High Wind in Ottawa, Ohio

High Wind June 29, 1999 · Ottawa, Ohio

Injuries

$3K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

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.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5705312. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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