Ohio, 2001

Waterspouts in Ohio, September 27, 2001

September 27, 2001 · NWS CLE · 4 events in 2 counties and zones

4 waterspout, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

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 27, 1:15 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 27, 1:15 PM EST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
215 PM EDT THU SEP 27 2001

NEW MODEL GUIDANCE GNLY IN LINE WITH PREV...SO WONT HV MANY CHGS TO
NEW FCST THRU EARLY NEXT WEEK AS DRIER AIR WORKS IN AND RMNS IN
PLACE.  WK FRONT/TROF WL WORK THRU ABT MON NITE BUT WITH HI PRES
GNLY DOMINATING WL OPT FOR DRY WX.  WL BREAK OUT LKSHORE ZONE GPS TO
SHOW COOLER INLAND TEMPS FOR FRI AND SAT NITES...OTRW WL CONT WITH W
TO E GROUPINGS TO REFLECT SYS PULLING OFF TO THE E AWAY FM CWA.

WL CUT FWC TEMPS ABT A CAT ON FRI AND FOR ERN AREAS ON SAT AS MODELS
USUALLY TOO QUICK WITH WRM UP IN THESE SITUATIONS.

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

ADAMS

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 25 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:29 UTC.

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Event by event

4 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.

Waterspout, Lorain

When
September 27, 3:30 PM EST to 3:45 PM EST
Where
Lorain County, Lorain
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.453, -82.151 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Three waterspouts were observed on Lake Erie just northeast of Lorain. No damage occurred.

Waterspout, Lorain

When
September 27, 3:32 PM EST
Where
Lorain County, Avon Lake
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
41.453, -82.151 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A waterspout was observed on Lake Erie just northeast of Avon Lake. No damage occurred.

Waterspout, Lorain

When
September 27, 3:55 PM EST
Where
Lorain County, Avon Lake
Reported by
NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates
41.453, -82.151 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A waterspout was observed on Lake Erie just north of Avon Lake. No damage occurred.

Waterspout, Ashtabula

When
September 27, 5:15 PM EST
Where
Ashtabula County, Conneaut
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
41.896, -80.759 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A waterspout was observed on Lake Erie north of Conneaut. No damage occurred.

What these are

Waterspout
A tornado over water. One that moves ashore is filed as a tornado from the coastline on.

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: 5267893, 5267896, 5267894, 5267895.