On September 18, 2003, Hurricane Isabel made landfall on the North Carolina Coast. It moved northwest across Virginia and by 5 am on September 19, the center was over the heart of the eastern panhandle of West Virginia. Fortunately the storm had greatly weakened by this point. The heaviest rains appear to have been on the left side of the center track of the storm with the greater wind damage was to the right side. While sustained winds were no longer strong enough to do damage, the storm was still producing wind gusts in the 50 to 60 mph range. Previous rains had softened the soil and trees still had a full sail of leaves. Numerous trees uprooted onto power lines, roads, cars and houses. In Berkeley County a few houses and cars had trees fall on them and several roads were blocked. Thousands of people were temporarily without power and phone. Grant, Hardy, Mineral and Pendleton County had downed trees and power lines. Hampshire County had 6 homes with major damage from trees falling on them and many other trees blocked roads and took out power lines. Morgan County saw power and phone outages in several communities with some lasting several days. Communities impacted were Great Cacapon, Largent, Fisher's Bridge and on the outskirts of Paw Paw. In Jefferson County 9600 customers were without power Friday evening and many roads were blocked by trees and downed wires. About 30 to 40 trees fell in Harpers Ferry, one of which caused major damage to a house. A couple trees also fell on houses in Shepherdstown doing substantial damage. The Weather Station at Martinsburg Airport recorded a sustained wind of 30 mph and a peak wind gust of 46 mph between 11 pm and midnight. Winds on the ridges and in local gusts with rain showers were much stronger.Heavy rain fell with the storm and because it was on the heels of previous rains it lead to more runoff and quicker rises on the rivers. In Pendleton and Hardy County, four to six inches of heavy rain caused some mudslides and flash flooding. Sugar Grove and parts of Moyers in Pendleton County saw damages to some properties. In Grant County, a levee broke at Micheal Field. In Mineral County, one school was flooded and 14 basements flooded.  Flooding occurred on most of the rivers. On the South Branch of the Potomac at Franklin in Pendleton County, there was major flooding with the river cresting at 12.12 feet (flood state is 7 feet) at 4 am on September 19. There was moderate flooding at Petersburg with the river cresting at 13.96 feet (flood state is 10 feet) at 8:30 am on September 19. At Moorefield, the South Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac peaked at 10.94 feet at 1:30 pm on September 19 causing minor flooding. Flood stage is 10 feet. At Springfield, the river crested at 24.70 feet at 4:14 am on September 20 causing moderate flooding. Flood stage is 15 feet. On the North Branch of the Potomac there was moderate flooding at Kitzmiller with the river cresting at 12.51 at 5:30 am on September 19. Flood stage is 9 feet. The Potomac at Paw Paw saw minor flooding reaching a crest of 27.91 feet at 10 am on September 20. Flood state is 25 feet. At Shepherdstown, there was moderate flooding with the river cresting at 19.83 feet at 4:30 on September 20. Flood stage is 15 feet. The Opequon Creek at Martinsburg had minor flooding. Millville on the Shenandoah River had moderate flooding had moderate flooding reaching a crest of 17.31 feet at 8 pm on September 20. Flood stage is 13.5 feet. Harpers Ferry at the confluence of the two rivers saw minor flooding. In Morgan County, water topped the bridge over the Cacapon River. Two low water bridge spans were washed away and River Road near Route 9 west was flooded. In Grant and Mineral County, minor damage was reported to roads and bridges.  In Jefferson County, a car drove into flood waters. The driver and child in the car were rescued. Pendleton County had 12 roads under water.

High Wind in BERKELEY, WEST VIRGINIA
From 18-SEP-03 16:00:00 to 19-SEP-03 07:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 50 EG
Property damage: 100K
Crop damage: 100K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

High Wind in GRANT, WEST VIRGINIA
From 18-SEP-03 17:00:00 to 19-SEP-03 07:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 50 EG
Property damage: 50K
Crop damage: 10K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

High Wind in HARDY, WEST VIRGINIA
From 18-SEP-03 17:00:00 to 19-SEP-03 07:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 50 EG
Property damage: 50K
Crop damage: 50K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

High Wind in HAMPSHIRE, WEST VIRGINIA
From 18-SEP-03 17:00:00 to 19-SEP-03 07:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 50 EG
Property damage: 150K
Crop damage: 50K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

High Wind in JEFFERSON, WEST VIRGINIA
From 18-SEP-03 16:00:00 to 19-SEP-03 07:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 50 EG
Property damage: 300K
Crop damage: 50K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Flood in HAMPSHIRE, WEST VIRGINIA
From 19-SEP-03 09:00:00 to 20-SEP-03 13:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 20K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Flood in JEFFERSON, WEST VIRGINIA
From 19-SEP-03 18:30:00 to 21-SEP-03 17:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 100K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Flood in MINERAL, WEST VIRGINIA
From 19-SEP-03 00:00:00 to 19-SEP-03 11:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 140K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Flood in MORGAN, WEST VIRGINIA
From 19-SEP-03 18:00:00 to 20-SEP-03 15:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 100K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

High Wind in MINERAL, WEST VIRGINIA
From 18-SEP-03 17:00:00 to 19-SEP-03 07:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 50 EG
Property damage: 10K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

High Wind in MORGAN, WEST VIRGINIA
From 18-SEP-03 17:00:00 to 19-SEP-03 07:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 50 EG
Property damage: 70K
Crop damage: 10K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

High Wind in PENDLETON, WEST VIRGINIA
From 18-SEP-03 17:00:00 to 19-SEP-03 05:00:00 (EST)
Magnitude: 50 EG
Property damage: 50K
Crop damage: 20K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Flash Flood in GRANT, WEST VIRGINIA
From 19-SEP-03 00:00:00 to 19-SEP-03 04:00:00 (EST)
Location: COUNTYWIDE
Property damage: 50K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Flash Flood in HARDY, WEST VIRGINIA
From 18-SEP-03 23:00:00 to 19-SEP-03 03:30:00 (EST)
Location: COUNTYWIDE
Property damage: 300K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Flood in PENDLETON, WEST VIRGINIA
From 19-SEP-03 00:00:00 to 19-SEP-03 09:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 250K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Flash Flood in HAMPSHIRE, WEST VIRGINIA
From 18-SEP-03 23:30:00 to 19-SEP-03 04:00:00 (EST)
Location: COUNTYWIDE
Property damage: 50K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Flash Flood in PENDLETON, WEST VIRGINIA
From 18-SEP-03 22:00:00 to 19-SEP-03 03:00:00 (EST)
Location: COUNTYWIDE
Property damage: 200K
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Flood in BERKELEY, WEST VIRGINIA
From 18-SEP-03 15:00:00 to 19-SEP-03 09:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 5K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Flood in GRANT, WEST VIRGINIA
From 19-SEP-03 03:00:00 to 19-SEP-03 15:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 10K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER

Flood in HARDY, WEST VIRGINIA
From 19-SEP-03 07:00:00 to 19-SEP-03 17:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 20K
Reported by: NEWSPAPER