The severe wind outbreak of June 18, 2025

470 wind reportsIndiana, Ohio, Illinois and 10 more states

470 damaging wind reports across 13 states between 1:14 AM and 12:52 AM the next day CDT, 16 of them 65 knots (75 mph) or stronger; the strongest measured gust was 81 mph in Lorain County, OH. 32 hail reports and 30 tornadoes the same day.

Watch the day unfold

Severe wind day · June 18, 2025

How the day unfolded

Every damaging wind report of the day at its logged time, with the day's hail reports and tornadoes, and the counties they reached.

About this replay

Central time—Historical replay — logged report times

Wind reports—of 470 that day

Strongest gust—measured, so far

Largest hail—so far

The day’s milestones

Wind reportsLarger and brighter with speed; filled when measured, a ring when estimated

Hail and tornadoesHail reports as diamonds; the day's tornado paths in green

Counties reportingLit at their first report, brighter with a 65-knot gust or 2-inch hail

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database (wind, hail and tornado reports with their logged times and places). Each report is a damage or measurement report, not a separate storm; several can describe one gust front. Tornado paths are drawn at a typical forward speed of 35 mph. Times are Central Daylight Time.

The day in numbers

Wind reports: 470; 48th of 15,807 days with wind reports since 1955
75 mph or more: 16; 2 of 86 mph (75 knots) or more
Strongest measured gust: 81 mph; 70 knots, Lorain County, OH
Measured: 43; reports with an instrument reading; the rest are estimates from damage
Killed by wind: 0; 2 injured
Counties reporting: 207; in 13 states

Hour by hour

Damaging wind reports in each hour, Central Daylight Time.

The strongest winds

The 100 strongest reports with a speed. Measured gusts come from an instrument; estimated speeds are judged from damage.

Strongest wind reports, June 18, 2025

5:22 PM	Van Wert County OH	92 mph	80	Estimated
7:42 PM	McLean County KY	90 mph	78	Estimated
7:47 PM	Lorain County OH	81 mph	70	Measured
1:10 PM	Vermilion County IL	81 mph	70	Estimated
1:26 PM	Vermilion County IL	81 mph	70	Estimated
1:58 PM	Wabash County IL	81 mph	70	Estimated
7:30 PM	Huron County OH	81 mph	70	Estimated
7:35 PM	Lorain County OH	81 mph	70	Estimated
7:51 PM	Lorain County OH	81 mph	70	Estimated
7:57 PM	Muhlenberg County KY	81 mph	70	Estimated
12:52 AM	Trigg County KY	81 mph	70	Estimated
4:27 PM	Delaware County IN	79 mph	69	Measured
1:25 AM	Ottawa County OK	75 mph	65	Estimated
1:38 AM	Washington County AR	75 mph	65	Estimated
5:20 PM	Van Wert County OH	75 mph	65	Estimated
8:14 PM	Cuyahoga County OH	75 mph	65	Estimated
4:29 PM	Delaware County IN	72 mph	63	Measured
6:58 PM	Marion County OH	72 mph	63	Measured
1:30 PM	Vermilion County IL	71 mph	62	Measured
3:14 PM	Owen County IN	71 mph	62	Measured
3:32 PM	Marion County IN	71 mph	62	Measured
6:23 PM	Hancock County OH	71 mph	62	Measured
6:33 PM	Wyandot County OH	71 mph	62	Estimated
11:55 AM	Scott County IL	70 mph	61	Estimated
12:00 PM	Effingham County IL	70 mph	61	Estimated
12:00 PM	Morgan County IL	70 mph	61	Estimated
12:17 PM	Morgan County IL	70 mph	61	Estimated
12:35 PM	Douglas County IL	70 mph	61	Estimated
12:50 PM	Champaign County IL	70 mph	61	Estimated
1:19 PM	Edgar County IL	70 mph	61	Estimated
1:27 PM	Vermilion County IL	70 mph	61	Estimated
1:31 PM	Vermilion County IL	70 mph	61	Estimated
1:42 PM	Lawrence County IL	70 mph	61	Estimated
2:38 PM	LaPorte County IN	70 mph	61	Estimated
3:18 PM	St. Joseph County IN	70 mph	61	Estimated
3:25 PM	Kosciusko County IN	70 mph	61	Estimated
3:32 PM	Monroe County IN	70 mph	61	Estimated
4:05 PM	LaGrange County IN	70 mph	61	Estimated
4:43 PM	Wells County IN	70 mph	61	Estimated
5:20 PM	Van Wert County OH	70 mph	61	Estimated
5:40 PM	Allen County OH	70 mph	61	Estimated
5:41 PM	Putnam County OH	70 mph	61	Estimated
5:44 PM	Allen County OH	70 mph	61	Estimated
5:46 PM	Putnam County OH	70 mph	61	Estimated
6:06 PM	Henry County OH	70 mph	61	Estimated
7:20 PM	Huron County OH	70 mph	61	Estimated
7:34 PM	Hopkins County KY	70 mph	61	Estimated
3:43 PM	Tipton County IN	69 mph	60	Measured
5:54 PM	Montgomery County OH	69 mph	60	Measured
2:09 PM	Tippecanoe County IN	69 mph	60	Estimated
3:55 PM	Lucas County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
4:59 PM	Summit County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
5:02 PM	Summit County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
5:40 PM	Preble County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
5:44 PM	Miami County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
6:33 PM	Wyandot County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
6:49 PM	Marion County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
6:49 PM	Seneca County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
6:49 PM	Seneca County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
6:53 PM	Seneca County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
7:04 PM	Huron County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
7:06 PM	Morrow County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
7:07 PM	Crawford County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
7:08 PM	Morrow County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
7:10 PM	Huron County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
7:11 PM	Grayson County KY	69 mph	60	Estimated
7:12 PM	Huron County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
7:18 PM	Huron County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
7:20 PM	Huron County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
7:22 PM	Huron County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
7:24 PM	Richland County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
7:30 PM	Huron County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
7:30 PM	Richland County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
7:43 PM	Lorain County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
7:45 PM	Ashland County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
7:50 PM	Lorain County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
7:52 PM	Lorain County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
7:54 PM	Lorain County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
7:59 PM	Cuyahoga County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
8:10 PM	Medina County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
8:10 PM	Cuyahoga County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
8:22 PM	Summit County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
8:28 PM	Summit County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
8:30 PM	Summit County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
8:35 PM	Lake County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
8:55 PM	Geauga County OH	69 mph	60	Estimated
5:20 PM	Franklin County IN	68 mph	59	Measured
6:13 PM	Hancock County OH	68 mph	59	Measured
6:35 PM	Hamilton County OH	68 mph	59	Measured
6:15 PM	Hancock County OH	68 mph	59	Estimated
6:15 PM	Hancock County OH	68 mph	59	Estimated
2:20 PM	Lawrence County IL	67 mph	58	Measured
3:27 PM	Morgan County IN	67 mph	58	Measured
3:46 PM	Marion County IN	67 mph	58	Measured
1:24 PM	Iroquois County IL	64 mph	56	Measured
2:21 PM	Sullivan County IN	64 mph	56	Measured
3:27 PM	Morgan County IN	64 mph	56	Measured
1:14 AM	Delaware County OK	64 mph	56	Estimated
2:50 PM	White County IL	64 mph	56	Estimated
3:45 PM	Marion County IN	64 mph	56	Estimated

By state

Severe weather reports by state, June 18, 2025

Indiana	149	79 mph	8	1.75
Ohio	145	81 mph	1	0.88
Illinois	42	71 mph	0	—
Kentucky	37	62 mph	3	1.25
Pennsylvania	34	—	0	—
Alabama	19	—	0	—
Michigan	12	—	0	—
Tennessee	12	—	0	—
Maryland	10	—	4	1.25
Oklahoma	4	62 mph	7	1.75
Arkansas	3	—	3	1.25
Delaware	2	—	0	—
West Virginia	1	—	0	—
North Dakota	0	—	5	1.00
Kansas	0	—	1	1.00

Counties with the most wind reports

Marion CountyIN · 14 reports
Lauderdale CountyAL · 13 reports
Montgomery CountyOH · 9 reports
Huron CountyOH · 9 reports
Lorain CountyOH · 8 reports
Morgan CountyIN · 7 reports
Delaware CountyIN · 7 reports
Greene CountyOH · 7 reports
Knox CountyIN · 7 reports
Mercer CountyPA · 7 reports

Hail and tornadoes that day

32 hail reports, 0 of 2 inches or more; 30 tornadoes.

Largest hail, June 18, 2025

3:49 PM	Whitley County IN	1.75
6:16 PM	Comanche County OK	1.75
4:15 PM	Madison County IN	1.50
6:09 PM	Comanche County OK	1.42
1:15 PM	Anne Arundel County MD	1.25
1:17 PM	Anne Arundel County MD	1.25
4:20 PM	Madison County IN	1.25
5:40 PM	Comanche County OK	1.25
6:01 PM	Comanche County OK	1.25
6:30 PM	Graves County KY	1.25
8:31 PM	St. Francis County AR	1.25
6:26 AM	Faulkner County AR	1.00
6:55 AM	Pulaski County AR	1.00
1:22 PM	Anne Arundel County MD	1.00
1:31 PM	Anne Arundel County MD	1.00
3:43 PM	Orange County IN	1.00
3:52 PM	Orange County IN	1.00
4:13 PM	Madison County IN	1.00
4:20 PM	Wabaunsee County KS	1.00
5:25 PM	Williams County ND	1.00
5:26 PM	Comanche County OK	1.00
6:00 PM	Williams County ND	1.00
12:04 AM	Graves County KY	1.00
5:15 PM	Williams County ND	0.88
6:25 PM	Emmons County ND	0.88
7:29 PM	Wayne County OH	0.88
7:50 PM	Morton County ND	0.88
8:01 PM	Christian County KY	0.88
6:17 AM	Cleveland County OK	0.75
5:00 PM	Decatur County IN	0.75
5:23 PM	Comanche County OK	0.75
5:31 PM	Jefferson County IN	0.75

EF1 tornado1:04 AM CDT
EF1 tornado1:14 AM CDT
EF1 tornado1:20 AM CDT
EF1 tornado1:29 AM CDT
EF1 tornado1:54 AM CDT
EF1 tornado10:55 AM CDT
EFU tornado11:30 AM CDT
EF0 tornado11:53 AM CDT
EF1 tornado11:54 AM CDT
EF1 tornado12:02 PM CDT
EF2 tornado12:07 PM CDT
EF1 tornado12:15 PM CDT
EF1 tornado12:25 PM CDT
EFU tornado12:29 PM CDT
EFU tornado12:37 PM CDT
EF1 tornado12:41 PM CDT
EF0 tornado1:15 PM CDT
EF0 tornado1:18 PM CDT
EF1 tornado1:50 PM CDT
EFU tornado1:56 PM CDT
EF0 tornado2:02 PM CDT
EF0 tornado2:10 PM CDT
EFU tornado2:13 PM CDT
EF0 tornado4:02 PM CDT
EFU tornado6:10 PM CDT
EF0 tornado6:44 PM CDT
EF0 tornado6:50 PM CDT
EF1 tornado7:26 PM CDT
EF0 tornado8:37 PM CDT
EF0 tornado8:37 PM CDT

2025 · On this date in other years · The biggest severe wind days

A report is a single damage or measurement report to the National Weather Service. Several reports can describe one gust front, so reports are not storms.
Reporting has grown with population, spotter networks and the internet, so counts from different decades are not directly comparable.
Thunderstorm wind reports start at 50 knots (58 mph). SPC began flagging measured against estimated speeds in 2006; earlier reports are shown as estimated.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1955 to 2025. A day is SPC’s calendar date in Central Standard Time; a severe wind day here has 300 or more damaging wind reports, or 15 or more of 75 knots (86 mph) or more.