Storms in Kansas in 2001

3,307 events in 449 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kansas 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.

Kansas 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: 3,307
Deaths: 9
Injuries: 49
Damage: $69 million
Episodes: 449

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	1,752	0	2	$5.8 million
Thunderstorm Wind	806	0	2	$2.8 million
Winter Storm	186	0	7	$2,000
Tornado	110	1	31	$50 million
Flash Flood	103	1	0	$984,000
High Wind	92	1	5	$5.6 million
Heavy Snow	76	0	0
Flood	33	0	0	$3.1 million
Lightning	30	0	0	$1.1 million
Heat	28	0	0
Blizzard	27	0	0
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	26	0	0
Ice Storm	24	5	2
Funnel Cloud	12	0	0
Dense Fog	1	1	0
Heavy Rain	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

January 2001

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March 2001

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May 2001

June 2001

July 2001

August 2001

September 2001

October 2001

November 2001

Flash Flood in Kansas, November 3, 20011 event

December 2001

Winter Storm in Kansas, December 12, 20013 events

Every year in Kansas Every state in 2001 Tornadoes in Kansas in 2001 Warnings in Kansas in 2001 2000 2002

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.