Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, March 13, 2001

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, March 13, 2001
Start: 2001-03-13T15:45
End: 2001-03-13T17:55
Location: Ohio

March 13, 2001 · NWS ILN · 11 events in 7 counties and zones

7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 1
Property damage: $125,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 11

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 Mar 13, 2:35 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 2:35 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
235 PM EST TUE MAR 13 2001

VORT MAX MOVG ACRS SRN IND ATTM WITH ASCTD COLD POOL MOVG IN ALF.
SHWRS HAV BCM FAIRLY WIDESPRD ACRS ERN IND/WRN OH PAST CPL HRS.
BOUNDARY LAYER HAS WARMED UP ENUF TO PRETTY MUCH KP ALL PCPN IN THE
FORM OF RAIN ALTHO HAV HAD A SMALL HAIL RPT OR TWO FM ERN IND.
WL HAV TO HANG ON TO AN ERLY MENTION OF PCPN IN THE WEST AND EVNG
WORDING IN THE EAST BEFORE VORT MAX SWINGS THRU AND THINGS BEGIN TO
DRY OUT. HAV NOT SEEN ANY LTGG STRIKES SO FAR BUT PCPN LOOKING RADAR
LOOKING PRETTY CONV AND WITH COOLING CONTG ALF...WL CONT WITH A
MENTION OF SOME THUNDER IN THE S AND E.

OTHER CONCERN FOR TNGT WL BE WINDS. QUITE A FEW WIND GUSTS IN THE 30
TO 35 KT RANGE ACRS IL AND IND ASCTD WITH 50 KT 8H JET THAT IS FCST
TO SWING ACRS SRN FA THRU ARND 00Z. WL GO WITH WINDY WORDING ERLY
THAN INDICT DCRSG WINDS OVRNGT.

GOOD SUBSDC ACRS REGION ON WED WITH DRY AMS IN PLACE FOR PRTLY TO
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. MDLS CONT TO TRY AND PHASE THE NRN/SRN STREAM
SYSTEMS FOR LATE WED NGT AND THUR. MDLS HAV ALSO BEEN TRENDING A LTL
FASTER WITH NGM THE FASTEST. BASED ON THIS WL GO AHD AND BRING A CHC
OF PCPN INTO WRN PORTIONS OF FA LATE WED NGT AND GO WITH MAINLY CAT
POPS FOR THUR. COOLER AIR MOVS IN ON BACK SIDE THUR NGT AND WL
INDICT CHC RAIN CHGG TO SNOW LATE OVR ALL BUT SE.

DID NOT DEVIATE TOO MUCH FM FWC GUID NKUMBERS THRU PD.

.ILN...NONE.

LOTT

The radar

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Event by event

7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Greene

When: March 13, 3:45 PM EST to 3:50 PM EST
Where: Greene County, Xenia
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.683, -83.933

Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton

When: March 13, 3:45 PM EST to 4:00 PM EST
Where: Hamilton County, Countywide
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $25,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 39.150, -84.533

A thunderstorm produced strong winds which knocked down a few trees and power lines.

Lightning, Hamilton

When: March 13, 3:45 PM EST
Where: Hamilton County, Cincinnati
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 39.196, -84.543 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A woman was injured when lightning struck the building and went through electronic equipment into her phone headset.

Thunderstorm Wind, Warren

When: March 13, 3:53 PM EST to 3:57 PM EST
Where: Warren County, 9 mi NW of Lebanon
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.533, -84.317

A roof was blown off a paper factory and trees were knocked down.

Hail, Warren

When: March 13, 4:05 PM EST to 4:10 PM EST
Where: Warren County, Springboro
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.550, -84.233

Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton

When: March 13, 4:10 PM EST to 4:25 PM EST
Where: Clinton County, Wlmngtn Indus Arpt
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Property damage: $30,000
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 39.433, -83.800

Thunderstorm winds gusted to 65 mph at the Wilmington Industrial Airport. Also, a metal building was blown over in a mall parking lot in Wilmington. A roof was blown off of trailer home in Martinsville.

Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette

When: March 13, 4:30 PM EST to 4:35 PM EST
Where: Fayette County, South Plymouth
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.583, -83.583

A Semi truck was blown over along State Route 218 in Washington Court House and trees were knocked down in South Plymouth.

Thunderstorm Wind, Highland

When: March 13, 4:40 PM EST to 4:45 PM EST
Where: Highland County, Hillsboro
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.200, -83.617

Numerous trees down citywide

Thunderstorm Wind, Butler

When: March 13, 5:05 PM EST to 5:10 PM EST
Where: Butler County, Trenton
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.483, -84.450

Trees downed in eastern part of county.

Thunderstorm Wind, Warren

When: March 13, 5:35 PM EST to 5:40 PM EST
Where: Warren County, Springboro
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.550, -84.233

Large tree limbs downed

Hail, Butler

When: March 13, 5:52 PM EST to 5:55 PM EST
Where: Butler County, 9 mi N of Hamilton
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.533, -84.550

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.
Lightning: A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Ohio in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Ohio, March 2001

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: 5235278, 5235406, 5235407, 5235405, 5235279, 5235280, 5235281, 5235282, 5235402, 5235403, 5235404.