What do you remember about Ohio's most infamous tornadoes? Weather quiz Wednesday

June 5, 2010, an EF4 tornado touched down in Wood County, outside Toledo. It caused serious damage in Millbury. (National Weather Service, Cleveland)

CLEVELAND, Ohio - It's severe weather season in Ohio. Starting in April, the Buckeye State starts warming up enough to give showers and storms the kick they need to produce damaging winds, hail, and sometimes: tornadoes.

According to National Centers for Environmental Information, 10 tornadoes have reached the strongest level possible on the Fujita scale, or in modern days, the Enhanced-Fujita scale, and more than 40 have reached the second-strongest level.

How many of these infamous tornadoes do you remember? Put your Ohio tornado knowledge to the test. (And don't forget to check your answers at the bottom after the quiz!)

Answers explained:

1. On June 8, 1953, a swath of severe thunderstorms produced six F4 tornadoes across Ohio, but also affected Michigan, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, and later New York, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. In Cleveland, according to The Plain Dealer, "Ohio National Guard troops were posted in the West 130th Street area, where looting was feared in some 100 homes demolished..."

2. The severe weather cluster in April 1961 produced three tornadoes in Ohio and four tornadoes in Indiana totaling $3 million and $10 million in damages, respectively. The strongest tornado touched ground starting 5 miles north of Shelbyville and moved directly to Eaton, Ohio, in about 89 minutes with a forward speed of 46 mph. Its path ranged from 200 yards to as wide as a half-mile.

3. On April 11, 1965, 37 tornadoes spawned across six Midwestern states: Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio. In Ohio alone, 17 tornadoes were reported within a four-hour period, totaling $42.5 million in property damage. At the time, it was considered the largest single-day tornado disaster in history of recorded data, with 258 deaths and 3,148 people injured across the six states, according to the American Red Cross.

4. On April 23, 1968, strong winds and swift temperature increases set the stage for severe weather. In Ohio, 11 tornadoes resulted, and towering clouds produced hail the size of baseballs across Clermont, Brown, Adams, Clinton, Scioto, Lawrence and Gallia counties.

5. On April 3, 1974, 16 tornadoes, totaling $256 million in damage, touched down in Ohio. The same day, 148 total tornadoes hit Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and New York. After the infamous F5 tornado ravaged Xenia, the tornado continued through Greene County, inflicting more damage to Wilberforce, killing four. Later that day, a second F5 tornado destroyed Sayler Park in west Cincinnati.

6. According to the National Weather Service in Cleveland, 41 tornadoes resulted in Canada and the United States on May 31, 1985, with 23 across Northeast Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania.

7. On June 2, 1990, six tornadoes struck Ohio causing the $100 million damage price tag.

8. On Feb. 18, 1992, a F4 tornado touched down in Van Wert County, Ohio, leveling one house and severely damaging nine others. Six people were injured from the tornado that was estimated at 40 yards wide, and was on the ground for 2.8 miles, causing $2.8 million in property damage.

9. On April 9, 1999, a F4 tornado hit Blue Ash in Hamilton County, inflicting $82 million in damages in the city alone, according to the National Weather Service storm survey. The Blue Ash tornado began at a F2 intensity, with just 113-157 mph winds in the northeast corner of the county before winds maxed out between 207-267 mph. It eventually pushed through Montgomery, Symmes Township, and Loveland before reaching Warren County.

10. On Sept. 20, 2000, another F4 tornado hit Xenia, Ohio. The tornado traveling at 65 mph destroyed a strip mall, threw around cars and heavily damaged most of the buildings at the Greene County fairgrounds. As the tornado pushed southwest to Sugarcreek Township, it hit another 14 houses and three barns, ripping up crops along the way.

11. On June 5, 2010, a F4 tornado hit Moline with estimated 168-199 mph winds, causing $100 million in damage as it touched down just before midnight. The same system produced six weaker tornadoes across Richland, Holmes, Tuscarawas, Fulton, Lucas and Ottawa counties, totaling $3.5 million in damages.

12. Between 1991 and 2010, the Buckeye state saw an average of 19 tornadoes every year.

13. Ohio's peak tornado season is between April and July.

14. In 2017, there were 39 confirmed tornadoes, 17 of which occurred during an outbreak on Nov. 5.

15. More than 1,000 tornadoes have hit Ohio since 1950.

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