Wisconsin

Storms in Wisconsin in 2001

1,392 events in 256 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin 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
1,392
Deaths
13
Injuries
32
Damage
$91 million
Episodes
256

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 Wind29805$838,000
Hail27501$5.6 million
Dense Fog25200
Heat101100
Strong Wind8900$105,000
High Wind8301$1.1 million
Heavy Snow6400
Flood6304$45 million
Winter Storm5901
Ice Storm4000
Lightning2413$959,000
Tornado15217$36 million
Funnel Cloud900
Heavy Rain900
Flash Flood600$828,000
Waterspout200
Excessive Heat200
Winter Weather100

Every episode, month by month

January 2001

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March 2001

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May 2001

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.