High Wind in Ohio, June 29, 1999

Name: High Wind in Ohio, June 29, 1999
Start: 1999-06-29T09:30
End: 1999-06-29T09:30
Location: Ohio

June 29, 1999 · NWS CLE · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 15
Property damage: $3,000
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.

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Event by event

1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Ottawa

When: June 29, 9:30 AM EST
Where: Ottawa forecast zone
Injuries: 15 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
Coordinates: 41.497, -82.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winds were kicking up waves averaging 3 to 5 feet on western Lake Erie when a local ferry, enroute from Port Clinton to Put-In-Bay on South Bass Island, was struck by a 10 foot wave. The wave crashed through a window in the main passenger cabin. Fifteen people were injured by flying glass and two were admitted to a local hospital.

What these are

High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Ohio in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in Ohio, June 1999

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: 5705312.