Ryan West daughter of the MCN publisher watched from a pier as the storm started it journey inland from the Gulf, then watched as the Gulf started to pour under the vacation home as Allison made its presence known to the inlanders. This storm raced with such intensity that even many of the islanders were caught off-guard and few were able to heed to the voluntary evacuation as Allison hit with flooding rains. Ryan and the rest of the family weathered the storm and now have an everlasting memory of the 2001 first storm. Ryan and her cousins also made the front page of The Fact newspaper of Brazoria County while watching the storm roll in from a pier overlooking the Gulf. At 8 p.m. Tuesday, Tropical Storm Allison was hovering about 60 miles due south of Freeport as officials throughout Brazoria County kept a wary eye on the storm.
Heavy rains are possible today throughout the county.
Rick Perry, Brazoria County's emergency coordinator, said a tornado hit the Alvin area Tuesday afternoon, uprooting trees and downing some power lines, but not causing any major damage. The sheriff's office lost all their Houston phone lines. I think that was part of that. Crouch said the tornado touched down near the Alvin Golf and Country Club. There was stuff everywhere.