Heat, Harris
- When
- August 12, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Harris forecast zone
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 29.857, -95.392 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Female died of heat exposure in her home.
Heat in Texas, August 12, 2001
1 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 12, 8:35 AM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 8:35 AM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 935 AM CDT SUN AUG 12 2001 SURROUNDING SOUNDINGS INDICATE HIGHER PWATS OVER EASTERN ZONES WITH KLCH SHOWING 2.1 INCHES AND SOMEWHAT DRIER TO THE W AND SW. PRELIMINARY DATA THIS MORNING STILL INDICATE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS FROM AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY W AND NW ZONES ALTHOUGH MOISTURE IS LOWER OVER THOSE AREAS. VERTICAL PROFILES ALSO INDICATE VERY SLOW CELL MOVEMENT...HENCE POSSSIBLE ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS. NO CHANGES FOR NOW TO PREVIOUS FORECAST PACKAGES (INCLUDING MARINE). .KHGX...NONE. 37/46/DO CLL BE 099/075 096/073 095 223 IAH BE 096/075 094/073 094 224 GLS BB 090/081 090/078 089 224
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat, Harris | 2001-08-12 | 35 | Female | Permanent Home | Direct |
What these are
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Missouri, August 12, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, August 12, 2001
- Wildfire in Oregon, August 12 to 27, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, August 12, 2001
- Wildfire in Washington, August 12 to 31, 2001
- Hail in Nebraska, August 12, 2001
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, August 12 to 13, 2001
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, August 12, 2001
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, August 12, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 12, 2001
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, August 12, 2001
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, August 12, 2001
More
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, August 2001
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5262775.