Heat, Harris
- When
- August 3, 11:00 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 3, 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 3, 8:50 AM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 8:50 AM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 950 AM CDT FRI AUG 3 2001 VIS IMAGERY AND KHGX SHOW SCATTERED SHRA ALONG THE LOWER SERN TX COAST...OTHERWISE MOSTLY SUNNY OVER THE AREA. THE MAIN UPDATE ISSUE IS POPS. THE 12Z CRP SOUNDING IS MOIST ADIABATIC...LCH IS MUCH DRIER. AGREE WITH EARLIER UPDATE FOR HIGHER POPS IN THE SWRN ZONES. NO NEED FOR FURTHER CHANGES TODAY. .KHGX...NONE. 31/43/TF PRELIMS... CLL BB 098/072 098/073 098 -00 IAH BB 095/072 096/075 096 2-1 GLS BB 090/080 090/080 090 212 (SW 312)
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 | 2001-08-03 | 68 | 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
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, August 3 to 4, 2001
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, August 3 to 4, 2001
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Massachusetts, August 3, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 3, 2001
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, August 3, 2001
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in New York, August 3, 2001
- Hurricane in Guam, August 3 to 4, 2001
- Flash Flood in New York, August 3, 2001
- Flash Flood in Colorado, August 3, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 3, 2001
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, August 3, 2001
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, August 3, 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: 5263591.