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Tropical Storm Allison 2001

Tropical storm · Atlantic · June 5 to June 17, 2001

Allison's 50 mph landfall in Texas on June 5, 2001 ranks tied for the 73rd-strongest of the 95 storms with a landfall record there. With a peak of 60 mph, it ranked the 13th-strongest of the 17 storms of the 2001 season. It produced 1% of the season's accumulated cyclone energy. The name Allison is on the National Hurricane Center's list of retired Atlantic hurricane names.

Track of Allison (2001) from the best-track record, coloured by strength30°N40°N90°W80°W70°WVirginia BeachTexas, 50 mphLouisiana, 35 mphPeak 60 mphFirst recordNot tropicalDepressionTropical storm00 and 12 UTCLandfall

Strength over time

Maximum sustained wind of Allison (2001) over time, in mphTSCat 104080Jun 6Jun 8Jun 10Jun 12Jun 14Jun 16Jun 18mph
  1. First record (tropical storm) 105 miles south-southeast of Freeport, Texas
  2. Peak 30 miles south of Freeport, Texas; lowest pressure 1000 mb
  3. Landfall Texas
  4. Landfall Louisiana: depression, 35 mph, 1004 mb
  5. No longer tropical (extratropical low) 65 miles south-southeast of Newport, Rhode Island
  6. Last record 150 miles east-southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Against every Atlantic storm since 1851

Peak sustained wind60 mph · tied 1225th of 1,98830 mph190 mph
Lowest central pressure1000 mb · tied 916th of 1,277882 mb1016 mb
Accumulated cyclone energy0.6 · tied 1645th of 1,7520.173.6
Days as a tropical or subtropical cyclone12.2 days · tied 123rd of 1,9880.0 days31.8 days

In the 2001 season

04080120160Allison

Storm 1 of 17 in 2001; it formed before Storm 2 of 2001. See the season.

Places the center passed

The center came within 50 miles of at least 8 towns or cities of 10,000 people or more while the system was tropical. Distances are to the interpolated track line, not the storm's edge.

PlaceClosestWind thenDate
Freeport, Texas3 mi50 mphJune 5
Macon, Georgia4 mi25 mphJune 12
Virginia Beach, Virginia6 mi30 mphJune 16
Houston, Texas6 mi40 mphJune 6
Pasadena, Texas6 mi45 mphJune 6
Sumter, South Carolina8 mi30 mphJune 13
Orangeburg, South Carolina10 mi30 mphJune 13
Slidell, Louisiana10 mi45 mphJune 11

Every storm within 50 miles of Houston, Texas

Similar landfalls in Texas

Storms whose strongest landfall record in Texas came closest to Allison's 50 mph:

  • Beta (2020)50 mph, September 22, 2020
  • Frances (1998)50 mph, September 11, 1998
  • Storm 2 of 190150 mph, July 10, 1901
  • Harold (2023)60 mph, August 22, 2023

All 95 storms with a landfall record in Texas

Also peaked at 60 mph

Of 215 storms from other Atlantic seasons, the nearest in time:

  • Nadine (2000)999 mb, no landfall record
  • Arthur (2002)997 mb, no landfall record
  • Dolly (2002)997 mb, no landfall record
  • Fay (2002)998 mb, landfall in Texas