2 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jul 19, 2:41 PM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 341 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2001 LATEST RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS POPCORN VARIETY THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. CELLS ARE POPPING BUT WEAKEN RAPIDLY AS THEY PULSE. WILL KEEP A MENTION OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING. NOT MUCH CHANGE EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST MONDAY AS STRONG 500 MB RIDGE BUILDS EAST OVER THE AREA. SURFACE HIGH OVER NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES WILL RETROGRADE SOUTHWEST AND BUILD ACROSS THE AREA AS WELL. ALL IN ALL...HAZY HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS SETTING UP FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. WILL KEEP AN ISOLATED CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM ON FRIDAY AS MOISTURE LINGERS OVER THE AREA AND INSTABILITY TYPE PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP. FRIDAY NIGHT SHOULD BE FOR THE MOST PART CLEAR AS DRIER MID AND UPPER LEVEL AIR DOMINATES THE FORECAST AREA INTO SATURDAY. NEXT CHANCE OF SYNOPTIC TYPE THUNDERSTORMS WILL COME MONDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH INTO THE AREA. WILL MENTION A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDESTORMS TUESDAY MORNING. THEN HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH A GRADUAL WARMING TREND AGAIN. UPPED TEMPERATURES A TAD OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. GUIDANCE WAS RUNNING A TAD LOW IN THE PAST. .CLE... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. LOMBARDY
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:37 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed two trees two miles north of New Bloomington. Both trees landed on a house and caused some roof damage.
Thunderstorm winds downed around a dozen trees.
Thunderstorms dumped heavy rains on Howland Township forcing the closure of three roads because of flooding. Many basements in the area were also flooded.
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: 5258887, 5258888, 5258889.