Ohio, 2001

Hail in Ohio, June 2, 2001

June 2, 2001 · NWS CLE · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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 Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 2, 1:16 PM EST, 5 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 1:16 PM EST, 5 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
216 PM EDT SAT JUN 2 2001

LASTEST RADAR LOOP SHOWG SCT SHRA/TSRA OVR EXTREM NW OH.  THIS
PRECIP DVLPG UNDER AREA OF VERY COLD MID LVL TEMPS AS VORT ALREADY
EXITING AREA AND BEST JET DYNAMICS WELL TO THE S.  UPPER LO APPRS TO
BE JUST N OF KMKG AND IS DRFTG SLOWLY SE WHICH LEADS CREDIBILITY TO
ETA/AVN HANDLING OF THIS LOW OVRNGT.  NGM ON THE OTHR HAND TAKES A
MORE EWD TRACK.  JET WL EVENTUALLY TURN LOW BACK TO THE NE ON
SUN...BUT NOT BEFORE IT REACHES THE E END OF LERI.  BUFKIT SOUNDGS
SHOWG ARND 1000 J/KG CAPES AND LI/S BLO ZERO THRU EARLY EVE HRS SO
WL WORD FOR TSRA EARLY ALL ZNS.  HIGHEST POPS WL CONT TO BE IN THE
E.  DRIER AIR WORKG E ACRS IN AND SHOULD HOLD COVERAGE DOWN IN W...
THUS SCT POPS.

LOOK UPSTREAM SHOWG LOT/S OF CLOUDS ON BACK SIDE OF UPPER LO AND
SHOULD BE PLENTY OF CLDS ON SUN.  EXCEPTION TO THIS IS THE FAR W AND
S WHERE DRYING MAY ALLOW FOR SUM AFT SUN.  WL HOLD TO POPS ALL DAY
IN THE E AND MENTION ERLY IN THE W.

PARTIAL CLEARING PSBL SUN NGT INTO MON BUT WRMFNT WL BE COMING FAST
ON MON.  WL INTRO POPS WRN AND SRN AREAS ON MON BUT WL KEEP NERN OH
AND NW PA DRY.  FOR MOST PART GUID TEMPS SEEM REASONABLE...EXCEPTION
TO THIS IS ON MON WHERE TEMPS IN THE LOWER 70S SEEM A BIT WARM.

.CLE...
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.

KUBINA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 17 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:29 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lorain

When
June 2, 6:30 PM EST
Where
Lorain County, Eaton Estates
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
41.317, -82.017

Dime size hail was reported three miles east of Eaton Estates near Columbia Station.

Hail, Cuyahoga

When
June 2, 6:42 PM EST
Where
Cuyahoga County, Strongsville
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.317, -81.833

Dime size hail was reported.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 5252652, 5252653.