Track map, landfall & timeline · Atlantic · August 14–22, 2001
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
Tropical Storm Chantal (2001) was a tropical storm of the 2001 Atlantic season. It formed on August 14, 2001, reached its peak of 69 mph (111 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 997 mb on August 19, 2001, and made landfall 17 mi NE of San Pedro, Belize on August 21, 2001 as a tropical storm (69 mph). The storm lasted 7.8 days and travelled about 3,760 miles (6,050 km).
02 · Intensity
03 · Impact
| Landfall (UTC) | Where | Strength | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 21, 2001 · 02:00 UTC | 17 mi NE of San Pedro, Belize | TS 69 mph | 999 mb |
| City | Distance to center | When (UTC) | Storm strength then |
|---|---|---|---|
| Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico | 49 mi | Aug 22 · 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
| Date · UTC | Status | Wind | Pressure | Position | Nearest place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14 18:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 12.8°N 37.0°W | open ocean |
| Aug 15 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 12.9°N 39.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 15 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1010 mb | 12.6°N 41.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 15 12:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 12.3°N 43.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 15 18:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 12.3°N 46.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 16 00:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1010 mb | 12.4°N 48.8°W | open ocean |
| Aug 16 06:00 | TD | 35 mph | 1011 mb | 12.4°N 51.3°W | open ocean |
| Aug 16 12:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1012 mb | 12.7°N 53.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 16 18:00 | TD low/wave | 35 mph | 1012 mb | 12.7°N 57.2°W | 165 mi E of Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Aug 17 00:00 | TS low/wave | 40 mph | 1011 mb | 13.1°N 60.6°W | 40 mi E of Calliaqua, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Aug 17 06:00 | TS low/wave | 40 mph | 1011 mb | 13.3°N 62.8°W | 106 mi W of Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
| Aug 17 12:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1010 mb | 13.7°N 64.6°W | 186 mi NNW of Juan Griego, Venezuela |
| Aug 17 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 14.2°N 66.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 18 00:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1004 mb | 14.4°N 68.2°W | 156 mi N of Kralendijk, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba |
| Aug 18 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 1003 mb | 14.6°N 70.4°W | 143 mi N of Noord, Aruba |
| Aug 18 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1006 mb | 14.8°N 72.9°W | open ocean |
| Aug 18 18:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1003 mb | 15.3°N 75.2°W | open ocean |
| Aug 19 00:00 | TS | 63 mph | 1002 mb | 15.3°N 77.2°W | 186 mi S of Portmore, Jamaica |
| Aug 19 06:00 | TS | 69 mph | 997 mb | 15.4°N 78.4°W | open ocean |
| Aug 19 12:00 | TS | 69 mph | 1004 mb | 15.7°N 79.6°W | open ocean |
| Aug 19 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 1005 mb | 16.2°N 81.1°W | open ocean |
| Aug 20 00:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1007 mb | 16.7°N 82.6°W | 141 mi ENE of Brus Laguna, Honduras |
| Aug 20 06:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1008 mb | 17.1°N 84.1°W | 97 mi NNE of Brus Laguna, Honduras |
| Aug 20 12:00 | TS | 58 mph | 1007 mb | 17.5°N 85.6°W | 111 mi NNW of Iriona, Honduras |
| Aug 20 18:00 | TS | 63 mph | 1006 mb | 17.9°N 86.7°W | 83 mi E of San Pedro, Belize |
| Aug 21 00:00 | TS | 69 mph | 1000 mb | 18.1°N 87.7°W | 22 mi NE of San Pedro, Belize |
| Aug 21 02:00 | TS LANDFALL | 69 mph | 999 mb | 18.1°N 87.8°W | 17 mi NE of San Pedro, Belize |
| Aug 21 06:00 | TS | 63 mph | 1000 mb | 18.2°N 88.1°W | 26 mi SSE of Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Aug 21 12:00 | TS | 52 mph | 1002 mb | 18.4°N 88.7°W | 27 mi WSW of Chetumal, Quintana Roo, Mexico |
| Aug 21 18:00 | TS | 40 mph | 1006 mb | 18.6°N 89.5°W | 71 mi WNW of Orange Walk, Belize |
| Aug 22 00:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1007 mb | 18.7°N 90.3°W | 30 mi ENE of Escárcega, Campeche, Mexico |
| Aug 22 06:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1008 mb | 18.4°N 91.2°W | 33 mi WSW of Escárcega, Campeche, Mexico |
| Aug 22 12:00 | TD | 29 mph | 1009 mb | 17.9°N 92.2°W | 22 mi ENE of Benito Juárez, Tabasco, Mexico |
⬇ Download track data (CSV) · public-domain NOAA best track
Questions
Chantal made landfall once: 17 mi NE of San Pedro, Belize on August 21, 2001 at 02:00 UTC, as a tropical storm with 69 mph winds.
At its peak on August 19, 2001, Chantal was a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 69 mph (111 km/h) and a central pressure of 997 mb. At its first landfall it was a tropical storm.
7.8 days, from August 14, 2001 to August 22, 2001. It travelled about 3,760 miles.
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.
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