Ohio, 1998

Tornado in Ohio, June 27, 1998

June 27, 1998 · NWS PBZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

An F2 tornado with estimated 150 MPH winds demolished a mobile home, killing a 45-year-old woman. Numerous trees along the relatively short path were sheared/downed.

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The toll

Deaths
1
Injuries
1
Property damage
$75,000
Crop damage
None recorded
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.

What happened

The episode as NWS PBZ wrote it up.

An F2 tornado with estimated 150 MPH winds demolished a mobile home, killing a 45-year-old woman. Numerous trees along the relatively short path were sheared/downed.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Noble

When
June 27, 7:05 PM EST to 7:10 PM EST
Where
Noble County, 3 mi W of Summerfield
Rating
F2
Path length
0.3 mi
Path width
200 yd
Deaths
1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries
1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$75,000
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
39.800, -81.380

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.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
Tornado, Noble1998-06-2745FemaleMobile/Trailer HomeDirect

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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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: 5668706.