Hail, Cuyahoga
- When
- May 15, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Cuyahoga County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -81.780
Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, May 15, 1968
8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 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
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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
8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ottawa
- When
- May 15, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -83.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Sandusky
- When
- May 15, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sandusky County
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -82.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Erie
- When
- May 15, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Erie County
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -82.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- May 15, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -82.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Lorain
- When
- May 15, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lorain County
- Coordinates
- 41.200, -82.180
Tornado, Wayne
- When
- May 15, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 367 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -81.900
Hail, Wayne
- When
- May 15, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.780, -81.900
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- May 15, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -82.080
Hail, Cuyahoga
- When
- May 15, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cuyahoga County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.380, -81.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Cuyahoga
- When
- May 15, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Cuyahoga County
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -81.680
Tornado, Wayne
- When
- May 15, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -81.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Stark
- When
- May 15, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stark County
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -81.580
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 15, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 15, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 15, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, May 15, 1968
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 15, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 15, 1968
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, May 15, 1968
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 15, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 15, 1968
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 15, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 15, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 15, 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: 10083197, 10083198, 10083199, 10083200, 10083201, 10083202, 10083203, 10083204, 10083205, 10083206, 10083207, 10083208, 10083209.