High Wind, Trumbull
- When
- May 13, 2:20 PM EST
- Where
- Trumbull forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 41.317, -80.761 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Ohio, May 13, 1996
A gust of wind took off large sections of roof at Leavitt Middle School in Warren. The students had been dismissed for the day and there were no injuries.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $100,000
- 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 CLE wrote it up.
A gust of wind took off large sections of roof at Leavitt Middle School in Warren. The students had been dismissed for the day and there were no injuries. The library and the gym were damaged.
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
- Cold in West Virginia, May 13 to 14, 1996
- Hail in Texas, May 13, 1996
- Cold in Ohio, May 13 to 14, 1996
- Cold in Kentucky, May 13 to 14, 1996
- Heat in Alaska, May 13, 1996
- Heat in Alaska, May 13, 1996
- Hail in Texas, May 13, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, May 13, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, May 13, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, May 13, 1996
- Flood in New Hampshire, May 13 to 14, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, May 13, 1996
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, May 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: 5550202.