Flash flood deaths by state since 1996
The record lists 2,079 direct flash flood deaths since 1996. Texas has the most, with 533. West Virginia has the highest rate among states with five or more, at 33.4 per million residents.
By year
Direct flash flood deaths by year
By state
| Texas | 533 | 16.8 |
| North Carolina | 141 | 12.6 |
| Arizona | 115 | 15.1 |
| Kentucky | 109 | 23.7 |
| Missouri | 109 | 17.4 |
| Tennessee | 82 | 11.2 |
| Pennsylvania | 73 | 5.6 |
| Arkansas | 68 | 21.8 |
| California | 68 | 1.7 |
| Oklahoma | 65 | 15.8 |
| West Virginia | 59 | 33.4 |
| New York | 58 | 2.9 |
| Utah | 48 | 13.6 |
| New Mexico | 46 | 21.6 |
| Ohio | 43 | 3.6 |
| Virginia | 43 | 4.8 |
| New Jersey | 38 | 4.0 |
| Alabama | 34 | 6.5 |
| Colorado | 29 | 4.8 |
| Indiana | 29 | 4.2 |
| Louisiana | 28 | 6.1 |
| South Carolina | 27 | 4.8 |
| Illinois | 26 | 2.0 |
| Kansas | 21 | 7.1 |
| Maryland | 20 | 3.2 |
| Mississippi | 18 | 6.1 |
| Hawaii | 17 | 11.9 |
| Georgia | 14 | 1.2 |
| Minnesota | 13 | 2.2 |
| Wisconsin | 13 | 2.2 |
| Nevada | 12 | 3.7 |
| Florida | 9 | 0.4 |
| Iowa | 9 | 2.8 |
| Vermont | 8 | 12.4 |
| Alaska | 6 | 8.1 |
| Michigan | 6 | 0.6 |
| Nebraska | 6 | 3.0 |
| Connecticut | 5 | 1.4 |
| North Dakota | 5 | 6.3 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | 3.5 |
| Wyoming | 5 | 8.5 |
| Delaware | 4 | 3.8 |
| South Dakota | 4 | 4.3 |
| Idaho | 2 | 1.0 |
| Maine | 2 | 1.4 |
| Washington | 2 | 0.2 |
| Montana | 1 | 0.9 |
| Oregon | 1 | 0.2 |
| District of Columbia | 0 | 0.0 |
| Massachusetts | 0 | 0.0 |
| Rhode Island | 0 | 0.0 |