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
Reflectivity now over Hurricane Felix. Open it to see storms, cones and warnings on the map.























Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
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) | Position | Wind | Pressure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 18:00 | 13.9N 28.4W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 8, 00:00 | 14.4N 29.5W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 8, 06:00 | 14.8N 31.0W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 8, 12:00 | 15.0N 33.0W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 8, 18:00 | 15.0N 35.1W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical wave |
| Sep 9, 00:00 | 15.0N 37.0W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical wave |
| Sep 9, 06:00 | 15.0N 38.7W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical wave |
| Sep 9, 12:00 | 15.0N 40.2W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical wave |
| Sep 9, 18:00 | 15.0N 41.7W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical wave |
| Sep 10, 00:00 | 15.2N 43.1W | 25 kt | 1009 mb | Tropical wave |
| Sep 10, 06:00 | 16.0N 43.7W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 10, 12:00 | 16.5N 44.8W | 30 kt | 1008 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 10, 18:00 | 16.9N 45.8W | 30 kt | 1007 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 11, 00:00 | 17.3N 46.8W | 30 kt | 1006 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 11, 06:00 | 17.8N 47.4W | 30 kt | 1004 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 11, 12:00 | 18.6N 47.7W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 11, 18:00 | 19.4N 48.0W | 35 kt | 1003 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 00:00 | 20.2N 48.4W | 40 kt | 1000 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 06:00 | 21.0N 48.8W | 45 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 12:00 | 22.0N 48.9W | 55 kt | 994 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 12, 18:00 | 22.9N 49.0W | 60 kt | 993 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 13, 00:00 | 23.9N 48.9W | 65 kt | 987 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 13, 06:00 | 24.8N 48.6W | 75 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 13, 12:00 | 25.9N 48.4W | 85 kt | 972 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 13, 18:00 | 27.1N 48.0W | 95 kt | 966 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 14, 00:00 | 28.2N 47.2W | 100 kt | 962 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 14, 06:00 | 29.3N 46.6W | 100 kt | 962 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 14, 12:00 | 30.1N 45.5W | 95 kt | 966 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 14, 18:00 | 30.9N 44.3W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 15, 00:00 | 31.2N 42.8W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 15, 06:00 | 31.5N 41.4W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 15, 12:00 | 31.7N 39.5W | 90 kt | 970 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 15, 18:00 | 32.1N 37.6W | 85 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 16, 00:00 | 32.1N 36.0W | 85 kt | 975 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 16, 06:00 | 32.6N 34.8W | 80 kt | 976 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 16, 12:00 | 33.4N 33.3W | 75 kt | 977 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 16, 18:00 | 34.3N 32.4W | 70 kt | 979 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 17, 00:00 | 35.1N 32.0W | 70 kt | 981 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 17, 06:00 | 35.4N 31.7W | 65 kt | 983 mb | Hurricane |
| Sep 17, 12:00 | 35.3N 31.5W | 60 kt | 985 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 17, 18:00 | 35.2N 31.8W | 55 kt | 990 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 00:00 | 35.0N 32.0W | 45 kt | 995 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 06:00 | 34.8N 32.0W | 40 kt | 998 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 12:00 | 34.7N 31.9W | 35 kt | 1001 mb | Tropical storm |
| Sep 18, 18:00 | 34.7N 31.7W | 30 kt | 1002 mb | Tropical depression |
| Sep 19, 00:00 | 34.6N 31.6W | 25 kt | 1002 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 ChantalNorth Atlantic · 2001
- Tropical Storm DeanNorth Atlantic · 2001
- Hurricane ErinNorth 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.