Tropical Storm Allison 2001

Tropical Storm Allison was a tropical storm that devastated southeast Texas in June of the 2001 Atlantic hurricane season. The first storm of the season, Allison lasted unusually long for a June storm, remaining tropical or subtropical for 15 days. The storm developed from a tropical wave in the northern Gulf of Mexico on June 4, 2001, and struck the upper Texas coast shortly thereafter. It drifted northward through the state, turned back to the south, and re-entered the Gulf of Mexico. The storm continued to the east-northeast, made landfall on Louisiana, then moved across the southeast United States and Mid-Atlantic. Allison was the first storm since Tropical Storm Frances in 1998 to strike the northern Texas coastline.[1]

The storm dropped heavy rainfall along its path, peaking at over 40 inches (1,000 mm) in Texas. The worst flooding occurred in Houston, where most of Allison's damage occurred: 30,000 became homeless after the storm flooded over 70,000 houses and destroyed 2,744 homes. Downtown Houston was inundated with flooding, causing severe damage to hospitals and businesses. Twenty-three people died in Texas. Throughout its entire path, Allison caused $6.7 billion (2008 USD) in damage and 41 deaths. Aside from Texas, the places worst hit were Louisiana and southeastern Pennsylvania.

Following the storm, President George W. Bush designated 75 counties along Allison's path as disaster areas (the first time he had to do so), which enabled the citizens affected to apply for aid. Allison is the only tropical storm to have its name retired without ever having reached hurricane strength.

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[valjoedg]

What part of Houston is this? I've lived in Houston all my life so maybe I might know.

[blakkycarbon]

@valjoedg Galveston

[Smartphone775]

No she was a medium strength storm but had a lot of rain

[Cantara112]

@Smartphone775 Wow that must be very powerful storm.

[Smartphone775]

There was a TS Allison in 1989 that flooded the SE like this one

[TheDaysOfLinkinPark]

@valjoedg I just moved to houston ( a few miles west from downtown)

[Cantara112]

That tropical storm Allison. Allison is my name.

[PatromeRocks]

on the day i was born 6-2-95 there was a hurricane allison and my name is allison

LOL

[elekktrode]

I had to drive home in that