portions of Florida within the next several hours.
Areas of Florida currently under a hurricane warning/watch:
Hurricane Warning
– Boca Raton to the Flagler/Volusia County Line
Hurricane Watch
– South Florida (from Boca Raton to Hallandale Beach)
Updated 7/31/20: Emergency declarations in anticipation of Hurricane Isaias have been issued by governors in Florida, North Carolina and Virginia.
Florida
FirstCoast News (Florida Gov. DeSantis to Discuss Hurricane Isaias at Florida Division of Emergency Management)
Associated County ZIP Code List (19 Counties)
North Carolina
NC Governor Roy Cooper (Governor Cooper Declares Emergency as North Carolina Prepares for Hurricane Isaias)
Associated County ZIP Code List (Statewide)
Virginia
Virginia Governor Ralph S. Northam (Governor Northam Declares State of Emergency in Advance of Hurricane Isaias)
Associated County ZIP Code List (Statewide)
Updated 7/31/20: The Weather Channel published a report outlining the latest details associated with Hurricane Isaias, which is expected to impact portions of Florida within the next 24 hours.
Hurricane Isaias to Strengthen in the Bahamas and Will Track Near Florida, East Coast Into Next Week
Additional Resource:
Florida Eastern Coast County ZIP Code List
Areas of Florida currently under watches/warnings:
Tropical Storm Warning
– Florida Peninsula (Miami, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach)
Hurricane Watch
– North of Deerfield Beach to the Brevard County Line
Updated 7/31/20: ABC News issued a report outlining impacts of Tropical Storm Isaias in Puerto Rico. According to the report, the southern region of the island may have been hardest hit, with area communities reportedly experiencing flash flooding that has collapsed abandoned homes.
Isaias Causes Floods, Slides, Then Grows Into Hurricane
South Region Municipalities:
– Arroyo (00714)
– Coamo (00640, 00769)
– Guyama (00704, 00784)
– Guayanilla (00656, 00785)
– Juana Diaz (00665, 00795, 00796)
– Patillas (00723)
– Penuelas (00624)
– Ponce (00715, 00716, 00717, 00728, 00730, 00731, 00732, 00733, 00734, 00780)
– Salinas (00704, 00751)
– Santa Isabel (00757)
– Villalba (00766)
Updated 7/30/20: The Weather Channel published a report outlining the latest details associated with Tropical Storm Isaias, which has formed in the Atlantic Ocean.
Tropical Storm Isaias Carving Through the Caribbean. Could Head Toward Florida, Southeast Coast
Updated 7/29/20: FEMA issued an Emergency Declaration for areas in the U.S. Virgin Islands affected by Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine (Tropical Storm Isaias) beginning July 27, 2020 and continuing.
Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine USVI (EM-3531)
FEMA Emergency Declaration USVI: ZIP Code List
Updated 7/29/20: FEMA issued an Emergency Declaration for areas in Puerto Rico affected by Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine (Tropical Storm Isaias) beginning July 27, 2020 and continuing.
Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine Puerto Rico (EM-3532)
FEMA Emergency Declaration Puerto Rico: ZIP Code List
Disaster Alert
July 28, 2020
Source: USA Today
Additional Resources:
Puerto Rico/U.S. Virgin Islands Coastal ZIP Code List
NOTE: This has not yet been declared a FEMA Disaster.
Story Highlights
- A weather system now swirling in the central Atlantic will likely become the season’s next tropical storm.
- Tropical storm warnings have been hoisted in both Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
- Heavy rain “may produce life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides,” the hurricane center warned.
The hyperactive 2020 Atlantic hurricane season shows no signs of slowing down.
A weather system swirling in the central Atlantic will likely become the season’s next tropical storm, forecasters said Tuesday, with the National Hurricane Center giving the system a 90% chance of development within the next two days.
Tropical storm warnings have been hoisted in both Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands for the system, which the hurricane center has dubbed “Potential Tropical Cyclone Nine.” This means tropical storm conditions are likely there within the next 36 hours.
On the forecast track, the system is expected to move through the Leeward Islands on Wednesday, near or over the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Wednesday night and near or over Hispaniola on Thursday, the hurricane center said.
The storm could dump as much as 10 inches of rain across the northern Leeward Islands, the British and U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. “This rainfall may produce life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides,” the hurricane center warned.
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