Washington

Storms in Washington in 2001

248 events in 105 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Washington 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.

Washington 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
248
Deaths
11
Injuries
19
Damage
$103 million
Episodes
105

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
Heavy Snow6600$125,000
High Wind6535$3.3 million
Heavy Rain3310$21 million
Drought1900
Flood1400$4.2 million
Hail1300$70 million
Thunderstorm Wind905$1.2 million
Dust Storm500
Winter Storm500$300,000
Lightning400$25,000
Funnel Cloud300
Wildfire346$1.1 million
Avalanche220
Tornado200$100,000
Blizzard200
Dense Fog103$140,000
Flash Flood110$1.5 million
Storm Surge/Tide100$250,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2001

February 2001

March 2001

April 2001

May 2001

June 2001

July 2001

August 2001

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.