Tornadoes · United States · Ohio

2019 tornadoes in Ohio

48 tornadoes touched down in Ohio in 2019, 161 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 1 people and injured 180. 1 were rated F4 or EF4 and above.

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The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

EF065 to 85 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Every tornado in Ohio in 2019

January 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
January 8	10:20 AM EST	EF1	Trumbull	4.5	75			$250,000

February 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
February 7	3:17 PM EST	EF0	Clark	7.5	150			$40,000

March 14 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 14	8:11 PM EDT	EF0	Stark	8.7	50			$100,000
March 14	8:23 PM EDT	EF0	Stark	1.6	100			$100,000

April 12 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 12	8:32 AM EDT	EF0	Clark	0.8	25			$15,000
April 12	8:34 AM EDT	Unrated	Clark	1.0	25

April 14 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 14	3:12 PM EDT	EF0	Clark	2.7	80		$45,000
April 14	4:42 PM EDT	EF2	Richland	17.0	800	5	$500,000
April 14	5:15 PM EDT	EF0	Stark	3.6	50		$60,000
April 14	5:49 PM EDT	EF0	Tuscarawas	0.5	75

April 25 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 25	10:07 PM EDT	EF0	Darke	1.0	80			$9,000

May 19 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 19	8:39 PM EDT	EF1	Preble	4.4	150	$250,000
May 19	8:50 PM EDT	EF1	Preble	7.6	120	$550,000
May 19	9:22 PM EDT	EF1	Montgomery	1.0	150	$150,000

May 25 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 25	6:42 PM EDT	EF1	Carroll	0.5	50			$60,000

May 27 20 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 27	9:48 PM EDT	EF1	Darke	1.4	100			$100,000
May 27	10:02 PM EDT	EF3	Mercer	10.8	250	1	8	$15 million
May 27	10:04 PM EDT	EF1	Darke	0.5	200			$500,000
May 27	10:25 PM EDT	EF3	Darke	10.5	1,320		1	$10 million
May 27	10:33 PM EDT	EF1	Auglaize	1.3	150			$500,000
May 27	10:41 PM EDT	EF4	Dayton tornado	18.2	1,050		166	$500 million
May 27	10:47 PM EDT	EF0	Auglaize	4.0	150			$50,000
May 27	10:47 PM EDT	EF0	Miami	5.6	200			$50,000
May 27	11:01 PM EDT	EF0	Auglaize	0.2	30			$10,000
May 27	11:08 PM EDT	EF0	Miami	1.1	50			$10,000
May 27	11:12 PM EDT	EF3	Montgomery	9.9	1,230			$51 million
May 27	11:19 PM EDT	EF0	Miami	3.0	50			$70,000
May 27	11:28 PM EDT	EF0	Hardin	2.0	50			$25,000
May 27	11:34 PM EDT	EF2	Montgomery	7.6	440			$1.0 million
May 27	11:48 PM EDT	EF1	Greene	5.8	250			$53,000
May 27	12:23 AM EDT	EF0	Greene	4.2	250			$200,000
May 27	12:57 AM EDT	EF1	Pickaway	3.8	150			$1.0 million
May 27	1:09 AM EDT	EF1	Pickaway	1.6	75			$1.5 million
May 27	1:17 AM EDT	EF2	Hocking	5.3	400			$1.5 million
May 27	1:35 AM EDT	EF1	Perry	2.0	750			$120,000

May 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 28	2:30 AM EDT	EF0	Vinton	0.1	100			$10,000

June 5 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 5	2:10 PM EDT	EF0	Henry	0.4	10
June 5	4:57 PM EDT	EF0	Crawford	1.2	50	$20,000
June 5	6:26 PM EDT	EF1	Muskingum	2.8	50

June 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 13	4:06 PM EDT	EF0	Geauga	0.4	75			$3,000

June 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 15	9:56 PM EDT	EF0	Preble	1.7	35			$40,000

June 16 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 16	3:23 PM EDT	EF1	Cuyahoga	2.2	150	$10,000
June 16	4:11 PM EDT	EF1	Portage	13.5	250	$275,000
June 16	4:44 PM EDT	EF0	Trumbull	6.0	250	$25,000

June 24 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 24	4:50 PM EDT	EF1	Muskingum	0.1	50	$5,000
June 24	5:55 PM EDT	EF1	Adams	9.2	300	$55,000
June 24	6:28 PM EDT	EF1	Pike	4.3	200	$75,000

August 6 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 6	5:20 PM EDT	EF1	Huron	1.5	50

Crossed into Ohio

Tornadoes that touched down in a neighboring state and ran into Ohio. They are counted under the state they began in.

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 24	4:13 PM CDT	EF0	Mason, KY to OH	5.7	75			$60,000

Nearby

Every tornado in Ohio since 1950 Warnings in force in Ohio The live radar over Ohio

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.