Tornadoes · United States · Ohio

2023 tornadoes in Ohio

60 tornadoes touched down in Ohio in 2023, 226 percent above the average of the record for the state. None of them killed anybody.

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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 2023

February 27 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
February 27	2:37 PM EST	EF1	Butler	4.2	150	$500,000
February 27	3:00 PM EST	EF0	Van Wert	0.6	75	$30,000
February 27	3:19 PM EST	EF1	Clark	2.3	300	$250,000
February 27	4:03 PM EST	EF0	Pickaway	1.4	100	$150,000
February 27	4:41 PM EST	EF0	Licking	0.3	90	$10,000

March 3 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
March 3	5:05 PM EST	EF0	Clermont	1.3	200	$100,000
March 3	5:26 PM EST	EF1	Highland	14.2	400	$1.0 million
March 3	5:35 PM EST	EF0	Highland	0.9	150	$100,000
March 3	6:13 PM EST	EF0	Ross	0.8	50	$15,000

March 31 13 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
March 31	11:53 PM EDT	EF0	Paulding	0.8	150		$30,000
March 31	12:45 AM EDT	EF0	Mercer	8.4	200		$100,000
March 31	12:45 AM EDT	EF0	Auglaize	4.5	250		$100,000
March 31	12:47 AM EDT	EF0	Preble	2.6	150		$200,000
March 31	12:54 AM EDT	EF1	Auglaize	9.2	300	7	$3.0 million
March 31	1:00 AM EDT	EF1	Auglaize	8.0	300		$500,000
March 31	1:01 AM EDT	EF0	Miami	12.8	250		$200,000
March 31	1:02 AM EDT	EF0	Allen	0.8	75
March 31	1:02 AM EDT	EF0	Miami	4.0	250		$50,000
March 31	1:02 AM EDT	EF0	Darke	5.9	200		$50,000
March 31	1:03 AM EDT	EF0	Allen	0.6	50		$20,000
March 31	1:04 AM EDT	EF0	Allen	0.2	50		$10,000
March 31	1:47 AM EDT	EF0	Crawford	2.9	200		$70,000

April 5 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 5	5:33 PM EDT	EF0	Fairfield	4.7	100			$250,000
April 5	5:39 PM EDT	EF0	Fairfield	1.0	100			$250,000

June 11 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 11	7:23 PM EDT	EF0	Miami	0.6	150			$30,000
June 11	7:35 PM EDT	EF0	Champaign	0.8	125			$20,000

June 15 12 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 15	6:06 PM EDT	EF2	Lucas	3.8	300	$176,000
June 15	6:28 PM EDT	EF0	Lucas	0.2	50	$5,000
June 15	6:49 PM EDT	EF2	Ottawa	3.4	200	$255,000
June 15	6:57 PM EDT	EF1	Sandusky	0.1	100	$15,000
June 15	7:19 PM EDT	EF0	Sandusky	0.3	50	$18,000
June 15	7:40 PM EDT	EF0	Sandusky	0.9	50	$10,000
June 15	7:48 PM EDT	EF2	Huron	8.7	2,200	$270,000
June 15	7:51 PM EDT	EF0	Huron	1.6	100	$5,000
June 15	8:01 PM EDT	EF0	Huron	0.7	100	$5,000
June 15	8:04 PM EDT	EF1	Huron	8.6	1,100	$165,000
June 15	8:13 PM EDT	EF1	Huron	4.0	250	$60,000
June 15	8:46 PM EDT	EF0	Ashland	1.2	300	$70,000

July 1 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 1	5:42 PM EDT	EF0	Defiance	0.2	20

July 29 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 29	2:53 AM EDT	EF1	Defiance	0.7	100			$55,000
July 29	4:58 AM EDT	EF1	Crawford	6.5	100			$230,000

August 12 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
August 12	12:46 PM EDT	EF1	Hardin	2.2	200	$250,000
August 12	1:13 PM EDT	EF1	Marion	0.1	75	$23,000
August 12	3:20 PM EDT	EF0	Holmes	1.6	25
August 12	7:33 PM EDT	EF1	Athens	2.3	300	$10,000
August 12	8:13 PM EDT	EF1	Belmont	1.6	20	$300,000

August 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 14	7:50 PM EDT	EF0	Butler	1.3	20			$3,000

August 24 12 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
August 24	11:08 PM EDT	EF1	Sandusky	4.5	100	$35,000
August 24	11:46 PM EDT	EF1	Erie	0.3	100	$30,000
August 24	11:59 PM EDT	EF1	Cuyahoga	0.8	150	$165,000
August 24	12:00 AM EDT	EF0	Lorain	0.3	50	$50,000
August 24	12:05 AM EDT	EF0	Lorain	1.1	100	$40,000
August 24	12:06 AM EDT	EF1	Lake	3.3	150	$200,000
August 24	12:07 AM EDT	EF2	Cuyahoga	1.5	100	$300,000
August 24	12:11 AM EDT	EF1	Medina	1.5	200	$20,000
August 24	12:16 AM EDT	EF1	Geauga	1.8	100	$85,000
August 24	12:18 AM EDT	EF1	Geauga	1.2	175	$50,000
August 24	12:22 AM EDT	EF2	Geauga	0.7	100	$65,000
August 24	12:35 AM EDT	EF0	Trumbull	1.9	100	$35,000

September 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 28	3:40 PM EDT	EF0	Madison	0.0	25			$1,000

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.