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- Title
How the Swells of Hurricane Isabel Impacted Southeast Florida.
- Authors
Davis, Richard J.; Paxton, Charles H.
- Abstract
This article examines the impact of the swells of Hurricane Isabel on the southeast coast of Florida. The waves generated by the powerful Hurricane Isabel broke along a narrow 10-mile stretch of beaches along southern Palm Beach County on September 16, 2003. Hurricane Isabel's strong winds produced large ocean swells that traveled west-northwest toward the Bahama Islands. Although observation data are lacking in the wave-generation area, these swells were likely made larger as Isabel moved west over a long stretch of ocean in the direction of the strongest winds, producing a longer fetch. The large swells impacted the beaches of Eleuthra and Abaco Islands, shielding most of the southeast Florida coastline.
- Subjects
PALM Beach County (Fla.); FLORIDA; HURRICANE Isabel, 2003; HURRICANES; CYCLONES; STORMS; NATURAL disasters; METEOROLOGY
- Publication
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2005, Vol 86, Issue 8, p1065
- ISSN
0003-0007
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1175/BAMS-86-8-1065