2001 Atlantic hurricane season

**2001 Atlantic hurricane season**
 **Total damage** | $11.41 Billion (2001 USD)

The 2001 Atlantic hurricane season was an active season, and featured a total of 17 tropical cyclones, 15 named storms, 9 hurricanes, and 4 major hurricanes. The two most notable storms were Allison and Michelle. Allison, the costliest and deadliest storm of the season, stalled near the Gulf Coast, dumping tremendous amounts of rain, causing 55 deaths, and $9 Billion 2001 USD in damage. Michelle, the strongest storm of the season, struck Cuba as a Category 3, causing $2 Billion 2001 USD in damage.

## Storms

### Tropical Storm Allison

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Tropical Storm Allison developed over the northwestern Gulf of Mexico and moved inland over the upper Texas coast, producing extremely heavy rainfall and catastrophic floods in the Houston area. Allison then acquired subtropical characteristics and continued to produce heavy rainfall and flooding near its track from Louisiana eastward to North Carolina, and then northward along the U.S. east coast to Massachusetts.

### Tropical Depression Two

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### Tropical Storm Barry

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Barry was a strong tropical storm that caused minor damage in the western Florida Panhandle.

### Tropical Storm Chantal

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Poorly-organized for most of its life cycle, Chantal was a tropical storm that made landfall near the Mexico-Belize border. Development was hindered by a strong low- to mid-level easterly flow that contributed to a rapid translation speed and persistent westerly shear.

### Tropical Storm Dean

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Dean developed over the Virgin Islands and produced heavy rains in Puerto Rico.

### Hurricane Erin

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Erin was the third of a series of four “interrupted track” tropical cyclones during the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season. After re-forming, it strengthened to a category three hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, just to the east of Bermuda.

### Hurricane Felix

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Felix was the second major hurricane (category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale) of the season. It remained over the open waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean, but briefly threatened the Azores Islands.

### Hurricane Gabrielle

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Gabrielle made landfall on the Florida west coast as a tropical storm with 60-knot sustained winds and then became a category one hurricane (on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale) as it moved across the northwest Atlantic Ocean. It produced major river floods over west-central Florida and at the lower St. Johns River and also caused heavy rain over southeastern Newfoundland.

### Tropical Depression Nine

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### Hurricane Humberto

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Humberto was a category 2 hurricane (on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale) that passed about 120 n mi to the west of Bermuda.

### Hurricane Iris

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Hurricane Iris was a small but severe Category Four hurricane that devastated southern Belize.

### Tropical Storm Jerry

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Jerry was a poorly-organized, short-lived tropical storm that passed through the Windward Islands with minimal impact.

### Hurricane Karen

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Karen was a category 1 hurricane that originated from a baroclinic system. The cyclone passed just south of Bermuda as a powerful extratropical low and subtropical storm, and produced hurricane force wind gusts and widespread damage on the island. Karen later made landfall on Nova Scotia as a weak tropical storm.

### Tropical Storm Lorenzo

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Lorenzo was a short-lived tropical storm with winds to 35 knots over the central north Atlantic Ocean.

### Hurricane Michelle

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Michelle was a late-season Category 4 hurricane. It was the strongest hurricane to hit Cuba since 1952, and it left a trail of death and destruction from Central America to the Bahamas.

### Hurricane Noel

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Hurricane Noel was a short-lived hurricane of subtropical origin.

### Hurricane Olga

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Tenacious late season Hurricane Olga roamed over the Atlantic Ocean for about a week.

## Storm names

* Barry
* Chantal
* Dean
* Erin
* Felix
* Gabrielle
* Iris
* Jerry
* Karen
* Lorenzo
* Michelle
* Noel
* Pablo *(unused)*
* Rebekah *(unused)*
* Sebastien *(unused)*
* Tanya *(unused)*
* Van *(unused)*
* Wendy *(unused)*

### Retirement

In Spring 2002, it was announced the World Meteorological Organization had retired the names, Allison, Iris, and Michelle for the damage and deaths caused by the storms. They were replaced with Andrea, Ingrid, and Melissa for the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season.

## References

1. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL012001\_Allison.pdf
2. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL032001\_Barry.pdf
3. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL042001\_Chantal.pdf
4. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL052001\_Dean.pdf
5. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL062001\_Erin.pdf
6. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL072001\_Felix.pdf
7. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL082001\_Gabrielle.pdf
8. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL102001\_Humberto.pdf
9. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL112001\_Iris.pdf
10. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL122001\_Jerry.pdf
11. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL132001\_Karen.pdf
12. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL142001\_Lorenzo.pdf
13. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL152001\_Michelle.pdf
14. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL162001\_Noel.pdf
15. ↑ http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL172001\_Olga.pdf