Michigan

Storms in Michigan in 2001

956 events in 185 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Michigan 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.

Michigan 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
956
Deaths
9
Injuries
223
Damage
$197 million
Episodes
185

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind32200$1.8 million
Hail16304$2.4 million
Flash Flood8316$12 million
Heavy Snow7103$79,000
High Wind5001$1.3 million
Winter Storm4800
Flood4730$624,000
Tornado4208$29 million
Heat421200
Ice Storm3400$2,000
Drought2400$150 million
Lightning1411$183,000
Strong Wind600
Winter Weather400
Rip Current220
Waterspout200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill110
Dust Devil100

Every episode, month by month

January 2001

February 2001

March 2001

April 2001

May 2001

June 2001

July 2001

August 2001

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.