Sea surface temperatures of 86–88 ☏ (30–31 ☌) allowed the system to gradually organize.

At that time, the low pressure area was experiencing some northerly wind shear, which was expected to decrease. On July 10, the NHC initiated advisories on the system as Potential Tropical Cyclone Two, due to its threat the system posed to the United States. It moved southwestward and curved to the west on the east side of the ridge. On July 9, a broad area of low pressure exited the Florida Panhandle and tracked into the northeastern Gulf of Mexico, accompanied by scattered convection. By July 8, the NHC assessed a high probability of a tropical cyclone developing due to favorable conditions in the Gulf. Over the next few days, the system drifted southeastward towards Georgia, steered by a low- to mid-level ridge to its west. The following day, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) highlighted a low likelihood of tropical cyclogenesis while the disturbance was still centered well-inland over Tennessee, anticipating that the weather system would track into the northern Gulf of Mexico. On July 5, the Climate Prediction Center noted the possibility for this disturbance to interact with a trough of low pressure over the Southeastern United States, eventually triggering the formation of a low pressure area over the Gulf of Mexico. The origins of Barry can be traced to a mesoscale convective vortex – a complex of thunderstorms – that formed over southwestern Kansas on July 2. Damage from Barry was estimated to be about $900 million (2019 USD).Įxtratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression The storm caused two fatalities: one in Florida from rip currents, and one in Connecticut from fallen trees and wires. In parts of the Northeastern United States and Ontario, Canada, severe thunderstorms from Barry's remnants caused an additional 160,000 power outages and spawned a few weak tornadoes. Dozens of water rescues were carried out in Louisiana and Arkansas, where the most significant flooding occurred. Many roads, including Interstate highways, were flooded. The latter value was the highest amount of rainfall recorded in Arkansas related to a tropical cyclone. The storm's large circulation produced heavy rainfall over a large area, reaching 23.43 in (595 mm) near Ragley, Louisiana, and 16.59 in (421 mm) near Dierks, Arkansas. As Barry drifted westward over the Gulf of Mexico, storm surge caused widespread coastal flooding in Alabama, Mississippi, and Alabama. Though Barry only produced hurricane-force winds in a small area of Louisiana, more than 153,000 customers lost power in the state. Several states declared state of emergencies ahead of the storm. Numerous tropical storm watches and warnings were issued for Mississippi and Louisiana ahead of the storm.

īarry was one of four hurricanes to strike Louisiana as a Category 1 hurricane in the month of July, the others being Bob in 1979, Danny in 1997, and Cindy in 2005. The storm's remnants persisted for another few days, while continuing its eastward motion, before being absorbed into another frontal storm to the south of Nova Scotia on July 19. The storm finally degenerated into a remnant low over northern Arkansas on the same day, subsequently opening up into a trough on July 16. Barry quickly weakened after landfall, falling to tropical depression status on July 15. At 15:00 UTC, Barry made its first landfall at Marsh Island, and another landfall in Intracoastal City, Louisiana, both times as a Category 1 hurricane. On July 13, Barry attained its peak intensity as Category 1 hurricane with 1-minute sustained winds of 75 mph (120 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 993 millibars (29.3 inHg). Nevertheless, Barry gradually intensified.

Dry air and wind shear caused most of the convection, or thunderstorms, to be displaced south of the center. Early on July 11, the system developed into a tropical depression, and strengthened into a tropical storm later that day. The system eventually emerged into the Gulf of Mexico from the Florida Panhandle on July 10, whereupon the National Hurricane Center (NHC) designated it as a potential tropical cyclone. The second tropical or subtropical storm and first hurricane of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season, Barry originated as a mesoscale convective vortex over southwestern Kansas on July 2. Hurricane Barry was an asymmetrical Category 1 hurricane that was the wettest tropical cyclone on record in Arkansas and the fourth-wettest in Louisiana. Part of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season

Midwestern United States, Gulf Coast of the United States, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Eastern United States, Eastern Canada Hurricane Barry shortly after making landfall in Louisiana on July 13

Barry hurricane track