Thunderstorm Wind, Auglaize
- When
- May 13, 9:15 AM CST
- Where
- Auglaize County
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -84.400
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 13, 1970
9 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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
- 5
- Property damage
- $28,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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
9 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- May 13, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Coordinates
- 40.380, -83.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- May 13, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -83.180
Tornado, Morrow
- When
- May 13, 10:15 AM CST
- Where
- Morrow County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 40.550, -82.930
Tornado, Marion
- When
- May 13, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.430, -83.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- May 13, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Coordinates
- 40.580, -82.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Ashland
- When
- May 13, 10:45 AM CST
- Where
- Ashland County
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -82.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Morrow
- When
- May 13, 10:45 AM CST
- Where
- Morrow County
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -82.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Knox
- When
- May 13, 11:20 AM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Coordinates
- 40.380, -82.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Muskingum
- When
- May 13, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Muskingum County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.000, -81.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- May 13, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Coordinates
- 40.580, -82.500
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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 13, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 13, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 13, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 13, 1970
- Hail in Texas, May 13, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 13, 1970
- Hail in Indiana, May 13, 1970
- Tornado in Nevada, May 13, 1970
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 13, 1970
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: 10085502, 10085503, 10085504, 10085505, 10085506, 10085507, 10085508, 10085509, 10085510, 10085511, 10085512.