Storms in Florida in 2001

1,226 events in 790 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Florida 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.

Florida 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: 1,226
Deaths: 40
Injuries: 123
Damage: $307 million
Episodes: 790

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	305	0	5	$5.6 million
Hail	237	0	1	$885,000
Waterspout	100	0	0
Frost/Freeze	98	0	0	$16 million
Dense Fog	96	2	0	$650,000
Lightning	76	8	71	$1.4 million
Tornado	73	2	30	$15 million
Tropical Storm	45	2	6	$29 million
Wildfire	37	0	1	$200,000
Flash Flood	33	1	0	$32 million
Funnel Cloud	31	0	0
Rip Current	25	22	8
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	22	1	0	$84 million
Flood	14	0	0	$2.0 million
High Wind	10	2	0	$56,000
Heavy Rain	8	0	0	$20 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)	6	0	0	$50,000
Drought	5	0	0	$100 million
Dust Devil	2	0	0	$3,000
Heat	1	0	1
High Surf	1	0	0	$40,000
Storm Surge/Tide	1	0	0	$5,000

Every episode, month by month

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July 2001

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September 2001

October 2001

November 2001

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.