Mississippi

Storms in Mississippi in 2001

976 events in 215 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Mississippi 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.

Mississippi 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
976
Deaths
17
Injuries
228
Damage
$126 million
Episodes
215

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 Wind46617$1.9 million
Hail21110$1.4 million
Flash Flood17301$12 million
Tornado7512205$110 million
Flood2110$984,000
Lightning1214$145,000
Waterspout600
Funnel Cloud500
Winter Storm300
Heat2111
High Wind100$5,000
Storm Surge/Tide100

Every episode, month by month

January 2001

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March 2001

April 2001

May 2001

June 2001

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.