2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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 Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 20, 2:12 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 312 PM EDT WED JUN 20 2001 DIFFUSE FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS IN PLACE ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO ATTM WITH SCT CONVECTION DVLPG MAINLY ACR CNTRL OH AND ALSO N OF LAKE ERIE. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS UPPER JET ORIENTED FM NRN MI NE INTO QUEBEC AND RGN IS IN RR QUAD. LIGHTNING ACTIVITY IS LOW ATTM. WL INCLUDE A CHC OF RW/TSTM FOR TNGT. MORE SIGNIFICANT SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE RGN THU AND INTO FRI. ETA MODEL HAS COME AROUND TO THE AVN SOLUTION AND IS SPREADING STG UVM ACR NRN OH. WITH DIFFUSE SFC FNT MOVG LITTLE IN ADV OF THE SYSTEM, A SIGNIFICANT RAIN IS EXP THU AFTN AND EVE. DRY SLOT ADV INTO THE RGN LATE THU NGT AND EARLY FRI. ANOTHER VORT LOBE WL ROTATE ACR THE LOWER LAKES FRI AFTN AND MAY SPREAD SCT RW ACR THE NW. WL INCREASE POPS FOR THU ABV THE FWC. FAIR WEATHER WL RETURN FOR THE WEEKEND. .CLE... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. LAPLANTE
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:31 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed many trees in Elyria. One home lost a large section of roof and two others were damaged by fallen trees.
A thunderstorm downburst with winds estimated at 80 mph caused considerable damage along York Road between Albion Road and State Route 82 . The damage path from the downburst was oriented from west to east and was a half mile wide and approximately one mile long. Several hundred trees were downed and many homes damaged. A few cars were also damaged by fallen trees. A man was hit by a falling tree. He was taken to a local hospital and treated for a large cut on his forehead.
Golf ball size hail was reported. Several cars were damaged.
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: 5252960, 5252958, 5252959.