Funnel Cloud, Galveston
- When
- August 19, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Galveston County, Texas City
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.298, -94.811 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud in Texas, August 19, 2001
1 funnel cloud, 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
- 0
- 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 19, 8:35 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 8:35 AM CST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 935 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2001 KHGX AND VIS/IR IMAGERY SHOW TSRA/SHRA OVER THE NRN CWA. WV IMAGERY CLEARLY DEPICTS A SHORT WAVE TROUGH/JET STREAK SLIDING SEWD OVER CNTRL TX. THE MAIN UPDATE ISSUE IS REVAMPING THE ENTIRE FORECAST BASED ON HIGHER CLOUDCOVER/POPS COVERAGE. IN SHORT...WILL BOOST POPS FOR ALL BUT THE FAR SRN ZONES...LOWER TEMPS 5-7F OVER THE NWRN 2/3...AND GO WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKY. .HGX...NONE. 31/47/39 UPDATE PRELIMS... CLL EU 094/076 105/076 104 611 IAH EU 094/074 100/074 099 421 GLS EU 090/080 091/081 090 221
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 6:35 AM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-192300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 735 AM CDT SUN AUG 19 2001 AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING INTO THE REGION WILL KEEP THE HOT WEATHER GOING THIS WEEK. LOOK FOR MAXIMUM HEAT INDEX VALUES TO CONTINUE IN THE 100 TO 108 DEGREE RANGE IN THE SHADE DURING THE WARMEST PART OF THE AFTERNOON FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. REMEMBER HEAT INDEX VALUES CAN BE AS MUCH AS 15 DEGREES HIGHER IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT. YOU CAN MINIMIZE THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESS BY DOING THE FOLLOWING... AVOID THE HEAT IF POSSIBLE...REMAIN IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED AREA. PLAN OUTDOOR WORK AND SPORTS ACTIVITIES FOR THE EARLY MORNING OR LATE EVENING HOURS. WEAR LIGHT COLORED LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING. NATURAL FABRICS LIKE COTTON ARE BEST. WEAR SUNSCREEN AND A LIGHT COLORED HAT IF YOU WILL BE IN THE SUN. REMAIN HYDRATED BY DRINKING PLENTY OF FLUIDS...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL THIRSTY. AVOID ALCOHOL AND CAFFEINE. PROVIDE SHADE AND WATER FOR PETS. NEVER LEAVE PETS IN VEHICLES... EVEN FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. PERIODICALLY CHECK ON NEIGHBORS THAT LACK AIR CONDITIONING... ESPECIALLY SENIOR CITIZENS. MOST HEAT RELATED DEATHS INVOLVE THE ELDERLY. YOUNG CHILDREN AND THOSE WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS ARE ALSO VULNERABLE TO THE HEAT. THE SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION INCLUDE DIZZINESS...NAUSEA...AND LOSS OF COLOR. SEEK IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR ANYONE SUFFERING FROM HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND UPDATES.
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:28 UTC.
Event by event
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Wildfire in California, August 19 to 29, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, August 19, 2001
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, August 19, 2001
- Wildfire in Montana, August 19, 2001
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, August 19, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 19, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, August 19, 2001
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 19, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 19, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 19, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 19, 2001
- High Wind in Florida, August 19, 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: 5263459.