Tornado, Hardin
- When
- April 19, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hardin County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.550, -83.600
Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Ohio, April 19, 1963
10 tornado, 1 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $8.1 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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
10 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Marion
- When
- April 19, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.550, -83.170
Tornado, Greene
- When
- April 19, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.820, -83.850
Tornado, Pickaway
- When
- April 19, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Pickaway County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.600, -83.120
Tornado, Lorain
- When
- April 19, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lorain County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.400, -82.000
Tornado, Summit
- When
- April 19, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Summit County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.900, -81.400
Tornado, Summit
- When
- April 19, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Summit County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -81.320
Tornado, Summit
- When
- April 19, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Summit County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 41.080, -81.500
Tornado, Mahoning
- When
- April 19, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mahoning County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 15.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.030, -80.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Trumbull
- When
- April 19, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Trumbull County
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -80.680
Tornado, Ashtabula
- When
- April 19, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ashtabula County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.800, -81.000
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 19, 1963
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 19, 1963
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 19, 1963
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, April 19, 1963
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, April 19, 1963
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 19, 1963
- Damaging Wind in New York, April 19, 1963
More
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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: 10084243, 10084244, 10084245, 10084246, 10084247, 10084248, 10084249, 10084250, 10084251, 10084252, 10084253.