Storms in Tennessee in 2001

1,021 events in 387 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Tennessee 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.

Tennessee 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: 1,021
Deaths: 6
Injuries: 45
Damage: $15 million
Episodes: 387

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	578	1	3	$3.9 million
Hail	141	1	3	$1.1 million
Winter Storm	104	0	0
Flash Flood	104	0	6	$2.5 million
Flood	38	1	0	$1.4 million
High Wind	26	0	0	$281,000
Tornado	14	3	18	$5.3 million
Lightning	12	0	15	$50,000
Funnel Cloud	3	0	0
Heavy Snow	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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December 2001

Every year in Tennessee Every state in 2001 Tornadoes in Tennessee in 2001 Warnings in Tennessee in 2001 2000 2002

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.