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Toledo Area and NW Ohio Severe Storm Events

1980s
1991-1994
1995-1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006


March 19, 1948 - "East Toledo Takes Severe Pounding in Gale."   Gusts as high as 85mph recorded at Municipal Airport.   "4 Dead, 20 Injured in Area Storm."   Some evidence of a tornado on the edge of Perrysburg. - Toledo Blade
April 5, 1957 - "Hurricane Force Winds Hit Toledo" - Toledo Blade. An 83 knot (96 mph) wind gust happened at the airport. The wind gusts did damage in Toledo and Defiance. The Fassett St. Bridge in Toledo was ruined by a freighter that crashed into it because of a 90mph wind gust.   Storm Reports
April 11, 1965 - Palm Sunday Killer Tornado Outbreak   "Tornadoes Kill 13 in City, 34 in Area" "Hundreds Hurt, Homeless" "Guard Units Called Out" "Death Toll 210 in 5 States" The tornado path was "10 miles through north and west Toledo last night..." - Toledo Blade. Storm Reports
July 4, 1969 - July 4 Fireworks Derecho of 1969 - 100mph wind gust, boats sunk on the lake, tornadoes, and severe flash floods in Sandusky and southward   Storm Reports
May 10, 1973 - Tornado Outbreak - Deadly Tornado in Seneca and Huron Counties    Storm Reports
April 3 and 4, 1974 - Super Outbreak of Tornadoes   Storm Reports
June 30, 1977 - Tornado Outbreak     Storm Reports
July 4, 1977 - July 4 Derecho of 1977   Storm Reports


1980s


The 1980's were kind of low on total severe weather reports. It's hard to pick out single days that would be considered a severe weather outbreak in the area.
July 5, 1980 - July 4 "More Trees Down" Derecho of 1980   Storm Reports

1981 Storm Reports
June 15, 1982   Storm Reports
May 2, 1983 - Tornadoes in Weston (Wood County,) Henry County, Huron County, Large Hailers   Storm Reports
1984 Storm Reports
1985 Storm Reports
1986 Storm Reports
1987 Storm Reports
1988 Storm Reports
1989 Storm Reports
1990 Storm Reports


1991-1994


March 27, 1991 - Nettle Lake Tornado (Steuben County/Williams County), Large Hailers, 5 tornadoes in Michigan   Storm Reports
May 17, 1992   Storm Reports
June 17, 1992  Storm Reports
July 12, 1992 - Tornado Outbreak day - a record 28 Tornadoes in Ohio on a single day!   Storm Reports    Storm Reports-Wider View
July 13, 1992 - Multiple Tornado day   Storm Reports
July 14, 1992 - Multiple Tornado day   Storm Reports
September 9, 1992 - Tornado in Monroe, tornado near Carey   Storm Reports
October 8, 1992   Storm Reports
June 8, 1993 - Large Hailers   Storm Reports
June 27, 1993 - Large Hailers   Storm Reports
June 28, 1994 - Tornado near Celina (Mercer County)   Storm Reports


1995-1999


April 11, 1995   Storm Reports
June 14, 1995 - Large Hail in Toledo area   Storm Reports   
June 26, 1995   Storm Reports   
July 13, 1995 - "Right Turn Derecho"   Storm Reports    
Comparatively, 1996 was fairly low on storm reports     1996 Storm Reports
May 18, 1997   Storm Reports  
Comparatively, 1997 was fairly low on storm reports, but the Detroit F2 tornado (July 2, 1997) was damaging!     1997 Storm Reports
June 24, 1998 - A supercell tracked to the nuclear power plant in Ottawa County, and there was a tornado near Port Clinton   Storm Reports  Reflectivity/Storm Relative Velocity   Reflectivity/Storm Relative Velocity
August 24, 1998 #1 - Large Hailers: Early Morning   Storm Reports    National Radar
August 24, 1998 #2   Storm Reports     National Radar
November 10, 1998 - 100mph wind gust near Huron/Sandusky   Storm Reports   
July 6, 1999   Storm Reports     National Radar
July 9, 1999 -Squall line formed south of Toledo in an WSW-ENE orientation  Storm Reports     National Radar
July 24, 1999   Storm Reports     National Radar


2000


May 9, 2000 - Tornado day, tornado in Sylvania, two tornadoes in Wood County     Storm Reports    Evening Radar Loop (Reflectivity/Storm Relative Velocity)     DTX base reflectivity     DTX storm relative velocity    Afternoon Radar Loop (Reflectivity/Storm Relative Velocity)
June 14, 2000 - A tornado in Wood County     Storm Reports   National Radar
August 2, 2000 - Large hail in the Toledo area     Storm Reports  National Radar
August 6, 2000     Storm Reports     Radar


2001


April 9, 2001 - Some large hailers in a few locations     Storm Reports
June 19, 2001 - Large hail in the Toledo area   Storm Reports     National Radar     Storm Total Precip to 11:35PM
July 29, 2001 - Michigan north to south severe storm   Storm Reports  Radar Loop
October 24, 2001 - Tornado day, Tornado near Ottawa (Putnam County) , tornado north of Pioneer, in Hillsdale County. A multiple-bow squall line or LEWP developed in Indiana.  Storm Reports   radar loop - Reflectivity/Storm Relative Velocity (0.9 MB)     IND     LOT     ILN     DTX


2002


March 9, 2002 - A long low-topped squall line/derecho that was thunder-less. It was 55 to 60 degrees, then, after the front, the temperature dropped to the 30's quickly   Radar     local surface weather map at 5:00PM
May 25, 2002 - Large Hailers   Storm Reports     Radar     Storm Relative Velocity     VIL
July 22, 2002 Storm Reports    Radar
November 10, 2002
IWX page on November 10, 2002


2003


March 20, 2003 - Large Hail in the Toledo area  Storm Reports    Radar
April 4, 2003 - Severe storms hit the area when Toledo was at 34 degrees (F)!    Storm Reports    DTX Radar     IWX Radar     9:29PM DTX Radar     9:00PM local surface weather
April 20, 2003 - Easter Sunday scattered severe storms   Storm Reports    Radar
May 5, 2003 - two to four Supercells in SE Michigan   Storm Reports    Radar     Supercell Composite 5:00PM
July 4, 2003 #1: Morning-Early afternoon derecho  Storm Reports     Radar     Radar Loop     CAPE at 11:00AM
July 4, 2003 #2 and #3: Afternoon and Night - the thunderstorms kept coming and coming for central and eastern Indiana, and western Ohio.   Storm Reports    Radar     Radar     Radar     Radar     Supercell Composite 6:00PM     Energy-Helicity Index at 6:00PM
July 6, 2003 - the storm train of July 2003 was still on track   Storm Reports    Radar     Radar
July 7, 2003 - Derecho   Storm Reports    Radar     Energy-Helicity Index
July 8, 2003 #1 - Wind damage: Early Morning  Storm Reports    Radar Loop - 1.25MB     Energy-Helicity Index
July 8, 2003 #2 - Bowling Green 100mph wind and major tree damage: Afternoon  Storm Reports    Radar Loop - 2.5MB     Radar from 3:47PM     Energy-Helicity Index     Lifted Index
July 20, 2003 #1 - Afternoon - Supercell in Calhoun and Hillsdale Counties, MI   Storm Reports    Radar     Storm Relative Velocity 2     Radar     2:00PM Supercell Composite
July 20-21, 2003 #2 - Night to Morning - Squall line developed west to east from Chicago to Toledo, and moved slowly, eventually did some wind damage   Storm Reports    Radar     Radar     Radar     Radar Composite     Energy-Helicity Index     CAPE
August 1, 2003 - Back-building Mesoscale Convective System/Squall line  Storm Reports    Radar composite loop - 0.8MB     Reflectivity/Storm Relative Velocity zoomed in near Fort Wayne     Energy-Helicity Index
August 21, 2003 - squall line in Michigan weakened as it moved south, new cells developed   Storm Reports   Reflectivity/Storm Relative Velocity Loop (1.3 MB)     Energy-Helicity Index
August 26, 2003 - Derecho  Storm Reports    Radar loop (0.2 MB)     Energy-Helicity Index     CAPE
November 12, 2003 - Scattered severe thunderstorms, a tornado in the Cleveland area     Storm Reports    Radar     Energy-Helicity Index     CAPE     Helicity


2004


April 17, 2004   Storm Reports    Radar     Radar     Energy-Helicity Index     CAPE/Helicity/Shear Composite (NARR)     Surface wind/SLP (NARR)     Toledo skew-T (NARR)

May 21, 2004 - The "Dark-Sky" or "Green-Sky" Derecho   Storm Reports    Radar Loop     VIL Loop (0.7MB)     Reflectivity-zoomed on Fort Wayne     VIL-zoomed on Fort Wayne     Energy-Helicity Index     CAPE     Helicity     CAPE/Helicity/Shear Composite (NARR)     Surface wind/SLP (NARR)     Toledo skew-T (NARR)

May 23, 2004 - "Thunderstorm" Wind Damage but no thunder near Toledo   Storm Reports    Radar     Radar     Energy-Helicity Index     CAPE     CAPE/Helicity/Shear Composite (NARR)     Surface wind/SLP (NARR)     Toledo skew-T (NARR)

June 13, 2004 - Small bow in squall line/Derecho   Storm Reports    IWX     DTX     CLE Storm Relative Velocity     Radar Composite     Energy-Helicity Index     CAPE     Helicity     0-6km Shear     CAPE/Helicity/Shear Composite (NARR)     Surface wind/SLP (NARR)     Toledo skew-T (NARR)     Findlay skew-T (NARR)

June 14, 2004 - Derecho   Storm Reports    Radar     CAPE/Helicity/Shear Composite (NARR)     Surface wind/SLP (NARR)     Toledo skew-T (NARR)


2005

June 5, 2005 - Derecho   Storm Reports   Radar at 8:22PM    Radar - 7:45PM    Supercell Composite 7:00PM    0-6km shear (7:00PM)    surface CAPE (7:00PM)    surface wind and SLP (7:00PM)
June 30, 2005 - Squall line in the morning, weak supercell in the evening   Storm Reports   Radar (Morning)   Evening Radar Loop (0.5 MB)   Supercell Composite (1:00PM)    0-6km shear (1:00PM)    surface CAPE (1:00PM)    surface wind and SLP (1:00PM)   Supercell Composite (8:00PM)     0-6km shear (8:00PM)    surface CAPE (8:00PM)    surface wind and SLP (8:00PM)
July 25, 2005 - Expanding squall line/Derecho began south and west of Toledo   Storm Reports   Radar    Supercell Composite (1:00PM)     0-6km shear (1:00PM)    surface CAPE (1:00PM)    surface wind and SLP (1:00PM)
July 26, 2005   Storm Reports    Radar    Radar    Radar     Supercell Composite at 7:00PM     0-6km shear (7:00PM)    surface CAPE (7:00PM)    surface wind and SLP (7:00PM)
September 22, 2005 - Supercell developed in Branch County/Steuben County     Storm Reports     Radar     Supercell Composite at 8:00PM     0-6km shear (8:00PM)    surface CAPE (8:00PM)    surface wind and SLP (8:00PM)
November 6, 2005 Storm Reports   Wind damage generally occurred about 4:40AM in the area.   Radar (reflec.)   Radar (base velocity)   Note: 57 knots toward the radar. US surface map at 7:00AM   850mb map at 7:00AM   Strong 60-70 knot winds at 850mb over the region.   Sounding from Wilmington (ILN) shows weak but measureable CAPE and very strong winds at all levels at 7:00AM - the CAPE is very unusual for a November morning


2006

March 31 Storm Reports   Some scattered wind damage and hail reports and a tornado at Ohio City, about 5 miles south of Van Wert, at 7:38PM.   7:06PM reflec.   7:19PM reflec./storm relative velocity   7:36PM reflec./base velocity   7:36PM reflec. 1+2/storm relative velocity 1+2   7:39PM storm relative velocity 1   Surface CAPE (7:00PM)   MUCAPE (7:00PM)   Effective shear (7:00PM)   Effective helicity (7:00PM)   US Surface (7:00PM)

April 7 Storm Reports   Some scattered large hail reports and a tornado near the Ohio/Indiana border.   452PM reflec. (Hail in Wood County)   5:13PM reflec. 1/storm relative velocity 1 (Tornado)   5:00PM midwest surface - it was cool with a north wind! Yet, the Supercell Composite, based off the MUCAPE, was above 1 or even 2 near the tornado

April 22   Storm Reports   Some scattered large hail reports, one in Sylvania, one north of the border in Petersburg, MI, and a few much later in northern Ohio.

May 25   Storm Reports   Everything but the kitchen sink. Something like 50-70 hail and wind reports in western Ohio.

June 21   Storm Reports     Prelim storm reports from NW Ohio and SE Michigan     2140z storm relative velocity - only minutes before the tornado report near Addison, MI     2153z reflectivity - minutes after the tornado report near Addison, MI     Several reports of golf-ball or larger size hail, a tornado west of Adrian, MI, possible tornado near Lambertville, MI (Toledo suburb) - status on that is still unknown, some reports of significant wind damage, and numerous areas of flash flooding and urban flooding

June 22   Storm Reports     Prelim storm reports from Ohio     208pm EDT radar     308pm EDT radar - near the time of the Lima tornado     Several reports of wind damage, a tornado and straight line wind damage around Lima, some large hail reports. There was aggravated flooding in Toledo and surrounding areas, numerous areas of flash flooding and urban flooding in north central Ohio, particularly Norwalk.

July 26   Storm Reports


October 2   Strong winds caused one of the two minarets from a local mosque in Perrysburg Township to fall over. (Storm Data)

2007

March 14   Storm Reports   some scattered storm reports
May 1   Storm Reports  Many hailstorms in the Toledo area
May 15  Storm Reports  some wind damage reports
June 3   Storm Reports   wind damage in Toledo
June 8   Storm Reports  some wind damage reports
June 21   Storm Reports  a few wind damage reports



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