Storms in Iowa in 2001

2,352 events in 452 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa 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.

Iowa 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: 2,352
Deaths: 5
Injuries: 42
Damage: $655 million
Episodes: 452

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
Hail	784	0	4	$10 million
Thunderstorm Wind	457	1	4	$3.4 million
Flood	297	0	1	$21 million
Winter Storm	127	0	0	$1.8 million
High Wind	119	0	4	$4.6 million
Tornado	112	2	26	$26 million
Ice Storm	90	0	0	$2.9 million
Heat	81	1	0
Heavy Snow	70	0	0	$650,000
Winter Weather	54	0	0
Drought	51	0	0	$579 million
Flash Flood	38	0	3	$6.0 million
Strong Wind	22	0	0
Funnel Cloud	20	0	0
Blizzard	11	0	0	$275,000
Lightning	11	0	0	$60,000
Heavy Rain	6	0	0
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	1	1	0
Dense Fog	1	0	0

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.