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Tropical Storm Allison - definition of Tropical Storm Allison in Encyclopedia (494 words) |
 | Tropical Storm Allison was a tropical storm that devastated southeast Texas in 2001. |
| It was one of the deadliest and most destructive storms of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season, killing 41 people across the United States and causing over $5 billion in damage in Houston. |
| The tropical storm formed just off the Texas coast of the Gulf of Mexico on June 5, 2001. |
| NWS Houston/Galveston | Research Projects | Tropical Storm Allison (2001) (326 words) |
| Tropical Storm Allison, the first named storm of the 2001 Atlantic Hurricane Season, devastated portions of Southeast Texas, including the Houston Metro area and surrounding communities, with severe flooding. |
| The first event was associated with Allison's landfall on the 5th and affected northern Galveston and southern and eastern Harris counties. |
| As the first tropical storm to strike the Upper Texas Coast since Frances in 1998, damage estimates in Harris County alone (includes the Houston Metro area) have surpassed $4.88 billion, which is more than two times that caused by the last major hurricane to strike the Upper Texas Coast, Alicia, in 1983. |
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