July 2001

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Weather Station Summaries

Springfield 2N #1 (Clark County) Dick Groeber - Locally, temperatures began cool with the month low of 50 degrees recorded just before the 4th of July holiday on the 2nd. Two warm periods were noted. The first was a short three-day period between the 8th and the 10th. The second was a longer seven-day period from the 19th through the 25th marked by haze and high relative humidity values typical of the "dog days" of the middle to the late summer. Because the first half of the month saw below normal values, the overall month was just about normal. Rainfall was the big story. There were 13 days of measurable rainfall and nine with thunderstorms. Two dates had small hail. The heaviest storm was at the end of the month on the 29h with 3.35 inches of rain falling from 5:00 A.M. to 11:30 A.M. amid two heavy thunderstorms. Remarkably, little damage or flooding was noted. this was the heaviest one-day total for any July of record here and only the 5th heaviest any date since records began here in 1954. The heaviest was 5.20 inches recorded June 25, 1971. This nearly doubled the monthly total to date at 8.02 inches which ranked as 2nd to 8.37 inches recorded in 1990.

Perrysville 4W #79 (Richland County) Katie Gerwig - Dry is the word for July 2001. According to Cleveland media, driest July since 1931 with 1.01 inches here. There were 4 thunderstorm days before the 9th but from the 11th to the 31st only 0.06 inch fell. Temperatures averaged normal although 5 days saw 90 degrees or above. The last 17 days had highs of 80 degrees or above. Only one overcast day.

Wooster 7N #16 (Wayne County) Jack Sisler - Monthly mean temperatures were slightly above normal with five days of 90 degree or above for maximum temperatures. Precipitation for the month was 1.15 inches, almost three inches below normal for the month and over six inches below normal for the year. No records were set for least amount of precipitation for July (record is 1.03 inches in July 1991).

Aurora 3S #3 (Portage County) Olaf Stackelberg - 96 degrees on the 24th tied the previous station record on July 14 and 15, 1995. Records began September 1991.

Cincinnati 5NW #13 (Hamilton County) Ronald E. Rothhaas Jr. - After months of seemingly uneventful weather except for a bit of a drought, July explosively broke out of the mold with flooding rains, high winds, and deadly consequences. July averaged 0.5F below normal with 7.15 inches of rain here, 2.91 inches above normal. Areas to the north and east of here got over a foot of rain in July! On the 8th, behind a warm front, dewpoints rose to 78 setting the stage for a mesoscale convective complex racing in from the northwest in the afternoon. These violent storms, actually 2 waves, one in the afternoon and one in the evening, prompted 45 separate severe thunderstorm warnings in the metro area and caused the most damage to Cinergy's electric system since the snowstorm of 1989. Thousands of trees were damaged or destroyed in the area. On the 18th monster thunderstorms developed northeast of town in a tropical airmass with dewpoints in the 70's. While nearly 3 inches of rain fell overnight here and at the airport, up to 8 inches fell in 3 hours in Sharonville, West Chester, Loveland, Blue Ash, and Mason. Thousands of homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed in the resulting flash flooding. Federal and state disaster declarations were approved for Hamilton, Warren, and Clermont counties. Tragically, 3 persons were killed by the floods. A teenage girl was swept to her death after she exited an SUV being overturned by flood waters in a major Loveland intersection. The raging Duck Creek tore into a Fairfax neighborhood. 12 people barely made it out alive as the waters literally punched holes in the foundations of four houses. A father and his daughter were not as fortunate when they were unable to make it out of their basement. The Army Corps of Engineers is currently contemplating buying out homes in this area. Thanks to all the rain, conditions were tropical in July with dewpoints below 60 on only 8 days. Dewpoints were 70 or above on a miserable 15 days, peaking at 78 on the 8th and 77 on the 24th.

Toledo 5NE #66 (Lucas County) Mike Bielski - There were two record lows of 45 degrees on July 2nd and 46 degrees on July 6th. There were three days with temperatures over 90 degrees. There were only six precipitation days. We had a thunderstorm warning on the 29th from 9:30 pm to 10:30 pm with very heavy rain that accumulated to 0.85 inch in 30 minutes. Winds gusting to 40 mph and intense continuous lightning.

Sandusky 1N #4 (Erie County) James Goelz - July 2001 was a very dry month with only 1.90 inches of precipitation recorded. A thundershower contributed 1.55 inches of rain on the 25th. Other rainfall amounts totaled 0.05, 0.07, 0.08, 0.06 and 0.09 on the 1st, 3rd, 17th, 21st and 29th. Driest July on record was 142 years ago in 1859 with only 0.15 inch of rainfall.

Kidron 1N #2 (Wayne County) Ronald Hahn - While temperatures averaged about normal for the month, rainfall was 1.30 inches below normal at this station, though it varied widely in the area. On the 19th, 1.57 inches of rain fell - mostly in 45 minutes. This was a new record for that date.

Kent 2W ##53 (Portage County) Eric Wertz - July 2001 started out cool during the first week but temperatures then rose to near record highs during the week. A record low temperature of 43 was set on the 2nd and a record high temperature of 94 degrees was set on the 24th. There were 10 days of measurable precipitation during the month with a below average monthly total of 2.28 inches. By mid July, conditions were becoming quite dry across the region. Despite the fact that there were 5 thunderstorm days. High wind gusts remained below normal with the highest being only 25 mph recorded on the 1st. Other than some locally heavy rains on the 22nd (0.99 inch), conditions were tranquil due to dominating high pressure. Fog was observed on the 18th.
July 2001 weather extremes from all available weather stations including the OWON
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READING
DATE
STATION (s)
Highest Temperature
98
23rd
Northridgeville 1N (Lorain Co,) & Stow 1SE (Summit Co.)
Lowest Temperature
40
2nd
Aurora 3S (Portage County) & Youngstown NWS (Mahoning Co.)
Highest Precipitation
8.70
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Cincinnati NWS (Hamilton Co.)
Lowest Precipitation
0.45
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Northridgeville 1N (Lorain Co.
Highest Snowfall
0
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Highest Wind Gust
65
21st
Van Wert (Van Wert Co.)
July 2001 Precipitation Maps

Courtesy of the

Ohio Department of Natural Resources

David H. Cashell Scott Kirk
July 2001 Ohio Weather Data
Station
Max / Min Temperature
Mean Temp
Precipitation and Max 24 hr precipitation
Snowfall and Maximum 24 hr snow
High WindGust and Average High Wind Gust
High & Low Barometer
Ada #115
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Akron-Canton NWS
93 (24) / 47 (2,6)
70.8
1.18 / 0.65 (8)
0
30 (5)
30.32 (2) / 29.70 (10)
Alliance 7S #21
91 (24) / 42 (2)
71.2
2.34 / 1.56 (8)
0
12 (11) / 10.0
x / 29.54 (5)
Athens 1S
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Aurora 3S #3
96 (24) / 40 (2)
69.9
1.77 / 0.69 (8)
0
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95 (31) / 48 (2)
74.6
3.22 / 0.98 (18)
0
26 (8) / 14.7
30.32 (2) / 29.82 (10)
Chillicothe 3S #40
93 (26) / 51 (28,29)
72.5
1.90 / 0.55 (22)
0
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Cincinnati 5NW #13
91 (23,25) / 52 (6)
74.7
7.15 / 2.94 (18)
0
E60 (8) / -
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Cincinnati NWS
91 (31) / 52 (6)
74.2
8.70 / 3.11 (18)
0
61 (8) / -
30.26 (2) / 29.76 (10)
Cleveland NWS
93 (23,24) / 50 (6)
71.9
0.68 / 0.47 (25)
0
32 (10) / -
30.34 (2) / 29.70 (10)
Cleves 2NW
95 (23,25) / 51 (6)
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27 (x) / 11.6
30.20 (-) / 29.78 (-)
Columbus 5NW #9
94 (24) / 50 (6)
73.6
3.81 / 1.74 (25)
0
26 (25) / -
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Columbus NWS
93 (23) / 53 (6)
74.3
4.67 / 2.40 (25)
0
37 (24) / -
30.29 (2) / 29.71 (10)
Dayton NWS
90 (24) / 49 (2)
73.3
5.48 / 1.60 (29)
0
47 (2) / -
30.29 (2) / 29.76 (10)
Ellet 1NW #118
94 (24) / 46 (2)
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0.49 / 0.26 (7)
0
20 (5) / -
30.34 (31) / 29.83 (10)
Holgate 1SE #8
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93 (24) / 42 (2)
70.1
3.35 / 1.20 (25)
0
16 (5,23) / 11.0
30.27 (2) / 29.68 (10)
Kent 2W #53
94 (24) / 43 (2)
69.6
2.28 / 0.99 (22)
0
25 (1) / 16.2
30.32 (2) / 29.76 (10)
Kidron 1N #2
93 (31) / 45 (2)
72.6
2.57 / 1.57 (19)
0
12 (1,5,10) / 6.0
30.34 (2) / 29.77 (10)
Lagrange 2SW #87
96 (24) / 48 (6)
72.3
2.32 / 1.09 (19)
0
25 (26) / 16.9
30.30 (27) / 29.71 (10)
Lancaster 4N #17
93 (x) / 51 (x)
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3.39 / 1.02 (x)
0
23 (5,24) / -
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Lancaster 1E #30
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Loveland 1N #83
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Mansfield NWS
92 (24) / 47 (6)
70.9
1.05 / 0.56 (1)
0
39 (9) / -
30.31 (2) / 29.73 (10)
96 (24) / 43 (2)
70.6
1.66 / 1.31 (26)
0
27 (5) / 16.3
30.28 (27) / 29.75 (10)
Newcomerstown 1S #106
93 (23) / 46 (2,6)
71.3
3.20 / 1.30 (25)
0
35 (24) / 15.9
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New Philadelphia 1NW #58
89 (23) / 46 (2)
74.5
3.07 / 1.22 (1)
0
30 (1) / -
30.19 (3) / 29.76 (10)
North Ridgeville 1N #32
98 (23) / 48 (6,27)
72.3
0.45 / 0.21 (25)
0
25 (4,26) / 16.7
30.28 (2) / 29.65 (10)
Ottawa 4E #15
93 (24) / 43 (2)
72.4
3.55 / 2.03 (25)
0
27 (26) / 17.2
30.23 (2) / 29.23 (10)
Oxford #108
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Perry 3SE #38
92 (23) / 48 (6)
71.3
2.15 / 1.64 (15)
0
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Perrysville 4W #79
94 (24) / 47 (3)
71.5
1.01 / 0.39 (9)
0
18 (7&25) / 10.1
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Port Clinton 3W #14
94 (23,24) / 53 (6)
74.1
2.00 / 1.10 (26)
0
39 (29) / 19.2
30.32 (2) / 29.71 (10)
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Rockbridge 4W #33
92 (23,24) / 50 (2)
72.2
5.57 / 2.24 (29)
0
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Rocky River 1W #51
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1.69 / 0.76 (7)
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Sabina #113
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2.26 / 0.76 (25)
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Sandusky 1N #4
93 (23) / 56 (3)
73.5
1.90 / 1.55 (25)
0
28 (10) / 18.2
30.33 (2) / 29.73 (10)
Sharonville 2NE #43
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Springfield 2N #1
93 (10,23) / 50 (2)
74.4
8.02 / 3.39 (29)
0
29 (1) / -
30.28 (2) / 29.82 (10)
Spring Valley 2E #62
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Stow 1SE #105
98 (23) / 52 (3)
64.9
1.61 / 1.28 (25)
0
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30.39 (27) / 29.83 (10)
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Sugarcreek 2SW #112
91 (23) / 45 (6)
70.4
2.17 / 1.14 (25)
0
31 (1) / 14.5
30.29 (2,31)/29.82 (10)
Tiltonsville #117
91 (24) / 49 (2)
72.6
3.86 / 1.55 (25)
0
31 (25) / -
30.34 (2) / 29.73 (11)
Toledo 5NE #66
93 (24) / 46 (6)
72.3
1.78 / 0.85 (29)
0
40 (29) / -
30.33 (2) / 29.70 (10)
Toledo NWS
94 (23) / 46 (2)
72.7
2.01 / 0.96 (25)
0
44 (29) / -
30.32 (2) / -
Van Wert #86
95 (20,23,24) / 48 (2)
75.8
3.18 / 1.72 (21)
0
65 (21) / 18.0
30.26 (2) / 29.73 (10)
93 (24) / 44 (2)
71.2
1.15 / 0.27 (1)
0
37 (10) / 16.6
30.27 (2) / 29.72 (11)
Youngstown NWS
94 (24) / 40 (2)
69.6
2.02 / 0.92 (25)
0
44 (1) / -
30.33 (27) / 29.69 (11)
Zanesville 6N #48
89 (10) / 50 (3)
70.8
3.96 / 0.83 (1)
0
18 (1) / -
30.32 (2) / 29.75 (10)

July 2001

Significant Weather Events Reported by Ohio Weather Observer Network Observers and displayed on ohioweather.net

7/2 - Newcomerstown 1S (Tuscarawas County) ... At 6:20 a.m., this station tied the record low of 46 degrees which was established in 1982.

7/2 - Toledo 5NE (Lucas County) ... The low of 45 degrees this morning was the coldest temperature I have ever recorded in July since I began keeping records in 1985. The previous all time low for July was 46 in 1988.

7/2 - Wooster 7N (Wayne County) ... Established a new record low of 44 degrees @ 6:23am breaking the previous low of 53 on this date in 1995.

7/2 - Streetsboro 2N (Portage County) ... This station recorded the lowest July reading for the five years of record here. It fell to 43.3 degrees F at 6:25am.

7/3 - Newcomerstown 1S (Tuscarawas County) ... At 5:18 a.m., established a record low temperature of 47 degrees. This broke the previous reading of 53 set in 1996.

Posted by the National Weather Service

7/4 - 0640 PM HOYTVILLE (Wood County) . MPH TSTM WIND GUST . TREE DOWN AND POWER LINE DOWN.

7/4 - 0703 PM FINDLAY 2N (Hancock County). .75 INCH HAIL

7/4 - 0705 PM FINDLAY (Hancock County) . 1.00 INCH HAIL

7/6 - Toledo 5NE (Lucas County) ... A record low temperature this morning of 46 was recorded @ 617 am. That broke the previous record of 52 in 1992.

7/10 - Wooster 7N (Wayne County) ... Several downed trees some of which blocked some roads, power outages to several hundred customers and transformer fires were all because of high winds and lightning from a strong thunderstorm that moved through about 3pm Tuesday. Most of the damage and the strongest part of the storm occured about 3-5 miles south of my station location. My highest wind gust from the storm was 37mph. A medical clinic in town had to be evacuated because of an electrical short caused by lightning that sent smoke throughout the facility.

7/12 - Newcomerstown 1S (Tuscarawas County) ... Morning low of 51 at 5:00 a.m. broke the record low of 52 set in 1998.

7/13 - Newcomerstown 1S (Tuscarawas County) ... Morning low of 50 at 5:41 a.m. broke the record low of 54 set in 1998 & 1999.

7/14 - Newcomerstown 1S (Tuscarawas County) ... Morning low of 50 at 6:35 a.m. broke the record low of 58 set in 2000.

7/15 - Newcomerstown 1S (Tuscarawas County) ...Morning low of 49 at 6:04 a.m. broke the record low of 56 set in 1989.

7/15 - Toledo 5NE (Lucas County) ... In the past 24 days (6/24 thru 7/15) there has only been measurable rainfall on 2 days for a total of 0.12 inch. In my area thru the end of june we were short 4.46 inches of rainfall. Year-todate rainfall so far in July is only .10.shortage of precip. for the year thru 7/15 and is now 5.80 inches. Most lawns are burnt up .

7/17 - Cincinnati 5NW (Hamilton County) ... Torrential training thunderstorms turned deadly in Cincinnati Tuesday , July 17, as up to 6 inches of rain fell on some parts of the area. Damage is already well into the millions of dollars and 3 people are dead in the wake of the storms. Strong thunderstorms developed in soupy air Tuesday afternoon and gradually built west across the area, training across some areas for hours. Residential streets became rivers four to six feet deep with vehicles being abandoned and in some cases swept away. An SUV became bouyant in a major Loveland intersection. 3 teens made it to safety but a fourth was swept away after exiting the vehicle. Searchers had not yet located her body Tuesday evening. To the south in Fairfax, Ohio, a residential street became a raging river. Gaping holes were punched in the foundations of four houses allowing flood waters to rush in. 12 residents barely made it out with their lives, but 2 were not so fortunate as a father went to the basement to check on his daughter and neither made it out alive. Major streets and intersections were under water in Sharonville with severe damage to a number of businesses. An entire fleet of new trucks was submerged at one business with estimated losses of $3.5 million to that business alone. State Farm insurance was already reporting 1200 claims by late Wednesday. Significant wind damage compounded flood damage east of Loveland with many dozens of trees damaged or destroyed over a wide area. Rainfall measured 2.64 here at Cincinnati 5NW and 2.89 at the NWS in Hebron, Kentucky, but Doplar radar estimated 4 to 6 inch amounts in parts of Hamilton, Warren, Butler, Clermont, and Brown counties. 13 bridges remained closed for structural inspection in Clermont county. All 3 major Ohio River tributaries reached or exceeded flood stage in only a few hours with significant flooding along most smaller tributaries.

7/22 - Ravenna 1E (Portage County) ... At around 7:15pm Sunday evening, a thunderstorm developed over Portage County, with lightning and thunder and dumping .21" of well deserved rain in about 1 hour. As of today, Ravenna 1E is about 3.00" below normal rainfall.

7/22 - Kent 2E (Portage County) ... I had 1.54 inches of rain in a thunderstorm Sunday evening roughly 7-9 PM. Power was out 3 hours.

7/23 - Newcomerstown 1S (Tuscarawas County) ... The high temperature of 93 at 3:36 p.m. today is the highest since August 17th, 1999 when the high hit 93 degrees.

7/23 - Lodi 3S (Wayne County) ... Had a high temperature today of 98.1 degrees at 5:50 PM! Yesterday, Sunday (July 22nd) I had a high of 96.1 degrees. Extremely dry with only 0.67 inch precipitation for the month thus far.

7/23 - Kent 2E (Portage County) ... My high Monday of 91 and low Tuesday of 72 were the warmest max and min since the last days of July 1999.

7/24 - Munroe Falls 1SW (Summit County) ... Today's high reached 96 degrees after a morning low of 72. This was after reaching 95 degrees Monday (7/23). Today's high appears to be the hottest here since July 1999 when 96 was also recorded.

7/24 - Lodi 3S (Wayne County) ... Another day in the oven! 6 PM temperature 95.8 degrees which is also the maximum temperature for the day. Only a few turkey towers observed in the sky over Harrisville Township.

7/24 - Wooster 7N (Wayne County) ... Had a high of 93 @3:26 pm (Tuesday). This was the highest temperature since August 1, 1999 and the sixth 90+ temperature so far this year. No 90-degree temperatures were recorded during the year 2000.

7/29 - Rockbridge 4W (Hocking County) ... Total rainfall at my station from midnight through 10:00 A.M. on Sunday, July 29 was 2.23". My station is located four miles west of Rock bridge in northwest Hocking County.

7/29 - Springfield 2N (Clark County) ... Rainfall from this Sunday's heavy thunderstorms ended around 11:30 A.M. Rainfall for the date since 5:30 A.M. totaled 3.39 inches. A rain shower between 11:30 P.M. and midnight Saturday totaled an additional 0.05 inchfor a 12-hour total of 3.44 inches. According to records since 1954, this makes today's total the fifth highest . This brings the month total to date here in Springfield to 8.02 inches which is the second highest July total next to 8.37 inches recorded in 1990.

7/29 - Toledo 5NE (Lucas County) ... severe thunderstorms moving thru southeast Michigan prompted a severe thundersorm warning for Lucas County from 9:30 pm to 10:30 pm. Very heavy rain and winds gusting to 40 mph moved in. Lighting was very intense and continous. From 9:30 pm to 10:00 pm I recorded 0.85 inch. This brought my monthly rainfall to 1.78 which is still -1.32 below normal. Precipitation for the year to date is 14.93 inches which is - 5.78 below normal.

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