Thunderstorm Wind, Morrow
- When
- June 18, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Morrow County
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -82.680
Tornado and Hail in Ohio, June 18, 1978
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 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
- $250,000
- 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
4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Portage
- When
- June 18, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Portage County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.170, -81.230
Tornado, Trumbull
- When
- June 18, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Trumbull County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.230, -80.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- June 18, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.100, -83.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- June 18, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.080, -83.070
Hail, Franklin
- When
- June 18, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.080, -82.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Licking
- When
- June 18, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Licking County
- Coordinates
- 39.950, -82.600
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.
- 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
- Tornado in Wyoming, June 18, 1978
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- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 18, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 18, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, June 18, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 18, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 18, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 18, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 18, 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: 10099914, 10099915, 10099916, 10099917, 10099918, 10099919, 10099920.