TORNADOES AND RELATED DEATHS BY STATE, 2001


State

Tornadoes

Deaths
Alabama
55
6
Alaska
0
0
Arizona
4
0
Arkansas
40
5
California
7
0
Colorado
47
0
Connecticut
4
0
Delaware
0
0
D.C.
1
0
Florida
69
2
Georgia
12
0
Hawaii
0
0
Idaho
2
0
Illinois
21
0
Indiana
25
2
Iowa
105
2
Kansas
102
1
Kentucky
6
0
Louisiana
32
1
Maine
2
0
Maryland
10
2
Massachusetts
2
0
Michigan
35
0
Minnesota
73
0
Mississippi
59
12
Missouri
39
1
Montana
9
0
Nebraska
62
0
Nevada
1
0
New Hampshire
0
0
New Jersey
2
0
New Mexico
5
0
New York
3
0
North Carolina
13
0
North Dakota
47
0
Ohio
8
0
Oklahoma
61
1
Oregon
4
0
Pennsylvania
12
0
Rhode Island
0
0
South Carolina
14
0
South Dakota
31
0
Tennessee
14
3
Texas
138
0
Utah
5
0
Vermont
0
0
Virginia
13
0
Washington
2
0
West Virginia
1
0
Wisconsin
12
2
Wyoming
16
0
Total (1)
1,226
40
(1) Total tornado number is larger than the U.S. total because this chart counts tornadoes crossing state lines and includes Puerto Rico.

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Storm Prediction Center, National Weather Service.