Storms in Kentucky in 2001

1,005 events in 531 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Kentucky 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.

Kentucky 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: 1,005
Deaths: 4
Injuries: 31
Damage: $38 million
Episodes: 531

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	477	0	7	$946,000
Flash Flood	125	4	6	$18 million
Hail	103	0	1	$280,000
Flood	54	0	2	$339,000
Heavy Snow	41	0	0
Dense Fog	33	0	0
Heat	26	0	0
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	22	0	0
Frost/Freeze	22	0	0
Strong Wind	22	0	0	$7,000
High Wind	20	0	0	$28,000
Winter Storm	19	0	0
Winter Weather	9	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	8	0	0
Heavy Rain	7	0	0
Tornado	7	0	14	$18 million
Excessive Heat	4	0	0
Lightning	4	0	1	$25,000
Debris Flow	1	0	0
Funnel Cloud	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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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.