Tornado, Defiance
- When
- June 26, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- Defiance County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 41.300, -84.280
Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, June 26, 1973
7 tornado, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $54,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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 tornado, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ottawa
- When
- June 26, 2:36 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -83.400
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- June 26, 3:14 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -83.080
Hail, Seneca
- When
- June 26, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Seneca County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.250, -83.300
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- June 26, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.780, -83.000
Tornado, Mercer
- When
- June 26, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Mercer County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.330, -84.500
Hail, Ottawa
- When
- June 26, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -83.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Auglaize
- When
- June 26, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Auglaize County
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -84.400
Tornado, Allen
- When
- June 26, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Allen County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 40.720, -84.200
Tornado, Seneca
- When
- June 26, 5:12 PM CST
- Where
- Seneca County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 41.120, -83.170
Tornado, Hancock
- When
- June 26, 5:13 PM CST
- Where
- Hancock County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.100, -83.670
Tornado, Huron
- When
- June 26, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Huron County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 41.050, -82.720
Tornado, Huron
- When
- June 26, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Huron County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 41.080, -82.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- June 26, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.000, -82.880
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 26, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, June 26, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 26, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 26, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 26, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 26, 1973
- Tornado in Texas, June 26, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, June 26, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 26, 1973
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1973Every state in 1973This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Ohio, 1973
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: 10085833, 10085834, 10085835, 10085836, 10085837, 10085838, 10085839, 10085840, 10085841, 10085842, 10085843, 10085844, 10085845, 10085846.