Name: Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 8, 2001
Start: 2001-08-08T16:25
End: 2001-08-08T19:07
Location: Ohio

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $20,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 Aug 8, 1:50 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 1:50 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
250 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2001

A LTTL BEHIND TDA DUE TO EQUIP PROBS BUT PREVIOUS FCST APPRS ON
TRACK.  HV BEEN WATCHING CU FIELD DVLPG S OF KYNG ALG RMNS OF SFC
TROF.  MAY BE ENUF MOISTURE POOLING ALG THIS BNDRY TO SUPPORT
ISOLATED TSRA THIS EVE AND WL WORD FOR A SLGT CHC ERLY..SIMILAR TO
YDAY.  ELSEWHERE JUST M/CLR.  DWPTS HOLDING UP IN LWR 70S THIS AFT
AND LO TEMPS WL MAINLY BE IN LOW 70S TGNT.

MODELS INDICATING INCRSG MID LVL MOISTURE ON THU SO WL SHOULD SEE A
GRADUAL INCR IN CLDS FM W TO E.  SUM TIMING DIFFS WITH CDFNT WITH
NGM MUCH QUICKER THAN ETA/AVN.  CAN/T SEE WHAT WL PUSH FNT THRU AS
QUICK AS NGM DOES AND WL FAVOR SLOWER MOVEMENT.  AT ANY RATE CHC
POPS ALL AREAS THU NGT.  FLIRTED WITH LIKELY POPS IN W...BUT BEST
DYNAMICS RMN W AND SW OF FA IN DEEPER MOISTURE.  CHC POPS FRI WITH
AM WORD IN NWRN ZNS.

8H TEMPS TMRW SIMILAR TO TDA AND THINK FWC GUID TEMPS MAY ACTUALLY
BE A TAD COOL.  GUID OTHR PDS OK.

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

KUBINA

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:23 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Marion

When: August 8, 4:25 PM EST
Where: Marion County, New Bloomington
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.567, -83.383

Thunderstorm winds uprooted two trees.

Funnel Cloud, Marion

When: August 8, 4:45 PM EST
Where: Marion County, La Rue
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.587, -83.161 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trained spotters reported a funnel cloud. The funnel cloud quickly dissipated and caused no damage.

Thunderstorm Wind, Seneca

When: August 8, 7:07 PM EST
Where: Seneca County, Bettsville
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.250, -83.233

Thunderstorm winds blew a large tree down. The tree landed on a car and severely damaged it.

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.
Funnel Cloud: A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.

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, 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: 5265655, 5265714, 5265656.