High Wind, Cuyahoga
- When
- March 9, 10:21 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 in Ohio, March 9, 1997
Gusty winds associated with a cold front occurred near Lake Erie. Lost Nation Airport (Lake County) reported a peak gust of 62 miles per hour.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 3
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.
Gusty winds associated with a cold front occurred near Lake Erie. Lost Nation Airport (Lake County) reported a peak gust of 62 miles per hour. There were no reports of damage.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Lake
- When
- March 9, 10:21 PM EST
- Where
- Lake forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.714, -81.245 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Ashtabula
- When
- March 9, 10:21 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)
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
- Flooding in Mississippi, March 9 to 26, 1997
- Flooding in Iowa, March 9 to 13, 1997
- Flood in Texas, March 9 to 13, 1997
- High Wind in Wyoming, March 9 to 10, 1997
- Flooding in Louisiana, March 9 to 26, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 9 to 10, 1997
- High Wind in Montana, March 9, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, March 9, 1997
- Hail in Kansas, March 9, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, March 9 to 10, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, March 9, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, March 9, 1997
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, March 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: 5593633, 5593634, 5593635.