Direct deaths
1
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
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Magnitude
40 E
Area
Miami
Event narrative (NOAA)
In Miami county, a man was walking back to his house from getting his newspaper when a 3 foot diameter and 30 feet tall tree fell on him. He was killed from the impact of the tree. In Butler county, a 28 foot high cinderblock wall fell on scaffolding, on which 6 construction workers were standing. The scaffolding collapsed injuring all 6 workers. Winds were measured to around 45 mph in the region, but some gusts may have been locally higher.
Other notable high wind events in Ohio
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.