High Wind, Lucas
- When
- January 29, 11:00 AM EST to 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Lucas forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.684, -83.468 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Ohio, January 29, 1996
Winds gusted to 60 mph in a few spots downing tree, limbs, and power lines.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
Winds gusted to 60 mph in a few spots downing tree, limbs, and power lines.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Ottawa
- When
- January 29, 11:00 AM EST to 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Ottawa forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.497, -82.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Sandusky
- When
- January 29, 11:00 AM EST to 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Sandusky forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.357, -83.144 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Erie
- When
- January 29, 11:00 AM EST to 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Erie forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.432, -82.700 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Wood
- When
- January 29, 11:00 AM EST to 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Wood forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.362, -83.623 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in North Dakota, January 29, 1996
- Blizzard in Michigan, January 29 to 31, 1996
- Cold in South Dakota, January 29 to 31, 1996
- Blizzard in Wisconsin, January 29, 1996
- Blizzard in Wisconsin, January 29, 1996
- Cold in Iowa, January 29 to 31, 1996
- Cold in Wisconsin, January 29 to 31, 1996
- Cold in Minnesota, January 29 to 31, 1996
- Cold in Wyoming, January 29 to 31, 1996
- Blizzard in Wisconsin, January 29, 1996
- Winter Storm in Michigan, January 29 to 30, 1996
- Blizzard in Minnesota, January 29, 1996
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, January 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: 5548816, 5548817, 5548818, 5548819, 5548820.