Seiche, Lucas
- When
- November 10, 12:30 PM EST to 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Lucas County, Lakeshore
- Measured
- 60
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.684, -83.468 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Seiche in Ohio, November 10, 1998
Southwest storm force winds gusting to 69 miles per hour pushed water away from the western end of Lake Erie towards the state of New York and Ontario Canada. As the water level fell to to four feet below normal, boats and ferries were left stranded in the mud in marinas from the Maumee River east to the lagoons in Vermilion while freighters were forced to drop anchor outside Sandusky Bay near…
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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.
Southwest storm force winds gusting to 69 miles per hour pushed water away from the western end of Lake Erie towards the state of New York and Ontario Canada. As the water level fell to to four feet below normal, boats and ferries were left stranded in the mud in marinas from the Maumee River east to the lagoons in Vermilion while freighters were forced to drop anchor outside Sandusky Bay near Port Clinton.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 seiche. Local standard time, as filed.
Seiche, Erie
- When
- November 10, 12:30 PM EST to 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Erie County, Lakeshore
- Measured
- 60
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.432, -82.700 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Seiche, Lorain
- When
- November 10, 12:30 PM EST to 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Lorain County, Lakeshore
- Measured
- 60
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.453, -82.151 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Seiche, Ottawa
- When
- November 10, 12:30 PM EST to 3:30 PM EST
- Where
- Ottawa County, Lakeshore
- Measured
- 60
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.497, -82.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Seiche
- A standing wave in a lake or bay, pushed by wind or pressure, that flooded the shore.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Wisconsin, November 10 to 11, 1998
- Tornado in Missouri, November 10, 1998
- High Wind in Kentucky, November 10, 1998
- High Wind in Iowa, November 10, 1998
- High Wind in Wisconsin, November 10, 1998
- High Wind in Wisconsin, November 10, 1998
- Tornado and High Wind in Michigan, November 10 to 11, 1998
- High Wind in Michigan, November 10 to 11, 1998
- High Wind in Iowa, November 10, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, November 10, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, November 10, 1998
- High Wind in Michigan, November 10 to 11, 1998
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, November 1998
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: 5671027, 5671028, 5671029, 5671030.