Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 15, 1994

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 15, 1994
Start: 1994-06-15T08:50
End: 1994-06-15T18:00
Location: Ohio

June 15, 1994 · 10 events in 9 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 10 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: $140,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 10

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

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

Thunderstorm Wind, Highland

When: June 15, 8:50 AM EST
Where: Highland County, Greenfield
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 39.185, -83.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A barn was destroyed (time approximate).

Thunderstorm Wind, Ashtabula

When: June 15, 12:26 PM EST
Where: Ashtabula County, Jefferson
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 41.896, -80.759 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were downed, some on power lines.

Hail, Franklin

When: June 15, 12:55 PM EST
Where: Franklin County, Columbus
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 39.970, -83.009 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Lightning struck several buildings causing fires and destroying one home.

Thunderstorm Wind, Athens

When: June 15, 1:10 PM EST
Where: Athens County, Athens and 3 S
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 39.334, -82.045 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were downed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cuyahoga

When: June 15, 2:30 PM EST
Where: Cuyahoga County, Garfield Heights and to Cleveland Heights
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 41.479, -81.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A 27-year-old off duty Cleveland Heights policeman was killed by lightning as he was walking to the house to avoid the approaching storm. Trees were downed, some on power lines. Coshocton County Coshocton,15,1713EST,,,0,0,3,0,Thunderstorm Winds

Thunderstorm Wind, Holmes

When: June 15, 5:30 PM EST
Where: Holmes County, Farmerstown
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 40.561, -81.929 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were downed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne

When: June 15, 5:35 PM EST
Where: Wayne County, Doylestown
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 40.829, -81.888 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Large tree limbs were downed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Summit

When: June 15, 5:35 PM EST
Where: Summit County, Copley
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 41.126, -81.532 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Harrison

When: June 15, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Harrison County, Cadiz
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 40.294, -81.091 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Large limbs were downed and large hail fell.

Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison

When: June 15, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Harrison County, Cadiz
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 40.294, -81.091 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Large limbs were downed and large hail fell.

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	1994-06-15				Direct

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, June 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: 10340680, 10337194, 10340659, 10337217, 10337398, 10340104, 10339699, 10340062, 10340622, 10340623.