Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 16, 1995

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 16, 1995
Start: 1995-07-16T14:40
End: 1995-07-16T22:40
Location: Ohio

July 16, 1995 · 16 events in 16 counties and zones

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

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 16 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: $47,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 16

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.

The radar

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Event by event

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

Thunderstorm Wind, Lucas

When: July 16, 2:40 PM EST
Where: Lucas County, Toledo
Deaths: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 41.684, -83.468 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Large limbs were downed. A 28-year-old man was killed after he unknowningly touched a vehicle which was in contact with a live electric line which had been downed after tree limbs were blown down across the wires. M28VE

Hail, Crawford

When: July 16, 3:39 PM EST
Where: Crawford County, New Washington
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 40.851, -82.920 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Champaign

When: July 16, 3:45 PM EST
Where: Champaign County, St. Paris
Property damage: $2,000
Coordinates: 40.138, -83.769 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Several large tree limbs were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Richland

When: July 16, 4:30 PM EST
Where: Richland County, South of Lexington
Property damage: $2,000
Coordinates: 40.775, -82.536 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were downed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When: July 16, 4:40 PM EST
Where: Franklin County, Columbus
Property damage: $7,000
Coordinates: 39.970, -83.009 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Awnings were blown off two buildings in north Columbus, while several large tree limbs were blown down across the city.

Thunderstorm Wind, Ashland

When: July 16, 4:50 PM EST
Where: Ashland County, Countywide
Property damage: $2,000
Coordinates: 40.846, -82.271 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees and limbs were downed, some on power lines.

Thunderstorm Wind, Morrow

When: July 16, 5:53 PM EST
Where: Morrow County, Edison
Property damage: $2,000
Coordinates: 40.524, -82.794 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were downed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Knox

When: July 16, 6:15 PM EST
Where: Knox County, Fredericktown
Property damage: $2,000
Coordinates: 40.399, -82.421 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were downed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lorain

When: July 16, 7:10 PM EST
Where: Lorain County, Avon Lake
Coordinates: 41.453, -82.151 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winds of 60 mph were reported.

Thunderstorm Wind, Cuyahoga

When: July 16, 7:42 PM EST
Where: Cuyahoga County, Cleveland
Property damage: $2,000
Coordinates: 41.479, -81.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were downed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Geauga

When: July 16, 7:57 PM EST
Where: Geauga County, Countywide
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 41.500, -81.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were downed at a number of locations including Chesterland and Claridon.

Thunderstorm Wind, Wyandot

When: July 16, 8:10 PM EST
Where: Wyandot County, South of Upper to Sandusky
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 40.842, -83.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were downed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Summit

When: July 16, 8:35 PM EST
Where: Summit County, Peninsula
Property damage: $2,000
Coordinates: 41.126, -81.532 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were downed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Ashtabula

When: July 16, 8:50 PM EST
Where: Ashtabula County, Ashtabula
Coordinates: 41.896, -80.759 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winds were measured at 62 mph at the lighthouse.

Thunderstorm Wind, Portage

When: July 16, 9:22 PM EST
Where: Portage County, Ravenna
Property damage: $15,000
Coordinates: 41.168, -81.197 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Trees were downed. A chapel at a local cemetery suffered significant damage from a large fallen tree.

Hail, Mahoning

When: July 16, 10:40 PM EST
Where: Mahoning County, Canfield
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 41.015, -80.776 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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, Lucas	1995-07-16				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 1995 Every state in 1995 This day in weather history Warnings in Ohio, July 1995

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: 10340335, 10337354, 10337415, 10339688, 10340090, 10337183, 10340211, 10340489, 10340271, 10340280, 10340357, 10339807, 10339735, 10337211, 10340052, 10340506.