Tropical Storm Barry (2001)

Basin

North Atlantic

Dates

August 2, 2001 to August 8, 2001

Peak strength

Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)

Lowest pressure

990 mb (29.23 inHg)

Landfall

Yes

Accumulated cyclone energy

2.5

Tropical-storm-force wind reached

120 nmi (222 km, 138 mi) from the center at its widest

Eyewall radius at its peak

15 nmi (28 km, 17 mi)

Overall size

175 nmi (324 km, 201 mi) to the outermost closed isobar

Fastest the center moved

13 kt (15 mph)

Identifier

AL032001

Radar at KEVX as it neared land, Aug 6, 05:00 UTC

The sources count different things and are not added together.

Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.

NOAA’s Storm Events database, the record National Weather Service offices compile months after a storm, as compiled March 2026.

Deaths

0 (0 direct, 0 indirect)

Injuries

0

Property damage

$8.4 million

Crop damage

none recorded

Events recorded

52 in 9 reports from 2 states and marine areas

State by state

What was recorded

35 tropical storm, 15 heavy rain, 2 flash flood.

The Weather Prediction Center attributes 894 rain gauge totals over the contiguous United States to this storm. The wettest reached 11.70 inches (297 mm).

WPC’s storm rainfall file, 1900 to 2020, compiled by David Roth.

From the Storm Events narratives, unedited.

Rains associated with distant Tropical Storm Barry in the Gulf of Mexico produced flooding across much of Martin County. About 13 inches of rain fell in the area between midnight and late morning on August 2nd. The most serious flooding occurred in Stuart, Port Salerno and Palm City. Over 300 homes received some water damage. Major damage was reported in 63 homes and 6 mobile homes.

Martin, Florida · Flash Flood · Aug 2, 13:00 UTC

Tropical Storm Barry moved ashore between Panama City and Destin, Florida, during the early morning hours of 6 August, then rapidly weakened to a tropical depression over southwest Alabama by afternoon. Rainbands associated with Barry began moving northward across much of southeast Alabama during the late evening hours of 5 August. Maximum sustained winds of 25-30 mph with gusts to 40 mph were reported. 24-hour rainfall totals from Barry ranged from 1.22 inches at Dothan to 3.50 inches at Ozark, Alabama. Due to already saturated grounds, the strong winds felled numerous trees, many of those into power lines causing scattered outages in Coffee, Geneva and Dale counties. Several county roads were impassable due to downed trees, limbs and debris. Only minor street flooding was reported in Geneva, Enterprise and New Brockton, Alabama.

Coffee, Alabama · Tropical Storm · Aug 5, 23:00 UTC

Between eight and 11 inches of rain fell in a 24-hour period as spiral bands trained over northern and central portions of Leon County from Tropical Storm Barry. Nearly 100 roads and intersections were closed to high waters and fallen debris. Several county roads were undermined by floodwaters. Four residents at the Northside Villas apartment complex on Allen Road were rescued as rising waters forced them to evacuate. Over a 100 stalled vehicles were towed. Extensive flooding occurred within an eight-block radius of the Apalachee Ridge subdivision. Lake Ella overflowed its banks with numerous vehicles flooded. Reported by the Tallahassee PD.

Leon, Florida · Flash Flood · Aug 6, 18:30 UTC

• Tropical Storm AllisonNorth Atlantic · 2001 · 52 deaths · $9.0 billionTropical Storm50 kt · 1000 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2001Tropical Depression25 kt · 1010 mb
• Tropical Storm ChantalNorth Atlantic · 2001Tropical Storm60 kt · 997 mb
• Tropical Storm DeanNorth Atlantic · 2001Tropical Storm60 kt · 994 mb
• Hurricane ErinNorth Atlantic · 2001Cat 3105 kt · 968 mb
• Hurricane FelixNorth Atlantic · 2001Cat 3100 kt · 962 mb
• Hurricane GabrielleNorth Atlantic · 2001 · 3 deathsCat 170 kt · 975 mb
• Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2001Tropical Depression30 kt · 1005 mb
• Hurricane HumbertoNorth Atlantic · 2001Cat 290 kt · 970 mb
• Hurricane IrisNorth Atlantic · 2001Cat 4125 kt · 948 mb
• Tropical Storm JerryNorth Atlantic · 2001Tropical Storm45 kt · 1004 mb
• Hurricane KarenNorth Atlantic · 2001Cat 170 kt · 982 mb
• Tropical Storm LorenzoNorth Atlantic · 2001Tropical Storm35 kt · 1007 mb
• Hurricane MichelleNorth Atlantic · 2001Cat 4120 kt · 933 mb
• Hurricane NoelNorth Atlantic · 2001Cat 165 kt · 986 mb
• Hurricane OlgaNorth Atlantic · 2001Cat 180 kt · 973 mb

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.

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.

• Tropical cyclone report, National Hurricane Center
• Every advisory and discussion NHC issued while it was live
• Wikipedia article: Tropical Storm Barry