Tornado, Williams
- When
- April 17, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Williams County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -84.800
Tornado and Damaging Wind in Ohio, April 17, 1969
1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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
1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Butler
- When
- April 17, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Coordinates
- 39.380, -84.580
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
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, April 17, 1969
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 17, 1969
- Tornado in Texas, April 17, 1969
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 17, 1969
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, April 17, 1969
- Tornadoes in Indiana, April 17, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, April 17, 1969
- Hail in Kansas, April 17, 1969
- Hail in Arkansas, April 17, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 17, 1969
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: 10084342, 10084343.