High Wind Watches in Ohio
68 high wind watches since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of high wind watches reaches back to 2005.
High Wind Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- High Wind Watches
- 68
- Busiest year
- 200611 high wind watches
- Average year
- 4over 19 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ashtabula County25
- Cuyahoga County24
- Erie County24
- Lake County24
- Lorain County24
- Lucas County24
- Ottawa County24
- Sandusky County23
- Wood County22
- Huron County21
- Seneca County21
- Geauga County20
- Medina County20
- Summit County19
- Hancock County19
- Portage County18
- Trumbull County18
- Ashland County18
- Crawford County18
- Richland County18
- Wyandot County18
- Mahoning County16
- Marion County16
- Stark County16
- Wayne County16
- Auglaize County15
- Darke County15
- Hardin County15
- Holmes County15
- Knox County15
- Logan County15
- Mercer County15
- Miami County15
- Morrow County15
- Shelby County15
- Champaign County14
- Defiance County14
- Fulton County14
- Henry County14
- Union County14
48 more counties
- Williams County14
- Allen County13
- Delaware County13
- Paulding County13
- Putnam County13
- Van Wert County13
- Clark County12
- Madison County12
- Montgomery County12
- Preble County12
- Franklin County11
- Greene County11
- Licking County11
- Pickaway County11
- Fairfield County10
- Fayette County10
- Belmont County9
- Carroll County9
- Columbiana County9
- Coshocton County9
- Guernsey County9
- Harrison County9
- Jefferson County9
- Monroe County9
- Muskingum County9
- Noble County9
- Tuscarawas County9
- Butler County8
- Clinton County8
- Hocking County8
- Warren County8
- Adams County7
- Brown County7
- Clermont County7
- Hamilton County7
- Highland County7
- Pike County7
- Ross County7
- Scioto County7
- Athens County4
- Morgan County4
- Perry County4
- Washington County4
- Vinton County3
- Gallia County2
- Jackson County2
- Lawrence County2
- Meigs County2
The latest high wind watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2:12 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | ILN | Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Delaware, Hardin, Logan and 4 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 12, 1:33 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | CLE | Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 12, 1:30 AM EDT | High Wind Watch | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more | 11 hr |
Nearby
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. Rebuilt daily.