Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 7, 2001

Name: Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 7, 2001
Start: 2001-05-07T19:04
End: 2001-05-07T20:10
Location: Ohio

May 7, 2001 · NWS CLE · 4 events in 2 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 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: 0
Property damage: $110,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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 May 7, 12:45 PM EST, 6 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 12:45 PM EST, 6 hours 19 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
145 PM EDT MON MAY 7 2001

SPOTTY LGT SHOWERS STILL OCCURRING WITH WRMFNT OVR CNTRL OH AND I
SUPPOSE THESE COULD PERSIST A WHILE LONGER THIS AFTERNOON BUT
AIRMASS OVR E OH/NW PA DRY AND STABLE. WL FCST EVENING SHOWERS TO
PORTAGE GEAUGA AND LAKE COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS/STORMS WL
ACCOMPANY CDFNT TNGT INTO TUE. CURRENT FCST HAS SVR STORMS MENTIONED
TNGT NW OH. NEW ETA ONLY DROPS LI TO 0 AND A CAPE OF ONLY 200 FOR NW
OH. FNT WL ARRIVE AFT DARK AND STORMS SHUD BE WEAKENING. SLGT THREAT
FOR WIND ALOFT TO TRANSPORT TO SFC BUT GUIDANCE ONLY SHOWING ABT 40
KTS ALOFT SO MARGINAL THREAT. WL ALLOW GUSTY TSTORM BUT OMIT MENTION
OF SVR. MODELS BRING CDFNT PCPN TO OH/PA BORDER BY 12Z AND MODELS
DIVERGE IN TIMING OF FNT AFT 12Z. ETA MOVES FNT E OF FCST AREA ABT
18Z WHILE NGM TAKES TIL ALMOST 00Z WED AND AVN AFT 00Z TO MOV E OF
NW PA. FNT ALREADY BEHIND MODEL FCST AND WL FOLLOW SLOWER SOLUTIONS.
WL ALLOW PCPN EXTREME E OH/NW PA ANYTIME TUE. SECONDARY CDFNT
PROGGED TO NW OH EARLY WED MORN BUT IT ALSO APPEARS TO BE WEAKENING
AND LIFTING NE AS HEIGHTS RISE AHD OF NEXT WAVE. WL REMOVE SHOWERS
FM WED FCST AND EXPECT ANY CONVECTION AHD OF SECONDARY FNT WL TAPER
OFF BFR GETTING INTO FCST AREA LATE TUE NGT. PREFER WARMER NGM MOS
TEMPS TUE THEN HI TEMPS CLOSE TO 70 WED. MISCLE BY 230 PM.

KOSARIK

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

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 165 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:01 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hancock

When: May 7, 7:04 PM EST
Where: Hancock County, Mt Cory
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.933, -83.817

Thunderstorm winds downed a few trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hancock

When: May 7, 7:12 PM EST
Where: Hancock County, Mt Cory
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.933, -83.817

Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power poles approximately one mile north of Mount Cory.A nearby mobile home was moved three feet off of it's foundation. A roof was also blown off of a barn.

Funnel Cloud, Hancock

When: May 7, 7:30 PM EST
Where: Hancock County, Arlington
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates: 41.002, -83.666 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A funnel cloud was spotted near Arlington. No damage occurred.

Funnel Cloud, Seneca

When: May 7, 8:10 PM EST
Where: Seneca County, New Riegel
Reported by: FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
Coordinates: 41.124, -83.128 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A funnel cloud was spotted near New Riegel. No damage occurred.

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.
Funnel Cloud: A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.

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, May 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: 5246505, 5246506, 5246507, 5246508.