Tornado, Ashland
- When
- June 8, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Ashland County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -82.150
Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, June 8, 1981
8 thunderstorm wind, 7 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
- 9
- Property damage
- $1.3 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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
8 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Wayne
- When
- June 8, 3:02 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8.6 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.770, -82.130
Hail, Stark
- When
- June 8, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stark County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.820, -81.370
Hail, Williams
- When
- June 8, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Williams County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.470, -84.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Williams
- When
- June 8, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Williams County
- Coordinates
- 41.470, -84.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Henry
- When
- June 8, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Henry County
- Coordinates
- 41.430, -84.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Tuscarawas
- When
- June 8, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tuscarawas County
- Coordinates
- 40.450, -81.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Allen
- When
- June 8, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Allen County
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -84.100
Tornado, Shelby
- When
- June 8, 6:38 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.3 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.280, -84.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- June 8, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 40.580, -83.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Knox
- When
- June 8, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Coordinates
- 40.330, -82.520
Tornado, Morrow
- When
- June 8, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Morrow County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.7 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -82.800
Tornado, Knox
- When
- June 8, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.8 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.530, -82.420
Tornado, Holmes
- When
- June 8, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Holmes County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2.3 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.450, -81.920
Tornado, Holmes
- When
- June 8, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Holmes County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.3 mi
- Path width
- 500 yd
- Injuries
- 5 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.450, -81.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Mercer
- When
- June 8, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Mercer County
- Coordinates
- 40.420, -84.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Tuscarawas
- When
- June 8, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tuscarawas County
- Coordinates
- 40.400, -81.330
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.
- 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.
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: 10100058, 10100059, 10100060, 10100061, 10100062, 10100063, 10100064, 10100065, 10100066, 10100067, 10100068, 10100069, 10100070, 10100071, 10100072, 10100073, 10100074.