Alert archive / Ohio / 2020
Weather alerts in Ohio, October 2020
154 weather alerts in October 2020, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in October 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 154
- Warnings
- 43
- Watches
- 7
- Advisories
- 37
- Busiest day
- October 23, 202065 alerts
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By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2:16 AM EDT | Low Water Advisory | CLE | 91 min | |
| Oct 1, 9:59 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 91 min | |
| Oct 1, 1:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Cuyahoga | 43 min |
| Oct 1, 2:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Huron | 60 min |
| Oct 1, 2:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Miami | 23 min |
| Oct 1, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Lucas | 46 min |
| Oct 1, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Miami | 30 min |
| Oct 1, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 44 min | |
| Oct 1, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 119 min | |
| Oct 1, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clark, Madison | 28 min |
| Oct 1, 8:02 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | IWX | Williams | 12 hr |
| Oct 1, 8:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 82 min | |
| Oct 2, 3:13 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | Athens, Jackson, Meigs, Morgan, Perry, Vinton and 1 more | 30 hr |
| Oct 2, 4:01 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 21 hr | |
| Oct 2, 11:37 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more | 20 hr |
| Oct 2, 1:10 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison and 5 more | 20 hr |
| Oct 2, 1:32 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Erie, Hancock, Holmes, Huron and 18 more | 18 hr |
| Oct 2, 2:22 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | ILN | Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Darke and 21 more | 18 hr |
| Oct 2, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 91 min | |
| Oct 4, 4:17 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more | 28 hr |
| Oct 4, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fairfield, Licking | 47 min |
| Oct 4, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield | 26 min |
| Oct 4, 4:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 24 min |
| Oct 4, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Perry | 33 min |
| Oct 4, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Morgan, Perry | 32 min |
| Oct 4, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Muskingum | 50 min |
| Oct 4, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Morgan | 28 min |
| Oct 4, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Guernsey, Noble | 37 min |
| Oct 4, 6:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Morgan | 13 min |
| Oct 4, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gallia, Meigs | 36 min |
| Oct 4, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Lawrence | 30 min |
| Oct 5, 4:48 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert, Williams | 4 hr |
| Oct 5, 6:14 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ILN | Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 6, 4:08 AM EDT | Gale Watch | CLE | 11 hr | |
| Oct 6, 4:08 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 48 hr | |
| Oct 6, 3:07 PM EDT | Gale Warning | CLE | 22 hr | |
| Oct 10, 4:11 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 12 hr | |
| Oct 10, 9:54 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 30 hr | |
| Oct 12, 6:25 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 51 hr | |
| Oct 12, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Darke | 29 min |
| Oct 12, 7:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Preble | 37 min |
| Oct 12, 7:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Butler | 28 min |
| Oct 12, 7:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Miami | 23 min |
| Oct 12, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Miami | 48 min |
| Oct 12, 9:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Crawford, Richland | 39 min |
| Oct 12, 10:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ashland, Medina, Wayne | 53 min |
| Oct 13, 12:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gallia | 33 min |
| Oct 14, 3:11 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 48 hr | |
| Oct 15, 3:37 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | CLE | Crawford, Hancock, Lucas, Marion, Ottawa, Sandusky and 3 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 15, 3:51 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | ILN | Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton and 12 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 15, 3:57 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more | 28 hr |
| Oct 15, 2:58 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan and 3 more | 23 hr |
| Oct 15, 5:04 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison and 5 more | 21 hr |
| Oct 16, 3:47 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more | 28 hr |
| Oct 16, 3:58 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | ILN | Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton and 16 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 16, 3:58 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | ILN | Adams, Brown, Fairfield, Highland, Hocking, Licking and 4 more | 10 hr |
| Oct 16, 1:34 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Harrison, Jefferson, Monroe and 1 more | 19 hr |
| Oct 16, 1:34 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble | 19 hr |
| Oct 16, 1:38 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILN | Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 25 more | 19 hr |
| Oct 16, 1:52 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan and 3 more | 20 hr |
| Oct 16, 3:03 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain, Ottawa and 1 more | 18 hr |
| Oct 16, 3:03 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | CLE | Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Geauga, Hancock, Holmes and 16 more | 18 hr |
| Oct 17, 2:04 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 32 hr | |
| Oct 20, 3:48 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 28 hr | |
| Oct 21, 2:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Henry, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert | 3 hr |
| Oct 21, 3:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 4 hr |
| Oct 21, 5:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 4 hr |
| Oct 21, 5:22 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake | 28 min |
| Oct 21, 5:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake | 4 hr |
| Oct 21, 6:27 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashtabula | 3 hr |
| Oct 21, 6:50 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Lake | 6 hr |
| Oct 22, 4:19 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more | 9 hr |
| Oct 23, 3:18 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 36 hr | |
| Oct 23, 1:21 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Auglaize, Champaign, Crawford, Darke, Defiance and 22 more | 114 min |
| Oct 23, 1:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clermont | 33 min |
| Oct 23, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Ashland, Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 39 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 23, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clinton | 35 min |
| Oct 23, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 32 min |
| Oct 23, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Sandusky | 62 min |
| Oct 23, 2:30 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Clermont, Hamilton | 3 hr |
| Oct 23, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Highland | 25 min |
| Oct 23, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Highland | 32 min |
| Oct 23, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Seneca | 45 min |
| Oct 23, 3:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Highland | 23 min |
| Oct 23, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Erie | 37 min |
| Oct 23, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 26 min |
| Oct 23, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Highland | 29 min |
| Oct 23, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 50 min | |
| Oct 23, 3:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Ross | 34 min |
| Oct 23, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Licking | 37 min |
| Oct 23, 4:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Mercer | 27 min |
| Oct 23, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Van Wert | 25 min |
| Oct 23, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Knox | 35 min |
| Oct 23, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clermont | 31 min |
| Oct 23, 4:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Lucas | 29 min |
| Oct 23, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Allen, Van Wert | 14 min |
| Oct 23, 4:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 117 min | |
| Oct 23, 4:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Henry | 25 min |
| Oct 23, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Wood | 35 min |
| Oct 23, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer | 31 min |
| Oct 23, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen, Putnam | 28 min |
| Oct 23, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Brown | 37 min |
| Oct 23, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Highland | 48 min |
| Oct 23, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa | 47 min |
| Oct 23, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Hancock, Wood | 42 min |
| Oct 23, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ashland | 25 min |
| Oct 23, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa, Wood | 40 min |
| Oct 23, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood, Wyandot | 52 min |
| Oct 23, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 86 min | |
| Oct 23, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Auglaize, Darke, Hardin, Miami, Shelby | 26 min |
| Oct 23, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Brown | 24 min |
| Oct 23, 5:38 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont and 31 more | 2 hr |
| Oct 23, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Medina | 51 min |
| Oct 23, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hardin | 36 min |
| Oct 23, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky | 34 min |
| Oct 23, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Oct 23, 5:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca | 53 min |
| Oct 23, 5:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Preble | 37 min |
| Oct 23, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 35 min |
| Oct 23, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Montgomery | 34 min |
| Oct 23, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Adams | 32 min |
| Oct 23, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Lorain | 31 min |
| Oct 23, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery, Preble | 33 min |
| Oct 23, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 26 min |
| Oct 23, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Oct 23, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron, Lorain | 48 min |
| Oct 23, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lake | 15 min |
| Oct 23, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Miami | 28 min |
| Oct 23, 6:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clark | 33 min |
| Oct 23, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina | 40 min |
| Oct 23, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Marion, Morrow | 52 min |
| Oct 23, 7:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clark, Greene, Madison | 19 min |
| Oct 23, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clark | 32 min |
| Oct 23, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga | 32 min |
| Oct 23, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Delaware, Madison, Union | 32 min |
| Oct 23, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Richland | 45 min |
| Oct 23, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Richland, Wayne | 39 min |
| Oct 23, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga | 49 min |
| Oct 23, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes, Stark, Wayne | 60 min |
| Oct 23, 8:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Carroll | 35 min |
| Oct 23, 9:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Columbiana | 26 min |
| Oct 25, 1:32 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 8 hr | |
| Oct 28, 3:57 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 18 hr | |
| Oct 29, 4:11 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 36 hr | |
| Oct 29, 9:23 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Butler, Hamilton, Preble | 2 hr |
| Oct 30, 12:18 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Hancock | 5 hr |
| Oct 30, 12:18 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 28 hr |
| Oct 30, 3:21 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILN | Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 26 more | 31 hr |
| Oct 30, 7:08 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Lorain | 17 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:48 AM EDT | Gale Watch | CLE | 12 hr | |
| Oct 31, 3:52 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more | 38 hr |
| Oct 31, 9:49 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 22 hr | |
| Oct 31, 12:12 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | ILN | Hamilton | 16 hr |
| Oct 31, 3:51 PM EDT | Gale Warning | CLE | 60 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 19 |
| Tornado Warning | 1 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 1 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 3 |
| Special Weather Statement | 64 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
| River Flood Warning | 4 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 5 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 5 |
| Freeze Watch | 4 |
| Frost Advisory | 14 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 3 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 2 |
| Special Marine Warning | 10 |
| Gale Watch | 2 |
| Low Water Advisory | 1 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 13 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Miami County15
- Clark County13
- Allen County13
- Van Wert County12
- Putnam County11
- Ottawa County11
- Hardin County11
- Preble County11
- Madison County10
- Williams County10
- Defiance County10
- Henry County10
- Paulding County10
- Erie County10
- Lorain County10
- Sandusky County10
- Auglaize County10
- Champaign County10
- Darke County10
- Highland County10
- Shelby County10
- Union County10
- Clermont County10
- Cuyahoga County9
- Lucas County9
- Hancock County9
- Seneca County9
- Wood County9
- Butler County9
- Greene County9
- Logan County9
- Mercer County9
- Montgomery County9
- Huron County8
- Fulton County8
- Clinton County8
- Delaware County8
- Hamilton County8
- Brown County8
- Crawford County7
48 more counties
- Marion County7
- Richland County7
- Wyandot County7
- Fairfield County7
- Fayette County7
- Franklin County7
- Licking County7
- Warren County7
- Morgan County6
- Perry County6
- Ashland County6
- Pickaway County6
- Ross County6
- Adams County6
- Lake County6
- Geauga County6
- Medina County5
- Morrow County5
- Wayne County5
- Ashtabula County5
- Meigs County4
- Carroll County4
- Columbiana County4
- Guernsey County4
- Muskingum County4
- Noble County4
- Holmes County4
- Knox County4
- Hocking County4
- Pike County4
- Gallia County4
- Athens County3
- Jackson County3
- Vinton County3
- Washington County3
- Belmont County3
- Coshocton County3
- Harrison County3
- Jefferson County3
- Monroe County3
- Tuscarawas County3
- Stark County3
- Trumbull County3
- Lawrence County3
- Scioto County3
- Mahoning County2
- Portage County2
- Summit County2
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.