Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- April 29, 3:45 PM EST to 4:15 PM EST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Countywide
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $300,000
- Coordinates
- 39.730, -84.200
Damaging Wind in Ohio, April 29, 1996
Over 100 trees downed. Church steeple downed.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $300,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 happened
The episode as NWS ILN wrote it up.
Over 100 trees downed. Church steeple downed. .88 inch diameter hail. High winds caused 25,000 customers to lose electrical power. Winds around 100 mph snapped telephone poles at bases and ripped a roof off a building.
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:43 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery | 1996-04-29 | 6 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Ohio, April 29, 1996
- Frost and Freeze in Colorado, April 29, 1996
- Flooding in Indiana, April 29 to 30, 1996
- Flooding in Indiana, April 29 to 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, April 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 29, 1996
- Tornado in Mississippi, April 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 29, 1996
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 29, 1996
- Flash Flood in Illinois, April 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 29, 1996
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, April 1996
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: 5561333.