data also showed that the storm was gaining tropical characteristics and was given the name Dean on the afternoon of September 27. Dean's winds peaked at on September 28 as it headed northward. Dean's circulation turned to the northwest on September 29 then made landfall in the Delmarva Peninsula and dissipated over land on September 30. Gale warnings were from North Carolina to Rhode Island in association with Dean. Dean produced rainfall spreading from the North Carolina/Virginia border all the way to New England. Virginia reported rains of with at the border. Rains peaked at at Cockaponset Ranger Station in Connecticut. Damage was limited to minor beach erosion and flooding along the portion of Mid-Atlantic coast states. Storm names The following list of names was used for named storms that formed in the North Atlantic in 1983. The names not retired from this list were used again in the 1989 season. This year marked the first usage for this list of names in the North Atlantic basin. The names Alicia, Barry, Chantal, and Dean were used for the first (and only, in the case of Alicia) time this year. Retirement In the spring of 1984, at the 6th session of the RA IV hurricane committee, the World Meteorological Organization retired the name Alicia from its rotating name lists due to the amount of damage and deaths it caused, and it will not be used again for another Atlantic hurricane. Alicia was replaced with Allison for the 1989 season. Season effects This is a table of the storms in 1983 and their landfall(s), if any. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but are still storm-related. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical or a wave or low. |- | One || || bgcolor=#| || || || || || || |- | Two || || bgcolor=#| || || || || || || |- | Alicia || || bgcolor=#|Category 3 hurricane || || || Eastern Texas, Central United States || || || |- | Barry || August 23–29 || bgcolor=#| || || || Florida, United States Gulf Coast, Mexico || || || |- | Chantal || September 10–15 || bgcolor=#| || || || Bermuda || || || |- | Six || || bgcolor=#| || || || None || || || |- | Dean || || bgcolor=#| || ||