Harsh Winds, Hail Harken Back to 1993

power outages due to wind, July 26, 2018

Today Euclid and most of Cuyahoga and Geauga counties experienced some driving winds, rain, and hail. There are trees down in my neighborhood and half of East 260th has no power, but there are crews all over working to remedy that.



While July 26, 2018's storm will surely pass quickly out of memory, many people in and around Euclid will easily recall July 28, 1993's bruiser.

It was a hot day - oppressively hot - with a heat index of 103 degrees Fahrenheit. 6:45 pm rolled around and so did the black clouds - bringing with them with winds clocked up to 74 miles per hour. The storm lasted about 20 minutes, but trees were uprooted all over the shoreline from Toledo to Pennsylvania. Power lines and poles were down, affecting nearly 100,000 customers.

Euclid hospital (then Meridia Euclid hospital) sustained damages in excess of $250,000, most of that figure representing windows in the dozens that blew out of the hospital and car windows that were blown out of cars parked in the lot.

A globe that sat on the veteran's memorial was pushed off and shattered into pieces. George Voinovich declared a state of emergency in Cuyahoga and Geauga counties.

Even places that weren't hit by uprooted trees or direct wind damage suffered with lack of electricity. Generators were few and far between and restaurants and stores were forced to throw out huge amounts of perishables.

Did you experience this storm? Our power was out for 10 days and those were 10 LONG days.

WEWS News Channel 5's cover of the July 28, 1993 storm

WKYC reported from Euclid - start at 43 seconds

This last video was shot the next day