Thunderstorm Wind, Medina
- When
- August 7, 9:45 AM CST
- Where
- Medina County
- Measured
- 74 kt (85 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -81.680
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 7, 1968
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
7 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- August 7, 9:45 AM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -83.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- August 7, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 40.580, -83.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Summit
- When
- August 7, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Summit County
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -81.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- August 7, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Coordinates
- 40.280, -81.180
Tornado, Hocking
- When
- August 7, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hocking County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.520, -82.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Fairfield
- When
- August 7, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Fairfield County
- Coordinates
- 39.700, -82.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Fairfield
- When
- August 7, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Fairfield County
- Coordinates
- 39.780, -82.580
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 7, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 7, 1968
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 7, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 7, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 7, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 7, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 7, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 7, 1968
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, August 7, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 7, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 7, 1968
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: 10084322, 10084323, 10084324, 10084325, 10084326, 10084327, 10084328, 10084329.