VA –52-53

lornajarrettblanchard June 5, 2001

–52-53 Blanchard tally of State and local breakouts below.[1]

— <50 Congressional Record – House. “Recognizing…Allison.” 6-26-2001, p.11895.

— ~50 History.com. This Day in History, Disaster, June 8, 2001. Tropical Storm Allison…

— 50 RMS. Tropical Storm Allison, June 2001: RMS Event Report. 12-19-2001; 4-30-2010.

— 50 Direct/indirect. Stewart. Tropical Cyclone Report: Tropical Storm Allison, 5-17 June…

— 43 Ivey, John P. (Halff Associates, Inc.). Tropical Storm Allison June 5-9, 2001. 1-13-2005

— 41 Direct. Stewart (NHC). Tropical Cyclone Report: Tropical Storm Allison. 11-28-2001.

–27 Freshwater drowning — 1 Tornado

Breakout of Fatalities by State

Florida (10)

–10 Blanchard tally from locality breakouts below.

— 9 CNN. “Allison’s 12-day march leaves 35 dead, $1 billion plus in damage.” 6-17-2001.[2]

— 8 Direct. Stewart (NHC). Tropical Cyclone Report: Tropical Storm Allison. 11-28-2001.

— 1 Ariola Beach, Pensacola, Escambia County, June 6. Drowning, rip current; male 46.[3]

— 2 Century vicinity, Escambia County, June 11. “Weather-related wreck.” Males.[4]

— 1 Fort Pickens, Pensacola Beach, Escambia Co., June 7. Drowning, rip current; male, 25.[5]

— 2 Gulf Isl. Nat. Seashore, Pensacola, Escambia Co., June 6. Drownings, rip current; males 59, 60.[6]

— 1 Henderson State Park, Destin, Okaloosa County, June 6. Drowning, rip current; male 48.[7]

— 1 Jacksonville, Duval County, June 11. Tree fall on house, male.[8]

— 1 Pensacola Bay, June 10. Choppy water; shrimper, male (Han Cu), washed off his boat.[9]

— 1 Tallahassee, Leon County, June 12. Flash flood, drowning; vehicle, male, 19.[10]

Louisiana ( 1)

— 1 Zachary, East Baton Rouge Parish. Tornado knocks trees onto pickup truck; male.[11]

Mississippi ( 1)

–1 Direct. Stewart (NHC). Tropical Cyclone Report: Tropical Storm Allison. 11-28-2001.[12]

–1? Greenwood, Leflore Co., June 5. Thunderstorm wind blows tree down on van, man, 41.[13]

–1? Gulfport, Harrison County, June 7. Lightning; female, 25.[14]

North Carolina ( 9)

–9 Indirect; traffic accidents on wet roads. Stewart. Tropical Cyclone Report…Allison.

–7 June 15. “Allison was blamed for two crashes that killed seven people in [NC]…”[15]

–6 Pitt County, ~Greenville, June 15. Car, 6 male migrant farm-workers, hydroplanes into car.[16]

–1 Wayne County, U.S. 70. Truck hits woman’s (23) car, stopped in a line of traffic.[17]

–1? Fayetteville vic., Cumberland Co., US 401, Jun 17. Car hydroplanes, rain-slicked road; girl, 2.[18]

–1? Fayetteville vic., Cumberland Co., US 401, Jun 17. Car hydroplanes, rain-slicked road; boy 6.

Pennsylvania ( 7)

–7 Direct. Stewart (NHC). Tropical Cyclone Report: Tropical Storm Allison. 11-28-2001.

–6 Upper Moreland Township, June 16. Flood-caused fire, response hampered by flooding.[19]

–1 Whitemarsh Twp., Montgomery Co., Jun 16. Flash flood, vehicle swept into creek; man, 63.[20]

Texas (23-24)

— ~25 Waring. “Tropical Storm Allison Rapid Needs Assessment–Houston…June 2001.”

–23-24 Blanchard tally of locality breakouts below.[21]

— 23 Direct. Stewart (NHC). Tropical Cyclone Report: Tropical Storm Allison. 11-28-2001.

— 22 Roth, David (NWS). Texas Hurricane History. Jan 17, 2010 update, p. 69.

— 20 CNN. “Allison’s 12-day march leaves 35 dead, $1 billion plus in damage.” 6-17-2001.[22]

Texas Locality Breakout

— 1? Harris County, June 11. Heat exposure in home; female, 82.[23]

–23 Houston. Congressional Rec. “Recognizing Outstanding and…Disaster Relief…” p. 11893.

–22 Houston. “Appendix B. Texas and Louisiana Fatalities Directly Attributed to…Allison.”[24]

–1 Houston, June 8. Drowning in automobile; male, 70.

–1 Houston, June 8. Drowning fleeing flooded automobile; male, 38.

–1 Houston, June 8. Drowning fleeing flooded automobile; female, 34.

–1 Houston, June 8. Drowning; male 21.

–1 Houston, June 9. Drowning, pickup washed into underpass; male, 22.

–1 Houston, June 9. Electrocution, grabbed an antenna in home; female, 53.[25]

–1 Houston, June 9. Electrocution, grabbed person holding antenna; male, 30.[26]

–1 Houston, June 9. Drowning, van overturned in flood waters; male, 57.

–1 Houston, June 9. Drowning, walking to friend’s house; male 23.

–1 Houston, June 9. Drowning, homeless man found under bridge; male, 65.

–1 Houston, June 9. Drowning, vehicle swept off bridge; male, 37.

–1 Houston, June 9. Drowning, walking; male, 32.

–1 Houston, June 9. Drowning, evacuation of assisted care facility; male 62.

–1 Houston, June 9. Drowning, evacuation of assisted care facility; female, 55.

–1 Houston, June 9. Drowning, fleeing vehicle, rescue attempt failed; male, 21.

–1 Houston, June 9. Drowning, walking; female, 35.

–1 Houston, June 9. Drowning, walking; male, 44.

–1 Houston, June 9. Drowning, last seen in car; male, 52.

–1 Houston, June 9. Electrocution, holding iron cord; female, 45.

–1 Houston, June 9. Drowning, wall of water slammed into elevator; female, 42.[27]

–1 Houston, June 10. Drowning, truck washed into ditch; male, 71.

–1 Houston, June 10. Drowning, truck washed into ditch; female, 69.

— 1 Mauriceville, June 9. Drowning, swimming in a ditch; male 30s.

–22 Houston. Ivey, John P. Tropical Storm Allison June 5-9, 2001. 2002, slide 4.

–12 Driving

— 6 Walking

— 3 Electrocutions

— 1 Elevator

Virginia ( 1)

— 1 Direct. Stewart (NHC). Tropical Cyclone Report: Tropical Storm Allison. 11-28-2001.

— 1 Virginia Beach, June 16. Tree in waterlogged ground falls; woman.[28]

Causes of Death (52-53)

Direct: (42)

Drownings, freshwater: (22)[29]

–1 FL, Tallahassee, Leon County, June 12. Flash flood, drowning; vehicle, male, 19.

–1 PA, Whitemarsh Twp., Montgomery Co., Jun 16. Flash flood, vehicle swept into creek; man, 63.

–1 TX, Houston, June 8. Drowning in automobile; male, 70.

–1 TX, Houston, June 8. Drowning fleeing flooded automobile; male, 38.

–1 TX, Houston, June 8. Drowning fleeing flooded automobile; female, 34.

–1 TX, Houston, June 8. Drowning; male 21.

–1 TX, Houston, June 9. Drowning, pickup washed into underpass; male, 22.

–1 TX, Houston, June 9. Drowning, van overturned in flood waters; male, 57.

–1 TX, Houston, June 9. Drowning, walking to friend’s house; male 23.

–1 TX, Houston, June 9. Drowning, homeless man found under bridge; male, 65.

–1 TX, Houston, June 9. Drowning, vehicle swept off bridge; male, 37.

–1 TX, Houston, June 9. Drowning, walking; male, 32.

–1 TX, Houston, June 9. Drowning, evacuation of assisted care facility; male 62.

–1 TX, Houston, June 9. Drowning, evacuation of assisted care facility; female, 55.

–1 TX, Houston, June 9. Drowning, fleeing vehicle, rescue attempt failed; male, 21.

–1 TX, Houston, June 9. Drowning, walking; female, 35.

–1 TX, Houston, June 9. Drowning, walking; male, 44.

–1 TX, Houston, June 9. Drowning, last seen in car; male, 52.

–1 TX, Houston, June 9. Drowning, in elevator; female, 42.

–1 TX, Houston, June 10. Drowning, truck washed into ditch; male, 71.

–1 TX, Houston, June 10. Drowning, truck washed into ditch; female, 69.

–1 TX, Mauriceville, June 9. Drowning, swimming in a ditch; male 30s.

Drownings, salt water: ( 6)

–1 FL, Ariola Beach, Pensacola, Escambia County, June 6. Drowning, rip current; male 46.

–1 FL, Fort Pickens, Pensacola Beach, Escambia Co., June 7. Drowning, rip current; male, 25.

–2 FL, Gulf Isl. Nat. Seashore, Pensacola, Escambia Co., June 6. Drownings, rip current; males 59, 60.

–1 FL, Henderson State Park, Destin, Okaloosa County, June 6. Drowning, rip current; male 48.

–1 FL, Pensacola Bay, June 10. Drowning, choppy water; shrimper washed off his boat.

Electrocution: ( 3)

–1 TX, Houston, June 9. Electrocution, grabbed an antenna in home; female, 53.

–1 TX, Houston, June 9. Electrocution, grabbed person holding antenna; male, 30.

–1 TX, Houston, June 9. Electrocution, holding iron cord; female, 45.

Explosion/Fire, caused by flooding: ( 6)

–6 PA, Upper Moreland Township, June 16. Flood-caused fire, response hampered by flooding.

Heat: ( 1?)

–1 TX, Harris County, June 11. Heat exposure in home; female, 82.

Tornado: ( 1)

–1 LA, Zachary, East Baton Rouge Parish. Tornado knocks trees onto pickup truck; male.

Tree Falls: ( 2)

–1 FL, Jacksonville, Duval County, June 11. Tree fall on house.

–1 VA, Virginia Beach, June 16. Tree in waterlogged ground falls; woman.

Undisclosed: ( 1)

–1 MS. Direct. Stewart (NHC). Tropical Cyclone Report: Tropical Storm Allison. 11-28-2001.[30]

Indirect: (11)

Vehicular Accidents: (11)

–2 FL, Century vicinity, Escambia County, June 11. “Weather-related wreck.” Males.

–9 NC. Indirect; traffic accidents on wet roads. Stewart. Tropical Cyclone Report…Allison.

Breakout by Age-Range

Age: 10-19 (1), 20s (5), 30s (7), 40s (5), 50s (5), 60s (5), 70s (2), 80s (1?), unstated (22)

Breakout by Gender

Gender: Male (28); Female (8-9); unstated (16)

Narrative Information

History.com: “On this day in 2001, Tropical Storm Allison hits Houston, Texas, for the second time in three days. Although Allison never even approached hurricane status, by the time it dissipated in New England a week later, it had killed about 50 people and caused $5 billion in damages.

“Allison originated off the coast of Africa on May 21. For the next two weeks it moved across the Atlantic, into the Caribbean and then along the Mexican coast. By the morning of June 6, the storm had winds as high as 60 miles per hour as it hit the Texas coast at Galveston. It battered the region with rain, with Houston getting as much as eight inches. Allison was unusual in that it hovered over the region for several days.

“Louisiana and southern Texas were inundated with rain. Baton Rouge received 18 inches over just a couple of days. Some portions of Texas racked up 36 inches by June 11. It was at this time that a weather system moving east from the Rocky Mountains collided with Allison and pushed it to the northeast. By the time Allison moved on, 22 people in Texas and Louisiana had lost their lives.

“For the next week, Allison moved slowly up the Atlantic coast, continuing to dump rain in prodigious amounts. Florida attributed nine deaths to the storm as did North Carolina—all as a result of traffic accidents. In Virginia Beach, Virginia, a tree fell on a woman and killed her. Pennsylvania received up to 10 inches of rain and had serious flooding problems. The flood conditions caused a natural gas explosion in an apartment complex in Hatboro, Pennsylvania, killing six people.

“Tropical Storm Allison proved that storms need not be particularly strong or fast-moving to be deadly and destructive.” (History.com. This Day in History…June 8, 2001. “Tropical Storm Allison Wrecks Havoc.”)

Roth: “June 4-11th, 2001 (Allison): A tropical wave moved off the west coast of Africa on May 21st. Tracking westward, the wave moved through the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean Sea reaching the eastern Pacific Ocean on June 1st. A low level circulation formed on the 3rd south of Vera Cruz, and this low moved north into southeast Mexico steered by deep southerly flow. The low moved into the Bay of Campeche on the 4th as an area of thunderstorms, guided north-northwest through the western Gulf of Mexico.

“The low became increasingly organized, and became a tropical storm about 80 miles south of Galveston Texas. Steered by the subtropical ridge off the southeast, Allison moved north into Texas that evening, eventually tracking as far inland as Lufkin by the morning of the 7th. After already dropping ten or more inches of rain across portions of Texas and Louisiana, the cyclone began to move southward as a ridge over New Mexico strengthened just as the high off the southeast flattened and moved southeast.

“This set the stage for massive flooding in southeast Texas on the 7th and 8th. The highest totals noted were 40.68 inches at Moore Road Detention Pond in Jefferson county, with 36.99 inches at the Port of Houston Texas, and 29.86 inches at Thibodaux Louisiana. Portions of Houston, Beaumont, Thibodaux, Lafayette, New Orleans, and Baton Rouge saw severe flooding from this excessive rainfall. Rains would continue into the 11th, as Allison moved back off the Texas coast, paralleling the coast of Louisiana before making a second landfall in the Teche region of the Bayou State. Damage to Texas totaled $5 billion and 22 people perished within the state borders from this tropical storm.” (Roth, D. Texas Hurricane History. 1-17-2010 update, p.69.)

Stewart: “Allison’s heavy rains produced catastrophic flooding over portions of the upper Texas coastal area, and significant flooding along the remainder of its track. The American Insurance Group reported an insured property loss estimate of $1.22 billion. The TPC standard procedure is to double the insured loss. This results in a final total loss estimate of $2.44 billion. However, damage estimates reported by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other state emergency management agencies are near $5 billion, with approximately $4.8 billion in the Houston metropolitan area alone. These damage estimates in the Houston area include: $2.04 billion to public facilities (especially the Texas Medical Center), $1.76 billion to residential properties, $1.08 billion to businesses. More than 14,000 homes were destroyed or received major damage, and nearly an additional 34,000 homes incurred at least minor damage. Some of the damage estimates from emergency management agencies may include costs and expenses not directly associated with the flood-related damage.

“Forty-one deaths are directly related to the heavy rain, flooding, tornadoes, and high surf generated by Tropical Storm Allison and its remnant subtropical circulation. The death toll by state is as follows: Texas 23, Florida 8, Pennsylvania 7, Louisiana 1, Mississippi 1, and Virginia 1. Twenty-seven of these deaths were due to drowning in freshwater flooding. Early morning on the 11th in Zachary, LA, a tornado (intensity unknown) knocked down trees onto a pickup truck, killing the male driver. Later that morning, an F1 tornado cut a 4 mile long path across George County, MS. It damaged several manufactured homes and completely destroyed a mobile home (tiedowns were pulled out of the ground and the home turned over and fell apart as it rolled), severely injuring a female occupant. There were also 9 indirect deaths in North Carolina as a result of traffic accidents occurring on wet roads. These damage and direct death toll estimates make Allison the deadliest and most costly tropical or subtropical storm on record in the United States.” (Stewart (NHC). Tropical Cyclone Report: Tropical Storm Allison. Nov 28, 2001.)

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[1] If one counts 9 FL deaths rather than 8, then total is 51. There is no supporting breakout by locality however.

[2] Cites Florida Emergency Management officials as reporting nine storm-related deaths.

[3] NCDC. Storm Events Database. Rip Current…Florida…Escambia…Pensacola Beach…06-06-2001…13:40. Narrative notes man “went in the water to rescue his two daughters who were being pulled away from the shoreline by a strong rip current. Rescuers were able to get the two girls out of the water but the male could not be revived.” Ariola Beach location and identification of victim as Basem Ibrahim of Memphis, TN, from: Stewart. “Tourists die in deadly Gulf currents.” Northwest FL Daily News, 6-7-2001, pp. 1 and 8.

[4] Daily News. “Remnants of Allison blamed for four Florida deaths.” 6-13-2001, B2. “The weather may have contributed to the deaths of two men near Century, north of Pensacola on the Florida-Alabama state line, when their car skidded on a curve and flipped into a rain-swollen ditch, said Florida Highway Patrol Lt…They were identified as Robert J. Dulaney, we, of Flomaton, Ala., and Christopher Bell, 20, of Century.”

[5] NCDC. Storm Events Database. Rip Current…Florida…Escambia…Pensacola Beach…06-07-2001…12:00. Narrative notes that this Chicago visitor “went into the water and was immediately pulled away from the shore. Two people tried to rescue him but were forced back by strong waves.” Victim was Ming Huynh. (Michael Stewart. Daily News, FL. “Gulf tides have claimed nine over past two months,” 6-9-2001, B4.)

[6] NCDC. Storm Events Database. Rip Current…Florida…Escambia…Pensacola Beach…06-06-2001. Narrative notes 60-year-old man first “encountered a strong rip current…male…[59, an in-law] jumped in to help…and they both drowned.” Gulf Island National Seashore location and identity of 60-year-old man as William R. Thomas of England, and 59-year-old man as John Tully of TN, noted in: Stewart. “Tourists die in deadly Gulf currents.” Northwest Florida Daily News, 6-7-2001, 1.

[7] NCDC. Storm Events Database. Rip Current…Florida…Okaloosa…Destin…06/06/2001. Narrative notes “larger than normal swells which were propagated off Tropical Storm Allison, produced deadly rip currents along the Florida Panhandle beaches.” Identified as Michael Eugene Jones of Los Alamos, NM in: Stewart. “Tourists die in deadly Gulf currents.” Northwest FL Daily News, 6-7-2001, 1.

[8] Daily News. “Remnants of Allison blamed for four Florida deaths.” 6-13-2001, B2.

[9] Daily News. “Remnants of Allison blamed for four Florida deaths.” 6-13-2001, B2. A later report writes that “a body recovered from eastern Pensacola Bay is thought to be that of a shrimper who went overboard as remnants of Tropical Storm Allison lashed the Florida Panhandle. Searchers found the body of Han Cu on Wednesday near the top of Garcon Point…Cu of Pensacola vanished from a shrimp boat in the bay Sunday night amid rough seas, high winds and rain.” (Orlando Sentinel, FL. “Body May Be Lost Shrimper’s,” 6-15-2001.)

[10] NCDC. Storm Events Database. Flash Flood…Florida…Leon…06/11/2001 22:00 EST…06/12/2001 02:00. Narrative notes “man drowned when his vehicle was swept into a culvert near Brevard and Dewey Streets…”

[11] Stewart (NHC). Tropical Cyclone Report: Tropical Storm Allison. 11-28-2001.

[12] Stewart provides no details and NCDC notes two deaths during approximate Allison time-frame with neither narrative mentioning Allison. One must speculate that one of these two deaths is the one Stewart references.

[13] NCDC. Storm Events Database. Thunderstorm Wind…Mississippi…Leflore…Greenwood…06/05/2001.

[14] NCDC. Storm Events Database. Event Details…Lightning…Mississippi…Harrison…Gulfport…06/07/2001.

[15] Associated Press. “Rains cause two more traffic deaths.” Gaston Gazette, NC, 6-18-2001, 4B.

[16] Associated Press. “Rains prompt voluntary evacuation of N.C. town.” Gaston Gazette, NC. 6-17-2001, p. 23.

[17] Jennifer Marie Julie Wainwright, 23, of Morrisville. Truck driver charged with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle and failure to reduce speed. AP. “Rains prompt…evacuation…” Gaston Gazette, NC. 6-17-2001, 23.

[18] Associated Press. “Rains cause two more traffic deaths.” Gaston Gazette, NC, 6-18-2001, 4B. “A rain-slicked road caused a crash that killed two children, the State Highway Patrol said Sunday, raising to nine the number of people killed in traffic accidents during three days of heavy rains in eastern North Carolina.” Also notes that the deaths of Brianna Paige Haas and Zackery Tyer Hass was not necessarily associated with Tropical Storm Allison.

[19] NCDC. Storm Events Database. Flash Flood…Pennsylvania…Montgomery…06/16/2001…06/17/2001. Text: “The flooding caused and them hampered fire fighters battling an apartment fire in Upper Moreland Township….six people died…fire…apparently was triggered by rising flood waters from the nearby Pennypack Creek. Flood waters rose 10 to 20 feet at the Village Green Apartment Complex and inundated the area. Firefighters were rescuing people, some from the second floor, when the complex was struck by a natural gas explosion. The fire apparently started after rising flood waters knocked over hot water heaters in building A of the complex and caused the gas leak. Rising flood waters prevented firefighters from battling the flames….”

[20] NCDC. Storm Events Database. Flash Flood…Pennsylvania…Montgomery…06/16/2001…06/17/2001. Narrative notes that the vehicle was swept into Wissahickon Creek.

[21] The range has to with our speculation that the Harris County, TX heat exposure death on June 11 in NDCD Storm Events Database, was related to Allison via power outage. We no not know, however, that this was the case.

[22] In addition to confirmed 20 deaths, “critically ill patients died after floodwaters knocked out power at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston. However, hospital officials said those deaths could not be blamed on the storm.”

[23] NCDC. Storm Events Database. Event Details. Heat…Texas…Harris…06/11/2001. It is not noted whether the power was out. In that this death is in the Storm Events Database, one must speculate that it was related to Allison.

[24] Pp. B-1-B-2 in: National Weather Service. Tropical Storm Allison, Heavy Rains and Floods, Texas and Louisiana, June 2001 (Service Assessment). Silver Spring, MD: NWS, NOAA, Dept. of Commerce. September 2001.

[25] NCDC. Storm Events Database. Tropical Storm…Texas…Harris…06/05-09/2001. A press report had it that the woman was trying to save television set (with attached antenna).

[26] NCDC adds this was at a home (Storm Events Database. Tropical Storm…Texas…Harris…06/05-09/2001…)

[27] Reference to Kristie Lee Tautenhahn, a clerk at a downtown law firm. “Warned that vehicles in the Bank of America building’s underground garage should be moved to higher ground, she took an elevator down to het her car from the fourth level of the garage…At the third level, water flooded into the elevator, shutting off power, and Mr. Tautenhahn drowned…” (Ross E. Milloy, “Tropical Storm Leaves 16 Dead in 2 Gulf States,” NYT, 6-11-2001.

[28] Paris News, TX. “Allison sweeps through New England” (continued from p.1). 6-18-2001, p. 2.

[29] Stewart (NHC, Tropical Cyclone Report: Tropical Storm Allison. 11-28-2001) notes 27 freshwater deaths.

[30] Stewart provides no details. NCDC notes two deaths during approximate Allison time-frame with neither narrative mentioning Allison – tree blown down onto van during a thunderstorm on June 5 and lightning death on June 7. One must speculate that one of these two deaths is the one Stewart references.