High Wind, Ottawa
- When
- February 21, 10:30 AM EST to 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Ottawa forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 41.497, -82.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Ohio, February 21, 1997
Trees, branches, power lines and structures were downed or damaged in several locations in Northern Ohio. A 660 foot chicken house, under construction off Township Road 80 near Millersburg (Holmes County), collapsed.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 19 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
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
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.
Trees, branches, power lines and structures were downed or damaged in several locations in Northern Ohio. A 660 foot chicken house, under construction off Township Road 80 near Millersburg (Holmes County), collapsed. In Stark County, shingles were blown off of roofs. A wind gust of 67 miles per hour was measured at Lost Nation Airport (Lake). In Ashland (Ashland), winds were estimated as gusting to 65 miles per hour and in Green (Summit) winds were estimated gusting to 60 miles per hour.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
19 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Erie
- When
- February 21, 10:30 AM EST to 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Erie forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 41.432, -82.700 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Lake
- When
- February 21, 10:30 AM EST to 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Lake forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.714, -81.245 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Summit
- When
- February 21, 10:30 AM EST to 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Summit forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 41.126, -81.532 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Trumbull
- When
- February 21, 10:30 AM EST to 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Trumbull forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 41.317, -80.761 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Ashland
- When
- February 21, 10:30 AM EST to 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Ashland forecast zone
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.846, -82.271 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Stark
- When
- February 21, 10:30 AM EST to 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Stark forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 40.814, -81.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Holmes
- When
- February 21, 10:30 AM EST to 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Holmes forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 40.561, -81.929 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Sandusky
- When
- February 21, 10:30 AM EST to 6:30 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, Huron
- When
- February 21, 10:30 AM EST to 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Huron forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.146, -82.598 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Lorain
- When
- February 21, 10:30 AM EST to 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Lorain forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.453, -82.151 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Medina
- When
- February 21, 10:30 AM EST to 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Medina forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.118, -81.900 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Wayne
- When
- February 21, 10:30 AM EST to 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.829, -81.888 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Richland
- When
- February 21, 10:30 AM EST to 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Richland forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.775, -82.536 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Cuyahoga
- When
- February 21, 10:30 AM EST to 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Cuyahoga forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.479, -81.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Geauga
- When
- February 21, 10:30 AM EST to 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Geauga forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -81.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Ashtabula
- When
- February 21, 10:30 AM EST to 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Ashtabula forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.896, -80.759 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Portage
- When
- February 21, 10:30 AM EST to 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Portage forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.168, -81.197 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Mahoning
- When
- February 21, 10:30 AM EST to 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Mahoning forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.015, -80.776 (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
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- Damaging Wind in Georgia, February 21, 1997
- Tornado in North Carolina, February 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, February 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, February 21, 1997
- Tornado in Georgia, February 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, February 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, February 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, February 21, 1997
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: 5588411, 5588412, 5588413, 5588414, 5588415, 5588416, 5588417, 5588418, 5588419, 5588420, 5588421, 5588422, 5588423, 5588424, 5588425, 5588426, 5588427, 5588428, 5588429.