Ohio, 2000Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Ohio, May 23, 2000
May 23, 2000 · NWS RLX · 9 events in 3 counties and zones
3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Property damage
- $504,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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.
Event by event
3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Perry
- When
- May 23, 5:10 PM EST to 5:13 PM EST
- Where
- Perry County, 3 mi W of Junction City
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $185,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 39.717, -82.350
A tornado touched down on Jackson Township Road 371 and moved east, along County Route 9, known as Pen Road. A slate roof of a house was ripped off and a modular home was shifted several inches off its concrete block foundation. Further east, the roof to a trailer was ripped off. On Palomino Road, the tornado destroyed a barn and garage.
Hail, Perry
- When
- May 23, 5:15 PM EST
- Where
- Perry County, New Lexington Arpt
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 39.683, -82.200
Hail, Perry
- When
- May 23, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Perry County, Junction City
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 39.717, -82.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- May 23, 6:10 PM EST to 6:12 PM EST
- Where
- Washington County, 4 mi W of Marietta
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $45,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 39.417, -81.517
A double wide mobile home was destroyed after its roof was blown off. The home was located on Warren Township Road 277. Seven people were in the home at the time, 3 were taken to the hospital with minor injuries and later released. The National Weather Service survey estimated winds of 60 to 70 mph from the microburst.
Hail, Morgan
- When
- May 23, 6:24 PM EST
- Where
- Morgan County, Stockport
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.550, -81.800
Flash Flood, Perry
- When
- May 23, 7:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Perry County, 3 mi N of Corning
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 39.737, -82.236 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rain from thunderstorms fell over the headwaters of Sunday Creek, north of town. The water surged through the town, flooding several buildings. The American Legion building had about 8 inches of water inside. The rail bed to the Conrail tracks was damaged. The cooperative observer at New Lexington measured 2.9 inches of rain in a 24 hour period that included this time span.
Thunderstorm Wind, Morgan
- When
- May 23, 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Morgan County, Ringgold
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.583, -81.983
Large tree branches and power lines were blown down.
Tornado, Washington
- When
- May 23, 7:15 PM EST to 7:17 PM EST
- Where
- Washington County, Waterford
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 39.533, -81.633
The tornado occurred on County Route 32 near the old power plant in Waterford. On its one mile trek, the tornado destroyed a barn, threw a piece of wood from the barn through the wall of a house and into its kitchen, and shifted several trailers, cottages, and outbuildings off their foundations. The storm deposited roofing debris on the other side of the Muskingum River, in the town of Beverly.
Thunderstorm Wind, Morgan
- When
- May 23, 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Morgan County, Stockport
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.550, -81.800
Large trees were knocked down.
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kentucky, May 23 to 24, 200016 injured · $50 million · F3 · 49 events
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 23, 2000$280,000 · F2 · 6 events
- Tornadoes in Ohio, May 23, 2000$110,000 · F2 · 2 events
- Hail in Illinois, May 23, 2000$7.0 million · 2.75 in hail · 1 event
- Hail in Missouri, May 23, 2000$1.0 million · 2.75 in hail · 1 event
- Hail in Missouri, May 23, 2000$500,000 · 2.75 in hail · 1 event
- Tornado and Flash Flood in West Virginia, May 23, 2000$93,000 · F1 · 6 events
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Ohio, May 23, 2000$175,000 · F0 · 14 events
- Tornado in Kentucky, May 23, 2000$50,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Tornado and Hail in Tennessee, May 23, 2000F1 · 13 events
- Hail in Illinois, May 23, 2000$50,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 23, 20001 injured · F1 · 1 event
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: 5143247, 5143248, 5143249, 5143532, 5143528, 5143250, 5143529, 5143531, 5143530.