High Wind, Scioto
- When
- March 5, 9:00 AM EST to 9:05 AM EST
- Where
- Scioto forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 38.804, -82.993 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Ohio, March 5, 1996
Strong winds aloft were brought down to the surface in localized areas due to rain showers. Numerous windows were blown out in the city of Portsmouth causing two streets to be closed for the cleanup.
Where it happened
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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 ILN wrote it up.
Strong winds aloft were brought down to the surface in localized areas due to rain showers. Numerous windows were blown out in the city of Portsmouth causing two streets to be closed for the cleanup. A front awning was ripped off a facade, and siding was blown loose in Portsmouth. A tree and large tree limbs were downed. Power lines were blown down causing 150 customers to be without power.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Mississippi, March 5, 1996
- Hail in Mississippi, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Arkansas, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Missouri, March 5, 1996
- Tornado in Missouri, March 5, 1996
- High Wind in Utah, March 5 to 6, 1996
- Winter Storm in New York, March 5, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 5, 1996
- Hail in Missouri, March 5, 1996
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, March 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: 5548942.