Ohio

Storms in Ohio in 2001

953 events in 172 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Ohio 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.

Ohio 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
953
Deaths
8
Injuries
21
Damage
$98 million
Episodes
172

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 Wind30204$2.4 million
Hail19524$72 million
High Wind18315$3.1 million
Flash Flood12333$13 million
Heavy Snow4600$1.7 million
Flood2000$655,000
Lightning1600$40,000
Heavy Rain1000
Waterspout1000
Excessive Heat900
Tornado902$4.7 million
Funnel Cloud900
Cold/Wind Chill900
Heat900
Dense Fog223$12,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100

Every episode, month by month

January 2001

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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.