Storms in Missouri in 2001

2,279 events in 873 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Missouri 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.

Missouri 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: 2,279
Deaths: 35
Injuries: 269
Damage: $1.1 billion
Episodes: 873

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	632	0	2	$1.1 billion
Thunderstorm Wind	480	0	34	$8.0 million
Heat	432	30	213
Flood	241	0	1	$182,000
Flash Flood	125	3	6	$1.6 million
Winter Storm	99	0	0	$260,000
High Wind	80	0	1	$281,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	46	1	0
Ice Storm	44	0	0	$25,000
Tornado	42	1	12	$17 million
Heavy Snow	31	0	0
Lightning	10	0	0	$295,000
Frost/Freeze	7	0	0
Heavy Rain	6	0	0
Winter Weather	4	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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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.