21 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 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 24, 6:32 PM EST, 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 732 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2001 LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING EAST INTO THE COUNTY WARNING AREA AT THIS TIME. SENDING AN UPDATE TO HOIST TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF NORTHERN OHIO AND OHIO PORTIONS OF LAKE ERIE. NORTHWEST PA WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE WATCH BUT POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS IN THIS AREA FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ZONES WILL BE OUT SHORTLY. LOMBARDY 220 PM EDT WED OCT 24 2001 LATEST MDL RUNS SHOW PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT ON GROSS FEATURES...UPR LVLS AND SFC. CLOSED UPR LOW OVR DAKOTAS DEEPENS AS IT MOVES E... OVR ERN LSUP BY MDDAY THU THEN OVR XTRM SW QUE AT 48 HRS. SFC LOW MN EJECTED TO NE BUT APPEARS TO BE CAPTURED BY UPR LOW AND SPENDS SOME TIME SPINNING OVER SE ONT. RSNBLY HI THREAT FOR SHWRS/TSTMS OVRNGT SO WL PRBBLY BE GOING WITH CAT FCST MOST AREAS. NGM GUID WANTS TO KEEP POPS AT CHC LVL ACRS THE BRD...BUT FEEL THIS MAY BE A BIT OVRDN DESPITE STG CAA. LE NOT LIKELY TO KICK IN DURG DAY WITH WINDS MORE OR LESS PARALLEL TO SHORELINE THRU 00Z. WUD HV TO DEPEND ON SYN SCALE FEATURE AND AM NOT IMPRESSED WITH WHAT PROGS PORTRAYING. MAY LV A LOW CHC POP FOR AM SHWRS E END OF CWA BUT NOTHING ELSE. CONDS STARTING TO LINE UP FOR A PRETTY GOOD LE EVENT THU NGT AND FRI. CD AIR WL BE IN PLACE WITH LW LVL WNDS SHFTG ARND TO NW. ETA SHOWING SOME SGFNT UVV OVR E END OF CWA. WL GO WITH A CHC SHRA/SN WRN HLF THU NGT AND FRI AND LKLY E. CO-ORDINATED WITH NRN IN ON POTENTIAL FOR HI WND WARNING FOR THU AND THU NGT. THE POTENTIAL IS THERE BUT WILL GO WITH WINDY ATTM. MOS TMPS DONT LOOK TOO BAD WITH LTL IF ANY RISE XPCTD FOR THU. TMPS ABT THE SAME FOR FRI...MAYBE A DEGREE OR TWO LESS E. VRCEK .CLE... OH...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT THURSDAY. PA...NONE.
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:29 UTC.
21 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed dozens of trees and 35 power poles in the county. North Baltimore was hardest hit with 20 power poles and over a dozen trees downed. Several homes and cars were severely damaged in North Baltimore. Trees and poles were also blown down in Cygnet, Rudolf, Rossford and Bradner.
Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power poles in Van Lue, Van Buren, Shawtown and Jackson Township.
Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs.
Thunderstorm winds downed many trees and a few power poles across the county. A 60 mph wind gust was measured seven miles west of Fremont. A nearby radio tower was damaged. A 64 foot long pole barn was blown down just south of Gibsonburg. A nearby motor home was rolled over and a semi truck was blown over on U.S. Highway 6 also near Gibsonburg. To the east of Gibsonburg, a barn roof was damaged. In Helena, a home and adjacent barn lost large sections of roof.
A 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured.
Thunderstorm winds downed many trees.
Thunderstorm winds downed several trees approximately five miles north of La Rue near the intersection of State Routes 37 and 309.
A funnel cloud was observed just outside of Vermilion. No damage occurred.
Thunderstorm winds downed a tree and one large branch.
Thunderstorm winds downed many trees east of Mount Vernon.
Thunderstorm winds destroyed a three story 30 by 50 foot barn. A power pole nearby fell on a car and severely damaged it.
Thunderstorm winds downed one tree two miles northwest of Ashland and a second in Polk.
Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs north of Andover.
Thunderstorm winds downed one tree south of Glenmont and a second five miles south of Millersburg on State Route 83.
Thunderstorm winds downed one tree in Bath and a second in Northfield.
Thunderstorm winds downed eight trees east of Lodi near Westfield Center.
Thunderstorm winds downed three trees in and around Wooster.
Thunderstorm winds downed one tree in Olmsted Township and a second in Broadview Heights.
Thunderstorm winds downed one tree in North Canton and a second in Alliance. A section of roof was torn off of a house in Canton.
A 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust was measured.
Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph downed several trees south of Windham.
Thunderstorm winds downed one tree in Niles and a second in Howland.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, October 2001
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: 5271478, 5271480, 5271574, 5271479, 5271779, 5271481, 5271561, 5271567, 5271562, 5271564, 5271565, 5271568, 5271782, 5271569, 5271572, 5271563, 5271570, 5271571, 5271573, 5271566, 5271781, 5271780.