Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Ohio, 2023
23 severe thunderstorm watches in 2023. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 23
- Busiest month
- July14 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- July 26, 20233 severe thunderstorm watches
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By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 9:41 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 19, 1:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Ashland, Auglaize, Brown, Butler and 51 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 25, 1:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Ashtabula, Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana and 26 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 1, 11:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashtabula, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Cuyahoga and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Ashland, Ashtabula, Belmont, Brown, Carroll and 58 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 15, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Hancock and 9 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Hamilton, Preble | 5 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign and 30 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Athens, Brown, Clermont, Gallia, Hamilton and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 17, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Greene and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 17, 9:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Fayette, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Pike and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 20, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Ashland, Ashtabula, Auglaize, Champaign, Clark and 50 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 20, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison and 5 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 24, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 26, 10:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams | 6 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Huron, Lake and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Paulding and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 28, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashtabula, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Geauga, Harrison and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 29, 12:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Ashland, Ashtabula, Auglaize, Belmont, Brown and 67 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 12, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Athens, Belmont, Guernsey, Harrison, Jefferson, Meigs and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 24, 9:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Ashland, Ashtabula, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton and 34 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cuyahoga County9
- Lorain County9
- Medina County9
- Geauga County9
- Lake County9
- Adams County8
- Brown County8
- Scioto County8
- Summit County8
- Wayne County8
- Ashtabula County8
- Ashland County7
- Clermont County7
- Erie County7
- Fayette County7
- Greene County7
- Hamilton County7
- Highland County7
- Holmes County7
- Huron County7
- Ottawa County7
- Pike County7
- Preble County7
- Richland County7
- Ross County7
- Sandusky County7
- Seneca County7
- Stark County7
- Wood County7
- Belmont County7
- Carroll County7
- Columbiana County7
- Harrison County7
- Jefferson County7
- Mahoning County7
- Monroe County7
- Noble County7
- Portage County7
- Trumbull County7
- Butler County6
48 more counties
- Champaign County6
- Clark County6
- Clinton County6
- Crawford County6
- Darke County6
- Delaware County6
- Fairfield County6
- Franklin County6
- Hancock County6
- Hardin County6
- Hocking County6
- Knox County6
- Licking County6
- Logan County6
- Madison County6
- Miami County6
- Montgomery County6
- Paulding County6
- Pickaway County6
- Putnam County6
- Union County6
- Wyandot County6
- Coshocton County6
- Guernsey County6
- Tuscarawas County6
- Lucas County6
- Jackson County5
- Meigs County5
- Allen County5
- Auglaize County5
- Marion County5
- Mercer County5
- Morrow County5
- Shelby County5
- Van Wert County5
- Warren County5
- Morgan County5
- Perry County5
- Washington County5
- Defiance County5
- Fulton County5
- Henry County5
- Williams County5
- Gallia County4
- Lawrence County4
- Vinton County4
- Athens County4
- Muskingum County4
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.