Tornado Alley
Significant Tornadoes of 2001
| Date | County/Parish/State |
Intensity |
PL | PW | Inj. | Fat. |
| February 24 6:01pm CST |
DeSha/Arkansas
AR 1 S-SW Reed - 5 NE Snow Lake |
F3 | 42 | 300y | 0 | 0 |
| February 24 8:37pm CST |
LeFlore/Carroll/Grenada
MS 3 SE Greenwood - 7 SW Grenada |
F3 | 22 | 300y | 0 | 0 |
| February 24 9:35pm CST |
Calhoun/Pontotoc/Prentiss/Lee
MS 3 N Bruce - Near Wheeler |
F3 | 52 | 800y | 76 | 6 |
| April 11 11:30am CDT |
Gentry/Worth
MO & Ringgold/Union/Clarke/Madison IA 5 NE Gentry MO - 2 N Patterson IA |
F3 | 62 | 300y | 0 | 0 |
| April 21 9:15pm CDT |
Barton KS 1 SW Hoisington - 3 N Hoisington |
F4 | 5 | 600y | 28 | 1 |
| May 29 1:03pm MDT |
Prowers CO 2 W-SW Lamar - 2 W-NW Lamar |
F3 | 3 | 50y | 0 | 0 |
| May 29 7:15pm CDT |
Carson TX 3 N Panhandle - 2 W-NW White Deer |
F3 | 12 | 600y | 0 | 0 |
| June 11 3:06pm CDT |
Swift MN Benson City Limits - Near DeGraff |
F3* | 8 | 200y | 7 | 0 |
| June 13 6:53pm CDT |
Otter
Tail/Todd MN 1 W Parkers Prairie - 3 NW Bertha |
F3 | 12 | 100y | 3 | 0 |
| June 13 7:45pm CDT |
Seward NE 4 S Seward - 1 SW Garland |
F4 | 8 | 400y | 2 | 0 |
| June 18 8:06pm CDT |
Burnett/Washburn
WI 2 E Grantsburg - 3 W-NW Spooner |
F4* | 34 | 800y | 16 | 2 |
| July 18 6:05pm CDT |
Nelson ND 9 SW Pekin - 5 SW Pekin |
F3 | 5 | 200y | 0 | 0 |
| September 22 7:42pm CDT |
Clay/Fillmore
NE 5 N Edgar - 3 NE Ong |
F3 | 9 | 1200y | 0 | 0 |
| September 24 3:03pm EDT |
Culpeper/Fauquier
VA 1 SW Rixeyville - 3 W-NW Warrenton |
F4 | 10 | 70y | 2 | 0 |
| September 24 5:19pm EDT |
Prince
Georges/Howard MD 1 SW Hyattsville - 1 E-SE Columbia |
F3 | 18 | 200y | 55 | 2 |
| October 9 3:17pm CDT |
Beckham/Washita/Custer
OK 1 NE Elk City - 6 NW Foss |
F3 | 11 | 600y | 0 | 0 |
| October 9 5:08pm CDT |
Washita OK 2 S-SW Cordell - 4 N-NE Cordell |
F3 | 6 | 500y | 9 | 0 |
| October 9 5:36pm CDT |
Kiowa/Washita
OK 1 N Gotebo - 5 S-SE Cowden |
F3 | 13 | 500y | 1 | 0 |
| October 9 5:35pm CDT |
Hamilton/Polk
NE 2 S Marquette - 7 N Osceola |
F3 | 27 | 800y | 0 | 0 |
| October 12 9:30pm CDT |
Gillespie TX 1 SW Stonewall - 2 NE Stonewall |
F3 | 3 | 400y | 1 | 0 |
| October 13 12:25pm CDT |
Baldwin AL 2 SW Foley - 1 SW Foley |
F3 | 1 | 400y | 0 | 0 |
| October 24 7:35pm EDT |
Van
Wert/Putnam OH 6 E Middle Point - 2 E-SE Belmore |
F3 | 32 | 200y | 0 | 0 |
| October 24 3:50pm EST |
St.Joseph IN
& Berrien/Cass MI 1 SW Crumstown IN - 1 SE Niles MI |
F3 | 18 | 1200y | 2 | 1 |
| November 24 12:40am CST |
Morehouse LA
& Ashley AR 2 NE Bastrop LA - 3 E-NE Parkdale AR |
F3 | 30 | 800y | 10 | 3 |
| November 24 1:55am CST |
Bolivar/Washington
MS 3 SW Winterville - 1 SE Mound Bayou |
F4 | 32 | 800y | 48 | 0 |
| November 24 3:10am CST |
Quitman/Panola/Tate
MS 5 SW Sabino - 5 NE Strayhorn |
F3* | 44 | 300y | 33 | 3 |
| November 24 4:15am CST |
Humphreys MS 3 SW Isola - 1 NE Isola |
F3 | 5 | 400y | 5 | 0 |
| November 24 5:25am CST |
Madison MS 6 W-SW Madison - 4 S-SW Canton |
F4 | 12 | 800y | 21 | 2 |
| November 24 10:55am CST |
Pickens/Lamar/Fayette/Walker
AL 5 NW Palmetto - 1 SW Carbon Hill |
F3 | 39 | 300y | 1 | 2 |
| November 24 1:19pm CST |
Etowah/Blount
AL 3 SE Oneonta - 1 NE Altoona |
F4 | 10 | 400y | 22 | 0 |
| November 26 11:25pm CST |
Henry TN 5 SE Paris - Near Oakland |
F3 | 5 | 200y | 12 | 2 |
Top
5 Most Violent Tornadoes - 2001
| Date | Tornado "Name" | Intensity | PL | PW | |
| April 21 | Hoisington KS | F4 | 5 | 600y | 28 inj. & 1 fat. |
| November 24 | Winterville MS | F4 | 32 | 800y | 48 inj. & 0 fat. |
| June 13 | Seward NE | F4 | 8 | 400y | 2 inj. & 0 fat. |
| November 24 | Madison MS | F4 | 12 | 800y | 21 inj. & 2 fat. |
| June 18 | Siren-Hertel WI | F4* | 34 | 800y | 16 inj. & 2 fat. |
Towns/Cities Impacted By
F3 - F5
Tornadoes (2001)
| Date | City/Town | County/State | Intensity | Fatalities |
| Feb. 24 | Pontotoc | Pontotoc MS | F3 | 4 |
| Feb. 24 | Wheeler | Prentiss MS | F3 | 0 |
| Feb. 24 | Baldwyn | Prentiss/Lee MS | F3 | 0 |
| April 11 | Mount Ayr | Ringgold IA | F3 | 0 |
| April 21 | Hoisington | Barton KS | F4 | 1 |
| June 18 | Siren | Washburn WI | F4* | 0 |
| June 18 | Hertel | Washburn WI | F4* | 0 |
| Sept. 24 | Jeffersonton | Culpeper VA | F4 | 0 |
| Sept. 24 | College Park | Prince Georges MD | F3 | 2 |
| Sept. 24 | Cherry Hill | Prince Georges MD | F3 | 0 |
| Sept. 24 | Laurel | Prince Georges MD | F3 | 0 |
| Sept. 24 | North Laurel | Prince Georges MD | F3 | 0 |
| October 9 | Cordell | Washita OK | F3 | 0 |
| October 12 | Stonewall | Gillespie TX | F3 | 0 |
| October 24 | Crumstown | St.Joseph IN | F3 | 0 |
| Nov. 24 | Wilmot | Ashley AR | F3 | 0 |
| Nov. 24 | Winterville | Washington MS | F4 | 0 |
| Nov. 24 | Isola | Humphreys MS | F3 | 0 |
| Nov. 24 | Fayette | Fayette AL | F3 | 0 |
| Nov. 24 | Altoona | Etowah AL | F4 | 0 |
| Nov. 26 | Springville | Henry TN | F3 | 0 |
Strong/Violent Tornadoes By State - 2001
| State | Total | F3 | F4 | F5 |
| Mississippi | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Alabama | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Nebraska | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Arkansas | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Texas | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Minnesota | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kansas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Virginia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Missouri | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Iowa | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Colorado | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| North Dakota | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maryland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ohio | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Indiana | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michigan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Louisiana | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tennessee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 Total | 31 | 24 | 7 | 0 |
State Border
Crossing Tornadoes:
April 11 - Missouri/Iowa F3
October 24 - Indiana/Michigan F3
November 24 - Louisiana/Arkansas F3