Thunderstorm Wind, Darke
- When
- June 13, 10:55 AM CST
- Where
- Darke County
- Coordinates
- 40.220, -84.480
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 13, 1981
7 tornado, 6 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 4
- Injuries
- 58
- Property damage
- $28 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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, 6 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Montgomery
- When
- June 13, 11:55 AM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.800, -84.320
Tornado, Morrow
- When
- June 13, 1:23 PM CST
- Where
- Morrow County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 3.8 mi
- Path width
- 350 yd
- Deaths
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 56 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -82.900
Tornado, Franklin
- When
- June 13, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 40.030, -83.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Preble
- When
- June 13, 1:40 PM CST
- Where
- Preble County
- Coordinates
- 39.630, -84.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Miami
- When
- June 13, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Miami County
- Coordinates
- 40.050, -84.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- June 13, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 39.620, -84.150
Tornado, Muskingum
- When
- June 13, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Muskingum County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.3 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.070, -81.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- June 13, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.030, -83.000
Tornado, Guernsey
- When
- June 13, 3:36 PM CST
- Where
- Guernsey County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 40.030, -81.570
Tornado, Perry
- When
- June 13, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Perry County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.880, -82.320
Tornado, Muskingum
- When
- June 13, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Muskingum County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.9 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 39.950, -82.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- June 13, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Coordinates
- 39.830, -83.930
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, June 13, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 13, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 13, 1981
- Tornado in Iowa, June 13, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 13, 1981
- Tornadoes in Florida, June 13, 1981
- Tornado in Texas, June 13, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 13, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 13, 1981
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: 10100075, 10100076, 10100077, 10100078, 10100079, 10100080, 10100081, 10100082, 10100083, 10100084, 10100085, 10100086, 10100087.