Tropical Storm Barry

Landfall | Summary
Posting Date: August 6, 2001, 8:00:00 AM

Monday, August 6, 2001, 12:00 p.m., EDT As of 5:00 a.m., EDT, Monday, August 6, 2001, Tropical Storm Barry is located south west of Andalusia, Alabama, moving north-northwest at about 9 miles per hour. Maximum sustained winds towards the storm center are close to 65 miles per hour with higher gusts. The National Weather Service expects continued weakening of the storm as it progresses over land. Barry made landfall at about 2:00 a.m. EDT near Destin, Florida, on the border of Okaloosa and Walton counties. Intensification to hurricane status did not occur as several models had suggested, primarily because the storm picked up speed during the last 24 hours and therefore spent less time over the warm ocean water that is its source of energy. Using the most recent information about the meteorological parameters of this storm, the AIR tropical cyclone modeling team has run new simulations representing a variety of assumptions about the storm’s future track. The resulting range of scenarios and loss estimates are made on the basis of Barry’s actual landfall location and intensity at the time of landfall. All clients can now view wind speed and loss maps on the Scenarios page of this web site. In addition, event sets representing the full range of simulated scenarios are available for download. This will be the final posting on Tropical Storm Barry.

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Posting Date: August 6, 2001, 8:00:00 AM