Ohio, 2001

High Wind in Ohio, October 16, 2001

October 16, 2001 · NWS CLE · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$10,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 Oct 16, 9:15 AM EST, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 16, 9:15 AM EST, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1015 AM EDT TUE OCT 16 2001

LOW CURRENTLY JUST SW OF TOL WILL TREK NE ACROSS LAKE ERIE.  WILL
BOOST WINDS TO 15 TO 25 KNOTS...WL ALSO DROP TEMPS NW NC OH TO 45 TO
50 AS THE COLDER AIR BEGINS TO MOVE INTO NW OH.  NO OTHER CHANGES
EXPECTED.

200 AM DISCUSSION
ALL MDLS IN PRETTY GOOD AGRMNT AT UPR LVLS WITH MAJOR S/W DIGGING
INTO MS VLY ATTM THEN SWINGING OUT TO NE AND OVR CWA DURG DAY. SFC
FEATURES IN SYNC WITH UPR SYS WITH SFC LOW PROJECTED TO TRACK ACROSS
CWA LT MRNG AND AFTN. UPR TROF SWINGS CLEAR OF CWA WED AM WITH
DETERIORATING UPR RDG LAYING OVR THE AREA WED NGT. SFC FEATURES ECHO
THE UPR FEATURES WITH SFC RDG NOSING INTO LWR LKS ON WED AND
STRENGTHENING WED NGT. TDA A SURE BET FOR PCPN AS WELL AS ERN 1/2 TO
2/3 CWA TNGT. TIMING FOR CUTTING OFF PCPN WL BE A BIT TUFF. CYC
CIRLN AND CAA WL BE TUFF TO SHUT OFF ERN SXNS WITH NW WNDS COMING
OFF THE LAKE. WRN CWA WL PRBBLY CUT OFF LATER TNGT AND PSBLY MENTION
A FEW COLD AIR INSTABILITY SHWRS PSBL ON WED. CURRENT FCST HAS CAT
POPS ERN SXNS ON WED AND MAY TRIM THIS BACK TO HIGH LKLY POPS. SAME
AREA HAS MENTION OF CHC WED NGT WITH PSBL MXTR OF WET SNOW. WL
PRBBLY CONT THIS SCENARIO...EVEN THO THE BRUNT OF THE MN MSTR
ALREADY PULLED OUT. TMPS WL BE TRICKY TDA AND TNGT. GUID NUMBERS IN
FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT TDA SO WONT STRAY BY TOO MUCH. FAN NUMBERS
CONT TO BE A TAD COOLER THAN NGM. WL PRBBLY STAY PRETTY CLOSE TO
NGM.

.CLE...
OH...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT
PA...GALE WARNING LERI LATE TUES AND TUES NIGHT.

VRCEK

The radar

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Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Knox

When
October 16, 9:30 AM EST
Where
Knox forecast zone
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
40.399, -82.421 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Strong winds downed four large trees.

What these are

High Wind
Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

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: 5271400.