The 2004 season

Hurricane Isis (2004)

Hurricane Isis reached Category 1 in the Eastern Pacific between September 8, 2004 and September 21, 2004, with a lowest pressure of 987 mb.

Track and intensity

The whole track of Hurricane Isis, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2004 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.

Open the live map with storms, cones and warnings

The storm

Basin
Eastern Pacific
Dates
September 8, 2004 to September 21, 2004
Peak strength
Category 1, 65 kt (75 mph)
Lowest pressure
987 mb (29.15 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 708 km (440 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
4.9
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
90 nmi (167 km, 104 mi) from the center at its widest
Hurricane-force wind reached
15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi) from the center at its widest
Peak gust in the best track
80 kt (92 mph)
Fastest the center moved
11 kt (13 mph)
Identifier
EP122004

Deaths and damage

No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 8, 06:0015.1N 109.9W30 kt1005 mbTropical depression
Sep 8, 12:0015.1N 110.4W30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Sep 8, 18:0015.4N 110.8W35 kt1004 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 00:0016.0N 111.3W35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 06:0016.5N 111.8W35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 12:0016.9N 112.4W35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 9, 18:0017.2N 113.3W35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 00:0017.3N 114.1W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 06:0017.3N 114.9W35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 10, 12:0017.3N 115.7W30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Sep 10, 18:0017.4N 116.6W30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Sep 11, 00:0017.4N 117.7W30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Sep 11, 06:0017.4N 118.8W30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Sep 11, 12:0017.4N 119.7W30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Sep 11, 18:0017.4N 120.5W30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Sep 12, 00:0017.4N 121.3W35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 06:0017.4N 122.2W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 12:0017.4N 123.1W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 18:0017.3N 124.0W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 13, 00:0017.2N 125.0W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 13, 06:0017.0N 126.0W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 13, 12:0016.7N 127.0W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 13, 18:0016.6N 128.0W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 14, 00:0016.6N 128.9W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 14, 06:0016.6N 129.5W40 kt1002 mbTropical storm
Sep 14, 12:0016.8N 129.9W35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 14, 18:0017.0N 130.4W40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 00:0017.2N 130.9W50 kt997 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 06:0017.5N 131.4W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 15, 12:0017.8N 131.8W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 15, 18:0018.2N 132.0W60 kt991 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 00:0018.4N 132.0W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 06:0018.4N 132.2W45 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 16, 12:0018.2N 132.2W30 kt1003 mbTropical depression
Sep 16, 18:0018.0N 132.3W30 kt1006 mbLow
Sep 17, 00:0017.9N 132.5W30 kt1006 mbLow
Sep 17, 06:0017.7N 132.8W30 kt1007 mbLow
Sep 17, 12:0017.6N 133.0W30 kt1008 mbLow
Sep 17, 18:0017.4N 133.3W30 kt1008 mbLow
Sep 18, 00:0017.2N 133.6W30 kt1008 mbLow
Sep 18, 06:0017.0N 133.9W25 kt1009 mbLow
Sep 18, 12:0016.8N 134.2W25 kt1009 mbLow
Sep 18, 18:0016.6N 134.7W25 kt1009 mbLow
Sep 19, 00:0016.4N 135.2W30 kt1009 mbLow
Sep 19, 06:0016.3N 135.7W30 kt1009 mbLow
Sep 19, 12:0016.2N 136.2W30 kt1009 mbLow
Sep 19, 18:0016.1N 136.7W30 kt1009 mbLow
Sep 20, 00:0016.0N 137.4W30 kt1009 mbLow
Sep 20, 06:0016.0N 138.2W30 kt1009 mbLow
Sep 20, 12:0016.0N 139.0W30 kt1010 mbLow
Sep 20, 18:0016.0N 139.5W30 kt1011 mbLow
Sep 21, 00:0016.0N 140.0W30 kt1011 mbLow

Other Eastern Pacific storms of 2004

What this means

A best track is the record a warning agency settles on after the storm, not what it said at the time: position, maximum sustained wind and central pressure every six hours, revised against every observation that came in later. Category is the Saffir-Simpson scale, which runs from Category 1 at 64 kt to Category 5 at 137 kt and reads wind only, so it says nothing about surge or rain. Accumulated cyclone energy adds up the square of the wind through the storm's life, so it counts strength and duration together.

Sources

Storm history from NOAA NCEI’s International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS), which merges the official best track of every warning agency. Live storms, cones, watches and warnings from the National Hurricane Center and the Central Pacific Hurricane Center. Archived radar from NOAA’s Level II archive.

The National Hurricane Center has published no tropical cyclone report for this storm.