Thunderstorm Wind, Lucas
- When
- July 4, 5:11 PM CST
- Where
- Lucas County
- Measured
- 90 kt (104 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.700, -83.400
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 4, 1969
10 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- 40
- Property damage
- $525,000
- 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
10 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ottawa
- When
- July 4, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -83.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Cuyahoga
- When
- July 4, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cuyahoga County
- Coordinates
- 41.380, -81.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Stark
- When
- July 4, 6:04 PM CST
- Where
- Stark County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -81.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Cuyahoga
- When
- July 4, 6:07 PM CST
- Where
- Cuyahoga County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.380, -81.780
Tornado, Lake
- When
- July 4, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 7.2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 40 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.800, -81.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Columbiana
- When
- July 4, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Columbiana County
- Coordinates
- 40.780, -80.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Ottawa
- When
- July 4, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -82.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Lorain
- When
- July 4, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lorain County
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -82.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Columbiana
- When
- July 4, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Columbiana County
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -80.680
Tornado, Fulton
- When
- July 4, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Fulton County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -84.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Lucas
- When
- July 4, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Lucas County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.580, -83.780
Tornado, Hancock
- When
- July 4, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hancock County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.9 mi
- Path width
- 127 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.120, -83.670
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
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1969Every state in 1969This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Ohio, 1969
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: 10085459, 10085460, 10085461, 10085462, 10085463, 10085464, 10085465, 10085466, 10085467, 10085468, 10085469, 10085470, 10085471.