Weather alerts in Portage County, Ohio, 2026

213 weather alerts in 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Portage County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 213
Warnings: 57
Watches: 29
Advisories: 37
Busiest month: April35 alerts
Busiest day: September 3, 202614 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

0 of 2 tornado warnings covering Portage County in 2026 had a tornado report inside them.

Portage County, 2026

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	2	0	100%	0
Severe thunderstorm warnings	39	29	26%	15	93%	17 min
Flash flood warnings	3	2	33%	3	100%	50 min

Each office's whole area, 2026

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Cleveland, OH: tornado warnings	25	5	80%	13	77%	11 min
NWS Cleveland, OH: severe thunderstorm warnings	303	194	36%	662	89%	22 min
NWS Cleveland, OH: flash flood warnings	34	16	53%	36	92%	112 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

The year is still running; reports filed late and damage surveys can still change these figures.

Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.

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	Lasted
Dec 31, 8:47 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	88 min
Dec 31, 10:19 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	86 min
Jan 10, 12:53 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	CLE	32 hr
Jan 11, 6:07 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	83 min
Jan 14, 12:31 AM EST	Lake Effect Snow Warning	CLE	45 hr
Jan 17, 11:00 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	4 hr
Jan 17, 11:05 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	85 min
Jan 17, 12:31 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	89 min
Jan 17, 12:47 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning	CLE	28 min
Jan 17, 1:16 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning	CLE	29 min
Jan 18, 1:50 PM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	CLE	46 hr
Jan 19, 8:19 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	56 min
Jan 19, 10:48 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	42 min
Jan 22, 2:09 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	CLE	46 hr
Jan 22, 12:53 PM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	CLE	42 hr
Jan 23, 1:12 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	CLE	3 days
Jan 23, 10:05 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	40 min
Jan 25, 10:00 AM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jan 25, 12:05 PM EST	Extreme Cold Watch	CLE	12 hr
Jan 26, 12:30 AM EST	Extreme Cold Warning	CLE	33 hr
Jan 26, 4:27 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	CLE	16 hr
Jan 27, 12:19 AM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	CLE	35 hr
Jan 27, 5:18 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning Significant damage threat	CLE	27 min
Jan 27, 5:54 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	66 min
Jan 27, 6:02 PM EST	Snow Squall Warning	CLE	28 min
Jan 27, 6:38 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	67 min
Jan 30, 12:06 AM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	CLE	33 hr
Feb 5, 12:58 PM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	CLE	47 hr
Feb 5, 1:04 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	CLE	36 hr
Feb 6, 7:26 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	79 min
Feb 7, 12:19 PM EST	Cold Weather Advisory	CLE	22 hr
Feb 15, 9:13 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	CLE	15 hr
Feb 18, 8:01 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	CLE	15 hr
Feb 19, 12:50 PM EST	Wind Advisory	CLE	30 hr
Mar 3, 12:13 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	CLE	10 hr
Mar 3, 10:02 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	CLE	13 hr
Mar 5, 1:07 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	CLE	9 hr
Mar 6, 3:45 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	CLE	6 hr
Mar 7, 12:53 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	37 min
Mar 7, 12:57 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Mar 11, 10:10 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Mar 11, 10:35 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Mar 11, 11:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	42 min
Mar 12, 1:33 AM EDT	High Wind Watch	CLE	12 hr
Mar 12, 1:06 PM EDT	High Wind Warning	CLE	37 hr
Mar 14, 1:06 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	CLE	67 hr
Mar 17, 6:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	90 min
Mar 22, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Mar 22, 7:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	37 min
Mar 22, 8:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	30 min
Mar 22, 8:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	43 min
Mar 22, 9:07 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	83 min
Mar 26, 4:25 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	95 min
Mar 26, 4:52 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Mar 26, 6:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	32 min
Mar 26, 7:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	39 min
Mar 26, 7:40 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	95 min
Mar 26, 7:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	39 min
Mar 31, 2:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Mar 31, 4:22 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
Mar 31, 5:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	50 min
Mar 31, 5:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	48 min
Mar 31, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	46 min
Mar 31, 7:42 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Mar 31, 8:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	44 min
Mar 31, 8:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	43 min
Mar 31, 9:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	3 hr
Mar 31, 9:58 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Mar 31, 10:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	44 min
Apr 1, 2:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	6 hr
Apr 1, 4:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	6 hr
Apr 1, 8:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	4 hr
Apr 3, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	39 min
Apr 3, 4:15 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 3, 5:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	3 hr
Apr 4, 1:46 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 4, 2:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 4, 4:39 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 4, 6:55 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	95 min
Apr 4, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	48 min
Apr 14, 2:03 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Apr 14, 3:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	41 min
Apr 15, 1:44 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Apr 15, 2:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 15, 4:24 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	66 min
Apr 15, 4:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	39 min
Apr 15, 5:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	66 min
Apr 15, 6:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	51 min
Apr 15, 6:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	64 min
Apr 16, 2:36 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Apr 16, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	64 min
Apr 16, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	57 min
Apr 18, 12:38 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Apr 18, 1:29 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	CLE	11 hr
Apr 18, 1:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	40 min
Apr 19, 12:49 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	CLE	34 hr
Apr 19, 1:54 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	CLE	11 hr
Apr 20, 12:56 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	CLE	32 hr
Apr 23, 6:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	39 min
May 1, 1:53 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	CLE	19 hr
May 2, 1:21 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	CLE	20 hr
May 9, 4:36 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
May 9, 5:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr
May 9, 6:39 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	66 min
May 9, 7:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	48 min
May 9, 11:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	27 min
May 11, 12:58 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	CLE	19 hr
May 19, 7:39 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	66 min
May 19, 8:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	55 min
May 19, 8:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	71 min
May 25, 1:30 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	CLE	8 hr
Jun 6, 11:07 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 6, 5:42 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	63 min
Jun 10, 8:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	38 min
Jun 11, 2:27 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	CLE	13 hr
Jun 11, 12:27 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 11, 1:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 11, 11:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 hr
Jun 11, 11:42 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
Jun 14, 1:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jun 14, 1:40 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	5 min
Jun 14, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	74 min
Jun 14, 3:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	17 min
Jun 14, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	55 min
Jun 14, 4:52 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
Jun 18, 12:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	50 min
Jun 25, 3:10 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 25, 5:52 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	23 min
Jun 25, 5:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr
Jun 25, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	50 min
Jun 25, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	52 min
Jun 28, 1:01 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	CLE	5 days
Jun 29, 12:15 PM EDT	Extreme Heat Warning	CLE	4 days
Jul 3, 7:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	23 min
Jul 3, 8:05 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	CLE	22 hr
Jul 3, 8:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	42 min
Jul 3, 9:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	40 min
Jul 3, 9:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	43 min
Jul 4, 1:36 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 4, 1:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jul 4, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	46 min
Jul 5, 11:03 AM EDT	Flood Watch	CLE	11 hr
Jul 5, 12:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	5 hr
Jul 5, 12:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	46 min
Jul 5, 1:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	46 min
Jul 5, 1:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	21 min
Jul 5, 1:24 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Jul 6, 2:21 AM EDT	Flood Watch	CLE	17 hr
Jul 10, 11:42 AM EDT	Flood Watch	CLE	7 hr
Jul 10, 4:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	59 min
Jul 10, 5:11 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	114 min
Jul 14, 12:56 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	CLE	31 hr
Jul 18, 12:18 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Jul 18, 1:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jul 18, 4:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	37 min
Jul 18, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	56 min
Jul 21, 4:16 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Aug 2, 1:54 AM EDT	Flood Watch	CLE	20 hr
Aug 6, 10:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	3 hr
Aug 8, 5:54 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 8, 9:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	43 min
Aug 10, 8:41 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 10, 8:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	49 min
Aug 10, 9:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Aug 11, 1:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	45 min
Aug 11, 1:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	34 min
Aug 16, 1:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Aug 16, 1:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	49 min
Aug 16, 2:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	44 min
Aug 16, 2:28 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 22, 11:38 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Aug 22, 12:21 PM EDT	Flood Watch	CLE	7 hr
Aug 22, 12:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	40 min
Aug 22, 1:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	39 min
Aug 22, 1:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Aug 22, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	46 min
Aug 22, 2:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	42 min
Aug 22, 2:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	3 hr
Aug 22, 3:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	63 min
Aug 22, 3:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	3 hr
Aug 22, 3:50 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
Aug 22, 5:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	51 min
Aug 23, 8:02 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
Aug 23, 9:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	39 min
Aug 31, 1:24 PM EDT	Heat Advisory	CLE	55 hr
Sep 2, 3:58 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Sep 2, 4:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	52 min
Sep 2, 4:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	27 min
Sep 2, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Sep 2, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	39 min
Sep 2, 5:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	33 min
Sep 2, 7:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	47 min
Sep 3, 7:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	51 min
Sep 3, 1:44 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Sep 3, 2:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	45 min
Sep 3, 3:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	43 min
Sep 3, 3:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Sep 3, 3:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	49 min
Sep 3, 3:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	65 min
Sep 3, 3:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	54 min
Sep 3, 4:16 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Sep 3, 4:24 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	56 min
Sep 3, 5:20 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	3 hr
Sep 3, 5:47 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	3 hr
Sep 3, 6:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	60 min
Sep 3, 6:43 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Sep 3, 8:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	2 hr
Sep 3, 8:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	2 hr
Sep 9, 2:06 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Sep 9, 2:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Sep 9, 4:42 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
Sep 9, 5:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	40 min
Sep 13, 3:59 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 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	39
Tornado Warning	2
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	17
Tornado Watch	2
Mesoscale Discussion	47
Special Weather Statement	43
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	1
Flash Flood Warning	3
Flood Watch	5
Areal Flood Advisory	12
Winter
Lake Effect Snow Warning	1
Snow Squall Warning	4
Winter Storm Warning	1
Winter Storm Watch	1
Winter Weather Advisory	4
Heat
Extreme Heat Warning	1
Heat Advisory	5
Cold
Extreme Cold Warning	1
Freeze Warning	3
Extreme Cold Watch	1
Freeze Watch	2
Cold Weather Advisory	6
Frost Advisory	2
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
High Wind Watch	1
Wind Advisory	2
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	6

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2025

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.