7 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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7 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds snapped many large tree limbs and downed a few small trees across the northern half of the county.
Hail covered the ground.
Thunderstorm winds downed trees throughout the county. A barn was blown down just north of Elliston. A nearby house also sustained minor roof damage. Trees and a two car garage were blown down northeast of Graytown. Trees were also knocked down in Oak Harbor, Genoa and Benton Township.
A 59 mph thunderstorm gust was measured at Toledo Express Airport at 806 pm EDT. Thunderstorm winds did extensive damage with trees downed throughout the county including in the cities of Toledo, Sylvania, Perrysburg and Maumee. A grocery store in Toledo sustained major damage when part of its roof was torn off and a brick wall collapsed. Debris from the wall injured two pedestrians. Both people were taken to a hospital where they were treated and released. Fallen trees damaged at least five cars including two police cruisers. A mobile home was crushed by a tree in Toledo and a pole barn was leveled outside of Sylvania.
A small tornado touched down just north of Hoytville on Needles Road and damaged two mobile homes. Both mobile homes suffered structural damage and were knocked off foundations. After traveling approximately 100 yards on the ground the tornado lifted back into the sky and then traveled northeast approximately three and one half miles as a funnel cloud. A second brief tornado touchdown occurred three miles northwest of New Baltimore near the intersection of Hammansburg and Wingston Roads. An old mobile home was destroyed at that location.
Hail as large as softballs and shaped at times like candy bars fell at Tontogany for approximately ten minutes. Damage was extensive with 160 of the 200 homes in the village sustaining damage. Most of the damage was from broken windows, but over 100 hundred homes had holes knocked into exterior walls by hailstones driven by winds estimated at 50 to 60 mph. Most of this damage occurred on west facing walls. Several dozens cars and eight school buses were caught outside and had windows shattered and metal dented. The local high school had several dozen windows broken. The broken windows allowed heavy thunderstorm rains to seep inside. The rain water damaged and destroyed books, computers and other equipment inside. Outside the school, a press box at an athletic field was damaged and a chimney toppled. Valuable stained glass windows in a local church were also broken. Four trucks from the local fire department were caught outside and suffered extensive damage. Several large wheat fields near the village were shredded with a near 100 percent crop loss.
Thunderstorm winds were estimated at 60 mph. Many trees were downed in Rossford and Bowling Green.
A tornado briefly touched down approximately two miles west of Sylvania. A nearly completed house was destroyed by the tornado before it lifted back into the clouds.
A small tornado touched down briefly in a field just outside of Pemberville. No damage occurred.
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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: 5145894, 5146725, 5146815, 5146724, 5145899, 5146730, 5146726, 5145896, 5145898, 5146727, 5145895, 5145897, 5146729, 5146728.