Tropical Storm Allison (2001)

Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · June 5–19, 2001

Peak wind

58 mph

93 km/h · Jun 5

Peak category

Lowest pressure

1000 mb

Landfalls

Texas · Louisiana

Lifetime

13.5 d

Jun 5 – Jun 19

Distance

2,853 mi

4,591 km

ACE

1.3

storm energy

Deaths

per Wikidata

Damage

$9.0 B

nominal USD

TD TS Cat 1 2 3 4 5 · dashed = post-tropical / remnant low. Click any point or table row to jump there.

01 · The story

What happened with Allison

Tropical Storm Allison (2001) was a tropical storm of the 2001 Atlantic season. It formed on June 5, 2001, 109 mi SSE of Lake Jackson, Texas, reached its peak of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 1000 mb on June 5, 2001, and made landfall 2 times — first near Freeport, Texas on June 5, 2001 as a tropical storm (52 mph). Later landfalls: 15 mi SSW of Franklin, Louisiana on June 11, 2001 as a tropical depression (35 mph). The storm lasted 13.5 days and travelled about 2,853 miles (4,591 km). According to Wikidata, it caused 52 deaths and about $9.0 billion in damage (nominal USD).

02 · Intensity

Wind and pressure, hour by hour

Maximum sustained wind (mph) — hover or drag to scrub the map

03 · Impact

Landfalls and cities in the path

Landfall (UTC)	Where	Strength	Pressure
June 5, 2001 · 21:00 UTC	near Freeport, Texas	TS 52 mph	1003 mb
June 11, 2001 · 02:00 UTC	15 mi SSW of Franklin, Louisiana	TD 35 mph	1004 mb

Closest approach to major cities

City	Distance to center	When (UTC)	Storm strength then
Houston, Texas	direct hit	Jun 6 · 03:00 UTC	TS 43 mph
Cypress, Texas	13 mi	Jun 9 · 00:00 UTC	TD 23 mph
Baton Rouge, Louisiana	45 mi	Jun 11 · 05:00 UTC	TD 39 mph
New Orleans, Louisiana	18 mi	Jun 11 · 07:00 UTC	TS 41 mph
Montgomery, Alabama	41 mi	Jun 12 · 06:00 UTC	TD 23 mph
Columbus, Georgia	12 mi	Jun 12 · 11:00 UTC	TD 23 mph
Fayetteville, North Carolina	56 mi	Jun 14 · 01:00 UTC	TD 29 mph
Norfolk, Virginia	16 mi	Jun 16 · 08:00 UTC	TD 29 mph
Chesapeake, Virginia	14 mi	Jun 16 · 08:00 UTC	TD 29 mph
Virginia Beach, Virginia	direct hit	Jun 16 · 12:00 UTC	TD 29 mph

Distance from the city to the storm’s center, interpolated hourly between official fixes. Damaging winds, surge and rain reach far beyond the center.

04 · Timeline

Every official fix 57 positions

Date · UTC	Status	Wind	Pressure	Position	Nearest place
Jun 5 12:00	TS	46 mph	1007 mb	27.5°N 95.0°W	103 mi SSE of Freeport, Texas
Jun 5 18:00	TS	58 mph	1002 mb	28.5°N 95.3°W	32 mi S of Freeport, Texas
Jun 5 21:00	TS LANDFALL	52 mph	1003 mb	28.9°N 95.3°W	near Freeport, Texas
Jun 6 00:00	TS	52 mph	1003 mb	29.3°N 95.3°W	near Alvin, Texas
Jun 6 06:00	TD	35 mph	1006 mb	30.1°N 95.2°W	near New Caney, Texas
Jun 6 12:00	TD	23 mph	1005 mb	31.0°N 95.2°W	28 mi NE of Huntsville, Texas
Jun 6 18:00	TD	23 mph	1005 mb	31.5°N 95.0°W	19 mi NW of Lufkin, Texas
Jun 7 00:00	TD	23 mph	1005 mb	31.6°N 95.0°W	20 mi W of Nacogdoches, Texas
Jun 7 06:00	TD	23 mph	1006 mb	31.8°N 94.9°W	20 mi NW of Nacogdoches, Texas
Jun 7 12:00	TD	23 mph	1006 mb	31.4°N 94.9°W	11 mi WNW of Lufkin, Texas
Jun 7 18:00	TD	17 mph	1007 mb	31.1°N 95.0°W	23 mi SW of Lufkin, Texas
Jun 8 00:00	TD	17 mph	1002 mb	30.9°N 95.6°W	13 mi NNW of Huntsville, Texas
Jun 8 06:00	TD	23 mph	1004 mb	30.7°N 96.1°W	15 mi ENE of College Station, Texas
Jun 8 12:00	TD	23 mph	1007 mb	30.4°N 96.2°W	18 mi SSE of College Station, Texas
Jun 8 18:00	TD	23 mph	1007 mb	30.2°N 96.1°W	18 mi E of Brenham, Texas
Jun 9 00:00	TD	23 mph	1007 mb	29.9°N 95.9°W	13 mi WSW of Cypress, Texas
Jun 9 06:00	TD	23 mph	1007 mb	29.6°N 95.8°W	near Rosenberg, Texas
Jun 9 12:00	TD	23 mph	1007 mb	29.3°N 95.8°W	18 mi S of Rosenberg, Texas
Jun 9 18:00	TD	23 mph	1008 mb	28.9°N 95.6°W	14 mi SW of Lake Jackson, Texas
Jun 10 00:00	TD	23 mph	1008 mb	28.6°N 95.2°W	26 mi SSE of Freeport, Texas
Jun 10 06:00	TD	29 mph	1007 mb	28.6°N 94.7°W	49 mi S of Galveston, Texas
Jun 10 12:00	TD	29 mph	1006 mb	28.7°N 94.3°W	51 mi SE of Galveston, Texas
Jun 10 18:00	TD	35 mph	1006 mb	28.8°N 93.5°W	80 mi SSE of Port Arthur, Texas
Jun 11 00:00	TD	35 mph	1005 mb	29.1°N 92.3°W	61 mi S of Abbeville, Louisiana
Jun 11 02:00	TD LANDFALL	35 mph	1004 mb	29.6°N 91.6°W	25 mi WSW of Morgan City, Louisiana
Jun 11 06:00	TS	40 mph	1003 mb	30.0°N 90.5°W	near Laplace, Louisiana
Jun 11 12:00	TS	46 mph	1000 mb	30.7°N 89.4°W	16 mi ENE of Carriere, Mississippi
Jun 11 18:00	TS	40 mph	1002 mb	31.0°N 88.4°W	30 mi NW of Mobile, Alabama
Jun 12 00:00	TD	29 mph	1004 mb	31.3°N 87.4°W	20 mi NNE of Atmore, Alabama
Jun 12 06:00	TD	23 mph	1005 mb	31.8°N 86.1°W	near Troy, Alabama
Jun 12 12:00	TD	23 mph	1006 mb	32.4°N 84.7°W	near Cusseta, Georgia
Jun 12 18:00	TD	23 mph	1006 mb	32.8°N 83.6°W	near Macon, Georgia
Jun 13 00:00	TD	23 mph	1006 mb	33.1°N 82.6°W	34 mi SW of Grovetown, Georgia
Jun 13 06:00	TD	29 mph	1004 mb	33.4°N 81.6°W	13 mi SSE of Aiken, South Carolina
Jun 13 12:00	TD	29 mph	1005 mb	33.7°N 80.7°W	17 mi NNE of Orangeburg, South Carolina
Jun 13 18:00	TD	29 mph	1006 mb	34.0°N 79.6°W	16 mi SE of Florence, South Carolina
Jun 14 00:00	TD	29 mph	1006 mb	34.3°N 78.5°W	26 mi W of Leland, North Carolina
Jun 14 06:00	TD	29 mph	1006 mb	34.6°N 77.9°W	25 mi N of Wilmington, North Carolina
Jun 14 12:00	TD	29 mph	1007 mb	34.7°N 77.7°W	16 mi WSW of Jacksonville, North Carolina
Jun 14 18:00	TD	29 mph	1008 mb	34.6°N 77.6°W	14 mi SW of Jacksonville, North Carolina
Jun 15 00:00	TD	29 mph	1008 mb	34.6°N 77.2°W	11 mi SE of Piney Green, North Carolina
Jun 15 06:00	TD	29 mph	1008 mb	34.9°N 77.0°W	near Havelock, North Carolina
Jun 15 12:00	TD	29 mph	1008 mb	35.5°N 76.9°W	27 mi ESE of Greenville, North Carolina
Jun 15 18:00	TD	29 mph	1009 mb	35.9°N 76.8°W	37 mi ENE of Greenville, North Carolina
Jun 16 00:00	TD	29 mph	1007 mb	36.3°N 76.6°W	19 mi W of Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Jun 16 06:00	TD	29 mph	1007 mb	36.6°N 76.2°W	16 mi SSE of Chesapeake, Virginia
Jun 16 12:00	TD	29 mph	1007 mb	36.8°N 75.9°W	near Virginia Beach, Virginia
Jun 16 18:00	TD	29 mph	1006 mb	37.2°N 75.5°W	36 mi NE of Virginia Beach, Virginia
Jun 17 00:00	TD	29 mph	1006 mb	37.8°N 75.4°W	40 mi SSE of Salisbury, Maryland
Jun 17 06:00	TD	35 mph	1005 mb	38.6°N 74.5°W	38 mi ENE of Ocean Pines, Maryland
Jun 17 12:00	TS	46 mph	1004 mb	39.3°N 73.4°W	55 mi E of Atlantic City, New Jersey
Jun 17 18:00	TS	40 mph	1005 mb	40.0°N 72.1°W	64 mi SSE of Hampton Bays, New York
Jun 18 00:00	TD extratropical	35 mph	1006 mb	40.6°N 70.8°W	67 mi SSE of Newport, Rhode Island
Jun 18 06:00	TD extratropical	35 mph	1008 mb	41.3°N 69.4°W	44 mi SE of Harwich, Massachusetts
Jun 18 12:00	TD extratropical	35 mph	1009 mb	42.0°N 67.4°W	139 mi E of Harwich, Massachusetts
Jun 18 18:00	TD extratropical	29 mph	1011 mb	42.7°N 64.6°W	144 mi SSW of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Jun 19 00:00	TD extratropical	23 mph	1012 mb	43.5°N 61.0°W	150 mi ESE of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track

Questions

Frequently asked questions

When and where did Allison make landfall?

Allison made landfall 2 times: near Freeport, Texas on June 5, 2001 at 21:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 52 mph winds; 15 mi SSW of Franklin, Louisiana on June 11, 2001 at 02:00 UTC, as a tropical depression with 35 mph winds.

What category was Allison?

At its peak on June 5, 2001, Allison was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 58 mph (93 km/h) and a central pressure of 1000 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.

How long did Allison last?

13.5 days, from June 5, 2001 to June 19, 2001. It travelled about 2,853 miles.

How many people died in Allison?

Wikidata records 52 deaths for Tropical Storm Allison. Casualty figures for tropical cyclones vary between sources; see the linked encyclopedia article for context.

Where can I download the track data for Allison?

The 6-hourly positions, winds, pressure and wind radii are available as CSV on this page (track.csv) — they come from the NOAA National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database and are in the public domain.

Related storms

Keep exploring

Every storm named Allison

Year	Storm	Peak	Landfall
1989	Tropical Storm Allison Atlantic	TS 52 mph	Texas	→
1995	Hurricane Allison Atlantic	Cat 1 75 mph	Florida	→
2001	Tropical Storm Allison · this page Atlantic	TS 58 mph	Texas, Louisiana

Names are recycled every six years unless a storm is so deadly or costly that the name is retired.

Strongest storms of 2001

Year	Storm	Peak	Landfall
2001	Hurricane Iris Atlantic	Cat 4 144 mph	Belize	→
2001	Hurricane Adolph Eastern Pacific	Cat 4 144 mph	—	→
2001	Hurricane Juliette Eastern Pacific	Cat 4 144 mph	Baja California Sur, Mexico	→
2001	Hurricane Michelle Atlantic	Cat 4 138 mph	Isla de la Juventud, Cuba, Matanzas Province, Cuba	→
2001	Hurricane Erin Atlantic	Cat 3 121 mph	—	→
2001	Hurricane Felix Atlantic	Cat 3 115 mph	—	→
2001	Hurricane Humberto Atlantic	Cat 2 104 mph	—	→
2001	Hurricane Flossie Eastern Pacific	Cat 2 104 mph	—	→

See every 2001 storm on one map →

Background reading: Tropical Storm Allison on Wikipedia.

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