The 2001 season

Hurricane Felix (2001)

Hurricane Felix reached Category 3 in the North Atlantic between September 7, 2001 and September 19, 2001, with a lowest pressure of 962 mb.

Radar

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The storm

Basin
North Atlantic
Dates
September 7, 2001 to September 19, 2001
Peak strength
Category 3, 100 kt (115 mph)
Lowest pressure
962 mb (28.41 inHg)
Landfall
No; closest approach 1178 km (732 mi)
Accumulated cyclone energy
15.2
Tropical-storm-force wind reached
200 nmi (370 km, 230 mi) from the center at its widest
Overall size
250 nmi (463 km, 288 mi) to the outermost closed isobar
Fastest the center moved
20 kt (23 mph)
Identifier
AL072001

Deaths and damage

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

Track

Time (UTC)PositionWindPressureStatus
Sep 7, 18:0013.9N 28.4W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Sep 8, 00:0014.4N 29.5W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Sep 8, 06:0014.8N 31.0W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Sep 8, 12:0015.0N 33.0W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Sep 8, 18:0015.0N 35.1W25 kt1009 mbTropical wave
Sep 9, 00:0015.0N 37.0W25 kt1009 mbTropical wave
Sep 9, 06:0015.0N 38.7W25 kt1009 mbTropical wave
Sep 9, 12:0015.0N 40.2W25 kt1009 mbTropical wave
Sep 9, 18:0015.0N 41.7W25 kt1009 mbTropical wave
Sep 10, 00:0015.2N 43.1W25 kt1009 mbTropical wave
Sep 10, 06:0016.0N 43.7W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Sep 10, 12:0016.5N 44.8W30 kt1008 mbTropical depression
Sep 10, 18:0016.9N 45.8W30 kt1007 mbTropical depression
Sep 11, 00:0017.3N 46.8W30 kt1006 mbTropical depression
Sep 11, 06:0017.8N 47.4W30 kt1004 mbTropical depression
Sep 11, 12:0018.6N 47.7W35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 11, 18:0019.4N 48.0W35 kt1003 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 00:0020.2N 48.4W40 kt1000 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 06:0021.0N 48.8W45 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 12:0022.0N 48.9W55 kt994 mbTropical storm
Sep 12, 18:0022.9N 49.0W60 kt993 mbTropical storm
Sep 13, 00:0023.9N 48.9W65 kt987 mbHurricane
Sep 13, 06:0024.8N 48.6W75 kt979 mbHurricane
Sep 13, 12:0025.9N 48.4W85 kt972 mbHurricane
Sep 13, 18:0027.1N 48.0W95 kt966 mbHurricane
Sep 14, 00:0028.2N 47.2W100 kt962 mbHurricane
Sep 14, 06:0029.3N 46.6W100 kt962 mbHurricane
Sep 14, 12:0030.1N 45.5W95 kt966 mbHurricane
Sep 14, 18:0030.9N 44.3W90 kt970 mbHurricane
Sep 15, 00:0031.2N 42.8W90 kt970 mbHurricane
Sep 15, 06:0031.5N 41.4W90 kt970 mbHurricane
Sep 15, 12:0031.7N 39.5W90 kt970 mbHurricane
Sep 15, 18:0032.1N 37.6W85 kt975 mbHurricane
Sep 16, 00:0032.1N 36.0W85 kt975 mbHurricane
Sep 16, 06:0032.6N 34.8W80 kt976 mbHurricane
Sep 16, 12:0033.4N 33.3W75 kt977 mbHurricane
Sep 16, 18:0034.3N 32.4W70 kt979 mbHurricane
Sep 17, 00:0035.1N 32.0W70 kt981 mbHurricane
Sep 17, 06:0035.4N 31.7W65 kt983 mbHurricane
Sep 17, 12:0035.3N 31.5W60 kt985 mbTropical storm
Sep 17, 18:0035.2N 31.8W55 kt990 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 00:0035.0N 32.0W45 kt995 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 06:0034.8N 32.0W40 kt998 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 12:0034.7N 31.9W35 kt1001 mbTropical storm
Sep 18, 18:0034.7N 31.7W30 kt1002 mbTropical depression
Sep 19, 00:0034.6N 31.6W25 kt1002 mbTropical depression

Other North Atlantic storms of 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.