Damaging Winds in Ohio, November 30, 2001

Name: Damaging Winds in Ohio, November 30, 2001
Start: 2001-11-30T06:30
End: 2001-11-30T07:45
Location: Ohio

November 30, 2001 · NWS CLE · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $300,000
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 Nov 30, 2:15 AM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 2:15 AM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
215 AM EST FRI NOV 30 2001

UPR LOW LIFTING NE ABT 40 MPH AND SFC LOW PRETTY FAR W. SYSTEM
WEAKENING BUT DECENT DYNAMICS OVHD THIS MORN. SWATH OF MODERATE RAIN
WL MOV ACRS AREA EARLY. RAPID MVMNT SHUD MINIMIZE FLOOD RISK BUT WL
CONT TO MONITOR. NO FLOOD WATCH ATTM. SOME GUSTY WINDS CURRENTLY
ASSCD WITH FROPA AND WL MENTION INCR WINDS BUT WEAKENING NATURE OF
SYSTEM SHUD MINIMIZE WIND THREAT. KCLE 88D INDICATES 40 KTS IN LWR
LVLS AND KILN 88D HAS 50 KTS ABV 5K AND DOUBT ALL WL MIX DOWN
WITHOUT CONVECTION. THUNDER IN FCST AND WL CONT TO MENTION BUT SHUD
BE WDLY SCT/ISOLATED. CHILLIER AIR STILL CLINGING TO N COUNTIES BUT
TEMPS WL SPIKE WELL INTO 50S (NR 60) EVERYWHERE THIS MORN THEN SLIDE
BACK AS CAA DVLPS. SOME WRAP AROUND SHOWERS NR SFC AND UP LOW BUT
SHUD EXIT QUICKLY SW TO NE THIS AFTRN. MODELS GETTING WARMER WITH
EACH RUN AND NEXT FNT APPARENTLY WL NOT HAVE MUCH PUNCH AS HEIGHTS
GENERALLY RISE AND AIR MASS MODERATES. WL THROW IN THE TOWEL ON CHC
OF SHOWERS SAT NGT AND FLURRIES SUN MORN AS MOISTURE AND DYNAMICS
AND COLD AIR LACKING. WEEKEND WX NOT LOOKING BAD FOR FIRST OF
DECEMBER. TEMP GUIDANCE SIMILAR AND LOOKS OK. MISCLE ABT 330 AM.

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

KOSARIK

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:27 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford

When: November 30, 6:30 AM EST
Where: Crawford County, Bucyrus
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 40.800, -82.983

A thunderstorm downburst damaged buildings and downed trees along a mile and a half long path southeast of Bucyrus in Whetstone Township. Most of the damage occurred from Shearer Road north to near the intersection of State Routes 19 and 100. Three barns lost sections of roofing and a 30 foot tall corn dryer was toppled at a farm on Shearer Road. Around ten trees were also downed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne

When: November 30, 7:45 AM EST
Where: Wayne County, East Union
Property damage: $200,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.800, -81.817

A thunderstorm downburst caused considerable damage along Carr Road just north of U.S. Highway 30 in East Union Township. One mobile home was turned on its side and destroyed. A second mobile home sustained moderate damage and six others were moved off their foundations. A nearby Amish school building lost most of its roof. A young student outside of the school was tossed around by the thunderstorm winds but was not injured. Many trees were uprooted or knocked over.

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.

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

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: 5272429, 5272428.