Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 28, 2001

Name: Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Texas, August 28, 2001
Start: 2001-08-28T10:50
End: 2001-08-28T14:15
Location: Texas

August 28, 2001 · NWS HGX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $55,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 28, 8:35 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 8:35 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before

SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
935 AM CDT TUE AUG 28 2001

SATELLITE LOOPS INDICATE WEAK BUT LARGE MCS PROPAGATING NORTHWARD
TOWARDS CWFA AND NOW APPROACHING SW ZONES. FIRST LOOK AT 12Z
SURROUNDING SOUNDINGS SHOWS LITTLE CHANGE IN PROFILE W/ABOUT 2
INCHES PWATS OVER REGION. SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS FLAT PRES GRADIENT
W/CONFLUENT FLOW AT COASTAL REGION. GOOD SPEED CONVERGENCE AT 850 MB
JUST SW OF REGION W/WEAK RR QUAD OF UPPER JET TO N. ANOTHER WET DAY.
PREVIOUS FCST PACKAGE ON TRACK FOR THE MOST PART. HOWEVER...WILL UP
POPS SOUTHERN ZONES TO REFLECT CURRENT TRENDS AND MAKE MINOR
ADJUSTMENTS TO 1ST PD TEMPS.

37/45/BT

.HGX...NONE.

CLL TT 089/072 087/072 087 748
IAH TT 087/072 086/072 087 848
GLS TT 086/076 084/076 086 958

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:52 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Fort Bend

When: August 28, 10:50 AM CST
Where: Fort Bend County, Guy
Property damage: $25,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 29.350, -95.783

Roof torn off a mobile home and a barn damaged.

Flash Flood, Galveston

When: August 28, 1:15 PM CST to 2:15 PM CST
Where: Galveston County, Texas City
Property damage: $30,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 29.298, -94.811 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flooding on Amburn Road and on Ninth Avenue; high water at College of the Mainland.

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.
Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Texas in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5263464, 5263465.