Heat, Harris
- When
- July 19, 12:30 PM 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, July 19, 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 Jul 19, 9:00 AM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 9:00 AM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1000 AM CDT THU JUL 19 2001 AREA SOUNDINGS SHOW PW'S OF 1.89 AT LCH AND 1.62 AT CRP. ETA/AVN MDLS SHOW PW'S REMAINING NEAR 1.9 TO 2.0 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON. AT 13Z...A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH EXTENDED ALONG COASTAL SECTIONS OF SW LA ALONG THE UPPER TEXAS COAST TOWARD PSX. ANOTHER WEAK TROF WAS NOTED ALONG THE COAST AT 85H. ALTHOUGH WINDS AT 25H WERE RELATIVELY WEAK...STRONG DIVERGENT PATTERN SHOULD ALSO ASSIST IN TSRA DEVELOPMENT. CONVECTIVE TEMP IS BETWEEN 86 AND 90 DEGREES SO WIDESPREAD CU FIELD SHOULD DEVELOP AROUND 11 AM WITH SCT TO NUM TSRA THIS AFTERNOON. STORM MOTION WILL BE NW AT 5 KTS SO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AGAIN A THREAT. WILL BOOST POPS FOR THIS AFTERNOON. 43/40/DCH .HGX...NONE. PRELIMS... CLL BB 099/076 099/077 099 321 IAH BB 095/075 096/076 097 522 GLS BB 090/081 090/081 091 422
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 | 2001-07-19 | 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
- Rip Current in Delaware, July 19 to 22, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 19, 2001
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 19, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Oregon, July 19, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, July 19, 2001
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 19, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 19, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 19, 2001
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 19, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 19 to 20, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, July 19, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, July 19, 2001
More
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, July 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: 5262771.