YearFinal SPC data

2001

1,215 tornadoes in 2001, with 12,212 hail and 11,733 wind reports, from the NOAA SPC severe weather database.

Tornado recordHail + windDaily reportsStorm Events narrativesEF ScaleMax path width

Tornado deaths

F0 810 F1 278 F2 98 F3 23 F4 6

Hail and wind show significant reports only (2 in or larger, 65 kt or stronger). Click a legend item to show or hide it, or "only" to see just that. Select anything on the map to open its record.

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Wind reports by month

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Storm days

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Running count

2001 against the years around it and the 1991 to 2020 average

20011991 to 2020 average1996 to 2006 (other years)

1,215 tornadoes in 2001, 1% below the 1991 to 2020 average of 1,231.

Counts by storm day (12Z to 12Z). Reporting changed a great deal over the decades, so years far from 1991 to 2020 are not a like-for-like comparison with the average.

Busiest tornado days

#	Day	Tornadoes	F/EF4+	Deaths	Strongest	States
1	04/10/01	46	0	2	F2	IL, KS, MO, NE, OK, TX
2	11/24/01	45	1	4	F4	AL, GA, IN, KY, LA, MS
3	06/13/01	40	1	0	F4	IA, KS, LA, MN, MS, NE, SC, SD
4	06/12/01	36	0	0	F1	GA, IA, MN, NE, SC, SD, TX, WY
5	04/11/01	33	0	2	F3	IA, MI, MO, NE, OK
6	05/20/01	33	0	0	F2	AR, KS, MO, OK, TX
7	10/09/01	30	0	0	F3	NE, OK
8	05/29/01	29	0	0	F3	CO, KS, TX
9	10/13/01	28	0	0	F3	AL, FL, LA, MS
10	06/11/01	27	0	1	F2	AL, FL, GA, MN, MS, WA, WI
11	05/21/01	26	0	0	F2	MI, OH, TX, VA, WV
12	07/18/01	26	0	0	F3	MN, ND, NE, SD
13	02/24/01	25	0	7	F3	AR, CA, MO, MS, TN
14	06/01/01	25	0	0	F1	IA, KS, MN, NC, PA, VA
15	10/24/01	25	0	2	F3	IL, IN, MI, MO, OH, TN

Busiest severe weather days

tornado, hail and wind reports together

#	Day	All reports	Tornadoes	Hail	Wind	Largest hail	Top gust
1	10/24/01	704	25	119	560	2.75 in	90 kt (104 mph)
2	05/27/01	578	12	224	342	4.5 in	93 kt (107 mph)
3	06/14/01	528	4	130	394	3.5 in	78 kt (90 mph)
4	09/07/01	519	7	178	334	3 in	78 kt (90 mph)
5	06/11/01	517	27	231	259	3 in	103 kt (119 mph)
6	04/10/01	449	46	263	140	4.5 in	90 kt (104 mph)
7	04/14/01	440	6	316	118	4.5 in	86 kt (99 mph)
8	06/12/01	421	36	224	161	4.5 in	71 kt (82 mph)
9	04/09/01	416	4	309	103	4.5 in	85 kt (98 mph)
10	06/13/01	392	40	192	160	4.5 in	87 kt (100 mph)
11	05/20/01	379	33	175	171	4 in	80 kt (92 mph)
12	07/08/01	347	6	31	310	2.5 in	98 kt (113 mph)
13	04/06/01	329	6	114	209	2.5 in	108 kt (124 mph)
14	05/17/01	317	1	169	147	4.5 in	84 kt (97 mph)
15	06/20/01	305	14	193	98	4.5 in	81 kt (93 mph)

Largest hail

top 15

#	Date	Size	Place
1	04/03/01	4.5 in	Douglas County, MO
2	04/09/01	4.5 in	Blackford County, IN
3	04/10/01	4.5 in	Shelby County, IL
4	04/14/01	4.5 in	Pratt County, KS
5	04/14/01	4.5 in	Osage County, KS
6	05/06/01	4.5 in	Coryell County, TX
7	05/06/01	4.5 in	Bell County, TX
8	05/06/01	4.5 in	Calhoun County, AR
9	05/17/01	4.5 in	Baca County, CO
10	05/17/01	4.5 in	Lubbock County, TX
11	05/24/01	4.5 in	Concordia Parish, LA
12	05/24/01	4.5 in	Concordia Parish, LA
13	05/27/01	4.5 in	Sevier County, AR
14	06/01/01	4.5 in	Butler County, IA
15	06/12/01	4.5 in	Fall River County, SD

Strongest wind gusts

top 15, measured first on ties

#	Date	Gust	mph	Type	Place
1	04/06/01	108 kt	124	Not given	Hutchinson County, TX
2	05/28/01	105 kt	121	Not given	El Paso County, CO
3	06/11/01	103 kt	119	Not given	Kandiyohi County, MN
4	06/22/01	100 kt	115	Not given	Union County, NC
5	07/27/01	100 kt	115	Not given	Big Horn County, MT
6	10/12/01	100 kt	115	Not given	Medina County, TX
7	08/08/01	99 kt	114	Not given	Grand Forks County, ND
8	04/06/01	98 kt	113	Not given	Russell County, KS
9	07/08/01	98 kt	113	Not given	Custer County, SD
10	07/20/01	98 kt	113	Not given	McCone County, MT
11	08/10/01	97 kt	112	Not given	Rockingham County, NH
12	10/13/01	97 kt	112	Not given	Jefferson Parish, LA
13	08/08/01	96 kt	110	Not given	Traill County, ND
14	05/27/01	93 kt	107	Not given	Canadian County, OK
15	05/27/01	92 kt	106	Not given	Gray County, KS

F4/EF4 and stronger

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
04/21/01	F4	Hoisington, Kansas	KS	5.0 mi	660 yd	1	28
06/13/01	F4	Seward, Nebraska	NE	8.0 mi	400 yd	0	2
09/24/01	F4	Culpeper to Warrenton, Virginia	VA	10.0 mi	75 yd	0	2
11/24/01	F4	Metcalfe to Mound Bayou, Mississippi	MS	30.3 mi	880 yd	0	48
11/24/01	F4	Ridgeland to Canton, Mississippi	MS	11.5 mi	880 yd	2	21
11/24/01	F4	Highland Lake to Altoona, Alabama	AL	10.1 mi	500 yd	0	22

Deadliest tornadoes

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
02/24/01	F3	Bruce to Baldwyn, Mississippi	MS	52.0 mi	1,000 yd	6	73
11/24/01	F3	Bastrop, LA to Eudora, AR	LA, AR	30.0 mi	880 yd	3	11
11/24/01	F2	Clarksdale to Coldwater, Mississippi	MS	43.5 mi	300 yd	3	33
03/12/01	F1	Red Level, Alabama	AL	3.2 mi	75 yd	2	1
04/11/01	F2	Ottumwa to Hedrick, Iowa	IA	8.4 mi	100 yd	2	3
06/18/01	F3	Grantsburg to Spooner, Wisconsin	WI	34.0 mi	880 yd	2	16
09/24/01	F3	Mount Rainier to Laurel, Maryland	MD	17.5 mi	200 yd	2	55
11/24/01	F4	Ridgeland to Canton, Mississippi	MS	11.5 mi	880 yd	2	21
11/24/01	F3	Millport to Carbon Hill, Alabama	AL	38.9 mi	300 yd	2	1
11/24/01	F2	Sand Rock, Alabama	AL	8.2 mi	200 yd	2	4
11/26/01	F3	Paris, Tennessee	TN	5.0 mi	200 yd	2	12
02/16/01	F2	Goodman to Durant, Mississippi	MS	4.0 mi	500 yd	1	1
02/24/01	F2	Oxford, Arkansas	AR	8.0 mi	300 yd	1	3
03/15/01	F2	Vernon to Cottondale, Florida	FL	10.0 mi	350 yd	1	21
04/10/01	F1	Fulton, Missouri	MO	3.0 mi	100 yd	1	2

Storm days. A day here runs from 12Z to 12Z (6 a.m. CST to 6 a.m. CST the next morning), the way SPC counts storm days, so an overnight tornado counts with the afternoon and evening before it.
Reporting changed over time. Tornado counts rose from the 1990s on as Doppler radar, spotter networks and cameras caught more weak tornadoes. Counts from different decades are not directly comparable, especially for the weakest ratings.
F and EF ratings. The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale replaced the Fujita (F) Scale on 02/01/07. Both estimate wind speed from damage, but they use different damage indicators, so each rating is shown with its own scale.

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