1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 2, 2:30 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 330 PM EDT SAT JUN 02 2001 COLD FRONT...CURRENTLY RUNNING ALONG/NEAR INTERSTATE 71...BEGINNING TO PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR A LITTLE MORE ACTIVE CONVECTION. BNDRY WL CONT TO PUSH EAST THRU THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH ADDNL SHALLOW CONVECTION XPCTD BEHIND THE FRONT IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE COLD POOL ALOFT. WL HIT TSRA WITH LEFTOVER WX PD...OTHW WL CARRY SCT POPS ENDING OVER ALL BUT THE FAR NEW DURING THE ERLY MORNING. BASED ON META TEMPS AND TRAJECTORIES...WARMER FWC/MAV TEMPS LK BEST TNGT. UPPER LOW PULLS EAST ON SUNDAY...HWVR SHORT WAVE EVIDENT ON WV IMAGERY THIS AFTN MOVG INTO NORTHERN MINNESOTA WL SHEAR THRU THE RGN. WITH MARGINAL INSTABILITY LINGERING...AND A LITTLE FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED WAVE...WL CARRY LOW POPS MAINLY IN THE AFTN OVER THE NE. FWC TEMPS LK A BIT TOO WARM...ESPLY NORTH...GIVEN CONDS UPSTREAM AND GENRALLY UNDERCUT A DEG OR 2. STRONG WAA PATTERN DVLPS SUN NGT...ALTHOUGH WITH CONFLUENT FLOW ALOFT AND DRY AIR IN PLACE THINK PCPN WL HOLD OFF MOST AREAS TIL MON. WL CARRY LOW POPS ONLY IN THE SW. WARM FRONT CONTS TO APPROACH ON MONDAY. BEST MSTR AND INSTABILITY (ALTHOUGH NOT BUYING INTO M70S DWPTS FROM THE ETA) OVER THE SW WHERE WL INDC LIKELY POPS. WITH MOST OF THE AREA STILL NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT MONDAY...AND SCT-BKN PCPN CVRG XPCTD...HV UNDERCUT THE WARMER FWC NUMBEIRS. .ILN...NONE. JOHNSTONE
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:46 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A small tornado moved across the south side of Circleville producing minor structural and roof damage to a few buildings, and some damage to nine cars at a dealership. Numerous trees and power lines were also knocked down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5247933.