Thunderstorms formed in a typical summer environment, ahead of a strong cold front. The storms were moving from about 280 degrees on the compass at a speed around 40 mph.
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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 episode as NWS RLX wrote it up.
Thunderstorms formed in a typical summer environment, ahead of a strong cold front. The storms were moving from about 280 degrees on the compass at a speed around 40 mph.
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 Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 1, 2:27 PM EST, 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 327 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2001 NOT A LOT OF CHANGE TO THE GOING PACKAGE. FRONT SHOULD BE NEAR CRW/HTS CORRIDOR AROUND 00Z...WILL CUT OUT POPS NORTH OF HERE AFTER 00Z. WITH FRONT CLEARING CWA BY MIDNIGHT. WILL LIKELY USE EVENING GROUPS TO HANDLE SHRA/TSRA BEFORE FROPA. SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL CONTINUE PRIOR TO FROPA WITH PLENTY OF INSTABILITY HAVING BUILT UP THIS AFTERNOON. AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE...CLEAR SAILING FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WITH A REFRESHING AIRMASS. WITH POSSIBILITY OF A NEW WATCH IN THE OFFING...WILL HOLD ON TO ZONES FOR A LITTLE BIT BEFORE ISSUANCE. .RLX... WV...NONE. VA...NONsE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. .END/CL
OHZ066-067-075-076-085-WVZ009>011-019-020-031-011900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 222 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2001 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR PERRY...MORGAN...ATHENS... MEIGS...WASHINGTON IN EASTERN OHIO...PLUS WOOD...PLEASANTS...TYLER... RITCHIE...DODDRIDGE...AND HARRISON IN WEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS DEVELOPED OUT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. AT 2:20 PM...THE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM NEAR WHEELING ON WEST TO ZANESVILLE AND LANCASTER IN OHIO. THE STORMS WERE RACING EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH. THE STORMS WILL BE AFFECTING PERRY AND MORGAN COUNTIES IN OHIO BETWEEN 2:30 AND 3:30 PM. BY 4 O'CLOCK...THE STORMS COULD BE REACHING THE MIDDLEBOURNE...SAINT MARYS...MARIETTA...ATHENS...PARKERSBURG REGION. WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH COULD EASILY OCCUR. OF COURSE...LIGHTNING IS ALWAYS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. BEING A WEEKEND...DO NOT GET CAUGHT OUTSIDE. KEEP AN EYE ON THE WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN HORIZON. SEEKS SHELTER INSIDE BEFORE THE STORMS HIT. DO NOT PARK VEHICLES UNDER LARGE TREES. BOATERS ON THE OHIO RIVER SHOULD ALLOW ENOUGH TIME TO GET OFF THE WATER. .END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OHZ066-067-075-076-085-WVZ009>011-019-020-031-012000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 314 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 2001 HERE IS A SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR PERRY...MORGAN...ATHENS... MEIGS...WASHINGTON COUNTIES IN EASTERN OHIO...PLUS WOOD... PLEASANTS...TYLER...RITCHIE...DODDRIDGE...AND HARRISON COUNTIES IN WEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS RACING SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MPH. AT 3:15 PM...THE LINE STRETCHED FROM NEAR MOUNDSVILLE...ON WEST TO THE MCCONNELSVILLE...NEW LEXINGTON VICINITY IN EASTERN OHIO BY 4 O'CLOCK...THE STORMS COULD BE NEAR THE MIDDLEBOURNE...SAINT MARYS...MARIETTA...ATHENS. BETWEEN 4 AND 5 O'CLOCK THE STORMS WILL BE STREAKING THROUGH THE ROUTE 50 CORRIDOR...FROM PARKERSBURG ON EAST...TOWARD PENNSBORO...WEST UNION...AND CLARKSBURG. POMEROY OHIO COULD ALSO BE AFFECTED BETWEEN 4 AND 5 O'CLOCK. WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH COULD EASILY OCCUR. THAT WOULD BE STRONG ENOUGH FOR SOME TREE DAMAGE. OF COURSE...LIGHTNING IS ALWAYS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED ON THE STRONGEST STORMS. BEING A WEEKEND...DO NOT GET CAUGHT OUTSIDE. KEEP AN EYE ON THE WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN HORIZON. SEEKS SHELTER INSIDE BEFORE THE STORMS HIT. DO NOT PARK VEHICLES UNDER LARGE TREES. .END / KTB / NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Scattered locations, mainly over the northern portion, had trees or large branches blown down.
A few structures sustained roof 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, 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: 5261659, 5261660.