Thunderstorm Wind, Van Wert
- When
- April 5, 2:53 PM CST
- Where
- Van Wert County
- Coordinates
- 40.930, -84.650
Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 5, 1985
25 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 26
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
25 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lucas
- When
- April 5, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lucas County
- Coordinates
- 41.570, -83.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- April 5, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Coordinates
- 39.270, -84.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- April 5, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Coordinates
- 39.120, -84.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Butler
- When
- April 5, 4:13 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Coordinates
- 39.450, -84.680
Hail, Preble
- When
- April 5, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Preble County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -84.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Butler
- When
- April 5, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Coordinates
- 39.400, -84.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Preble
- When
- April 5, 4:31 PM CST
- Where
- Preble County
- Coordinates
- 39.730, -84.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- April 5, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Coordinates
- 39.120, -84.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- April 5, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 40.320, -84.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- April 5, 4:49 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.900, -84.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Greene
- When
- April 5, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Coordinates
- 39.730, -83.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Greene
- When
- April 5, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Coordinates
- 39.630, -84.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- April 5, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -84.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- April 5, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Coordinates
- 39.870, -83.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Champaign
- When
- April 5, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Champaign County
- Coordinates
- 40.150, -83.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Logan
- When
- April 5, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Coordinates
- 40.400, -83.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Wyandot
- When
- April 5, 5:39 PM CST
- Where
- Wyandot County
- Coordinates
- 40.830, -83.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- April 5, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Coordinates
- 40.230, -83.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- April 5, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.930, -83.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford
- When
- April 5, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -82.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Seneca
- When
- April 5, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Seneca County
- Coordinates
- 41.120, -83.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Huron
- When
- April 5, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Huron County
- Coordinates
- 41.230, -82.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Lorain
- When
- April 5, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lorain County
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -82.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Lorain
- When
- April 5, 9:36 PM CST
- Where
- Lorain County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.220, -82.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Lorain
- When
- April 5, 10:52 PM CST
- Where
- Lorain County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.380, -82.020
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 5, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, April 5, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, April 5, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 5, 1985
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, April 5, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, April 5, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, April 5, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 5, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 5, 1985
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: 10096740, 10096741, 10096954, 10096955, 10096956, 10096957, 10096958, 10096959, 10096960, 10096961, 10096962, 10096963, 10096964, 10096965, 10096966, 10096967, 10096968, 10096969, 10096970, 10096971, 10096972, 10096973, 10096974, 10096975, 10096976, 10096977.