Waterspout, Ashtabula
- When
- August 30, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Ashtabula County, Lake Erie
- Coordinates
- 41.896, -80.759 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Waterspout in Ohio, August 30, 1996
Three waterspouts were reported five to twelve miles offshore of Fairport Harbor and Ashtabula. They did not come ashore and no damage was reported.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 CLE wrote it up.
Three waterspouts were reported five to twelve miles offshore of Fairport Harbor and Ashtabula. They did not come ashore and no damage was reported.
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:02 UTC.
Event by event
1 waterspout. Local standard time, as filed.
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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More
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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: 5567273.