2003 Atlantic hurricane season

**2003 Atlantic hurricane season**
 **Total damage** | $6.18 Billion (2003 USD)

The **2003 Atlantic hurricane season** was an above average season. This season featured a total of 21 tropical cyclones, 16 named storms, 7 hurricanes, and 3 major hurricanes. The strongest storm and costliest storm was Category 5 Hurricane Isabel, a Cape Verde-type hurricane that caused $5.37 Billion (2003 USD) in damage.

## Storms

### Tropical Storm Ana

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Ana was the first Atlantic tropical storm of record to form in April. It moved generally eastward across the central Atlantic.

### Tropical Depression Two

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### Tropical Storm Bill

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Bill made landfall on the Louisiana coast just west of Cocodrie as a 50-kt tropical storm.

### Hurricane Claudette

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Hurricane Claudette made landfall in Texas as a Category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale and on the northeastern Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico as a tropical storm. It maintained tropical storm status for more than 24 hours after landfall in Texas.

### Hurricane Danny

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Hurricane Danny made a large looping path over the north central Atlantic Ocean, but did not directly affect land and was mainly a threat to shipping.

### Tropical Depression Six

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### Tropical Depression Seven

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### Hurricane Erika

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Erika made landfall in extreme northeastern Mexico shortly after reaching hurricane strength. The hurricane was responsible for two deaths

### Tropical Depression Nine

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### Hurricane Fabian

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Fabian was a long-lived, powerful Cape Verde hurricane that struck Bermuda with category three intensity. It caused extensive damage on that island, where it was reported to be the worst hurricane since 1926.

### Tropical Storm Grace

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Tropical Storm Grace was a short-lived tropical cyclone that developed over the western Gulf of Mexico. Grace moved inland along the upper Texas coast and produced little damage

### Tropical Storm Henri

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Henri was a tropical storm with maximum 1-min surface winds of 50 kt in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. After weakening to a depression, it moved across central Florida, where it dumped up to ten inches of rainfall.

### Hurricane Isabel

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Hurricane Isabel was a long-lived Cape Verde hurricane that reached Category 5 status on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. It made landfall near Drum Inlet on the Outer Banks of North Carolina as a Category 2 hurricane. Isabel is considered to be one of the most significant tropical cyclones to affect portions of northeastern North Carolina and east-central Virginia since Hurricane Hazel in 1954 and the Chesapeake-Potomac Hurricane of 1933.

### Tropical Depression Fourteen

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### Hurricane Juan

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Juan made landfall near Halifax, Nova Scotia as a category two hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, and will be recorded as one of the most damaging tropical cyclones in modern history for Halifax.

### Hurricane Kate

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Kate had a long, rather unusual track over the east-central Atlantic. It became a powerful hurricane at subtropical latitudes.

### Tropical Storm Larry

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Tropical Storm Larry developed from a complex low pressure system over the Bay of Campeche. Larry moved inland over southeastern Mexico causing widespread floods which resulted in five deaths.

### Tropical Storm Mindy

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Mindy was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 40 kt that produced heavy rain over portions of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

### Tropical Storm Nicholas

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Nicholas was a long-lived tropical storm that remained over the Atlantic far from land.

### Tropical Storm Odette

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Odette was a rare December tropical storm that made landfall in the Dominican Republic and was responsible for eight deaths. It was the first December tropical storm on record to form in the Caribbean Sea.

### Tropical Storm Peter

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Peter became the 16th named tropical cyclone of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season. This is the first time since 1887 that two tropical storms have formed in December.

## Storm names

* Bill
* Claudette
* Danny
* Erika
* Fabian
* Grace
* Isabel
* Juan
* Kate
* Larry
* Mindy
* Nicholas
* Peter
* Rose *(unused)*
* Sam *(unused)*
* Teresa *(unused)*
* Victor *(unused)*
* Wanda *(unused)*

### Retirement

In Spring 2004, it was announced the World Meteorological Organization had retired the names, Fabian, Isabel, and Juan for the damage and deaths caused by the storms. They were replaced with Fred, Ida, and Joaquin for the 2009 Atlantic hurricane season.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL012003\_Ana.pdf
2. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL032003\_Bill.pdf
3. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL042003\_Claudette.pdf
4. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL052003\_Danny.pdf
5. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL082003\_Erika.pdf
6. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL102003\_Fabian.pdf
7. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL112003\_Grace.pdf
8. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL122003\_Henri.pdf
9. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL132003\_Isabel.pdf
10. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL152003\_Juan.pdf
11. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL162003\_Kate.pdf
12. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL172003\_Larry.pdf
13. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL182003\_Mindy.pdf
14. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL192003\_Nicholas.pdf
15. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL202003\_Odette.pdf
16. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL212003\_Peter.pdf