Ohio, 2001

Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 15, 2001

June 15, 2001 · NWS ILN · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

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  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$7,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 15, 1:53 PM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 1:53 PM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
253 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001

UPPER LOW IN SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA WILL DRAG A SHORT WAVE AND COLD
FRONT ACROSS OUR REGION THIS EVENING.  AS UPPER LOW MOVES TO
NORTHERN QUEBEC...A ZONAL FLOW WILL BE LEFT IN ITS WAKE OVER THE
NORTHERN CONUS...WITH RATHER HIGH H5 HEIGHTS REMAINING OVER THE OHIO
VALLEY.

MAIN CONCERN IS FOR SEVERE WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING.  WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED JUST WEST OF OUR AREA..THOUGH STORM
REPORTS HAVE BEEN LIMITED TO HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS SO FAR.  OUR
AREA MAY BE MORE PRONE FOR SVR SINCE INSTABILITY IS GREATER
HERE...SO WE ARE CLOSELY MONITORING THE RADAR AS THE LINE MOVES IN.
SQUALL LINE IS ARRIVING AHEAD OF MODEL QPF PROJECTIONS...WITH ETA
STARTING PRECIP AT CVG AT 00Z.  FLOODING IS A CONCERN WITH OUR MOIST
SOIL AND ATMOSPHERE...THOUGH MODERATELY FAST STORM MOTION SHOULD
HELP.

REST OF FCST PERIOD LOOKS DRY WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN RAPIDLY
TONIGHT BEHIND THE FRONT AND REMAINING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ETA
SHOWS WEAK SHORT WAVE WITH LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE EARLY ON
SUNDAY...BUT LITTLE MOISTURE IS INDICATED AND IT WILL BE COMING
THROUGH AT A DIURNALLY UNFAVORABLE TIME. THEREFORE ILL GO WITH
PARTLY CLOUDY FOR SUNDAY.

WARM WEATHER WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND...THOUGH PERHAPS NOT
AS WARM AS FWC SHOWS FOR DAYTIME HIGHS. ILL ADJUST FWC TEMPS UP FOR
TONIGHTS LOWS...AND DOWN FOR SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS HIGHS.

ILN...NONE.

CONIGLIO

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 15, 12:43 PM EST, 4 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
143 PM EDT FRI JUN 15 2001

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

0715 PM    JEFFERSON TWP             OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/12/01   GREENE                         SEVERAL TREES UP TO 5 TO 6
                                          INCHES IN DIAMETER DOWN
                                          ACROSS SE PMART OF COUNTY

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The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:46 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton

When
June 15, 4:47 PM EST to 4:49 PM EST
Where
Hamilton County, 3 mi NW of Cleves
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage
$2,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
39.200, -84.783

Two trees down in Whitewater Township

Thunderstorm Wind, Clark

When
June 15, 5:25 PM EST to 5:28 PM EST
Where
Clark County, Enon
Measured
55 kt (63 mph)
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.867, -83.933

Several trees up to one foot in diameter knocked 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.

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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: 5247925, 5247926.