Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 12, 1994

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 12, 1994
Start: 1994-04-12T10:00
End: 1994-04-12T23:59
Location: Ohio

April 12, 1994 · 15 events in 15 counties and zones

12 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 15 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $25,000
Crop damage: $50,000
Events: 15

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

12 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cuyahoga

When: April 12, 10:00 AM EST
Where: Cuyahoga County, Middleburg Heights
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 41.479, -81.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees downed.

Hail, Adams

When: April 12, 9:18 PM EST
Where: Adams County, East Part
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 38.846, -83.472 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Brown

When: April 12, 9:23 PM EST
Where: Brown County, Ripley
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Crop damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 38.934, -83.867 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Perry

When: April 12, 9:30 PM EST
Where: Perry County, Shawnee and to New Lexington
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 39.737, -82.236 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Muskingum

When: April 12, 9:50 PM EST
Where: Muskingum County, Zanesville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 39.965, -81.944 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Williams

When: April 12, 9:55 PM EST
Where: Williams County, Edon and Montpelier
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 41.560, -84.588 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Clermont

When: April 12, 10:10 PM EST
Where: Clermont County, Felicity
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 39.047, -84.152 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Clinton

When: April 12, 10:10 PM EST to 10:20 PM EST
Where: Clinton County, Wilmington and to New Vienna
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 39.415, -83.808 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail three-quarter inch in diameter was reported at the airport in Wilmington and ten minutes later nickle-size hail was reported at New Vienna.

Thunderstorm Wind, Marion

When: April 12, 10:26 PM EST
Where: Marion County, Marion
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 40.587, -83.161 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees down, some on power lines, accompanied by large hail.

Hail, Union

When: April 12, 10:32 PM EST
Where: Union County, York Central
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 40.299, -83.372 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Crawford

When: April 12, 10:38 PM EST
Where: Crawford County, Crestline
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 40.851, -82.920 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Richland

When: April 12, 11:00 PM EST
Where: Richland County, Shelby
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 40.775, -82.536 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Stark

When: April 12, 11:05 PM EST
Where: Stark County, Navarre
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 40.814, -81.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Huron

When: April 12, 11:35 PM EST
Where: Huron County, Southeast Part
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 41.146, -82.598 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Lorain

When: April 12, 11:51 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
Where: Lorain County, Wellington and to Carlisle Township
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 41.453, -82.151 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Large tree down across road just west of the city of Wellington at 2351 EST and large limbs downed in Carlisle Township at 2359 EST.

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

Every storm in Ohio in 1994 Every state in 1994 This day in weather history Warnings in Ohio, April 1994

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: 10337393, 10337145, 10337262, 10339825, 10340214, 10339742, 10337302, 10337373, 10340541, 10339927, 10337345, 10339672, 10340007, 10340266, 10340106.