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NHC AL012001 · Atlantic basin

Tropical Storm Allison (2001)

June 5, 2001 – June 19, 2001

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated

Tropical Storm Allison peaked at Tropical storm with 58 mph sustained winds and passed within 75 miles of 386 US cities, 0 of them while still at hurricane strength.

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Allison in the record

HURDAT2 tracks Allison from June 5, 2001 to June 19, 2001; its peak was 58 mph (tropical storm). HURDAT2 marks 2 landfalls within 50 miles of a US city on this site, the first on June 5 at 52 mph (tropical storm), 6 miles from Freeport, TX. Its centre passed within 75 miles of 386 US cities, in 7 states, most in Louisiana (104) and Texas (82). The strongest pass was 54 mph (tropical storm) 56 miles from Palacios, TX; the centre came closest to Picayune, MS, less than a mile away.

Peak strength
Tropical storm

58 mph

Cities within 75 mi
386
At hurricane strength
0

when closest

States
7
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Cities Allison passed near, strongest first

Texas (82)

and 22 more

New Jersey (60)

Mississippi (58)

Louisiana (104)

and 44 more

Alabama (39)

New York (39)

Florida (4)

Other storms of the 2001 season

  • BarryTropical storm · 78 cities
  • DeanTropical storm · 58 cities
  • GabrielleCategory 1 · 206 cities

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About this record

The track is the National Hurricane Center's best-track record, revised after the season with every observation available. Strength at a city is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, not the wind that city measured.