2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 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 Jun 13, 11:52 AM EST, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1252 PM WED JUN 13 2001 LTST VIS SATL IMGRY SHWS AXIS OF ENHANCED CU FM NR FWA THRU DAY TO NR LUK. THIS CORRESPONDS WITH AXIS OF LO LVL MSTR CNVRGC AND WHERE INSTBY OF 1500/2000 J/KG EXISTS. EXPECT SOME SCTD TO WDLY SCTD TSTMS TO DVLP WITH THE BEST CHC IN NRN MIAMI VLY. WL MONITOR LTST RADAR TRENDS WITH AN EVE PD ANTICIPATED. WITH LOSS OF DIURNAL HEATING AND LACK OF UPR SUPP EXPECT ANY TSTM ACTIVITY THAT DVLPS TO DISPT BY LT EVE. DIURNALLY DRIVEN CLDS SHUD GIVE WAY TO MSTLY CLR COND. IN HUMID AMS XPCT SOME PATCHY FOG TO DVLP AGN BUT NOT AS LO AS LAST NGT SINCE PRECIP COVERAGE SHUD BE LESS TDA. TEMP WISE HV GONE A LTL ABV FWC WITH LOWS. OH VLY TO REMAIN IN BTWN SYSTEMS THU WITH REMNANTS OF TS ALLSION TRACKING THRU THE SE AND UPR LO OVR NRN ROCKIES MOVG THRU THE PLNS. XPCT CONTED GENERAL SUBSIDENCE ARND PERIPHERY OF SYS TO OUR SE. ALTHO SOME WDLY SCTD POPCORN TSTMS PSBL THIS SHUD INHIBIT WIDESPREAD TSTMS DVLPMNT THU. THEREFORE WL CONT DRY FCST FOR DAYTIME FCST THU. LO LVL THICKNESS WUD SUGG TEMPS ARND TDA/S HI/S. GUID IS VRY CLOSE AND HV GONE CLOSER TO SLGTLY WRMR MAV NUMBERS. MODEL TRENDS A LTL SLOWER WITH PLNS UPR TROF LIFTING FROM PLNS INTO UPR MS VLY THU NGT/FRI. FORCING IS VRY WEAK ACRS THE AREA THU NGT WITH WK UPR DIV INTO WRN SECTIONS LT. PRECIP EFFICEINCY INCREASES AS FLO BACKS AHD OF THIS SYS. WL MENT LO POP CHC SHWRS/TSTMS IN THE W AND KEEP THE EAST DRY THU NGT. AS UPR SYSTEM LIFTS NE THRU WRN GRTLKS ASSOICATED CDFNT TO PIVOT E INTO OH THU AFTN. BEST INSTBY AND DYRNAMICS IN W ON FRI WHERE WL GO WITH HIGHEST POPS. HV TRENDED TEMPS COOLER THAN FWC...AGN CLOSER TO MAV NUMBERS. .ILN...NONE. RANDALL
OHZ061-077-141000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 349 PM EDT WED JUN 13 2001 ...HOT WEATHER EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE HOT AND HUMID WEATHER. TEMPERATURES WILL APPROACH THE 90 DEGREE MARK AGAIN THURSDAY...RESULTING IN HEAT INDICES IN THE UPPER 90S. NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WARM WITH LOWS AROUND 70 DEGREES. THIS IS THE FIRST OUTBREAK OF HOT WEATHER OF THE YEAR. THE LAST TIME DAYTON REACHED 90 DEGREES OR HIGHER WAS SEPTEMBER 12TH 1999. THE LAST TIME CINCINNATI EXPERIENCED 90 OR WARMER WAS SEPTEMBER 2ND 2000. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL INTO THE 80 TO 85 DEGREE RANGE BY THE WEEKEND. HUMIDITIES LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER SOME AS WELL. HERE ARE SOME HEAT-RELATED SAFETY TIPS: DRINK PLENTY OF WATER OR OTHER NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. WEAR LOOSE...LIGHTWEIGHT...LIGHT-COLORED CLOTHING. BE CAREFUL HOW YOU USE YOUR FANS. A FAN POINTED DIRECTLY AT A PERSON MAY DEHYDRATE THE PERSON BY REMOVING MOISTURE FROM THE SKIN. USE A CIRCULATING FAN INSTEAD TO MOVE AIR THROUGH THE ROOM. DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS UNATTENDED IN A CLOSED VEHICLE. BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND FRIEND. CHECK ON THOSE WHO MAY BE AT HIGH RISK FOR HEAT-RELATED ILLNESS. INDIVIDUALS ON ANTI-DEPRESSANT OR HEART MEDICATIONS SHOULD CHECK WITH THEIR DOCTOR TO SEE IF HEAT PUTS THEM AT AN INCREASED RISK. HICKMAN
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:06 UTC.
2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few streets flooded in and around town
Street flooding reported in town
A few trees down
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, June 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: 5247922, 5247921, 5247920.