Storms in Alabama in 2001

765 events in 580 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Alabama in 2001, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Alabama in 2001 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The year

Events: 765
Deaths: 14
Injuries: 169
Damage: $27 million
Episodes: 580

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Thunderstorm Wind	331	2	28	$8.5 million
Hail	185	0	9	$349,000
Tornado	63	6	107	$15 million
Flash Flood	62	0	4	$1.1 million
Lightning	31	2	19	$1.2 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	16	0	0
Tropical Storm	15	0	0	$490,000
Heavy Rain	14	1	1	$18,000
Heavy Snow	12	0	0
Heat	8	0	0
Funnel Cloud	8	0	0
Winter Storm	6	0	0
Waterspout	6	0	0
High Wind	4	2	1	$25,000
Flood	2	0	0	$3,000
Rip Current	1	1	0
High Surf	1	0	0	$3,000

Every episode, month by month

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December 2001

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.