21 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 hail, 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 Oct 12, 1:30 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
SOUTHEAST TEXAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
230 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2001
KHGX LIGHTING UP WITH CONVECTION IN THE LAST 15 MINUTES. THE MAIN
FORECAST ISSUES ARE SEVERE/HEAVY RAIN THREAT THROUGH SAT AM. THE 12Z
NCEP MODELS ARE IN POOR AGREEMENT...INCLUDING THE FWC/MAV GUIDANCE.
OVERALL PREFER THE ETA. WILL BLEND MAV/FWC FOR MOST PERIODS.
DESPITE SIGNIFICANT MODEL CHANGES...OLD FASHIONED TECHNIQUES SUCH AS
PRESSURE/HEIGHT FALLS SEEM TO SERVE THE FORECAST BEST. NO MAJOR
CHANGES OTHER THAN TO PUSH BACK TIMING OF THE SQUALL LINE TO 08-14Z
(3-9 AM) FOR MOST OF THE CWA. CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON HAS THE
POTENTIAL FOR MINI-SUPERCELLS WITH ISOLD TORNADOES AND DAMAGING
WINDS AS OCCURRED ON THU. THE CHAMBERS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A
FUNNEL CLOUD 7N OF WINNIE AT 155 PM.
OTHERWISE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...ISOLD TORNADOES...AND HEAVY
RAIN/FLOODING ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THE SQUALL LINE TONIGHT. WILL
RETAIN FFA/RIVER FLOOD WATCH AND SEVERE MENTION. MARINE FORECAST
WILL UPGRADE TO SCA FOR ALL WATERS AS THE LLJ AND INFLOW BOOT WINDS
TONIGHT.
.HGX...FFA ALL ZONES TONIGHT.
RIVER FA SAN JACINTO/SAN BERNARD/TRES PALACIOS BASINS.
SCA BAYS AND 0-60NM GULF WATERS.
31/47/WT
PRELIMS...
CLL EU 064/070 050/077 055 +40
IAH TU 072/075 052/076 054 +60
GLS TU 076/076 062/074 065 880GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227 -235>238-131000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 325 PM CDT FRI OCT 12 2001 ...SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT... A VERY STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEAST TEXAS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP INTO NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS THIS EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF WINDS TURNING AND STRENGTHENING WITH HEIGHT IN THE ATMOSPHERE...A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS AT THE SURFACE...AND COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL LEAD TO A HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF SEVERE WEATHER LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES SOUTHEAST TEXAS. DAMAGING WINDS... TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL ARE ALL POSSIBLE. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE LINE WILL ALSO BE A THREAT. THOUGH SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE VIRTUALLY ALL NIGHT THE MAIN THREAT APPEARS TO BE BETWEEN 11 PM AND 6 AM FOR THE COLLEGE STATION AREA AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS...3 AM TO 9 AM FOR HOUSTON METRO AND CENTRAL PORTIONS...4 AM TO 10 AM FOR COASTAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO EXPECTED WITH THE STORMS TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AVERAGE 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED TOTALS OF 5 INCHES POSSIBLE BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING. FLOODING OF LOW LYING ROADS AND FEEDERS WILL PROBABLY BE THE MAIN PROBLEM. THOUGH MOST PRECIPITATION WILL BE BE OVER BY NOON SATURDAY...THE UPPER LOW PRESSURE AREA AND ASSOCIATED VERY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL MOVE OVERHEAD DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. RESIDUAL MOISTURE MAY CAUSE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP THAT WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. THOUGH IT IS A FAIRLY LOW PROBABILITY...PORTIONS ALONG AND EAST OF I-45 WILL SEE THE BETTER CHANCES OF THIS HAPPENING. SINCE MANY OF THE STORMS WILL OCCUR WHEN PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING...IT WOULD BE WISE TO MAKE SURE YOUR WEATHER RADIO IS TURNED ON SO YOU WILL HEAR ANY WARNINGS THAT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ISSUES FOR YOUR AREA. THIS INFORMATION CAN ALSO BE OBTAINED FROM YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET. REMEMBER...THE BEST PLACE TO BE IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO IS INSIDE A REINFORCED STRUCTURE AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:50 UTC.
21 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Sheriff's office reported a tornado touched down near FM 686 and FM 321 and moved east toward Highway 90. Damage to a business and the roof of a trailer was reported, as well as trees and power lines down.
Sheriff's office reported trees and power lines down in Livingston.
A tornado was reported along Highway 21 just west of Bryan. The tornado produced damage to trees, power lines, and several businesses.
Sheriff's office reported trees and power lines down.
Sheriff's office reported large tree limbs down.
Sheriff's office reported trees and power lines down across entire county.
Sheriff's office reported trees and power lines down across the city.
Department of Public Safety reported trees down along Highway 6 and FM 1736.
Sheriff's office reported trees and power lines down.
Sheriff's office reported trees and power lines down.
Sheriff's office reported trees and power lines down.
Newspaper reported wind damage to a mobile home.
Newspaper reported wind damage to a mobile home.
Media reported a tornado damaged one home.
Sheriff's office reported trees and power lines down.
Sheriff's office reported trees down.
Spotter reported a tornado flipped a trailer over and off its foundation on FM 356.
Sheriff's office reported trees and power lines down across county.
Sheriff's office reported trees and power lines down across county.
Sheriff's office reported trees down on FM 1097.
Sheriff's office reported trees down on Highway 105 and FM 1485.
Sheriff's office reported a tree fell on a car in Romayor.
Sheriff's office reported trees and power lines down across county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Texas in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 2001Warnings in Texas, October 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: 5271709, 5271710, 5271711, 5271712, 5271713, 5271714, 5271715, 5271717, 5271716, 5271719, 5271718, 5271724, 5271725, 5271721, 5271722, 5271723, 5271805, 5271726, 5271720, 5271727, 5271804, 5271806, 5271807, 5271808, 5271809, 5271810.