Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, May 10, 1973

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, May 10, 1973
Start: 1973-05-10T12:55
End: 1973-05-10T18:45
Location: Ohio

May 10, 1973 · 18 events in 18 counties and zones

15 tornado, 3 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

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The toll

Deaths: 6
Injuries: 131
Property damage: $5.8 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 18

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

15 tornado, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Williams

When: May 10, 12:55 PM CST
Where: Williams County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 41.600, -84.570

Hail, Hancock

When: May 10, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Hancock County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 41.000, -83.700

Tornado, Seneca

When: May 10, 3:40 PM CST
Where: Seneca County
Rating: F3
Path length: 39.1 mi
Path width: 27 yd
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 41.230, -83.430

Tornado, Wyandot

When: May 10, 3:41 PM CST
Where: Wyandot County
Rating: F2
Path length: 20.4 mi
Path width: 267 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 40.770, -83.500

Tornado, Ashland

When: May 10, 4:15 PM CST
Where: Ashland County
Rating: F2
Path length: 19.7 mi
Path width: 667 yd
Injuries: 6 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 41.030, -82.500

Tornado, Marion

When: May 10, 4:21 PM CST
Where: Marion County
Rating: F2
Path length: 13.9 mi
Path width: 267 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 40.700, -83.120

Tornado, Huron

When: May 10, 4:38 PM CST
Where: Huron County
Rating: F3
Path length: 11 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Deaths: 5 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries: 100 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $2.5 million
Coordinates: 41.100, -82.700

Tornado, Wayne

When: May 10, 4:45 PM CST
Where: Wayne County
Rating: F2
Path length: 20.7 mi
Path width: 667 yd
Injuries: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 40.950, -82.130

Tornado, Morrow

When: May 10, 4:49 PM CST
Where: Morrow County
Rating: F2
Path length: 17.3 mi
Path width: 267 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 40.670, -82.850

Tornado, Champaign

When: May 10, 4:49 PM CST
Where: Champaign County
Rating: F3
Path length: 19.2 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 40.230, -83.830

Tornado, Clark

When: May 10, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Clark County
Rating: F3
Path length: 8 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Injuries: 4 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 40.020, -83.600

Hail, Lucas

When: May 10, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Lucas County
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 41.680, -83.480

Tornado, Richland

When: May 10, 5:15 PM CST
Where: Richland County
Rating: F2
Path length: 6.6 mi
Path width: 267 yd
Injuries: 14 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 40.630, -82.520

Tornado, Madison

When: May 10, 5:20 PM CST
Where: Madison County
Rating: F3
Path length: 14.1 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 39.920, -83.520

Tornado, Franklin

When: May 10, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Franklin County
Rating: F3
Path length: 23.8 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Injuries: 3 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 39.920, -83.250

Tornado, Fairfield

When: May 10, 6:20 PM CST
Where: Fairfield County
Rating: F3
Path length: 15.8 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 39.920, -82.800

Tornado, Holmes

When: May 10, 6:25 PM CST
Where: Holmes County
Rating: F2
Path length: 6.2 mi
Path width: 17 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 40.570, -82.020

Tornado, Perry

When: May 10, 6:45 PM CST
Where: Perry County
Rating: F3
Path length: 8.7 mi
Path width: 300 yd
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 39.920, -82.500

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Tornado, Seneca	1973-05-10				Direct

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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

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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: 10087066, 10087067, 10087068, 10087069, 10087070, 10087071, 10087072, 10087073, 10087074, 10087075, 10087076, 10087077, 10087078, 10087079, 10087080, 10087081, 10087082, 10087083.