Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 28, 1994

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 28, 1994
Start: 1994-08-28T00:00
End: 1994-08-28T16:50
Location: Ohio

August 28, 1994 · 22 events in 19 counties and zones

20 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 22 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: 1
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $16 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 22

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

20 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Delaware

When: August 28, 12:00 AM EST
Where: Delaware County, Ashley
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Coordinates: 40.278, -83.005 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Large hail fell in Delaware and winds were reported at 75 mph in Ashley. Trees were downed in both locations.

Thunderstorm Wind, Ottawa

When: August 28, 1:00 PM EST
Where: Ottawa County, E Portion
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 41.497, -82.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were downed, some on power lines, mainly in the area between sandusky Bay and Lake Erie.

Thunderstorm Wind, Ashtabula

When: August 28, 1:40 PM EST
Where: Ashtabula County, Ashtabula
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 41.896, -80.759 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees and large limbs were downed, some on power lines with at least one building suffering damage.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cuyahoga

When: August 28, 1:40 PM EST
Where: Cuyahoga County, E Portion
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $5.0 million
Coordinates: 41.479, -81.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Lake

When: August 28, 1:46 PM EST
Where: Lake County
Property damage: $5.0 million
Coordinates: 41.714, -81.245 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Geauga

When: August 28, 2:07 PM EST
Where: Geauga County
Property damage: $5.0 million
Coordinates: 41.500, -81.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Ashtabula

When: August 28, 2:30 PM EST
Where: Ashtabula County, S Portion
Property damage: $500,000
Coordinates: 41.896, -80.759 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Trumbull

When: August 28, 2:40 PM EST
Where: Trumbull County, Kinsman
Property damage: $500,000
Coordinates: 41.317, -80.761 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A large thunderstorm moved across the eastern suburbs of Cleveland to the Pennsylvania border producing winds in excess of 70 mph at times. Winds were measured at 60 mph in downtown Cleveland (Cuyahoga County), 63 mph at Cuyahoga County Airport and 69 mph in Willoughby (Lake). Numerous trees were uprooted, some on power lines, some severely damaging cars and buildings. Many roads were blocked by debris. In Geauga County a greenhouse was destroyed and a trailer overturned. In Kinsman (Trumbull) a pickup truck was crushed by a large falling tree but the driver was unhurt. A 44 year-old Euclid (Cuyahoga) woman was killed near her home as she walked through an area with extensive debris and came into contact with a concealed downed power line. Power was out in some areas for up to 24 hours.

Hail, Auglaize

When: August 28, 3:09 PM EST
Where: Auglaize County, New Bremen
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 40.561, -84.222 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby

When: August 28, 3:20 PM EST
Where: Shelby County, Port Jefferson
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 40.332, -84.205 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were downed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Logan

When: August 28, 3:22 PM EST
Where: Logan County, Russels Point
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 40.388, -83.766 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were downed in Russels Point and large hail fell in Degraff.

Thunderstorm Wind, Union

When: August 28, 4:00 PM EST
Where: Union County, Marysville
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 40.299, -83.372 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Delaware

When: August 28, 4:15 PM EST
Where: Delaware County, Delaware
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 40.278, -83.005 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Large hail fell in Delaware and winds were reported at 75 mph in Ashley. Trees were downed in both locations.

Thunderstorm Wind, Stark

When: August 28, 4:30 PM EST
Where: Stark County
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 40.814, -81.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were downed, some on power lines, at several locations.

Thunderstorm Wind, Stark

When: August 28, 4:30 PM EST
Where: Stark County
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 40.814, -81.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were downed, some on power lines, at several locations.

Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When: August 28, 4:30 PM EST
Where: Franklin County, Dublin
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 39.970, -83.009 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Marion

When: August 28, 4:40 PM EST
Where: Marion County, New Bloomington
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 40.587, -83.161 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were downed, some on power lines.

Thunderstorm Wind, Morrow

When: August 28, 4:44 PM EST
Where: Morrow County, S Marengo
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 40.524, -82.794 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Holmes

When: August 28, 4:49 PM EST
Where: Holmes County
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 40.561, -81.929 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were downed at several locations.

Thunderstorm Wind, Huron

When: August 28, 4:50 PM EST
Where: Huron County to S of Norwalk
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 41.146, -82.598 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were downed in Peru and along State Route 61.

Thunderstorm Wind, Knox

When: August 28, 4:50 PM EST
Where: Knox County
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 40.399, -82.421 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were downed, some on power lines, at Centerburg, Danville and other locations.

Thunderstorm Wind, Licking

When: August 28, 4:50 PM EST
Where: Licking County, Croton
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 40.092, -82.483 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were downed.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Thunderstorm Wind, Cuyahoga	1994-08-28				Direct

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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

Every storm in Ohio in 1994 Every state in 1994 This day in weather history Warnings in Ohio, August 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: 10340403, 10339768, 10337246, 10337435, 10340536, 10340349, 10337202, 10339783, 10337238, 10339925, 10340689, 10339931, 10340404, 10340018, 10340019, 10340727, 10340545, 10340198, 10340261, 10340309, 10340445, 10340631.