Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2018
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, May 2018
123 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2018. 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 123
- Busiest day
- May 22, 201830 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 1:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa, Wood | 45 min |
| May 4, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Logan, Union | 45 min |
| May 4, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Darke, Miami, Shelby | 37 min |
| May 4, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Medina, Richland, Summit, Wayne | 45 min |
| May 4, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion, Morrow | 43 min |
| May 4, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 42 min |
| May 4, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Richland | 24 min |
| May 4, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake | 18 min |
| May 4, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 42 min |
| May 4, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Knox, Richland | 23 min |
| May 4, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana | 32 min |
| May 4, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Harrison, Tuscarawas | 26 min |
| May 4, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 24 min |
| May 4, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hocking, Pickaway, Ross | 38 min |
| May 4, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown, Highland, Pike | 48 min |
| May 12, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Harrison, Jefferson | 33 min |
| May 12, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey | 42 min |
| May 12, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Jefferson | 51 min |
| May 12, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Franklin, Madison, Pickaway | 27 min |
| May 12, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Morgan, Perry | 12 min |
| May 13, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Perry | 23 min |
| May 13, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Guernsey, Monroe, Muskingum, Noble | 43 min |
| May 13, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monroe | 25 min |
| May 13, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey, Noble | 36 min |
| May 13, 7:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Pickaway, Ross | 24 min |
| May 13, 7:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey, Noble | 33 min |
| May 13, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hocking, Pickaway, Ross | 16 min |
| May 13, 7:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont | 22 min |
| May 13, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Harrison | 24 min |
| May 13, 8:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Preble | 31 min |
| May 13, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Washington | 27 min |
| May 13, 9:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Ross | 14 min |
| May 13, 9:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Pickaway, Ross | 29 min |
| May 13, 9:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Montgomery, Preble, Warren | 12 min |
| May 13, 10:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Jackson, Vinton | 27 min |
| May 13, 10:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Morgan, Perry | 23 min |
| May 14, 12:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Guernsey, Muskingum | 38 min |
| May 14, 12:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Licking | 16 min |
| May 14, 12:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Franklin, Licking | 41 min |
| May 14, 12:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Franklin, Hocking, Licking, Madison | 52 min |
| May 14, 1:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Morgan, Perry | 25 min |
| May 14, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking | 52 min |
| May 14, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Licking | 18 min |
| May 14, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Morgan, Perry | 47 min |
| May 14, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monroe, Noble | 45 min |
| May 14, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hocking | 35 min |
| May 14, 10:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Williams | 47 min |
| May 14, 11:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams | 45 min |
| May 14, 11:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Henry | 44 min |
| May 14, 11:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wood | 47 min |
| May 15, 10:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage, Stark | 48 min |
| May 15, 11:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 36 min |
| May 15, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Delaware, Franklin, Madison, Union | 30 min |
| May 15, 4:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Miami | 25 min |
| May 15, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Morgan, Perry | 37 min |
| May 15, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark, Greene, Montgomery | 38 min |
| May 15, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Morgan, Washington | 33 min |
| May 15, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monroe, Noble | 43 min |
| May 15, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Washington | 42 min |
| May 15, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monroe | 35 min |
| May 20, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Preble | 37 min |
| May 20, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Preble | 37 min |
| May 20, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Montgomery, Preble, Warren | 47 min |
| May 20, 6:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Warren | 31 min |
| May 20, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Warren | 33 min |
| May 20, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont | 26 min |
| May 21, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Washington | 52 min |
| May 21, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Mercer | 20 min |
| May 21, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Gallia | 31 min |
| May 21, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Marion, Wyandot | 67 min |
| May 21, 7:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Morrow, Richland | 66 min |
| May 21, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Union | 35 min |
| May 21, 8:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Franklin, Madison, Pickaway | 44 min |
| May 21, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Franklin, Madison, Pickaway | 51 min |
| May 21, 8:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Union | 42 min |
| May 21, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark, Delaware, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Union | 60 min |
| May 21, 10:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Highland | 42 min |
| May 21, 10:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fayette, Highland, Ross | 23 min |
| May 22, 1:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 52 min |
| May 22, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Medina, Summit | 44 min |
| May 22, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Huron, Seneca, Wyandot | 59 min |
| May 22, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 47 min |
| May 22, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 44 min |
| May 22, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Seneca, Wyandot | 63 min |
| May 22, 3:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 43 min |
| May 22, 3:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Richland | 52 min |
| May 22, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 22 min |
| May 22, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Morrow, Richland, Wayne | 53 min |
| May 22, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 33 min |
| May 22, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana | 38 min |
| May 22, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes, Stark | 18 min |
| May 22, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Harrison, Tuscarawas | 38 min |
| May 22, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana | 46 min |
| May 22, 6:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Tuscarawas | 43 min |
| May 22, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Columbiana, Jefferson | 53 min |
| May 22, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Harrison, Tuscarawas | 51 min |
| May 22, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Pickaway | 33 min |
| May 22, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Harrison, Jefferson, Tuscarawas | 48 min |
| May 22, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey, Noble | 43 min |
| May 22, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Monroe | 12 min |
| May 22, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Washington | 40 min |
| May 22, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 30 min |
| May 30, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Greene, Montgomery, Warren | 23 min |
| May 30, 3:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark, Greene, Miami, Montgomery | 20 min |
| May 30, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clark, Greene | 27 min |
| May 30, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens, Meigs | 35 min |
| May 30, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood | 56 min |
| May 31, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 33 min |
| May 31, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Paulding | 42 min |
| May 31, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 47 min |
| May 31, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga | 46 min |
| May 31, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren | 48 min |
| May 31, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont | 23 min |
| May 31, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Guernsey, Muskingum | 31 min |
| May 31, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Highland, Warren | 39 min |
| May 31, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown | 36 min |
| May 31, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Preble | 32 min |
| May 31, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mercer | 46 min |
| May 31, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Summit | 36 min |
| May 31, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Clinton, Fayette, Highland, Pike, Ross and 1 more | 44 min |
| May 31, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Scioto | 24 min |
| May 31, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami, Montgomery | 33 min |
| May 31, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Adams, Scioto | 47 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Belmont County9
- Pickaway County8
- Brown County8
- Guernsey County8
- Carroll County7
- Ross County7
- Franklin County7
- Fayette County7
- Warren County7
- Delaware County6
- Clark County6
- Richland County6
- Columbiana County6
- Harrison County6
- Adams County6
- Highland County6
- Madison County6
- Morgan County6
- Perry County6
- Monroe County6
- Noble County6
- Preble County6
- Clinton County6
- Montgomery County6
- Clermont County6
- Union County5
- Crawford County5
- Tuscarawas County5
- Hocking County5
- Jefferson County5
- Butler County5
- Washington County5
- Licking County5
- Darke County4
- Miami County4
- Ashland County4
- Muskingum County4
- Athens County4
- Greene County4
- Hamilton County4
41 more counties
- Cuyahoga County4
- Wood County3
- Champaign County3
- Summit County3
- Morrow County3
- Portage County3
- Trumbull County3
- Stark County3
- Wyandot County3
- Seneca County3
- Scioto County3
- Lucas County2
- Ottawa County2
- Medina County2
- Wayne County2
- Marion County2
- Geauga County2
- Knox County2
- Pike County2
- Fairfield County2
- Defiance County2
- Williams County2
- Henry County2
- Mercer County2
- Holmes County2
- Logan County1
- Shelby County1
- Ashtabula County1
- Lake County1
- Jackson County1
- Vinton County1
- Fulton County1
- Mahoning County1
- Gallia County1
- Lorain County1
- Huron County1
- Hancock County1
- Coshocton County1
- Meigs County1
- Sandusky County1
- Paulding County1
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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. Rebuilt daily.