fourth tropical depression second hurricane named storm inactive atlantic hurricane season developing tropical wave august barry quickly strengthened coast florida reaching initial peak intensity winds mph increased wind shear caused storm weaken tropical depression making landfall near melbourne florida morning traveling west storm hurricane august storm landfall northern mexican coastline later day peak intensity rapid weakening followed shortly storm dissipated day storm minor effects united_states destroyed hundreds homes left homeless northern mexico despite damage reports fatalities injuries meteorological history origins hurricane barry traced tropical wave moved western coast africa august strong wind shear north_atlantic hurricane basin prevented significant development system traveled west northwest little convection associated disturbance result shear approaching bahamas august upper level trough moved away system led decrease wind shear disturbance entered environment spawned area low pressure intensified august low sufficiently organized declared tropical depression later day depression quickly strengthened tropical storm given barry national_hurricane_center nhc hours tropical storm barry reached initial peak intensity winds mph barry began westerly course central florida wind shear began increase causing system weaken nhc downgraded storm tropical depression august barry landfall near melbourne florida morning winds mph crossing florida depression traveled west southwest strong upper level flow august barry sufficiently organized reclassified tropical storm located central gulf mexico strengthening result decreased wind shear favorable conditions gulf storm continued better organized traveled nearly west mexico utc day barry upgraded hurricane located southeast texas hurricane continued intensify landfall south southeast peak intensity winds mph storm quickly weakened landfall dissipated day northern mexico preparations united_states watches warnings issued florida texas coastlines result barry gale warning florida savannah georgia august utc warning discontinued savannah day gale warning issued texas texas august upgraded hurricane warning barry strengthened hours later extended warning discontinued late august people evacuated preparation hurricane barry thousand people evacuated beaches august barry approached estimated people took refuge shelters set people fled schools temporary shelters additional residents evacuated shelters opened offshore oil platforms evacuated gulf_of_mexico mexico mexican city located south texas captain warned residents approaching hurricane radio messages people seen leaving coastal villages heading inland mexican officials raised alert level stage threat barry impact aftermath united_states rainfall reported inches orlando area miami area peak rainfall florida roads poor drainage florida flooded area received rain barry affected launch space shuttle challenger mission scheduled august nasa time return shuttle hangar time storm shuttle ride storm launch pad rainfall reported texas barry inch san_antonio texas coast beach erosion caused waves feet higher normal winds excess mph south coast possible tornado knocked power lines leaving estimated people power mexico casualties reported barry fishing boats sunk mexico homes destroyed rainfall hurricane considered relief drought conditions parts northern mexico storm surge feet recorded mexican fishing villages people homeless major loss nets people left homeless town homes sustained damage destroyed person injured storm broken window hit child following storm general jesus rodriguez went survey damage medical team
Hurricane Barry (1983)