Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 6, 2001

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 6, 2001
Start: 2001-04-06T04:01
End: 2001-04-06T19:08
Location: Ohio

April 6, 2001 · NWS ILN · 6 events in 5 counties and zones

3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 1
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $66,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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.

What forecasters said that day

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 Apr 6, 2:34 AM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 2:34 AM EST, 1 hour 27 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
334 AM EDT FRI APR 6 2001

WARM FRONT HAS JUST ABOUT CLEARED THE CWFA THIS MORNING...HWVR
CONVECTIVE BOUNDARIES WERE SHIFTING WINDS TEMPORARILY OVER THE FAR
NORTH.  BNDRY PROGGED TO BECOME QUASI-STATIONARY FOR AWHILE ERLY
TDY...LIKELY ENHANCED BY THE RAIN COOLED AIR...BEFORE LIFTING NORTH.
THE PATTERN OF TROFFINESS IN THE WEST...RODGING EAST WL CONTINUE
THRU THE SHORT RANGE...ALTHOUGH A SUCCESSION OF SHORT WAVES WL
GRADUALLY FLATTEN THE RIDGE FOR OUR REGION.

MAIN FCST CHALLENGE IN THE FIRST PERIOD IS POPS.  ETA/NGM HV BEEN
MUCH TOO AGGRESSIVE WITH QPF IN THE WARM SECTOR THUS FAR...AS
INSTABILITY HAS BEEN INSUFFICIENT TO GENERATE PCPN WITH LACK OF
FOCUSING MECHANISM.  THE NEW SHORT RANGE GUIDANCE IS IN GOOD
AGREEMENT WITH THE SYNOPTIC FTRS...BUT WL LEAN TWRD THE AVN QPF
WHICH FOCUSES QPF CLOSER TOO THE WARM FRONT AND EXISTING OUTFLOW
BNDRYS.  WL KEEP POPS IN THE CHC RANGE ALL ZONES TDY...TAPERING FROM
50 FAR NORTH TO 30 IN THE SOUTH.  SAT TRENDS AND SFC OBS DEPICT
PLENTY OF CLDS ARND...BUT SHUD SEE A FEW BREAKS DVLP BY AFTN AS THE
LOWER CLOUD MIXES OUT A BIT.  LLVL THICKNESS WARMS ABV 1400M OVER
THE SW THIS AFTN...WHICH WUD SUPPORT TEMPS 80-85 WITH FULL SUN.
GIVEN THE AFOREMENTIONED CLDS...THE MID-UPPER 70S FROM THE PREV FCST
SEEM MORE RSNBL.

BAND OF HIER MEAN RH/INSTABILITY LFTS NORTH THRU THE AREA
OVERNIGHT...AND WL KEEP LOW CHC POPS ACRS THE NORTH.  STRONG SW FLOW
AND 60+ DWPTS WL KEEP TEMPS UP...AND HV RAISED MOS ACRS THE BOARD.
WL MAINTAIN LOW CHC POPS SUNDAY AS WEAK FORCING AND DIURNAL
INSTABILITY COULD YIELD SOME SHRA/TSRA.  WITH ENUF SUN CUD SEE SOME
80S OVER THE SW.  WL GO AOA THE WARMER FWC TEMPS.

.ILN...NONE.

JOHNSTONE

The radar

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Event by event

3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Hardin

When: April 6, 4:01 AM EST to 4:05 AM EST
Where: Hardin County, Kenton
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.650, -83.600

Hail, Hamilton

When: April 6, 5:15 PM EST to 5:20 PM EST
Where: Hamilton County, Norwood
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.150, -84.383

Lightning, Hamilton

When: April 6, 5:45 PM EST
Where: Hamilton County, Mt Washington
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 39.196, -84.543 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Lightning caused a house fire which led to the death of one person.

Thunderstorm Wind, Clermont

When: April 6, 5:52 PM EST to 5:55 PM EST
Where: Clermont County, Pt Pleasant
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.900, -84.233

A few trees were knocked down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Adams

When: April 6, 6:15 PM EST to 6:19 PM EST
Where: Adams County, Seaman
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.933, -83.567

A few trees were knocked down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Scioto

When: April 6, 7:00 PM EST to 7:08 PM EST
Where: Scioto County, West Portsmouth
Measured: 65 kt (75 mph)
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.767, -83.033

Trees were knocked down in West Portsmouth. Minor damage to buildings occurred and signs were downed in Portsmouth.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Lightning, Hamilton	2001-04-06	39	Female	Permanent Home	Direct

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Lightning: A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Ohio in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Ohio, April 2001

Sources

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: 5240256, 5240257, 5240261, 5240258, 5240259, 5240260.