3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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 Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 1, 8:30 AM EST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 930 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2001 SFC FNT NOW ALNG OH/MI BORDER AND INTO NRN IN...WTH LINE OF CONVECTION DVLPNG AHD OF FNT ACRS IWX AND CLE AREA. BAND SEEMS TO HAVE A MORE RAPID ERLY MOVEMENT THAN SRLY...THOUGH NEW DVLPMT OCCURRING ALNG SRN EDGE. LOOKS LIKE SHOULD ENTER LIM GROUP BY 11 AM. WTH LINE FILLING IN...WL UPDATE NRN ZONE TO LKLY...BUT KEEP TIMING UNTIL MID AFTN. LIKE CRNT WORDING AND CHOICE OF AREA FOR SEVR MTN...AS WELL AS MTN BEING MAINLY WIND DAMAGE. WB0 IS 11.6K FT...SO LOOKS LIKE MAIN THREAT WL BE WND. FOR ILN FA...LOOKS LIKE EARLY AFTN IS WHEN THINGS WL KICK OFF FOR POTL SEVR IN ESPCY CNTRL OH..-.AND LATE AFTN FOR CVG/PMH AREA. LOOKS LIKE THREAT FOR SEVR SHOULD BE THROUGH FA AROUND 00Z. MISILN OUT IN A FEW. .ILN...NONE. JDR
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-012000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1010 AM EDT SUN JUL 1 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS PLACED MUCH OF OHIO...INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS ALSO A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN CENTRAL OHIO AND FOR THE AREA ALL ALONG THE OHIO RIVER. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON WITH THUNDERSTORMS OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT. WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH THROUGH WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND AREAS NORTH OF COLUMBUS BY NOON...THE SEVERE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY FROM EARLY AFTERNOON ON. DURING PEAK DAYTIME HEATING...THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXTEND FROM CENTRAL OHIO SOUTHWEST TOWARD CINCINNATI AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL OHIO AND NEAR THE OHIO RIVER...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FORn ACTIVATION THIS AFTERNOON. JDR
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:15 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds knocked down numerous trees and powerlines. A few buildings sustained some damage.
A barn was blown off its foundation and numerous trees were knocked down.
Several trees were knocked down by thunderstorm winds.
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, July 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: 5256682, 5256684, 5256683.