High Wind in Ohio, February 9 to 10, 2001

Name: High Wind in Ohio, February 9 to 10, 2001
Start: 2001-02-09T20:00
End: 2001-02-10T02:00
Location: Ohio

February 9 to 10, 2001 · NWS CLE · 25 events in 25 counties and zones

A strong cold front moved across northern Ohio during the evening hours. Damaging westerly winds occurred behind the front for a period of several hours.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 25 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: $320,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 25

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 happened

The episode as NWS CLE wrote it up.

A strong cold front moved across northern Ohio during the evening hours. Damaging westerly winds occurred behind the front for a period of several hours. A 63 mph wind gust was recorded in Lucas County around 9 pm with a 61 mph gust measured in Ottawa County shortly after. A 71 mph gust was recorded at Garfield Heights in Cuyahoga County at 1050 pm with a 60 mph gust in downtown Cleveland. Several hundred trees were downed throughout northern Ohio. Power poles were reported downed in Wood and Huron Counties. The strong winds also blew a semi truck over near Cygnet in Hancock County. Also, a portion of a roof was torn off of a house in Stark County near Canton.

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 Feb 9, 2:10 PM EST, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 2:10 PM EST, 5 hours 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
210 PM EST FRI FEB 9 2001

MODELS HANDLING UA FEATURES IN VERY SIMILAR MANNER WITH RDG ERN U.S.
BEING PUSHED EAST BY A S/W MOVING RPDLY NE THRU THE FLOW AND WKNG.
HI MN RH VALUES MNLY WITH AND AHD OF CDFNT WITH RAPID DRY SLOTTING
BHND FNT. SHWRS/TSTM WL BE CONTD TNGT WITH LKLY POPS W AND CAT
ELSWR. PRVS FCST OF SNWSHWRS E AND FLRYS CNTRL IS A BIT OF A FAR
REACH FOR LIMITED RH...BUT WITH STG CAA AND CIRRENT LK TMPS...NOT
OUT OF THE PICTURE SO WL CONT LOW CHC POP FOR SNWSHWRS E AND FLRYS
CNTRL WITH DRY ELSWR. WL THEN GO WITH A DRY FCST SAT NGT AND SUN.
THIS ESSENTIALLY IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH MOS NUMBERS. TMP FCST BTWN
MDLS FAIRLY AGREEABLE WITH MINOR DIFFS. LOWS TNGT WL BE HIGHS FOR
SAT. HIGHS MID TO UPR 20S LIKELY FOR SUN.

WL KEEP HI WND WARNING FOR THE OVRNGT.  CONVCTV AND FNTL WNDS LKLY
TO BE THE WORST.

.CLE...
OH AND PA...HIGH WIND WARNING TNGHT.
OH...GALE WARNING LE.

VRCEK

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

25 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Ashland

When: February 9, 8:00 PM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Ashland forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.846, -82.271 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Ashtabula

When: February 9, 8:00 PM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Ashtabula forecast zone
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.896, -80.759 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Crawford

When: February 9, 8:00 PM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Crawford forecast zone
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.851, -82.920 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Cuyahoga

When: February 9, 8:00 PM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Cuyahoga forecast zone
Property damage: $25,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.479, -81.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Erie

When: February 9, 8:00 PM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Erie forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.432, -82.700 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Geauga

When: February 9, 8:00 PM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Geauga forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.500, -81.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Hancock

When: February 9, 8:00 PM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Hancock forecast zone
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.002, -83.666 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Holmes

When: February 9, 8:00 PM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Holmes forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.561, -81.929 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Huron

When: February 9, 8:00 PM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Huron forecast zone
Property damage: $30,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.146, -82.598 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Knox

When: February 9, 8:00 PM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Knox forecast zone
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.399, -82.421 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Lake

When: February 9, 8:00 PM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Lake forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.714, -81.245 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Lorain

When: February 9, 8:00 PM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Lorain forecast zone
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.453, -82.151 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Lucas

When: February 9, 8:00 PM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Lucas forecast zone
Property damage: $20,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.684, -83.468 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Mahoning

When: February 9, 8:00 PM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Mahoning forecast zone
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.015, -80.776 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Medina

When: February 9, 8:00 PM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Medina forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.118, -81.900 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Ottawa

When: February 9, 8:00 PM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Ottawa forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.497, -82.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Portage

When: February 9, 8:00 PM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Portage forecast zone
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.168, -81.197 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Richland

When: February 9, 8:00 PM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Richland forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.775, -82.536 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Sandusky

When: February 9, 8:00 PM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Sandusky forecast zone
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.357, -83.144 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Seneca

When: February 9, 8:00 PM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Seneca forecast zone
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.124, -83.128 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Summit

When: February 9, 8:00 PM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Summit forecast zone
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.126, -81.532 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Trumbull

When: February 9, 8:00 PM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Trumbull forecast zone
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.317, -80.761 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Wayne

When: February 9, 8:00 PM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Wayne forecast zone
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.829, -81.888 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Wood

When: February 9, 8:00 PM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Wood forecast zone
Property damage: $30,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.362, -83.623 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Wyandot

When: February 9, 8:00 PM EST to February 10, 2:00 AM EST
Where: Wyandot forecast zone
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.842, -83.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

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, February 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: 5234975, 5234976, 5234977, 5234978, 5234979, 5234980, 5234981, 5234982, 5234983, 5234984, 5234985, 5234986, 5234987, 5234988, 5234989, 5234990, 5234991, 5234992, 5234993, 5234994, 5234995, 5234996, 5234997, 5234998, 5234999.