Hurricane Felix was the sixth named storm, second hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season. Felix formed on September 7 from a tropical wave. The depression that spawned Felix degenerated into a tropical wave on September 8. By September 10, it regenerated, strengthened into a tropical storm, then to a hurricane as it moved northeast and out to sea. Felix peaked as a 115 mph Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale with a pressure of 962 mb. Felix dissipated on September 19. Felix caused no damage and no deaths.