Heat, Harris
- When
- July 7, 11:20 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, July 7, 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 7, 8:55 AM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 8:55 AM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 955 AM CDT SAT JUL 7 2001 MORNING RAOBS SHOW PW VALUES IN THE 1.5-1.7" RANGE AND ENOUGH INSTAB TO SUPPORT ISOLD CONVECTION SRN ZONES. MORE WIDESPREAD ACTIVITY OVR THE GULF PRETTY MUCH STAYING PUT WITH SOME SHRA STRAGGLING JUST INLAND THEN DIEING. CURR POPS LOOK FINE GIVEN CURR AND EXPECTED CONDITIONS. TEMPS ON TRACK TOO. ZFP LOOKS IN GOOD SHAPE...WILL FORGO AN UPDATE THIS MORNING. .HGX...NONE. 46/36/39"RI" PRELIMS... CLL BU 096/074 097/074 098 000 IAH BU 095/074 095/074 096 110 GLS BB 091/080 092/080 092 110
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 | 2001-07-07 | 58 | 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
- Heat in Missouri, July 7 to 10, 2001
- Heat in Missouri, July 7 to 9, 2001
- Flash Flood in California, July 7, 2001
- Flash Flood in California, July 7, 2001
- Flash Flood in California, July 7, 2001
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 7, 2001
- Flooding and Hail in Indiana, July 7, 2001
- Flash Flood in California, July 7, 2001
- Heat in Kentucky, July 7 to 9, 2001
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, July 7, 2001
- Heat in Illinois, July 7 to 9, 2001
- Heat in Illinois, July 7 to 10, 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: 5263581.