Thunderstorm Wind, Sandusky
- When
- June 12, 10:50 AM CST
- Where
- Sandusky County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -82.850
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 12, 1978
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ottawa
- When
- June 12, 10:55 AM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Coordinates
- 41.520, -83.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Lorain
- When
- June 12, 11:25 AM CST
- Where
- Lorain County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.470, -82.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- June 12, 12:01 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -84.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Cuyahoga
- When
- June 12, 12:01 PM CST
- Where
- Cuyahoga County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.570, -81.500
Tornado, Clermont
- When
- June 12, 12:10 PM CST
- Where
- Clermont County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.220, -84.320
Tornado, Clermont
- When
- June 12, 12:50 PM CST
- Where
- Clermont County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -84.050
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
- Tornado and Hail in Indiana, June 12, 1978
- Tornado in Washington, June 12, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 12, 1978
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 12, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 12, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 12, 1978
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 12, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 12, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 12, 1978
- Tornado in Michigan, June 12, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 12, 1978
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: 10098851, 10098852, 10098853, 10099700, 10099701, 10099702, 10099703.