Rank	State	Fatalities
1	Florida	345
2	North Carolina	165
3	Texas	164
4	New York	128
5	Tennessee	124
6 (tie)	Louisiana	116
6 (tie)	Maryland	116
7	Ohio	115
8	Arkansas	110
9	Pennsylvania	109
10	Colorado	95
11 (tie)	Michigan	89
11 (tie)	Mississippi	89
12	Oklahoma	88
13	Illinois	85
14	Alabama	84
15	Kentucky	82
16 (tie)	Georgia	81
16 (tie)	New Mexico	81
17	Missouri	79
18	South Carolina	77
19	Indiana	74
20	Iowa	65
21	Arizona	59
22	Kansas	56
23	New Jersey	55
24	Minnesota	53
25	Virginia	51
26	Wisconsin	47
27	Nebraska	41
28	Utah	34
29	Puerto Rico	30
30	Massachusetts	24
31	Maine	22
32 (tie)	California	21
32 (tie)	Wyoming	21
33 (tie)	Idaho	20
33 (tie)	Montana	20
33 (tie)	South Dakota	20
33 (tie)	West Virginia	20
34	Delaware	15
35	Connecticut	13
36	Vermont	12
37	North Dakota	11
38	New Hampshire	8
39	Oregon	7
40	Nevada	6
41	D.C.	5
42	Rhode Island	4
43	Washington	3
44 (tie)	Alaska	0
44 (tie)	Hawaii	0

Source: Curran, Holle and Lopez (2000)

Extreme Weather Sourcebook 2001