Winter Weather, Ottawa
- When
- January 30, 11:30 AM EST
- Where
- Ottawa forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.497, -82.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in Ohio, January 30, 1997
Thirty fishermen were stuck on two ice floes that formed about 1/4 mile off of Catawba Peninsula when a small crack in the ice turned into a 450 foot chasm in about an hour. All were rescued by the Coast Guard and the Catawba Fire Department.
Where it happened
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- 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.
Thirty fishermen were stuck on two ice floes that formed about 1/4 mile off of Catawba Peninsula when a small crack in the ice turned into a 450 foot chasm in about an hour. All were rescued by the Coast Guard and the Catawba Fire Department.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Surf in Hawaii, January 30 to 31, 1997
- Ice Storm in North Dakota, January 30, 1997
- Ice Storm in Minnesota, January 30, 1997
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 30 to 31, 1997
- High Wind in Montana, January 30, 1997
- Flooding in Illinois, January 30 to 31, 1997
- High Wind in Washington, January 30, 1997
- High Wind in Arizona, January 30, 1997
- High Wind in Montana, January 30, 1997
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, January 1997
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: 5588964.