1 flash 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 Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 20, 2:21 PM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 321 PM EDT FRI JUL 20 2001 PERSISTENT UPPER AIR PATTERN SHOWS TROF OFF THE EAST COAST AND RIDGE AXIS OVER THE PLAINS. WITH UPPER RIDGE AXIS REMAINING TO OUR WEST...WEAK NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. AT THE SFC...WEAK BOUNDARY NEAR THE OHIO RIVER REMAINS BETWEEN HIGH OVER NEW YORK AND BROAD DIFFUSE LOW OVER THE HIGH PLAINS. 70+ DEW POINTS ARE EVIDENT FROM OUR PART OF THE OHIO VALLEY WEST TO THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THIS SOUPY AIRMASS WILL STAY SITUATED ACROSS OUR AREA THROUGH THE FCST PERIOD. RADAR SHOWS WDLY SCT SHRA/TSRA AROUND OUR CWA. WITH MODELS SHOWING LIMITED UPPER SUPPORT TONIGHT...ILL GO WITH 30 POPS FOR THIS EVENING ALL ZONES AS COVERAGE SHOULD REMAIN SCT WITH LACK OF STRONG FORCING. WITH UNSTABLE AIR REMAINING IN PLACE AND MODELS INDICATING MORE PVA ROUNDING THE UPPER RIDGE...ILL CARRY 30 POPS FOR AFTERNOON TSRA SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ILL ALSO CARRY 30 POPS SATURDAY NIGHT FOR ACTIVITY THAT MAY LINGER INTO EVENING. SLOW MOVING UPPER FLOW AND PWAT AROUND 1.7 GIVE HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL TO ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP...THOUGH FFG VALUES HAVE REBOUNDED CONSIDERABLY SINCE THE HEAVY RAIN OF A COUPLE DAYS AGO. WITH SODDEN AIRMASS HANGING AROUND...ILL KEEP MENTION OF FOG FOR TONIGHT. WITH A SLIGHT WARMING TREND OCCURRING IN OUR STAGNANT AIRMASS...FWC TEMPS LOOK A BIT LOW SO ILL GENERALLY GO A DEGREE OR TWO ABOVE. .ILN...NONE. CONIGLIO
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which closed two roads and flooded two basements.
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: 5257029.