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LaGrange, OH tornado history

19 tornadoes have passed within 10 miles of the center of LaGrange, OH from 1950 through 2025, according to the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, ranking 82nd of 360 Ohio cities with a tornado on record. 2 were rated F3/EF3 or stronger by the National Weather Service. The most recent was on August 24, 2023 (EF1, 1.5-mile path); the strongest, on April 11, 1965, was rated F4. The deadliest, on April 11, 1965, killed 18 along its path.

19tornadoes since 1950
52016–2025
F4/EF4strongest rating
18deaths
212injuries
Aug 24, 2023most recent
Rating: 012345 unknown or preliminaryLines run from the start to the end point of each path; dots mark where each tornado touched down.

Dashed circle: 10 miles from the city's Census center point. A tornado counts when its recorded path passes inside the circle. Paths run straight from start to end point, as SPC records them.

1950s: 11960s: 11970s: 21980s: 01990s: 62000s: 22010s: 22020s: 51950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s2020smax 6
Tornadoes within 10 miles of the center of LaGrange, OH, by decade

Source: National Storms (nationalstorms.com), CC BY 4.0, data from NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports.

Every tornado within 10 miles of the center of LaGrange, OH

DateRatingPath lengthDeaths / injuriesStarted inClosest to center
Aug 24, 2023EF11.5 mi0 / 0Medina County, OH9.1 mi
Aug 24, 2023EF01.1 mi0 / 0Lorain County, OH7.2 mi
Aug 24, 2023EF00.3 mi0 / 0Lorain County, OH2.5 mi
Apr 25, 2022EF00.1 mi0 / 0Lorain County, OH8.6 mi
Apr 7, 2020EF111.4 mi0 / 0Lorain County, OH5.2 mi
Jul 8, 2014EF18.3 mi0 / 0Lorain County, OH5.8 mi
May 12, 2014EF01.1 mi0 / 0Lorain County, OH8.2 mi
Mar 14, 2007EF02.0 mi0 / 0Lorain County, OH9.0 mi
Aug 3, 2003F00.1 mi0 / 0Lorain County, OH9.9 mi
Apr 9, 1998F00.1 mi0 / 0Lorain County, OH7.3 mi
Jun 28, 1994F10.5 mi0 / 0Lorain County, OH7.4 mi
Jul 12, 1992F37.0 mi0 / 4Medina County, OH6.0 mi
Jul 12, 1992F01.8 mi0 / 2Lorain County, OH0.8 mi
Jul 12, 1992F22.0 mi0 / 3Lorain County, OH0.8 mi
Jun 18, 1992F00.1 mi0 / 0Lorain County, OH4.9 mi
Aug 26, 1975F00.2 mi0 / 0Lorain County, OH4.9 mi
Jul 13, 1975F24.1 mi0 / 0Lorain County, OH6.9 mi
Apr 11, 1965F422.0 mi18 / 200Lorain County, OH1.5 mi
Jun 20, 1958F14.5 mi0 / 3Lorain County, OH4.1 mi

More: Lorain County tornadoes · Ohio tornado history · LaGrange hail history · Ohio damaging wind

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center (SPC) Severe Weather Database (SVRGIS) tornado file, 1950–2025, and SPC preliminary storm reports for 2026 (data through November 6, 2026). Ratings are the ones the National Weather Service assigned: Fujita (F) scale before Feb 1, 2007, Enhanced Fujita (EF) after. Paths are drawn as straight lines from the start to the end point SPC records; real paths curve. City and county boundaries: US Census Bureau.

NWS Damage Survey Paths Near LaGrange

The National Weather Service mapped the path of 8 tornadoes within 10 miles of LaGrange in damage surveys (4 EF1, 4 EF0). On the map, those paths follow the survey, colored by the EF rating of each stretch, instead of a straight line from start to end.

DateRatingPeak windPath lengthMax widthDeaths / injuriesOn the groundSurveyed by
Aug 24, 2023EF080 mph1.1 mi–0 / 004:05–04:06 UTCNWS Cleveland
Aug 24, 2023EF080 mph1.1 mi75 yd0 / 004:05–04:06 UTCNWS Cleveland
Aug 24, 2023EF085 mph0.2 mi50 yd0 / 004:00 UTCNWS Cleveland
Aug 24, 2023EF190 mph1.6 mi200 yd0 / 004:11–04:13 UTCNWS Cleveland
Apr 25, 2022EF080 mph0.1 mi75 yd0 / 018:19–18:20 UTCNWS Cleveland
Apr 7, 2020EF1100 mph11.5 mi100 yd0 / 003:30–03:40 UTCNWS Cleveland
Jul 8, 2014EF194 mph8.4 mi200 yd0 / 017:33–17:40 UTCNWS Cleveland
May 12, 2014EF190 mph1.1 mi–0 / 023:45–23:50 UTCNWS Cleveland

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Damage Assessment Toolkit (DAT): the tornado paths and EF-rating zones NWS survey teams mapped after each storm. Survey data are preliminary and can be revised; NOAA's official record is Storm Data (NCEI). Paths are simplified to about 30 m. Times are when the tornado was on the ground, in UTC.