Ohio, 2001

Damaging Winds in Ohio, September 21, 2001

September 21, 2001 · NWS CLE · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$20,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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 Sep 21, 2:15 PM EST, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 2:15 PM EST, 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
315 PM EDT FRI SEP 21 2001

BIG PICTURE SHOWS UPPR TROF ACRS AREA ATTM WITH ASOCD FAIRLY STG
VORT TO EXIT AREA TO THE EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT OR SO WITH SFC HIG BLDG
IN FOR SATURDAY.  THIS BREAK WILL BE SHORT LIVED HWVR AS NEXT UPPR
LONG WV TROF DIGGS INTO THE WESTERN LAKES THRU THE MS VLY ON
SUNDAY.  THIS LOW IS THEN PROGGD TO DPN INTO A BOWLING BALL WHICH
SPINS LIKE A TOP ACRS OH VLY AND LWR LAKES MUCH OF NEXT WK.

FOR TNGT UPPR VORT STILL TO GO ACRS MUCH OF AREA THRU MIDNIGHT AND
WITH CDFNT JUST NOW ENTERING NWRN OHIO...VRY FVRBL UPP DIVERGENCE
LOWER LCL DIVERGENCE PTTN ASOCD WITH JET STREAK ACROSS OHIO WL KP
POPS HIGH ERN 2/3DS OF AREA.  WL NEED ALSO TO KP A REMAINDER OF THE
AFTERNOON OR THIS EVG NW FOR TSTMS GOING THRU THE AREA ATTM.  FOR
SATURDAY SFC HIGH BGNS TO BUILD IN WITH DRIER MORE STBL AMS BHND
CDFNT SO WL KP FCST DRY. GVN STBY AND DCRS IN MSTR THINK WL SHOULD
GET AT LEAST SOME SS THRU THE AFTN SO WILL GO WITH PARTLY SUNNY.
ANY CLOUDINESS SAT SHULD DCRS INTO SAT NGT SO PC LOOKS FINE THERE.
ALSO WITH SFC HIGH CLOSE AND WNDS DROPG TO LGT/VRBL WL PLACE FOG IN
THE FCST.  FOR SUNDAY AREA SHOULD START OUT PARTLY CLOUDY ALTHOUGH
HARD TO SAY HOW MUCH CLOUDS AND CONVECTION ASOCD WITH APCHG TROF
MOVE EAST DURG THE DAY GVN THE AMOUNT OF DIGG THE LOW WILL BE GOING
THROUGH.  WL KP EXTENDED WET AND COOL.

TK

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

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:59 UTC.

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Event by event

3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lucas

When
September 21, 3:00 PM EST
Where
Lucas County, Pt Place
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.717, -83.483

Thunderstorm winds downed many large tree limbs.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cuyahoga

When
September 21, 5:45 PM EST
Where
Cuyahoga County, Fairview Park
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.433, -81.867

Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cuyahoga

When
September 21, 6:05 PM EST
Where
Cuyahoga County, Shaker Hgts
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
41.467, -81.567

Thunderstorm winds downed several trees.

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.

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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: 5267890, 5267892, 5267891.