Heat, Harris
- When
- August 16, 9:38 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 while exercising.
Heat in Texas, August 16, 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 16, 9:10 AM CST, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 9:10 AM CST, 28 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1010 AM CDT THU AUG 16 2001 MESOSCALE BOUNDARY LOCATED FROM NEAR JUNCTION TO JUST SOUTH OF WACO TO TYLER AT 15Z. 12Z MESOETA AND 06Z AVN INSIST ON BOUNDARY PUSHING SOUTHWARD INTO NRN CWA THIS AFTN. SEEMS FEASIBLE THAT FRONT WILL REACH NRN CWA AS CONVECTION PUSHES ACROSS NORTH TX DURING THE AFTERNOON. MSAS ANALYSIS SHOWED HIGHEST PRESSURE RISES NEAR CONVECTION OVER EDWARDS PLATEAU AND STRONG MOISTURE CONVERGENCE OVER NRN CWA. FCST MODEL SOUNDINGS SHOW PWS OF 2.1 INCHES AND K-INDICES IN THE MID 30S OVER NRN CWA THIS AFTN. WILL AMEND FCST TO INCREASE CLOUDS/POPS AT LEAST OVER NRN ZONES THIS AFTN. TEMPS ARE TRICKY WITH CWA SEEING WARMER START THAN YESTERDAY BUT CLOUD COVER INCREASING OVER AREA. .HGX...NONE. PRELIMS... CLL EE 097/074 095/073 094 433 IAH BE 097/076 095/074 093 322 GLS BE 090/081 090/080 089 222
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 | 2001-08-16 | 38 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | 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
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, August 16, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 16, 2001
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, August 16, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 16, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 16, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 16, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 16, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 16, 2001
- Hail in Colorado, August 16, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 16, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 16, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 16, 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: 5263589.