Storms in Pennsylvania in 2001

1,051 events in 491 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania 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: 1,051
Deaths: 31
Injuries: 32
Damage: $71 million
Episodes: 491

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
Thunderstorm Wind	357	0	2	$1.2 million
Heavy Snow	134	0	0	$1.4 million
Hail	97	0	19	$2.6 million
High Wind	91	0	0	$605,000
Heat	73	28	0
Flash Flood	68	2	2	$63 million
Drought	51	0	0
Winter Storm	34	0	0
Lightning	26	1	8	$621,000
Heavy Rain	22	0	0
Sleet	20	0	0
Winter Weather	17	0	0
Ice Storm	15	0	0
Tornado	14	0	0	$1.3 million
Excessive Heat	10	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	10	0	0
Flood	4	0	0
Wildfire	4	0	0
Waterspout	2	0	0
Dust Devil	1	0	1
Funnel Cloud	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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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.