Tropical Storm Barry was the second named storm of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season and the second tropical storm to make landfall on the United States mainland. Barry formed on August 2 and moved northward where it reached a peak intensity of 70 mph (105 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 990 millibars before making landfall along the Florida Panhandle on August 6, the storm then crossed over Alabama as a tropical depression and dissipated on the 7th over the eastern Midwest. A strong tropical storm, Barry caused $30 million (2001 USD, $36 million 2008 USD) in damage along the U.S. Gulf Coast and 9 deaths (two of them directly related to the storm). The remnants of the storm then brought heavy rain to the eastern Midwest.
Unlike Tropical Storm Allison a month earlier, Barry's impact on the United States was moderate. The storm left $30 million dollars (2001 USD, $36 million (2008 USD) in damage and because of well executed warnings and rapid forward speed of the storm, there were only six fatalities. Most of the damage was along the Florida Panhandle which took the brunt of the storm. In Alabama, the storm caused minor tree and structural damage and a football game in Birmingham was cancelled. Despite localized flooding, the rain from Barry was beneficial as it affected a prolonged drought in Alabama.