6 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Jan 29, 2:56 AM CST, 0 minutes earlier.
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
256 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001
QUITE A DRAMATIC DROP IN TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THAT IS
NOW MOVING THROUGH OUR WESTERN ZONES (COLLEGE STATION WENT FROM 67
DEGREES AT 07Z TO 45 DEGREES AT 08Z). SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE ACROSS ALL OF OUR COUNTY WARNING
AREA AND CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY ALONG A LINE APPROACHING
OUR CENTRAL ZONES. THIS BOUNDARY ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT
IS LIKELY THE FORMING SQUALL LINE. WITH A 50 KNOT LOW LEVEL JET OFF
THE VWP AND STRENGTHENING UPPER LEVEL WINDS APPROACHING FROM THE
WEST PER WATER VAPOR SATELLITE LOOP...WE STILL HAVE THE RISK OF THIS
LINE OF STORMS BECOMING SEVERE WITH STRONG DAMAGING WINDS THE
PRIMARY THREAT. IN ADDITION...VELOCITY DATA IS CURRENTLY SHOWING
INCREASING LOW LEVEL ROTATION ALONG THE DEVELOPING LINE. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CST. WELL LIKELY
BE ABLE TO REMOVE OUR WESTERN COUNTIES FROM THE WATCH BOX BY THE
TIME THE ZONES COME OUT...BUT SOME OF OUR EASTERN COUNTIES MAY BE
PLACED IN A NEW WATCH BOX AFTER 5 AM. EXPECT RAPID CLEARING BY MID
MORNING TO NOON AND SUNNY SKIES AREAWIDE THIS AFTERNOON. COLD
AIRMASS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BATTLE WITH WARM WEST WINDS AND
ABUNDANT SUNSHINE THIS AFTERNOON. DUE TO COLDER THAN ANTICIPATED
TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT...WILL UNDERCUT GUIDANCE HIGH TEMPS
TODAY BY SEVERAL DEGREES. MORE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL
THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. MODELS TRY TO BRING SOME RAIN TO THE
COASTAL COUNTIES ON WEDNESDAY IN RESPONSE TO SURFACE LOW FORMATION
ALONG THE LOWER TEXAS COAST. WILL HOLD OFF ON BRINGING RAIN BACK
INTO THE FORECAST FOR NOW AND WAIT FOR A FEW MORE MODEL RUNS. WILL
ALSO HOLD OFF ON POSSIBLE RAINS THIS WEEKEND DUE TO THE NORMAL
UNCERTAINTY OF THE SPEED AND MOVEMENT OF AN UPPER LOW COMING OUT OF
MEXICO. CONFIDENCE IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST IS ON THE LOW SIDE AT
THIS TIME.
.KHGX...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THRU 5 AM PORTIONS OF SE TX.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY ALL WATERS TODAY.
42/47/DH/35/48
PRELIMS...
CLL UU 060/040 068/040 058 400
IAH TU 063/042 068/042 060 +00
GLS TU 063/050 065/049 060 +00TXZ163-164-176>179-195>199-210>213-226-227-291100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1212 AM CST MON JAN 29 2001 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS UNTIL 5 AM. SOUTHEAST TEXAS COUNTIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE... AUSTIN...BRAZOS...BURLESON...COLORADO...FORT BEND....GRIMES... HARRIS...HOUSTON...MADISON...MONTGOMERY...POLK...SAN JACINTO... TRINITY...WALKER...WALLER...WASHINGTON...WHARTON. CENTRAL TEXAS COUNTIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE... LEON...MILAM...ROBERTSON. CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE... CALDWELL...BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION...MADISONVILLE...CROCKETT... BRENHAM...NAVASOTA...HUNTSVILLE...GROVETON...COLUMBUS...SEALY... HEMPSTEAD...CONROE...COLDSPRING...LIVINGSTON...WHARTON... RICHMOND/ROSENBERG...METRO HOUSTON. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER NEWS SOURCES FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:57 UTC.
6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees down between Porter and Magnolia and between Magnolia and Montgomery.
Carport blown off in Spring. Roof and medical equipment damaged at commercial building in Edgebrook Landing.
Trees down at FM 1276 and FM 943 near Big Sandy.
Power lines and traffic signals down in Porter.
Trees down on power lines in Hull.
Trees down in Daisetta.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, January 2001
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: 5230141, 5230235, 5230236, 5230237, 5230238, 5230239.