Heat, Harris
- When
- June 27, 2:40 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 collapsed outside from heat exposure and died.
Heat in Texas, June 27, 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 27, 1:25 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 1:25 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 225 PM CDT WED JUN 27 2001 THE CAP IS HOLDING STRONGER THAN EXPECTED ACROSS SERN TX EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. KHGX SHOWS ISOLATED TSRA ALONG THE SEA BREEZE...ISOLATED SHRA NEAR LAKE LIVINGSTON...AND SCT TSRA IN THE FAR NERN CWA. EXPECT SHRA/TSRA TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING AS THE CAP ERODES...BUT AREAL COVERAGE WILL PROBABLY NOT BE AS EXTENSIVE AS EARLIER THOUGHT. THE MAIN FORECAST ISSUE IS POPS. THE 12Z NCEP MODELS ARE IN FAIR TO GOOD AGREEMENT. NO PREFERENCE SINCE HANDLING CUTOFF LOWS IS TOUGH FOR HUMAN OR MACHINE. NO BIG CHANGES IN THE FORECAST...MAINLY DIURNAL CHANCE POPS IN MOST PERIODS...TEMPS NEAR CLIMO. BEST CHANCE FOR A WASHOUT APPEARS TO BE SAT/SUN AS THE UPPER LOW CENTER IS CLOSEST AND PWS INCREASE TO 1.8 TO 2.1 INCHES. .HGX...NONE. 31/47/DH PRELIMS... CLL BE 072/094 073/091 073 232 IAH BE 071/093 073/090 073 2;42 GLS BB 078/088 079/087 079 141
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 10:25 AM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-280100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 1125 AM CDT WED JUN 27 2001 ...SLIGHT RISK OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING... MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL COMBINE WITH THE SEA BREEZE AND AN UPPER LEVEL LOW TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS FROM EARLY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. HOWEVER...WIND SHEAR IS WEAK...SO SEVERE WEATHER WILL TEND TO BE BRIEF AND ISOLATED. THE MAIN SEVERE THREATS ARE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE MAIN THREAT TIME IS FROM 2 PM TO 8 PM. ALL OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS HAS A CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...BUT THE PRIMARY RISK AREA IS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH SOME STORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE 1/4 TO 3/4 INCH...BUT SOME LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WITH THE STRONGER...SLOWER MOVING STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER WEATHER NEWS SOURCES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER THREAT. 31/JWZ
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 | 2001-06-27 | 49 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | 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
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Washington, June 27, 2001
- Heat in Maryland, June 27 to 30, 2001
- Rip Current in Florida, June 27, 2001
- Flooding and Hail in Washington, June 27, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Georgia, June 27 to 30, 2001
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 27, 2001
- Tornado in Washington, June 27, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Washington, June 27, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, June 27, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 27, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 27, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 27, 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: 5263579.