Tornado, Van Wert
- When
- May 25, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Van Wert County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 40.770, -84.480
Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, May 25, 1973
4 tornado, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $255,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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
4 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Hardin
- When
- May 25, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hardin County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -83.780
Hail, Greene
- When
- May 25, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.800, -84.000
Tornado, Crawford
- When
- May 25, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 133 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 40.920, -82.930
Tornado, Franklin
- When
- May 25, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 133 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.050, -83.180
Hail, Richland
- When
- May 25, 5:39 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -82.500
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.
- 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 Hail in Michigan, May 25, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 25, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Alabama, May 25, 1973
- Tornadoes in Florida, May 25, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 25, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 25, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 25, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 25, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 25, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 25, 1973
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: 10087087, 10087088, 10087089, 10087090, 10087091, 10087092.