1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Feb 1, 1:50 AM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 150 AM EST THU FEB 1 2001 UPR LVL CLOSED LOW WRN ONT BRFLY DIPS INTO UPR LAKES THEN OPENS UP AND PULLS OFF RPDLY TO THE E LEAVING A FAIRLY SHARP FULL LAT TROF TO TRACK E THRU THE GRT LKS AND MS VLY THEN ACRS REST OF ERN U.S. MODELS BRING A QUICK SHOT OF MSTR THRU THE AREA THIS OVRNGT...EXITING THE AREA BY 12-15Z. CURRENT FLRY/FRZGDZL ASSOCTD WITH THIS FEATURE AND WK CLOSED UPR LW IN THE LWR LKS WHICH PULLS OF RPDLY TO THE E. WL WAIT TIL LAST MIN TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY LEFT OVR WX SHOULD BE MENTIONED FOR EARLY TDA MNLY ERN SXNS OF CWA. OTRW...LOOKING AT AN ESSENTIALLY DRY DAY TDA. ANOTHER RH MX MOVG ACRS AREA WITH AND AHD OF A CDFNT FOR TNGT...LINGERING E ON FRI. STGST PVA RMNG S OF CWA TDA BECMG MORE PSTV TNGT AND FRI. PARAMETERS A LTL OUT OF SYNC FOR BEST PCPN PRODUCTION. GUID POPS DON'T LOOK TOO BAD KEEPING MNLY CHC POPS W TNGT AND A SML CHC FOR SOMETHING LINGERING IN THE MORNING FRI. CNTRL AND E WL GO WITH HI CHC TNGT AND LKLY ON FRI. PCPN WL BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW. STG CAA ON FRI. LOOKS LIKE SOME LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL BE A GOOD BET BUT THIS WILL BE TEMPERED BY SGFNT ICE CVR ON LK. ACCUM STATEMENTS FOR OVRNGT WILL BE LITTLE IF ANY...TO AN INCH OR LESS CNTRL AND E. MODELS IN RSNBLY GOOD AGREEMENT ON TMPS SO WON'T PLAY TOO MUCH WITH THESE. TMPS COOLING OFF THU NGT INTO THE WKEND SO ICE JAM FLOODING SHOULD BACK / OFF A BIT. .CLE... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. VRCEK
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
An ice jam developed on the Vermilion River approximately one half mile from the mouth of the river near Mill Hollow. The river crested just above flood stage, but caused no damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, February 2001
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: 5235090.