Hurricane Barry was a moderate tropical cyclone that caused minor damage in Florida, Texas, and Mexico in late August 1983.

Developing out of a tropical wave on August 23, Barry quickly strengthened off the coast of Florida, reaching an initial peak intensity with winds of 60 mph (95 km/h).

However, increased wind shear caused the storm to weaken to a tropical depression before making landfall near Melbourne, Florida, the next morning.

The storm had only minor effects in the United States but destroyed hundreds of homes and left over 400 homeless in northern Mexico.

The origins of Hurricane Barry can be traced to a tropical wave which moved off the western coast of Africa on August 13, 1983.

Strong wind shear in the North Atlantic hurricane basin prevented significant development of the system as it traveled towards the west-northwest.

Later that day, the depression quickly strengthened into a tropical storm and was given the name Barry by the National Hurricane Center (NHC).

On August 27, Barry became sufficiently organized to be reclassified as a tropical storm while located in the central Gulf of Mexico.

At 1200 UTC the next day, Barry was upgraded to a hurricane while located about 75 mi (120 km) southeast of Brownsville, Texas.

The hurricane continued to intensify until it made landfall about 35 mi (55 km) south-southeast of Brownsville[2] at peak intensity with winds of 80 mph (130 km/h).

[8] In the Mexican city of Matamoros, located south of Brownsville, Texas, Captain Manuel Leon Lopez warned residents about the approaching hurricane through radio messages.

[13] Following the storm, General Jesus Ponce de Leon Rodriguez went to survey the damage in Tamaulipas along with a medical team.