Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 18, 2001

Name: Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 18, 2001
Start: 2001-08-18T17:57
End: 2001-08-18T17:57
Location: Ohio

August 18, 2001 · NWS IWX · 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: None recorded
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 Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 18, 2:18 PM EST, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 2:18 PM EST, 3 hours 39 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
218 PM EST SAT AUG 18 2001

...TORNADO WATCH TIL 600 PM EST FOR SW CWFA...

EAST WEST BOUNDARY AND FAVORABLE WIND PROFILE AHEAD OF VIGOROUS S/W
AND UPPER JET AIDING SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN IL. TSRA
FINALLY FIRING IN WRN FA AHEAD OF RAIN SHIELD. WL BE GOING WITH
CATEGORICAL POPS THIS EVENING AND SEVERE WORDING AHEAD OF LINE AND
IN WATCH AREA. AVN HAS BEST HANDLE ON DRY SLOT WORKING INTO NW IL
AND SW WI. ETA SIMILAR BUT LOOKS AGRESSIVE WITH FILLING THIS DRY
AREA IN. PLAN ON TIMING AN END TO TSRA IN WEST THIS EVENING AND NO
TIMING IN EAST. WRAP AROUND COMES BACK INTO PLAY AFTER MIDNIGHT IN
THE WEST. UPPER LOW DRIFTS EAST ON SUN WITH SOME INSTABILITY AND
MOISTURE LEFT OVER. WL CONT HIGHEST POPS EAST WITH THUNDER. WRN FA
DRIES OUT SUN NIGHT WITH CLOUDS SLOW TO DEPART. WEAK S/W HINTED AT
BY ETA AND AVN TO DROP SE ACRS ERN FA SO WL CONT CHC POP THERE SUN
NIGHT. LINGERING MOISTURE EAST MON BUT NOT GOING TO ADD ANY POPS
RIGHT NOW AND WILL SHOOT FOR DECREASING CLOUDS.

FAN TEMPS LOOK VERY COOL FOR SUN. WL GO CLOSER TO MAV/FWC BLEND
MOST PERIODS.

.IWX...TORNADO WATCH 676 UNTIL 23Z FOR INZ013-015-020-022>024

LASHLEY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 18, 4:37 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
437 PM EST SAT AUG 18 2001

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

0417 PM    WABASH                    IN   .5 INCH HAIL
08/18/01   WABASH                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0435 PM    WAWPECONG                 IN   .88 INCH HAIL
08/18/01   MIAMI                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Aug 18, 4:47 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
447 PM EST SAT AUG 18 2001

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

0445 PM    HUNTINGTON                IN   60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/18/01   HUNTINGTON                     ESTIMATED. REPORTED BY
                                          HAM RADIO OPERATOR.

Local storm report, Aug 18, 4:57 PM EST, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
457 PM EST SAT AUG 18 2001

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

0450 PM    HUNTINGTON                IN   .25 INCH HAIL
08/18/01   HUNTINGTON                     AND STREET FLOODING.
                                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0450 PM    SWAYZEE                   IN   .5 INCH HAIL
08/18/01   GRANT                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Aug 18, 5:04 PM EST, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
504 PM EST SAT AUG 18 2001

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

0500 PM    FAIRMOUNT                 IN   .88 INCH HAIL
08/18/01   GRANT                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0500 PM    MIER                      IN   .75 INCH HAIL
08/18/01   GRANT                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Aug 18, 5:11 PM EST, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
511 PM EST SAT AUG 18 2001

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

0510 PM    GAS CITY                  IN   .75 INCH HAIL
08/18/01   GRANT                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

Local storm report, Aug 18, 5:53 PM EST, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
553 PM EST SAT AUG 18 2001

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

0539 PM    DECATUR                   IN   WIND DAMAGE
08/18/01   ADAMS                          ROOF PARTIALLY BLOWN
                                          OFF OF BUSINESS IN
                                          DOWNTOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0541 PM    DECATUR                   IN   .88 INCH HAIL
08/18/01   ADAMS                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0545 PM    1 N DECATUR               IN   WIND DAMAGE
08/18/01   ADAMS                          NUMEROUS LARGE POWER
                                          LINES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0549 PM    1 N DECATUR               IN   .75 INCH HAIL
08/18/01   ADAMS                          REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

0549 PM    DECATUR                   IN   60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/18/01   ADAMS                          REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:56 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Van Wert

When: August 18, 5:57 PM EST
Where: Van Wert County, 3 mi SE of Convoy
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.883, -84.667

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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

Every storm in Ohio in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Ohio, August 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: 5263950.