Tropical Storm Barry was atropical cyclone that grew quickly. It made landfall onFlorida in early June 2007.

It was the second Atlantic named storm of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. Barry formed in the Gulf of Mexico. It moved toward the northeast, and reached top wind speeds of 60 mph (95 km/h). It then weakened and made landfall near Tampa Bay,Florida. Barry quickly weakened after wind shear blew away most of the thunderstorms. Barry moved up theEast Coast of the United States and by June 5, it was taken over by a bigger storm. Rain from Barry in the province of Pinar del Ro, Cuba, hurt three people and damaged 55 houses. In Florida, Barry caused heavy rain in an area that had been indrought. Flooding and wet roads killed two people in traffic accidents. Rough seas killed one surfer in Pinellas County, Florida. In Florida and Georgia, the rain helped firefighters fight bad wildfires. Damage from the storm was minor. On May 29, a weather system in the Yucatn Peninsula created a small area ofthunderstorms over [2] the Yucatn Channel. The thunderstorms got stronger near the weather system. By May 30, clouds [3] from the area reached from Nicaragua to the southeastern Gulf of Mexico. Another weather system, called a tropical wave, created a storm on May 30. The next day, a cyclone formed inside the system. [4] [5] The storm moved towards the north-northeast, and slowly gained strength. More thunderstorms [4] formed near the center, and the system became a tropical depression. A tropical depression is a type of storm. The depression developed an area of squalls (sudden, violent storms with wind and rain). A Hurricane [6] Hunters airplane flew into the area to collect information about the cyclone. At the beginning, the tropical depression looked to be both a tropical and subtropical cyclone. On June 1, the National Hurricane Center named the storm Tropical Storm Barry. Barry was now 235 miles (375 km) to the west of Key [7] [7] West, Florida. Barry moved quickly towards the north. On June 2, it reached its strongest with winds of [4] 60 mph (95 km/h). After Barry reached its highest strength, strong wind shear removed most of the thunderstorms from the [8] tropical cyclone. The center of the system then increased in length, and it began to weaken. At 1400 UTC on June 2, Barry made landfall near Tampa, Florida while it was at tropical depression [9] status. As Barry moved inland, it weakened more. Later that day, the National Hurricane Center said [10] that Barry had died out over northeastern Florida. What was left of Barry continued to move northeast. [11] On June 3, it moved onto shore again, this time in South Carolina. Late on June 4, the extratropical [12] system entered New England. Late on June 5, what was left of the cyclone was taken over by a larger [4] weather system, near the border of the U.S. state of Maine and the Canadian province ofQuebec. [change]Preparations

A map showing the rain from Barry

When Barry was named as a tropical storm, the National Hurricane Center sent out atropical storm warning for the west coast of Florida from Bonita Beach through Keaton Beach. Also, a tropical storm [13] watch was issued from Keaton Beach, northward to Saint Marks. An inland tropical storm warning was also sent out for inland parts of Charlotte,Citrus, DeSoto, Hardee, Hernando, Highlands, Lee, Levy, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk,Sa

rasota, and Sumter counties. The storm increased the risk of rip currents, so officials told swimmers to [14] stay out of the water until the storm left the area. A tornado watch was sent out for the southern part of [15] the state, but it was removed after the storm lost strength. After becoming an extratropical cyclone, National Weather Service offices sent out floodwatches for parts [11] of: South Carolina, eastern North Carolina, southeastern Virginia, and southeastern Maryland. Flood [16] watches were also sent out for: southeast Pennsylvania, northern Delaware, northern New Jersey, [17] east-central New York, southern New England. A wind advisory was sent out for parts of Georgia. [change]Impact [change]Florida Barry caused heavy rain in Florida, the most rain being 6.99 inches (178 mm) at Palm Beach International [11] Airport. Other areas reported over 3 inches (75 mm) of rain. The rain helped to get rid [15] [18] of drought conditions. It also helped in fighting bad wildfires across the state. In Brevard County, the rain caused a large sinkhole, a hole in the ground, to open in the middle of a road. Other roads were [19] [20] flooded. On Interstate 95, near Lake Worth, another sinkhole closed two lanes of traffic. Wet roads caused many traffic accidents in the state. In Brevard and Volusia counties, drivers were killed in traffic [21] accidents. On Interstate 4, a tractor trailer crashed into a guardrail because of the weather. The storm caused stormy seas along the coastline of Florida, with a storm surge of 4.78 feet (1.46 m) at Clearwater Beach. The waves caused minor beach erosion. The high surge also caused minor flooding [22][23] on many roads near Tampa Bay. At Indian Shores, a woman died after being injured by the high [22] seas. Barry caused high winds in Florida, which reached 47 mph (76 km/h), near the southeastern coastline of [24] [25] the state. The winds knocked down trees and caused power failures. In Carrolwood, one person was [22] injured when a tree crashed onto their house. The storm created at least two tornadoes, including some that damaged fences and power lines. One possible tornado in Goulds, Florida left about [15] 2,000 people without power. [change]Rest

of the country
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Rainfall totals by state Location West Palm Beach, Florida Mount Vernon, Georgia

inch 6.99 8.00

mm 178 203 156 94.7 95.3 43.2

Near Hardeeville, South Carolina 6.12 Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina Pennington Gap, Virginia Frostburg, Maryland 3.73 3.75 1.70

Rainfall totals by state Location Dover, Delaware Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Absecon, New Jersey Central Park, New York Berlin, Connecticut Taunton, Massachusetts Burrillville, Rhode Island Newmarket, New Hampshire Saco, Maine

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inch 1.54 1.66 4.50 3.91 2.90 3.19 3.10 2.75 2.64

mm 39.1 42.2 114 99.3 73.7 81.0 78.7 69.9 67.1

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The storm also caused heavy rain in Georgia of up to 8 inches (203 mm). The rain helped put out [27] wildfires. It also caused some minor flooding, and inSavannah, there were a few minor car [28] [29] accidents. Winds blew down some trees and power lines. Heavy rain from the storm moved across [16] [30] much of the East Coast of the United States. High winds also occurred in South Carolina. The remains of Barry caused strong winds alone the Atlantic coast. They reached 60 mph (97 km/h) [11] [31] near Charleston, South Carolina. Around 200 houses inCraven County, North Carolina lost power. In southeastern Virginia, the storm caused over 60 traffic accidents. Ten people were injured in [32] them. High seas offCape Fear left a sailboat with three people needing rescue from the Coast [33] Guard. Rain went north into the Mid-Atlantic States and New England, with 4.50 inches (113 mm) at Absecon, New Jersey, 3.91 inches (99 mm) near Central Park, New York, and 3.19 inches (81 mm) at Taunton, [26] Massachusetts. Several roads and driveways were damaged by flooding in the Finger Lakes region of [34] New York State. Flash floods were seen in southeast New York, and high wind gusts caused some [35] damage to trees. In New Jersey, winds pushing over land caused high tides and minor coastal [36] flooding.

Flooding from Barry