North Carolina

Storms in North Carolina in 2001

944 events in 426 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in North Carolina 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.

North Carolina 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
944
Deaths
2
Injuries
21
Damage
$18 million
Episodes
426

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 Wind21202$1.5 million
Drought20800
Hail15103$50,000
High Wind9810$1.2 million
Heavy Snow8700$30,000
Flash Flood7302$12 million
Lightning3308$3.0 million
Winter Weather1600
Sleet1400
Tornado1303$318,000
Winter Storm900
Flood701
Heavy Rain500$25,000
Dense Fog402$6,000
Blizzard400
Waterspout300
Storm Surge/Tide200
Heat210
Strong Wind100$15,000
Frost/Freeze100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100

Every episode, month by month

January 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.