Cleveland, Ohio July 4, 1969 Storm Recollection The "Ohio Fireworks Derecho"
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- The Ohio Fireworks Derecho (or also the Ohio Independence Day derecho of 1969), was a severe wind event that took place during the evening hours of July 4, 1969. It affected the northern half of the state of Ohio as well as portions of Pennsylvania, southern Michigan, northern West Virginia and extreme southwestern New York. It was one of the numerous events of that type that hit a region in the United States during its national holiday, the others being in 1977, 1980 and 1999.
The event started out during the afternoon hours as a line of thunderstorms developed in southern Michigan. At about 6 p.m., as it reached the southern suburbs of the Detroit Metro area in Lenawee and Monroe counties, it quickly became a major derecho. It entered northwestern Ohio near the Toledo area packing winds that locally exceeded 100 miles per hour (161 km/h) which downed scores of trees all over the city.
Moving at a fairly quick pace, the mesoscale then hit the Sandusky and Cleveland areas creating extensive damage to some of its suburbs, including Lakewood, Rocky River and Linndale. Major damage was also reported over communities right along the Lake Erie shoreline. Winds also peaked near 100 miles per hour (161 km/h) in Cleveland, causing extensive power outages. An F3 tornado was confirmed in Flat Rock, Michigan on the day of this event.[2]
At about midnight, after affecting northeastern Ohio and the Pittsburgh area, the storm weakened and dissipated near the borders of Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Maryland.
This derecho event, although short-lived in comparison with other such events, was one of the deadliest ever. Eighteen people were killed in Ohio alone, including seven in Cleveland. Many of them were from toppled trees. At least three people who were watching holiday fireworks from small boats on Lake Erie drowned after being thrown off their boats by the high winds. [3] Over 100 boats were destroyed or flipped over on Lake Erie.[4] There were also injuries reported in western Pennsylvania.
In 2009, a temporary exhibit stood in Edgewater Park (part of the Lakefront Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks[5]) in Cleveland commemorating the event.[6]
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Jump up ^ Ewinger, James (June 6, 2013). "Cleveland Metroparks, State of Ohio deal means new management, new vision for lakefront parks (videos, photo gallery)". The Plain Dealer. cleveland.com - Cleveland Live LLC. Retrieved 13 June 2013.
Jump up ^ Scott, Michael (2009-07-16). "Cleveland Metroparks unveil Lake to Lake Trail at Big Creek Reservation: 1969 storm recalled". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
External links[edit]
NOAA Webpage on the derecho
The Toledo Blade's coverage of the aftermath, July 5, 1969
Heaton, Michael (2009-07-02). "40 years ago, holiday storm ravaged Northeast Ohio". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved 2009-07-07.
Categories: 1969 meteorologyNatural disasters in OhioNatural disasters in PennsylvaniaDerechos in the United StatesHistory of Cleveland1969 natural disasters in the United StatesHistory of Toledo, Ohio1969 in OhioJuly 1969 events.
Cleveland (/ˈkliːvlənd/ KLEEV-lənd) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County,[7] the state's second most populous county.[8][9] The city proper has a population of 388,072, making Cleveland the 51st largest city in the United States,[5] and the second-largest city in Ohio after Columbus.[10][11] Greater Cleveland ranked as the 32nd largest metropolitan area in the United States, with 2,055,612 people in 2016.[12] The city anchors the Cleveland-Akron-Canton Combined Statistical Area, which had a population of 3,515,646 in 2010 and ranks 15th in the United States.
The city is located on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately 60 miles (100 kilometers) west of the Pennsylvania border. It was founded in 1796 near the mouth of the Cuyahoga River, and became a manufacturing center owing to its location on the lake shore, as well as being connected to numerous canals and railroad lines. Cleveland's economy has diversified sectors that include manufacturing, financial services, healthcare, and biomedical. Cleveland is also home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Residents of Cleveland are called "Clevelanders". Cleveland has many nicknames, the oldest of which in contemporary use being "The Forest City"
My grandma who lived in east lake at the time was at her grandmas farm in Fayette pa listening on the radio with her family
And still heard about it wow that's pretty powerful that in those days people all over the country knew what was happening in Cleveland!
I was born during this storm.
Wow that's profound! Where? Cleveland?
About 2 miles from Lakewood park on the west side of Cleveland.
Good job describing this neo tornado event Kris :-)
Thanks buddy! I appreciate it.
My inlaws live on w110 and edgewater, practically neighbors, they remember it too
That's awesome. I know that area like the back of my hand to this day.
it blewout the window in the stairwell of our house on chestnutdale ave
Is that near Edgewater park?
I was in an eight foot sailboat I had made with a friend, I was about ten at the time, it was instant ten foot waves! I bought the boat into the rocks on the shoreline, I pulled my friend out of the water, the boat didn’t make it.
Wow that's pretty scary! Were you near Edgewater park?
What direction did the dericho come from and the winds?
Straight out of the west. So did the winds.
@@learnpianofastonline I heard there was 14 inches of rain which is unheard for a dericho since its a band of wind and rain. I imagine it was stratiform rain behind the line? Was there a wake low behind it with east winds?
@@mattjenssen7518 It's possible but I don't know.
I remember this storm too. Except i was born in 91
People still talk about it to this day.
Kris Grauel it was my first memory. If you can believe that. I remember. Being at a park near lake watching the fireworks . i saw the sky turn a sinister color like it was unnaturally dark in contrast to the grass. A wall off wind started kicking up blankets ,umbrellas and picnic supplies... Then i saw off in the distance what i later learned was a tornado. My mom tossed me into a stroller and started running . i remember looking down and seeing my red and white converse style shoes. Then i lifted off the ground the last thing i saw was a brick wall... My mom said it never happened. But i realizes that fireworks usually means the 4th of july so i had a date to search. And what would ya know. I was born in ohio