High Wind in Franklin, Ohio

High Wind March 13, 2026 · Franklin, Ohio

71 mph

Measured gust (62 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Measured at the Columbus OSU Airport (KOSU). The Columbus ASOS measured a gust to 69 mph, and the AWOS station at Rickenbacker measured a gust to 63 mph. A public report of 60 mph wind came from Commercial Point, where a wood fence was blown down. A large tree was uprooted on Mountview Road in Upper Arlington.

The wider storm

A deep low pressure system tracked east through the Great Lakes, combining with a low level jet over the Ohio Valley that shifted east in the afternoon.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1320461. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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