Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, April 23, 1968

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, April 23, 1968
Start: 1968-04-23T12:15
End: 1968-04-23T21:10
Location: Ohio

April 23, 1968 · 22 events in 15 counties and zones

11 tornado, 6 hail, 5 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

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The toll

Deaths: 9
Injuries: 131
Property damage: $13 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 22

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

11 tornado, 6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Defiance

When: April 23, 12:15 PM CST
Where: Defiance County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 41.280, -84.580

Tornado, Clermont

When: April 23, 12:56 PM CST
Where: Clermont County
Rating: F4
Path length: 15.8 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 29 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 39.100, -84.270

Tornado, Fulton

When: April 23, 1:15 PM CST
Where: Fulton County
Rating: F1
Path width: 100 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 41.700, -84.300

Tornado, Brown

When: April 23, 1:20 PM CST
Where: Brown County
Rating: F4
Path length: 12.2 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 39.200, -84.000

Tornado, Brown

When: April 23, 1:20 PM CST
Where: Brown County
Rating: F4
Path length: 9.1 mi
Path width: 550 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 4 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 38.770, -83.870

Tornado, Adams

When: April 23, 1:40 PM CST
Where: Adams County
Rating: F4
Path length: 42.5 mi
Path width: 550 yd
Property damage: $250
Coordinates: 38.800, -83.700

Tornado, Clinton

When: April 23, 1:45 PM CST
Where: Clinton County
Rating: F4
Path length: 6.1 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Injuries: 3 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 39.370, -83.920

Hail, Brown

When: April 23, 1:50 PM CST
Where: Brown County
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.700, -83.780

Thunderstorm Wind, Ross

When: April 23, 1:50 PM CST
Where: Ross County
Coordinates: 39.280, -83.180

Thunderstorm Wind, Highland

When: April 23, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Highland County
Coordinates: 39.280, -83.580

Thunderstorm Wind, Highland

When: April 23, 2:20 PM CST
Where: Highland County
Coordinates: 39.280, -83.400

Hail, Pickaway

When: April 23, 2:25 PM CST
Where: Pickaway County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 39.780, -82.900

Tornado, Licking

When: April 23, 2:30 PM CST
Where: Licking County
Rating: F1
Path length: 8.2 mi
Path width: 200 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 40.020, -82.720

Tornado, Scioto

When: April 23, 2:30 PM CST
Where: Scioto County
Rating: F2
Path length: 4.9 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 38.820, -82.870

Hail, Scioto

When: April 23, 2:30 PM CST
Where: Scioto County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.780, -82.900

Hail, Gallia

When: April 23, 3:00 PM CST
Where: Gallia County
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.780, -82.400

Tornado, Scioto

When: April 23, 3:05 PM CST
Where: Scioto County
Rating: F5
Path length: 9.8 mi
Path width: 400 yd
Deaths: 7 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 75 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 38.700, -82.800

Hail, Scioto

When: April 23, 3:10 PM CST
Where: Scioto County
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.700, -82.900

Tornado, Lawrence

When: April 23, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Lawrence County
Rating: F5
Path length: 3.6 mi
Path width: 400 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $30
Coordinates: 38.780, -82.650

Tornado, Gallia

When: April 23, 3:40 PM CST
Where: Gallia County
Rating: F5
Path length: 20.6 mi
Path width: 400 yd
Injuries: 17 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 38.800, -82.580

Thunderstorm Wind, Sandusky

When: April 23, 6:40 PM CST
Where: Sandusky County
Measured: 63 kt (72 mph)
Coordinates: 41.280, -83.080

Thunderstorm Wind, Medina

When: April 23, 9:10 PM CST
Where: Medina County
Coordinates: 41.080, -81.780

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Tornado, Clermont	1968-04-23				Direct
Tornado, Brown	1968-04-23				Direct

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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

Every storm in Ohio in 1968 Every state in 1968 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Ohio, 1968

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: 10083171, 10083172, 10083173, 10083174, 10083175, 10083176, 10083177, 10083178, 10083179, 10083180, 10083181, 10083182, 10083183, 10083184, 10083185, 10083186, 10083187, 10083188, 10083189, 10083190, 10083191, 10083192.