Storm Surge/Tide, Erie
- When
- February 4, 10:00 AM EST to February 5, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Erie County, Sandusky
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Coordinates
- 41.432, -82.700 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Storm Surge in Ohio, February 4 to 5, 1998
Northeast winds up to 35 miles per hour caused flooding of the immediate lakeshore and beach erosion.
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
- $225,000
- 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 35 miles per hour caused flooding of the immediate lakeshore and beach erosion.
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 4, 10:00 AM EST to February 5, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Lucas County, Toledo
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Coordinates
- 41.684, -83.468 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Storm Surge/Tide, Ottawa
- When
- February 4, 10:00 AM EST to February 5, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Ottawa County, Port Clinton
- Property damage
- $75,000
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Coastal Flood in Virginia, February 4 to 6, 1998
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in New Jersey, February 4 to 9, 1998
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in Delaware, February 4 to 9, 1998
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Virginia, February 4 to 5, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Coastal Flood in Maryland, February 4 to 5, 1998
- Coastal Flood in Maryland, February 4 to 6, 1998
- Flooding in Georgia, February 4 to 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, February 4 to 5, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Virginia, February 4 to 6, 1998
- High Wind in Puerto Rico, February 4, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, February 4 to 5, 1998
- Winter Storm in Alabama, February 4, 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: 5634233, 5634234, 5634235.