Heat, Harris
- When
- August 13, 10:15 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)
Male died of heat exposure in his home.
Heat in Texas, August 13, 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 13, 8:45 AM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 8:45 AM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 945 AM CDT MON AUG 13 2001 VERY HIGH PWATS JUST EAST OF CWFA W/KLCH AT 2.38 INCHES (K INDEX 53) AND LOWER TO THE SW W/KCRP HAVING 1.68 INCHES. 850 MB CONFLUENCE ZONE STILL NEAR THE RED RIVER WHILE HIGH DEWPOINTS INDICATED AT 17 DEG C FROM KSHV TO KLIX. WEAK OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES ALREADY APPROACHING EXTREME N SECTIONS OF CWFA AND CONVECTION (ALBEIT WEAK SO FAR) POPPING UP. WILL ADJUST 1ST WIND DIRECTION MARINE AREAS TO SW. OTHERWISE...NO CHANGES FOR NOW. .KHGX...NONE. 37/46/DO CLL TB 096/073 097/073 098 622 IAH TB 093/073 094/073 095 633 GLS TB 089/079 089/080 090 634
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 | 2001-08-13 | 79 | Male | 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
- Rip Current in Indiana, August 13, 2001
- Flash Flood in Virginia, August 13, 2001
- Lightning Strikes in New York, August 13, 2001
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, August 13, 2001
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, August 13, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 13, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Arizona, August 13, 2001
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, August 13, 2001
- Flash Flood and Flooding in New York, August 13, 2001
- High Surf in Hawaii, August 13 to 14, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, August 13, 2001
- Lightning Strikes in New Jersey, August 13, 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: 5263587.