Hail, Mercer
- When
- May 22, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Mercer County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.550, -84.620
Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, May 22, 1982
15 hail, 7 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 24
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
15 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Auglaize
- When
- May 22, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Auglaize County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.520, -84.170
Hail, Erie
- When
- May 22, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Erie County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.400, -82.820
Tornado, Miami
- When
- May 22, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Miami County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.980, -84.130
Hail, Miami
- When
- May 22, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Miami County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.970, -84.170
Tornado, Miami
- When
- May 22, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Miami County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.980, -84.100
Hail, Miami
- When
- May 22, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Miami County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.980, -84.100
Hail, Jackson
- When
- May 22, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.120, -82.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- May 22, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Coordinates
- 39.120, -82.530
Hail, Sandusky
- When
- May 22, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sandusky County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.320, -82.970
Hail, Champaign
- When
- May 22, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Champaign County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.130, -83.770
Hail, Medina
- When
- May 22, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Medina County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.130, -81.870
Hail, Lorain
- When
- May 22, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lorain County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -82.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- May 22, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 39.730, -83.470
Hail, Madison
- When
- May 22, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.880, -83.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- May 22, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 39.970, -83.130
Hail, Franklin
- When
- May 22, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.970, -83.000
Hail, Crawford
- When
- May 22, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.970, -82.850
Hail, Franklin
- When
- May 22, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.020, -83.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- May 22, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 40.020, -83.030
Hail, Licking
- When
- May 22, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Licking County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.120, -82.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Licking
- When
- May 22, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Licking County
- Coordinates
- 40.120, -82.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Summit
- When
- May 22, 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- Summit County
- Coordinates
- 41.170, -81.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Portage
- When
- May 22, 11:05 PM CST
- Where
- Portage County
- Coordinates
- 41.180, -81.200
What these are
- 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.
- 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 22, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 22, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 22, 1982
- Hail in Arkansas, May 22, 1982
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 22, 1982
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 22, 1982
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 22, 1982
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, May 22, 1982
- Hail in Colorado, May 22, 1982
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: 10100150, 10100151, 10100152, 10100153, 10100154, 10100155, 10100156, 10100157, 10100158, 10100159, 10100160, 10100161, 10100162, 10100163, 10100164, 10100165, 10100166, 10100167, 10100168, 10100169, 10100170, 10100171, 10100172, 10100173.