Hail, Henry
- When
- August 26, 11:27 AM CST
- Where
- Henry County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.320, -84.030
Tornado and Hail in Ohio, August 26, 1986
15 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $2.5 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
15 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Lorain
- When
- August 26, 2:15 PM EST
- Where
- Lorain County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 41.400, -82.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Erie
- When
- August 26, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Erie County
- Coordinates
- 41.400, -82.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Lorain
- When
- August 26, 1:55 PM CST
- Where
- Lorain County
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -82.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Cuyahoga
- When
- August 26, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Cuyahoga County
- Coordinates
- 41.470, -81.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Cuyahoga
- When
- August 26, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cuyahoga County
- Coordinates
- 41.450, -81.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Fulton
- When
- August 26, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Fulton County
- Coordinates
- 41.620, -84.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Williams
- When
- August 26, 5:32 PM CST
- Where
- Williams County
- Coordinates
- 41.570, -84.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Fulton
- When
- August 26, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Fulton County
- Coordinates
- 41.620, -84.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Henry
- When
- August 26, 5:58 PM CST
- Where
- Henry County
- Coordinates
- 41.350, -84.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Defiance
- When
- August 26, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Defiance County
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -84.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Van Wert
- When
- August 26, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Van Wert County
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -84.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Paulding
- When
- August 26, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Paulding County
- Coordinates
- 41.020, -84.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Allen
- When
- August 26, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Allen County
- Coordinates
- 40.870, -84.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Mercer
- When
- August 26, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Mercer County
- Coordinates
- 40.680, -84.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Auglaize
- When
- August 26, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Auglaize County
- Coordinates
- 40.600, -84.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Auglaize
- When
- August 26, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Auglaize County
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.520, -84.320
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
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 26, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, August 26, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 26, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 26, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 26, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 26, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 26, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, August 26, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 26, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 26, 1986
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1986Every state in 1986This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Ohio, 1986Warnings in Ohio, August 1986
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: 10097117, 10097120, 10097118, 10097119, 10097121, 10097122, 10097123, 10097124, 10097125, 10097126, 10097127, 10097128, 10097129, 10097130, 10097131, 10097132, 10097133.