Storm Surge/Tide, Erie
- When
- February 17, 4:00 PM EST to February 18, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Erie County, Sandusky
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 41.432, -82.700 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Storm Surge in Ohio, February 17 to 18, 1998
Northeast winds up to 40 miles per hour increased the water level at the Toledo Coast Guard Station (Lucas County) to around seven feet above low water datum. Waves of seven to ten feet caused major flooding and beach erosion along the western shoreline of Lake Erie, particularly at Crystal Rock and Whites Landing (Erie), where homes and yards were flooded.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $700,000
- 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.
Northeast winds up to 40 miles per hour increased the water level at the Toledo Coast Guard Station (Lucas County) to around seven feet above low water datum. Waves of seven to ten feet caused major flooding and beach erosion along the western shoreline of Lake Erie, particularly at Crystal Rock and Whites Landing (Erie), where homes and yards were flooded.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 storm surge/tide. Local standard time, as filed.
Storm Surge/Tide, Lucas
- When
- February 17, 4:00 PM EST to February 18, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Lucas County, Toledo
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 41.684, -83.468 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Storm Surge/Tide, Ottawa
- When
- February 17, 4:00 PM EST to February 18, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Ottawa County, Port Clinton
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 41.497, -82.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Storm Surge/Tide
- Water pushed ashore above the normal tide by a storm’s winds and low pressure.
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The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in North Carolina, February 17 to 18, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, February 17, 1998
- Flooding in Michigan, February 17 to 18, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 17, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, February 17, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, February 17, 1998
- Tornado in Florida, February 17, 1998
- Tornado in Georgia, February 17, 1998
- Flood in Florida, February 17 to 28, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Virginia, February 17, 1998
- Flood in Florida, February 17 to 28, 1998
- Flooding in Florida, February 17, 1998
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, February 1998The 1998 hurricane season
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: 5634185, 5634186, 5634187.