Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 12, 2001

Name: Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 12, 2001
Start: 2001-06-12T02:15
End: 2001-06-12T03:40
Location: Ohio

June 12, 2001 · NWS IWX · 11 events in 6 counties and zones

11 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

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: $4,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 11

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 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 Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 12, 2:00 AM EST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 2:00 AM EST, 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
200 AM EST TUE JUN 12 2001

KIWX RADAR SHOWING LINE OF SEVERE TSRA MOVING ACROSS CWA ATTM.
LATEST MCD INDICATED NO ADDL WATCH TO FOLLOW BUT WILL CONTINUE TO
MONITOR LATEST TRENDS TO DETERMINE FINAL ZONE BREAKOUT. KMKX RADAR
SHOWS ADDL STORMS CONTINUE TO FIRE IN WI. IF THESE TAKE SIMILAR
TURN SOUTH MAY END UP WITH SH/TSRA WELL INTO THE MORNING HOURS
MAKING TIMING PRECIP FOR FIRST PERIOD A BIT TRICKY. FOR NOW PLAN TO
GO WITH LIKELY/OCCASIONAL WORDING FOR EARLY TO MID MORNING THEN
PARTLY CLOUDY. FCST REMAINDER OF SHORT TERM ON TRACK AS RIDGING
BUILDS INTO THE REGION. MAY TAKE A WHILE FOR TEMPS TO RECOVER FROM
MORNpING CONVECTION SO WILL OPEN UP RANGE AOB GUIDANCE FOR TODAY.

.IWX...NONE.

JAL

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 12, 12:36 AM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1236 AM EST TUE JUN 12 2001

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1230 AM    MICHIGAN CITY             IN   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/12/01   LAPORTE                        TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          HAM RADIO OPERATOR.

Local storm report, Jun 12, 12:55 AM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
1255 AM EST TUE JUN 12 2001

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1227 AM    3 S SAWYER                MI   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/01   BERRIEN                        TREES DOWN BETWEEN
                                          SAWYER AND THREE OAKS.
                                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Local storm report, Jun 12, 1:42 AM EST, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
142 AM EST TUE JUN 12 2001

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION...;.

0130 AM    4 NNE NORTH WEBSTER       IN   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/12/01   KOSCIUSKO                      REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
                                          NWS EMPLOYEE.

Local storm report, Jun 12, 1:48 AM EST, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
148 AM EST TUE JUN 12 2001

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0117 AM    SHERWOOD                  MI   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/01   BRANCH                         TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:12 UTC.

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Event by event

11 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Defiance

When: June 12, 2:15 AM EST
Where: Defiance County, Ney
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.383, -84.517

One tree down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Paulding

When: June 12, 2:30 AM EST
Where: Paulding County, 2 mi N of Payne
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.117, -84.717

Tree down

Thunderstorm Wind, Defiance

When: June 12, 2:35 AM EST
Where: Defiance County, Independence
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.300, -84.300

Telephone pole snapped

Thunderstorm Wind, Paulding

When: June 12, 2:35 AM EST
Where: Paulding County, Payne
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.083, -84.717

Tree down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Henry

When: June 12, 2:45 AM EST
Where: Henry County, Holgate
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.250, -84.133

Tree down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Henry

When: June 12, 2:45 AM EST
Where: Henry County, Liberty Center
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.433, -84.017

Tree down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Van Wert

When: June 12, 2:50 AM EST
Where: Van Wert County, Converse
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.750, -84.417

Large branches down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Putnam

When: June 12, 3:10 AM EST
Where: Putnam County, Belmore
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.150, -83.933

Trees down on power lines.

Thunderstorm Wind, Putnam

When: June 12, 3:10 AM EST
Where: Putnam County, Leipsic
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.100, -84.000

Trees and power lines down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Putnam

When: June 12, 3:20 AM EST
Where: Putnam County, Pandora
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.950, -83.967

Tree down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Allen

When: June 12, 3:40 AM EST
Where: Allen County, 1 mi SW of Cairo
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 40.817, -84.100

Telephone poles down.

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

Every storm in Ohio in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Ohio, June 2001

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: 5249776, 5249777, 5249778, 5249779, 5249780, 5249781, 5249782, 5249783, 5249784, 5249785, 5249786.