1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 23, 2:55 PM EST, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 355 PM EDT TUE OCT 23 2001 A VRY COMPLICATED FCST WITH MAJOR CHGS. 1ST BATCH OF SHWRS/ISOLD TSTMS DURG THE OVRNGT IN STG SLY MOIST FLOW. WE RMN IN THE WRM SECTOR WI SCT SHWRS THRU THE 1ST HALF OF THE DAY WED. STG DYNCS IN DEEPENG LOW PRES WED AFTN & NGT AS THE CDFNT APCHS. PER SELS OUTLOOK WE ARE IN A SLGT/MDT RISK FOR TSTMS & HAV THUS INDCTD. SVR STORMS ARE A STG PSBILTY FRM WED AFTN & EVENG. UPR TROF SHARPENS OVR THE GRTLKS AT THE END OF THE WEEK & INTO THE WEEKEND. ARCTIC AIR TO SETTLE IN WI THE XPCTD LAKE EFFECT. DO XPCT SOME SNW ACCUM IN THE NE OH/NW PA AREAS AS THE WNDS SLOLY TURN FRM THE W/SW TO THE W/NW. ...MISCLE AVBL... .CLE... OH...GALE LERI WED NITE PA...NONE. SEM
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:09 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed many trees on the southwest side of Canton. A window was also blown out of a building.
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