Thunderstorm Wind, San Jacinto
- When
- August 26, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- San Jacinto County, 10 mi NNE of Shepherd
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 30.633, -94.950
Damaging Winds in Texas, August 26, 2001
3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 26, 8:22 AM CST, 5 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 8:22 AM CST, 5 hours 8 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 922 AM CDT SUN AUG 26 2001 PER 12Z SOUNDINGS...THE AIRMASS OVER SE TX APPEARS TO BE RIPE FOR THE PICKING. PWS AROUND 2 COUPLED WITH A BREAKABLE CAP AND SOME- WHAT FAVORABLE INSTABILITY INDICIES ALL POINT TO A GOOD AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY DEVELOPING LATER THIS AFTN ALONG THE SEABREEZE (OR ALONG ANY OTHER SFC BOUNDARY THAT HAPPENS TO BE AROUND). THUS WILL KEEP WITH THE GOING FORECAST (FOR THE MOST PART) AT THIS TIME AND ONLY MINOR CHANGES PLANNED FOR THE UPDATE. 41/37 .HGX...NONE. PRELIMS... CLL BT 097/074 095/075 094 335 IAH BT 094/073 093/074 092 435 GLS BT 089/080 089/080 088 435
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:32 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Harris
- When
- August 26, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, Houston Hgts
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 29.750, -95.400
Power lines down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Harris
- When
- August 26, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Harris County, Galena Park
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 29.733, -95.233
Power lines down.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 26, 2001
- Lightning Strikes in Oklahoma, August 26, 2001
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 26, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Texas, August 26 to 27, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 26, 2001
- Flash Flood in Texas, August 26, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 26, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 26, 2001
- Hail in Minnesota, August 26, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Ohio, August 26, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 26, 2001
- Waterspouts in Florida, August 26, 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: 5263461, 5263462, 5263463.