Thunderstorm Wind, Van Wert
- When
- July 19, 6:10 PM EST
- Where
- Van Wert County, Willshire
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -84.820
TREES DOWN AND POWER LINES DOWN. SOME MINOR DAMAGE TO HOMES.
Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, July 19, 1998
A bow echo squall line moved acrss northern Indiana into Ohio and produced widespread wind damage. The two tornadoes reported with this event were likely gustnadoes that spun-up along the apex of bow echo as seen in the damage path and length which is consistent with gustnadoes.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS IWX wrote it up.
Synoptic and Mesoscale conditions for July 19th...A bow echo squall line moved acrss northern Indiana into Ohio and produced widespread wind damage. The two tornadoes reported with this event were likely gustnadoes that spun-up along the apex of bow echo as seen in the damage path and length which is consistent with gustnadoes.
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:08 UTC.
Event by event
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Van Wert
- When
- July 19, 6:10 PM EST
- Where
- Van Wert County, Wren
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -84.770
TREES DOWN.
Thunderstorm Wind, Van Wert
- When
- July 19, 6:15 PM EST
- Where
- Van Wert County, Ohio City
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 40.770, -84.620
TREES DOWN. WINDOW BLOWN OUT OF BRICK BUILDING DOWNTOWN ALONG WITH SOME ROOF DAMAGE.
Hail, Putnam
- When
- July 19, 6:40 PM EST
- Where
- Putnam County, Columbus Grove
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.920, -84.050
Tornado, Allen
- When
- July 19, 6:45 PM EST to 7:45 PM EST
- Where
- Allen County, Lima
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -84.100
TORNADO TOUCHDOWN REPORTED BY SPOTTER 1/10TH OF A MILE NORTH OF FINDLEY RD AT NORTH SUGAR ST. BLEW STEEL WALL DOWN ALONG SCRAP METAL YARD AND POWER POLES SNAPPED OFF. MOVED SE AND TORE OFF RAILROAD CROSSING ARMS BEFORE LIFTING.
Tornado, Putnam
- When
- July 19, 6:45 PM EST
- Where
- Putnam County, 1 mi S of Gilboa
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -83.920
BRICK HOME BADLY DAMAGED. ROOF TORN OFF AND LARGE CHUNKS OF BRICK CHIMNEY STREWN ABOUT YARD. TREE WAS FELLED ON CAMPER-TRAILER.
Thunderstorm Wind, Allen
- When
- July 19, 6:49 PM EST
- Where
- Allen County, Cairo
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.830, -84.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Putnam
- When
- July 19, 6:55 PM EST
- Where
- Putnam County, Pandora
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 40.950, -83.970
SIDING AND SHINGLES BLOWN OFF HOME.
Thunderstorm Wind, Putnam
- When
- July 19, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Putnam County, Gilboa
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.020, -83.920
TREES UP TO 2 FEET IN DIAMETER DOWN THROUGHOUT COUNTY. WIND DAMAGE TO HOME IN GILBOA. POWER LINES DOWN IN COUNTY ALONG WITH FLOODING ON COUNTY ROADS.
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.
- 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.
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The same day elsewhere
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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: 5654934, 5654935, 5654936, 5654937, 5654933, 5654938, 5654939, 5654940, 5654941.