Tornado in Ohio, June 24, 1998

Name: Tornado in Ohio, June 24, 1998
Start: 1998-06-24T19:45
End: 1998-06-24T20:00
Location: Ohio

June 24, 1998 · NWS CLE · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 13
Property damage: $20 million
Crop damage: $5.0 million
Events: 1

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 Cleveland radar (KCLE), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:47 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Ottawa

When: June 24, 7:45 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
Where: Ottawa County, Port Clinton
Rating: F2
Path length: 3.5 mi
Path width: 100 yd
Injuries: 13 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $20 million
Crop damage: $5.0 million
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.520, -82.950

A tornado touched down approximately 10 miles west of Port Clinton and just west of the Davis Bessie power plant. Winds were between 113 and 157 miles per hour. Considerable damage occurred, with some barns completely destroyed and an apartment complex heavily damaged. Sixty three homes were destroyed, 63 sustained major damage, 238 had minor damage, semi trucks and mobile homes were overturned and trees and utility poles were downed. Loss of power lines outside Davis Bessie triggered a shutdown and a second stage alert; power was out for several days in places. A state of emergency was declared and all roads were closed in the county. Many buildings were destroyed and trees were downed at Camp Perry. A tree containing an eagle's nest with 2 eaglets was blown down. One of the eaglets survived.

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.

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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: 5656068.