Ohio, 1998Tornado and Flash Flood in Ohio, June 15, 1998
June 15, 1998 · NWS ILN · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
1 tornado, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Tornado, Darke
- When
- June 15, 3:40 PM EST to 3:45 PM EST
- Where
- Darke County, 5 mi N of Greenville
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 40.170, -84.630
A brief tornado touchdown produced downed power lines and damaged a camper. Also, 1 home received minor structural damage.
Flash Flood, Adams
- When
- June 15, 7:15 PM EST to 8:30 PM EST
- Where
- Adams County, Louden
- Coordinates
- 38.846, -83.472 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rainfall from earlier in the day caused area creeks and streams to rise out of their banks. Some evacuations occurred due to the rising creeks.
- 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.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Lightning Strike in Maryland, June 15, 19981 death · $20,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Indiana, June 15, 19981 death · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, June 15, 1998$952,000 · F0 · 37 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 15 to 16, 1998$559,000 · 1.75 in hail · 21 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, June 15, 19981 injured · $181,000 · 2 in hail · 29 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 15, 1998$240,000 · 1 in hail · 4 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 15, 19981 injured · $91,000 · 1.75 in hail · 13 events
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 15, 1998$175,000 · 4 events
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 15 to 16, 1998$200,000 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 15, 1998$116,000 · 1.75 in hail · 12 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 15, 1998$125,000 · 1.75 in hail · 10 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 15, 1998$68,000 · 0.75 in hail · 14 events
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: 5648674, 5648675.