Tropical Storm Chantal (2001)
Tropical Storm Chantal peaked at 60 kt in the North Atlantic between August 14, 2001 and August 22, 2001, with a lowest pressure of 997 mb, and made landfall.
Track and intensity
The whole track of Tropical Storm Chantal, colored by strength, with the other storms of the 2001 season in the same basin behind it, and its wind and pressure hour by hour. Every fix is in the track table below.
The storm
- Basin
- North Atlantic
- Dates
- August 14, 2001 to August 22, 2001
- Peak strength
- Tropical Storm, 60 kt (69 mph)
- Lowest pressure
- 997 mb (29.44 inHg)
- Landfall
- Yes
- Accumulated cyclone energy
- 4.6
- Tropical-storm-force wind reached
- 175 nmi (324 km, 201 mi) from the center at its widest
- Overall size
- 150 nmi (278 km, 173 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
- Fastest the center moved
- 34 kt (39 mph)
- Identifier
- AL042001
Deaths and damage
No source this site reads carries a casualty or damage figure for this storm.
Landfall
| Time (UTC) | Where | Position | Wind | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 02:00 | San Pedro, Belize District, Belize, 27 km away | 18.1N 87.8W | 60 kt (69 mph) | 999 mb |
Landfall points the US agencies flagged in the best track. The nearest town is named from the site’s gazetteer, not from the report.
Track
| Time (UTC) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 18:00 | 12.8N 37.0W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 15, 00:00 | 12.9N 39.3W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 15, 06:00 | 12.6N 41.6W | 25 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 15, 12:00 | 12.3N 43.9W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 15, 18:00 | 12.3N 46.3W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 16, 00:00 | 12.4N 48.8W | 30 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 16, 06:00 | 12.4N 51.3W | 30 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 16, 12:00 | 12.7N 53.9W | 30 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical wave |
| Aug 16, 18:00 | 12.7N 57.2W | 30 kt | 1012 mb | Tropical wave |
| Aug 17, 00:00 | 13.1N 60.6W | 35 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical wave |
| Aug 17, 06:00 | 13.3N 62.8W | 35 kt | 1011 mb | Tropical wave |
| Aug 17, 12:00 | 13.7N 64.6W | 35 kt | 1010 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 17, 18:00 | 14.2N 66.4W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 00:00 | 14.4N 68.2W | 45 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 06:00 | 14.6N 70.4W | 55 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 12:00 | 14.8N 72.9W | 50 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 18, 18:00 | 15.3N 75.2W | 50 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 00:00 | 15.3N 77.2W | 55 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 06:00 | 15.4N 78.4W | 60 kt | 997 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 12:00 | 15.7N 79.6W | 60 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 19, 18:00 | 16.2N 81.1W | 55 kt | 1005 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 00:00 | 16.7N 82.6W | 50 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 06:00 | 17.1N 84.1W | 50 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 12:00 | 17.5N 85.6W | 50 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 20, 18:00 | 17.9N 86.7W | 55 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 00:00 | 18.1N 87.7W | 60 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 02:00 landfall | 18.1N 87.8W | 60 kt | 999 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 06:00 | 18.2N 88.1W | 55 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 12:00 | 18.4N 88.7W | 45 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 21, 18:00 | 18.6N 89.5W | 35 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical storm |
| Aug 22, 00:00 | 18.7N 90.3W | 25 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 22, 06:00 | 18.4N 91.2W | 25 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Aug 22, 12:00 | 17.9N 92.2W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical depression |
Other North Atlantic storms of 2001
- Tropical Storm AllisonNorth Atlantic · 2001 · 52 deaths · $9.0 billion
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2001
- Tropical Storm BarryNorth Atlantic · 2001 · 9 deaths · $30 million
- Tropical Storm DeanNorth Atlantic · 2001
- Hurricane ErinNorth Atlantic · 2001
- Hurricane FelixNorth Atlantic · 2001
- Hurricane GabrielleNorth Atlantic · 2001 · 3 deaths
- Unnamed tropical depressionNorth Atlantic · 2001
- Hurricane HumbertoNorth Atlantic · 2001
- Hurricane IrisNorth Atlantic · 2001
- Tropical Storm JerryNorth Atlantic · 2001
- Hurricane KarenNorth Atlantic · 2001
- Tropical Storm LorenzoNorth Atlantic · 2001
- Hurricane MichelleNorth Atlantic · 2001
- Hurricane NoelNorth Atlantic · 2001
- Hurricane OlgaNorth Atlantic · 2001
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.