Tornado, Williams
- When
- March 27, 7:39 PM EST
- Where
- Williams County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 6.4 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 18 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 41.650, -84.830
Tornado and Hail in Ohio, March 27, 1991
34 thunderstorm wind, 5 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
- 18
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 40
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
34 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Defiance
- When
- March 27, 7:54 PM CST
- Where
- Defiance County
- Coordinates
- 41.220, -84.270
Hail, Fulton
- When
- March 27, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Fulton County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.620, -84.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Allen
- When
- March 27, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Allen County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -84.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Mercer
- When
- March 27, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Mercer County
- Coordinates
- 40.720, -84.820
Hail, Lucas
- When
- March 27, 8:22 PM CST
- Where
- Lucas County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.720, -83.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Lucas
- When
- March 27, 8:22 PM CST
- Where
- Lucas County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.550, -83.820
Hail, Van Wert
- When
- March 27, 8:28 PM CST
- Where
- Van Wert County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.770, -84.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Putnam
- When
- March 27, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Putnam County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.920, -84.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Fulton
- When
- March 27, 8:31 PM CST
- Where
- Fulton County
- Coordinates
- 41.580, -83.980
Hail, Hancock
- When
- March 27, 8:44 PM CST
- Where
- Hancock County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.030, -83.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- March 27, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 40.300, -84.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Henry
- When
- March 27, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Henry County
- Coordinates
- 41.350, -84.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Lucas
- When
- March 27, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Lucas County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.630, -83.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Darke
- When
- March 27, 8:53 PM CST
- Where
- Darke County
- Coordinates
- 40.180, -84.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Wood
- When
- March 27, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wood County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.570, -83.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Wood
- When
- March 27, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wood County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.370, -83.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Sandusky
- When
- March 27, 9:05 PM CST
- Where
- Sandusky County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.350, -83.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Ottawa
- When
- March 27, 9:08 PM CST
- Where
- Ottawa County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.520, -82.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Logan
- When
- March 27, 9:12 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Coordinates
- 40.480, -83.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Seneca
- When
- March 27, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Seneca County
- Coordinates
- 41.100, -83.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Darke
- When
- March 27, 9:26 PM CST
- Where
- Darke County
- Coordinates
- 40.100, -84.630
Hail, Erie
- When
- March 27, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Erie County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.450, -82.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- March 27, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Coordinates
- 40.570, -83.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Miami
- When
- March 27, 9:47 PM CST
- Where
- Miami County
- Coordinates
- 40.370, -84.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Erie
- When
- March 27, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Erie County
- Coordinates
- 41.320, -82.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Sandusky
- When
- March 27, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Sandusky County
- Measured
- 72 kt (83 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -82.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Hardin
- When
- March 27, 9:57 PM CST
- Where
- Hardin County
- Coordinates
- 40.650, -83.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- March 27, 10:05 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Coordinates
- 40.230, -83.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Lorain
- When
- March 27, 10:10 PM CST
- Where
- Lorain County
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -82.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Cuyahoga
- When
- March 27, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Cuyahoga County
- Coordinates
- 41.480, -81.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Huron
- When
- March 27, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Huron County
- Coordinates
- 41.130, -82.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Richland
- When
- March 27, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Richland County
- Coordinates
- 40.770, -82.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Lorain
- When
- March 27, 10:40 PM CST
- Where
- Lorain County
- Coordinates
- 41.170, -82.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Ashland
- When
- March 27, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Ashland County
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -82.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Medina
- When
- March 27, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Medina County
- Coordinates
- 41.130, -81.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Lake
- When
- March 27, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County
- Coordinates
- 41.720, -81.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Ashtabula
- When
- March 27, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ashtabula County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.750, -80.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Geauga
- When
- March 27, 11:28 PM CST
- Where
- Geauga County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.470, -81.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- March 27, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -81.700
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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, March 27, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, March 27, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, March 27, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, March 27, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, March 27, 1991
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, March 27, 1991
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, March 27, 1991
- Tornadoes in California, March 27, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 27, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, March 27, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 27, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, March 27, 1991
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: 10096262, 10096263, 10096264, 10096265, 10096266, 10096267, 10096268, 10096269, 10096270, 10096271, 10096272, 10096273, 10096274, 10096275, 10096276, 10096277, 10096278, 10096279, 10096280, 10096281, 10096282, 10096283, 10096284, 10096285, 10096286, 10096287, 10096288, 10096289, 10096290, 10096291, 10096292, 10096293, 10096294, 10096295, 10096296, 10096297, 10096298, 10096299, 10096300, 10096301.