Ohio, 2001

Damaging Wind in Ohio, April 8, 2001

April 8, 2001 · NWS CLE · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$20,000
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 Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 7, 8:35 PM EST, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 8:35 PM EST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
935 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2001

SCT TSRA CONT TO DVLP AND MOV ACRS WRN PORTION OF FA THIS EVE.  SVR
WX THREAT NOW APPEARS OVR AND MAIN CONCERN IS NOW FM HEAVY RAIN.
STORM OVR WOOD CO HAS BEEN DUMPING TORRENTIAL RAIN PAST FEW
MINUTES.  DRIER AIR AND CLR SKIES RIGHT ON THE HEELS OF TSRA AND WL
CONT TO WORK EWD ACRS FA OVRNGT.  WL HOLD OFF ON UPDT FOR A WHILE
LONGER TO ALLOW CONVE:CTION TO SHIFT NE OVR LERI.

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

KUBINA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 7, 7:30 PM EST, 6 hours before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND,OH
830 PM EDT SAT APR 7 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0616 PM    2 W MAUMEE                OH   .88 INCH HAIL
04/07/01   LUCAS

0618 PM    MAUMEE                    OH   .75 INCH HAIL
04/07/01   LUCAS

0621 PM    MAUMEE                    OH   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/07/01   LUCAS

0625 PM    ROSSFORD                  OH   .75 INCH HAIL
04/07/01   WOOD

0628 PM    TOLEDO                    OH   .75 INCH HAIL
04/07/01   LUCAS

0628 PM    OREGON                    OH   .75 INCH HAIL
04/07/01   LUCAS

0650 PM    OAK HARBOR                OH   .75 INCH HAIL
04/07/01   OTTAWA

0625 PM    6 E OREGON                OH   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/07/01   LUCAS

0653 PM    OAK HARBOR                OH   1.00 INCH HAIL
04/07/01   OTTAWA

0625 PM    1 W BOWLING GREEN         OH   WIND DAMAGE
04/07/01   WOOD                           GARAGE BLOWN DOWN

0625 PM    1 W BOWLING GREEN         OH   .75 INCH HAIL
04/07/01   WOOD

0630 PM    TOLEDO                    OH   WIND DAMAGE
04/07/01   LUCAS                          SEVERAL POWER POLES BLOWN
                                          DOWN

0640 PM    WOODVILLE                 OH   WIND DAMAGE
04/07/01   SANDUSKY                       21 POWER POLES BLOWN DOWN

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The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 149 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:29 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Wood

When
April 8, 1:30 AM EST
Where
Wood County, Bowling Green
Property damage
$20,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
41.367, -83.667

Thunderstorm winds downed several large trees. One of the fallen trees knocked a hole in the roof of a porch.

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

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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: 5241565.