Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 8, 2001

Name: Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 8, 2001
Start: 2001-07-08T12:07
End: 2001-07-08T19:20
Location: Ohio

July 8, 2001 · NWS ILN · 10 events in 6 counties and zones

Two bow echoes clipped the southwestern part of Ohio on the 8th leaving a trail of damage across the area.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $47,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 10

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 ILN wrote it up.

Two bow echoes clipped the southwestern part of Ohio on the 8th leaving a trail of damage across the area.

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 Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 8, 9:57 AM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 9:57 AM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1056 AM EDT SAT JUL 7 2001

JUST UPDATED ZONES TO ACCOUNT FOR SEVERE WATCH FOR TRI-STATE...
RICHMOND AND DAYTON.  KIND SHOWING LINE OF STORMS SOUTHWEST OF KLAF
MOVING SOUTHEAST ALONG STATIONARY BOUNDARY.  THE STATION BOUNDARY
EXTENDS INTO SOUTHWEST OHIO AND THEN FOLLOWS THE OHIO RIVER.
MORNING SOUNDING ALREADY SHOWING >2000 J/KG AND EXPECT THAT WILL
CLIMB OVER TO 3000 TO 4000 J/KG.  06Z MODEL RUNS DID NOT SHOW MUCH
IN THE WAY OF LIFT THIS AFTERNOON ALONG BOUNDARY BUT WITH CONVECTION
ALREADY INITIATED AND PLENTY OF INSTABILITY THERE IS NO REASON TO
SUSPECT IT WILL WANE.  IN FACT...BOUNDARY SEEMS TO STRENGTHEUN TO
SOME DEGREE AS NORTHERLY RELATIVELY COOLER AIR ENCROACHES FROM THE
NORTH.

.ILN...NONE.
 TIPTON

The radar

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Event by event

10 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Clermont

When: July 8, 12:07 PM EST to 12:15 PM EST
Where: Clermont County, Felicity
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 38.833, -84.100

Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down. Roof damage was also reported to a barn.

Thunderstorm Wind, Butler

When: July 8, 12:30 PM EST to 12:50 PM EST
Where: Butler County, Countywide
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.450, -84.583

Numerous trees knocked down across the county.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton

When: July 8, 12:50 PM EST to 1:10 PM EST
Where: Hamilton County, Harrison
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 39.267, -84.800

Trees were knocked down at several locations across the county.

Thunderstorm Wind, Clermont

When: July 8, 1:18 PM EST to 1:25 PM EST
Where: Clermont County, Mt Pisgah
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 38.983, -84.233

Thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Brown

When: July 8, 1:30 PM EST to 1:50 PM EST
Where: Brown County, Georgetown
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.867, -83.900

Trees were knocked down. A roof was ripped off a building at the county fairgrounds and a barn was damaged.

Thunderstorm Wind, Adams

When: July 8, 2:00 PM EST to 2:10 PM EST
Where: Adams County, Manchester
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 38.683, -83.600

Trees knocked down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Preble

When: July 8, 6:50 PM EST to 7:00 PM EST
Where: Preble County, New Paris
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.850, -84.783

Trees and power lines knocked down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton

When: July 8, 7:00 PM EST to 7:10 PM EST
Where: Hamilton County, Cincinnati
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.117, -84.550

Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Butler

When: July 8, 7:10 PM EST to 7:20 PM EST
Where: Butler County, Hamilton
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.400, -84.550

Trees knocked down by thunderstorm winds.

Thunderstorm Wind, Clermont

When: July 8, 7:10 PM EST to 7:20 PM EST
Where: Clermont County, Miamiville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.217, -84.300

Large limbs were knocked down in the northwestern part of the county.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5256780, 5256782, 5256781, 5256070, 5256778, 5256779, 5256783, 5256844, 5256842, 5256843.