Thunderstorm Wind, Williams
- When
- August 6, 7:10 PM EST
- Where
- Williams County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.567, -84.567
Trees and power lines down.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 6, 2000
A significant shortwave trough of low pressure combined with a mid level speed max of 60 knots and rapid prefrontal destabilization during the day of August 6th ahead of a strong cold front led to convective initiation across eastern Iowa by late morning. Given favorable deep layer shear of 50 knots and extreme instability present from Northern Illinois into Northwest Ohio that afternoon...
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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $90,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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 IWX wrote it up.
Synoptic and mesoscale conditions for August 6th...A significant shortwave trough of low pressure combined with a mid level speed max of 60 knots and rapid prefrontal destabilization during the day of August 6th ahead of a strong cold front led to convective initiation across eastern Iowa by late morning. Given favorable deep layer shear of 50 knots and extreme instability present from Northern Illinois into Northwest Ohio that afternoon... storms quickly organized into a bow echo squall line as they rapidly moved eastward at speeds of up to 50 knots. As the bow echo matured... dramatic yet elevated rear inflow jet developed along the backside with isolated wind damage along and west of a Elkhart to Wabash line. However, with time the rear inflow jet descended causing widespread wind damage across Paulding, Defiance, Henry and Putnam counties.
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:09 UTC.
Event by event
16 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Defiance
- When
- August 6, 7:40 PM EST
- Where
- Defiance County, Defiance
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.283, -84.350
Trees down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Fulton
- When
- August 6, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Fulton County, 2 mi SE of Delta
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.567, -83.967
Roof off of building.
Thunderstorm Wind, Defiance
- When
- August 6, 8:02 PM EST
- Where
- Defiance County, 4 mi S of Defiance
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.233, -84.350
Several barns destroyed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Paulding
- When
- August 6, 8:10 PM EST
- Where
- Paulding County, Countywide
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.117, -84.567
Trees and power lines down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Paulding
- When
- August 6, 8:10 PM EST
- Where
- Paulding County, 7 mi N of Oakwood
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.200, -84.367
Mobile home blown over.
Thunderstorm Wind, Paulding
- When
- August 6, 8:10 PM EST
- Where
- Paulding County, Melrose
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.083, -84.417
Metal roof blown off barn and into a house.
Thunderstorm Wind, Putnam
- When
- August 6, 8:14 PM EST
- Where
- Putnam County, Dupont
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.050, -84.300
Large trees down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Putnam
- When
- August 6, 8:15 PM EST
- Where
- Putnam County, Continental
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.100, -84.267
Large trees down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Putnam
- When
- August 6, 8:20 PM EST
- Where
- Putnam County, Continental
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.100, -84.267
Thunderstorm Wind, Van Wert
- When
- August 6, 8:25 PM EST
- Where
- Van Wert County, Scott
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.983, -84.567
Trees down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Putnam
- When
- August 6, 8:26 PM EST
- Where
- Putnam County, Ottawa
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.017, -84.050
Trees down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Putnam
- When
- August 6, 8:27 PM EST
- Where
- Putnam County, Leipsic
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.100, -84.000
Large trees down. Metal roof blown off of a warehouse.
Hail, Putnam
- When
- August 6, 8:35 PM EST
- Where
- Putnam County, 2 mi N of Columbus Grove
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.950, -84.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Henry
- When
- August 6, 8:37 PM EST
- Where
- Henry County, Countywide
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.350, -84.050
Trees and power lines down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Allen
- When
- August 6, 8:44 PM EST
- Where
- Allen County, 7 mi W of Lima
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -84.233
Trees and power lines down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Allen
- When
- August 6, 8:44 PM EST
- Where
- Allen County, Slabtown
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.817, -84.033
Trees and power lines down.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 6 to 7, 2000
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, August 6, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 6, 2000
- Flash Flood in Maryland, August 6, 2000
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Virginia, August 6, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, August 6, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 6, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 6, 2000
- Flood in Pennsylvania, August 6 to 7, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 6, 2000
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: 5175722, 5175723, 5175725, 5175726, 5175791, 5175792, 5175793, 5175794, 5175795, 5175796, 5175679, 5175680, 5175681, 5175724, 5175682, 5175683, 5175684.