DFO 2003-239

Flooding: 09/18/03 - 09/21/03

Eastern USA - Hurricane Isabel - Chesapeake Bay Area

Detailed Locations:
Virginia - Augusta County. Waynesboro area. Matoaca area. Alexandria. Belle View.
West Virginia - Hampshire County, Petersburg.
Maryland - Annapolis, Baltimore.

Rivers:
Chesapeake Bay
Virginia - James, Appomattox, Blackwater, South, Nottaway, York.
West Virginia - South Branch of the Potomac River, Cheat.

Comments:
Mostly storm surge flooding around Chesapeake Bay. Worst flooding in history of Annapolis, MD.
Dead: 7 Displaced: 2,500 Damages: no data Affected Region ( sq km): 171,200 Severity Class* : 1 Flood Magnitude**: 5.7 MODIS flood inundation limit file names***:
20030920Isabel239RSat
Flooding along the James River west of Richmond Virginia. Radarsat Scansar Wide Beam 50m resolution data, aquired September 20 at 23:02 utc. Change detection image with Radarsat Scansar Wide Beam 50m resolution data from May 2003 in the red channel and the flood data from September 20 in the green and blue channels. Yellow arrows point to new water, which shows in red. Image map in UTM projection, zone 18. Radarsat data are © Canadian Space Agency 2003
Flooding along Appomattox river southwest of Richmond, Virginia. Radarsat Scansar Wide Beam 50m resolution data, aquired September 20 at 23:02 utc. Change detection image with Radarsat Scansar Wide Beam 50m resolution data from May 2003 in the red channel and the flood data from September 20 in the green and blue channels. Yellow arrows point to new water, which shows in red. Image map in UTM projection, zone 18. Black lines - DCW rivers overlay. Radarsat data are © Canadian Space Agency 2003
Flooding along the Nottaway River near Waverly, Virginia. Radarsat Scansar Wide Beam 50m resolution data, aquired September 20 at 23:02 utc. Change detection image with Radarsat Scansar Wide Beam 50m resolution data from May 2003 in the red channel and the flood data from September 20 in the green and blue channels. Yellow arrows point to new water, which shows in red. Image map in UTM projection, zone 18. Black lines - DCW rivers overlay. Radarsat data are © Canadian Space Agency 2003

 

Map preparation and image analysis: Elaine Anderson, Emily Bryant and Robert Brakenridge. We acknowledge NASA, the Alaskan SAR Facility, the National Ice Center, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for facilitating this experimental "rapid response" data product.

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