Ohio, 2001

Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 7, 2001

April 7, 2001 · NWS CLE · 14 events in 4 counties and zones

10 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$210,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
14

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 Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 7, 2:00 PM EST, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 2:00 PM EST, 3 hours 16 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
300 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2001

TNGT...WEAKENG CDFNT...CONVERGENCE AT LOW LVLS BUT UNSTBL. MUCH OF
NRN OH APCHD CONVECTIVE TEMP. ACTIVITY MAY DVLP CLOSER TO THE CDFNT.
IF THIS IS THE CASE PCPN MAY NOT GET GOING UNTIL AFTER 8 PM IN CLE
CWA. STG H8 WINDS ARE SCARY FOR WIND DAMAGE. ATTM WL ONLY MENTION
RISK OF SVR OVR NW OH AS TSTMS MAY DIMINISH. SUNDAY IS TOUGH AS SOME
PCPN COULD LINGER IN THE NE PTN OF FA. VORT MOVS THRU SRN OH. AMS IS
UNSTBL...ATTM WL CONT WITH DRY FCST BECAUSE OF LACK OF TRIGGER.
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY SEEMS LIKE ANOTHER ROUND OF SHWRS AND
TSTMS.

.CLE...
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
KIELTYhKA

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:16 UTC.

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Event by event

10 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lucas

When
April 7, 5:16 PM EST
Where
Lucas County, Maumee
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.567, -83.650

Nickel size hail was reported two miles west of Maumee.

Hail, Lucas

When
April 7, 5:18 PM EST
Where
Lucas County, Maumee
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.567, -83.650

Dime size hail was reported.

Hail, Lucas

When
April 7, 5:21 PM EST
Where
Lucas County, Maumee
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.567, -83.650

Quarter size hail was reported.

Hail, Wood

When
April 7, 5:25 PM EST
Where
Wood County, Rossford
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.617, -83.567

Dime size hail was reported.

Hail, Lucas

When
April 7, 5:25 PM EST
Where
Lucas County, Oregon
Measured
1.75 in hail
Property damage
$50,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.650, -83.433

Golf ball size hail was reported six miles east of Oregon. Several cars were damaged.

Hail, Wood

When
April 7, 5:25 PM EST
Where
Wood County, Bowling Green
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
41.367, -83.667

Dime size hail was reported one mile west of Bowling Green.

Thunderstorm Wind, Wood

When
April 7, 5:25 PM EST
Where
Wood County, Bowling Green
Property damage
$30,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
41.367, -83.667

Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and blew down a garage one mile west of Bowling Green.

Hail, Lucas

When
April 7, 5:28 PM EST
Where
Lucas County, Toledo
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.650, -83.550

Dime size hail was reported on the southeast side of Toledo.

Hail, Lucas

When
April 7, 5:28 PM EST
Where
Lucas County, Oregon
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.650, -83.433

Dime size hail was reported.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lucas

When
April 7, 5:30 PM EST
Where
Lucas County, Toledo
Property damage
$25,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.650, -83.550

Thunderstorm winds downed several power poles.

Hail, Ottawa

When
April 7, 5:50 PM EST
Where
Ottawa County, Oak Harbor
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.517, -83.150

Dime size hail was reported.

Thunderstorm Wind, Ottawa

When
April 7, 5:50 PM EST
Where
Ottawa County, Elmore
Property damage
$30,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
41.483, -83.300

Thunderstorm winds downed 8 trees at a golf course. A building at the golf course was also damaged.

Thunderstorm Wind, Sandusky

When
April 7, 5:50 PM EST
Where
Sandusky County, Woodville
Property damage
$75,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.450, -83.383

Thunderstorm winds snapped 21 power poles near Woodville.

Hail, Ottawa

When
April 7, 5:53 PM EST
Where
Ottawa County, Oak Harbor
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.517, -83.150

Quarter size hail was reported.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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

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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: 5241551, 5241552, 5241553, 5241554, 5241558, 5241560, 5241561, 5241555, 5241556, 5241563, 5241557, 5241562, 5241564, 5241559.