High Wind in Ohio, December 11 to 12, 2000

Name: High Wind in Ohio, December 11 to 12, 2000
Start: 2000-12-11T23:30
End: 2000-12-12T04:00
Location: Ohio

December 11 to 12, 2000 · NWS CLE · 27 events in 27 counties and zones

A very strong area of low pressure moved across Northwest Ohio and Lake Erie on the evening of the 11th. Damaging winds occurred along and behind a cold front stretching south from the low.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 27 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $4.4 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 27

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.

A very strong area of low pressure moved across Northwest Ohio and Lake Erie on the evening of the 11th. Damaging winds occurred along and behind a cold front stretching south from the low. The damaging winds began just before midnight and continued through the early morning hours then gradually diminished. Widespread power outages occurred with several thousand trees downed. Over 20 percent of the homes in Northeast Ohio suffered power outages. Wind gusts in excess of 55 mph were measured at all of the major reporting sites. A gust to 80 mph was recorded on the east side of Cleveland with a 74 mph measured in Portage County at the Kent State Airport. A 72 mph gust was measured at Canton with a 67 mph gust in downtown Akron. Buildings lost roofs in Cleveland (Cuyahoga County), Polk (Ashland County), Bainbridge (Geauga County), Shelby (Richland County) and rural Erie County. Buildings under construction in Summit County (near Richfield) and Ottawa County (Oak Harbor) were destroyed. Radio towers were toppled near Painesville in Lake County and also in Stark County. Also in Stark County, a small plane was blown over a chain link fence and destroyed. A new mobile home was blown over and destroyed in Wayne County. Many barns were either blown down or lost roofs. Several dozen homes were damaged by fallen trees as were approximately 100 cars. In rural Hancock County, a row of 32 power poles was knocked down by the winds.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

27 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Ashland

When: December 11, 11:30 PM EST to December 12, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Ashland forecast zone
Property damage: $150,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.846, -82.271 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Ashtabula

When: December 11, 11:30 PM EST to December 12, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Ashtabula forecast zone
Property damage: $150,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.896, -80.759 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Crawford

When: December 11, 11:30 PM EST to December 12, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Crawford forecast zone
Property damage: $75,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.851, -82.920 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Cuyahoga

When: December 11, 11:30 PM EST to December 12, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Cuyahoga forecast zone
Property damage: $250,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.479, -81.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Erie

When: December 11, 11:30 PM EST to December 12, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Erie forecast zone
Property damage: $150,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.432, -82.700 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Geauga

When: December 11, 11:30 PM EST to December 12, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Geauga forecast zone
Property damage: $200,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.500, -81.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Hancock

When: December 11, 11:30 PM EST to December 12, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Hancock forecast zone
Property damage: $200,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.002, -83.666 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Holmes

When: December 11, 11:30 PM EST to December 12, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Holmes forecast zone
Property damage: $150,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.561, -81.929 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Huron

When: December 11, 11:30 PM EST to December 12, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Huron forecast zone
Property damage: $250,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.146, -82.598 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Knox

When: December 11, 11:30 PM EST to December 12, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Knox forecast zone
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.399, -82.421 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Lake

When: December 11, 11:30 PM EST to December 12, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Lake forecast zone
Property damage: $250,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.714, -81.245 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Lorain

When: December 11, 11:30 PM EST to December 12, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Lorain forecast zone
Property damage: $200,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.453, -82.151 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Mahoning

When: December 11, 11:30 PM EST to December 12, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Mahoning forecast zone
Property damage: $200,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.015, -80.776 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Marion

When: December 11, 11:30 PM EST to December 12, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Marion forecast zone
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.587, -83.161 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Medina

When: December 11, 11:30 PM EST to December 12, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Medina forecast zone
Property damage: $150,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.118, -81.900 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Morrow

When: December 11, 11:30 PM EST to December 12, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Morrow forecast zone
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.524, -82.794 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Ottawa

When: December 11, 11:30 PM EST to December 12, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Ottawa forecast zone
Property damage: $200,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.497, -82.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Portage

When: December 11, 11:30 PM EST to December 12, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Portage forecast zone
Property damage: $150,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.168, -81.197 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Richland

When: December 11, 11:30 PM EST to December 12, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Richland forecast zone
Property damage: $150,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.775, -82.536 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Sandusky

When: December 11, 11:30 PM EST to December 12, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Sandusky forecast zone
Property damage: $150,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.357, -83.144 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Seneca

When: December 11, 11:30 PM EST to December 12, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Seneca forecast zone
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.124, -83.128 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Stark

When: December 11, 11:30 PM EST to December 12, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Stark forecast zone
Property damage: $300,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.814, -81.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Summit

When: December 11, 11:30 PM EST to December 12, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Summit forecast zone
Property damage: $150,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.126, -81.532 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Trumbull

When: December 11, 11:30 PM EST to December 12, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Trumbull forecast zone
Property damage: $150,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.317, -80.761 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Wayne

When: December 11, 11:30 PM EST to December 12, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Wayne forecast zone
Property damage: $200,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.829, -81.888 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Wood

When: December 11, 11:30 PM EST to December 12, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Wood forecast zone
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.362, -83.623 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Wyandot

When: December 11, 11:30 PM EST to December 12, 4:00 AM EST
Where: Wyandot forecast zone
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.842, -83.304 (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

Every storm in Ohio in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Ohio, December 2000

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: 5167458, 5167459, 5167460, 5167461, 5167462, 5167463, 5167902, 5167903, 5167904, 5167905, 5167906, 5167907, 5167908, 5167909, 5167910, 5167911, 5167912, 5167913, 5167914, 5168036, 5168037, 5168038, 5168039, 5168040, 5168041, 5168042, 5168043.