4 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 24, 6:35 PM EST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 635 PM EST SAT NOV 24 2001 MAIN AREA OF SHOWERS PUSHING THROUGH ERN PORTIONS OF FA. HOWEVER...KIND 88D SHWG NARROW LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DVLPG OVER CNTRL IND. THIS IN LINE WITH 18Z MESO ETA WHICH SHOWS THIS FILLING IN THROUGH 06Z. WL SEND UPDATE TO FCST TO CLEAN UP PCPN WORDING AND ADD CHC OF TSTMS TO WRN ZONES. .ILN...NONE. LOTT
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>096-OHZ034-035-042-043-051-060- 061-070-071-077-078-250600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 815 PM EST SAT NOV 24 2001 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND FAR WESTERN OHIO UNTIL 1 AM EST... A STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM OVER WESTERN INDIANA WAS PUSHING EAST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH TONIGHT WITH MANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...AND WITH ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES THIS EVENING...THE ADVANCEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO PROMPTS THE TORNADO WATCH ISSUANCE. CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE...RICHMOND AND BROOKVILLE INDIANA... WAPAKONETA...DAYTON AND CINCINNATI IN OHIO...AND NEWPORT AND OWENTON IN KENTUCKY. EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO HAVE SEVERE WEATHER PROCEDURES IN PLACE TONIGHT...AND SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION. KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR UPDATES ON THIS WATCH AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:33 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Two trees were knocked down near Laurel and in the vicinity of Oldenburg.
Two trees were knocked down across the western part of the county.
Trees were knocked down west of town.
Several trees were blown down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, November 2001
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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5274045, 5274044, 5274047, 5274046.