Tornado, Preble
- When
- April 25, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Preble County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 9.5 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -84.800
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 25, 1961
3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 4
- Property damage
- $3.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- April 25, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -84.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- April 25, 3:38 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Measured
- 100 kt (115 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -83.780
Tornado, Clinton
- When
- April 25, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 8.8 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.300, -84.000
Tornado, Highland
- When
- April 25, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Highland County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 16.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.320, -83.830
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, April 25, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, April 25, 1961
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 25, 1961
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in West Virginia, April 25, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 25, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 25, 1961
- Hail in Illinois, April 25, 1961
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, April 25, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 25, 1961
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1961Every state in 1961This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Ohio, 1961
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10085659, 10085660, 10085661, 10085662, 10085663.