Storms in Rhode Island in 2001
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Rhode Island 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.
Rhode Island 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
The year
- Events
- 60
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 4
- Damage
- $14 million
- Episodes
- 20
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Snow | 15 | 0 | 0 | $11 million |
| Strong Wind | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 5 | 0 | 0 | $3.2 million |
| Heavy Rain | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| Excessive Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Flood | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2001
February 2001
- Heavy Snow in Rhode Island, February 5 to 6, 2001
- Strong Wind in Rhode Island, February 10, 2001
- Strong Wind in Rhode Island, February 17, 2001
- Winter Weather in Rhode Island, February 25, 2001
March 2001
- Heavy Snow in Rhode Island, March 5 to 6, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Rhode Island, March 9 to 10, 2001
- Flash Flood and Flood in Rhode Island, March 22 to 24, 2001
- Heavy Snow in Rhode Island, March 26 to 27, 2001
- Flash Flood and Flood in Rhode Island, March 30 to 31, 2001
April 2001
May 2001
- Excessive Heat in Rhode Island, May 3, 2001
- Excessive Heat in Rhode Island, May 4, 2001
- Excessive Heat in Rhode Island, May 12, 2001
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in Rhode Island, May 29, 2001
June 2001
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in Rhode Island, June 11, 2001
- Flash Flood and Lightning Strike in Rhode Island, June 17, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Rhode Island, June 30, 2001
July 2001
More
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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.