Thunderstorm Wind, Hardin
- When
- May 31, 3:15 PM EST to 3:25 PM EST
- Where
- Hardin County, Ada to Dunkirk
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 40.770, -83.820
Trees downed.
Tornado and Hail in Ohio, May 31, 1998
8 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $29,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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), 150 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:14 UTC.
Event by event
8 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Mercer
- When
- May 31, 3:20 PM EST to 4:25 PM EST
- Where
- Mercer County, 7 mi E of Celina
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.550, -84.430
Hail, Mercer
- When
- May 31, 4:58 PM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mercer County, Chickasaw
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.430, -84.480
Hail, Auglaize
- When
- May 31, 5:14 PM EST to 5:20 PM EST
- Where
- Auglaize County, 5 mi S of Wapakoneta
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -84.200
Hail, Shelby
- When
- May 31, 5:16 PM EST to 5:20 PM EST
- Where
- Shelby County, Botkins
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.470, -84.180
Hail, Logan
- When
- May 31, 5:41 PM EST to 5:45 PM EST
- Where
- Logan County, Belle Center
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -83.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Preble
- When
- May 31, 6:15 PM EST to 6:20 PM EST
- Where
- Preble County, New Paris
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.850, -84.780
Numerous trees downed.
Tornado, Clinton
- When
- May 31, 6:25 PM EST to 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Clinton County, 7 mi W of Wilmington
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 39.450, -83.970
A tornado briefly touched down just west of State route 380. Many trees were downed, some of which fell on top of a house causing significant damage.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ross
- When
- May 31, 7:40 PM EST to 7:45 PM EST
- Where
- Ross County, Bainbridge
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.230, -83.270
Numerous trees downed.
Hail, Pike
- When
- May 31, 7:45 PM EST to 7:50 PM EST
- Where
- Pike County, Piketon
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.070, -83.020
Hail, Franklin
- When
- May 31, 7:54 PM EST to 7:55 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin County, Grove City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.880, -83.080
Hail, Fairfield
- When
- May 31, 8:00 PM EST to 8:05 PM EST
- Where
- Fairfield County, Pickerington
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.880, -82.750
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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: 5642125, 5642124, 5642220, 5642221, 5642222, 5642223, 5642224, 5642225, 5642226, 5642227, 5642228, 5642229.