Ohio, 1998

Tornado 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.

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

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The toll

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.

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:41 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

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.

What these are

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.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5648674, 5648675.