Name: Damaging Wind in Ohio, April 8, 2001
Start: 2001-04-08T16:00
End: 2001-04-08T16:05
Location: Ohio

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $3,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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 8, 1:20 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 1:20 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
220 PM EDT SUN APR 8 2001

VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING LINE OF MODERATE OR MORE
SUBSTANTIAL CU JUST SOUTH OF DAY TO IND.  THIS IS IN AN AREA OF
SURFACE CONVERGENCE AND ON THE NORTHERN END OF THETA-E AXIS.  KILN
IS NOT SHOWING ANY RETURNS YET HOWEVER KIND IS SHOWING A FEW.

IMMEDIATE CONCERN IS AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION.  CAPE VALUES
ARE APPROACHING 2000 J/KG OVER FA WITH REALLY NO INHIBITION.
SURFACE DELTA THETA-E VALUES ARE IN EXCESS OF 25 DEGREES.  SHEAR
VALUES ARE ALSO AROUND 25 M/S.  12Z ETA INDICATES A WEAK WAVE MOVING
ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING.  THIS SHOULD BE THE FINAL KICKER IF
JUST THE CONVERGENCE NEAR THE AFOREMENTIONED BOUNDARY ISN'T ENOUGH
TO GET IT GOING.  WILL CONTEMPLATE PUTTING IN SEVERE WORDING BEFORE
ISSUING.

OVERNIGHT SHOULD REMAIN RELATIVELY DRY AFTER THE EVENING CONVECTION
MOVES OFF TO THE EAST.  ANOTHER BATCH OF CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO
FIRE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND AFFECT NORTHERN FA MONDAY MORNING.
HOWEVER 1000 TO 500 MB THICKNESS SUGGEST IT SHOULD TURN A BIT
SOUTH.  LATTER SHIFTS WILL HAVE TO MONITOR TO SEE IF WORDING FOR
SOUTHERN FA NEEDS UPDATING.  ONCE AGAIN CONVECTION IS EXPECTED TO
REFIRE IN WAKE OF MCS AS DAYTIME HEATING OCCURS.

FWC TEMPS LOOK TOO COOL WITH FA STAYING IN THE WARM SECTOR AND TDS
AROUND OR IN THE LOWER 60S SO WILL BUMP UP LOWS A CAT TONIGHT= AND A
COUPLE CATS MONDAY NIGHT.  WILL ONLY BUMP UP A DEGREE OR TWO MONDAYS
HIGH.  TUESDAY'S HIGH LOOKS REASONABLE.

MISILN OUT SHORTLY.

.ILN...NONE.
 TIPTON

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:58 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When: April 8, 4:00 PM EST to 4:05 PM EST
Where: Franklin County, Shadeville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.833, -83.000

A few trees were knocked down.

What these are

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

More

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: 5240268.