Heat, Harris
- When
- June 11, 4:35 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)
Female died of heat exposure in her home.
Heat in Texas, June 11, 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 Jun 11, 1:50 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 1:50 PM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 250 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2001 WEAK H5 TROF AXIS LINGERS JUST OFF THE COAST FOR A WHILE. HOWEVER WARM & DRY WX SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS ACROSS INLAND AREAS AS FAIRLY LOW PW'S AND THE CAP KEEP CHANCES OF PRECIP ON THE LOW SIDE. NEXT LEE SIDE SYSTEM DEEPENS INTO MIDWEEK CAUSING GRADIENT/SRLY WINDS TO INCREASE. GULF FULLY OPENS UP BY LATE WEDNESDAY BRINGING INCREASING CLOUDINESS AND AND HIGHER PW'S BACK. SYNOPTIC FOCUS FOR PRECIP APPEARS TO BE LACKING IN THE THURS-MON TIMEFRAME SO MESOSCALE FORCING WILL HAVE TO DO. AVN DOES GENERATE SOME PRECIP ACROSS N TX ALONG A WEAK FRONT AND SENDS A BOUNDARY/PRECIP DOWN THIS WAY THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. LOOKS KINDA SUSPECT ATTM SO WILL CONTINUE THE SLIGHT CHANCE WORDING IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD FOR NOW AND LET LATER SHIFTS ADJUST UPWARDS IF NECESSARY. .HGX...NONE. 47/40/39 PRELIMS... CLL BB 073/095 075/094 077 010 IAH BB 073/094 075/093 076 010 GLS BB 078/088 079/088 081 111
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 | 2001-06-11 | 82 | Female | 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 Florida, June 11 to 12, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 11, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 11, 2001
- Tornado in Florida, June 11, 2001
- Flood and Hail in Wisconsin, June 11, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 11, 2001
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 11, 2001
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, June 11, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 11, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Georgia, June 11 to 12, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, June 11 to 12, 2001
- Tornado in Mississippi, June 11, 2001
More
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Texas, June 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: 5263577.