Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Ohio, 2024
25 severe thunderstorm watches in 2024. 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 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 25
- Busiest month
- June7 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- May 26, 20243 severe thunderstorm watches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 27, 9:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Williams | 6 hr |
| Mar 14, 10:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Darke, Hamilton, Mercer, Preble | 5 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Meigs, Vinton, Washington | 4 hr |
| Mar 30, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Crawford and 21 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 1, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Darke, Hamilton, Miami, Montgomery, Preble and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey and 17 more | 6 hr |
| May 26, 1:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Athens, Auglaize, Brown, Butler and 52 more | 7 hr |
| May 26, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Washington | 9 hr |
| May 26, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Ashtabula, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Williams | 8 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Coshocton, Delaware, Fairfield and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 25, 6:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Lucas and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Mahoning, Portage and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Athens, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Gallia, Guernsey and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 5, 12:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Gallia, Lawrence | 7 hr |
| Jul 14, 12:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton and 29 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 16, 12:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Lucas and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 1, 1:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clermont, Hamilton | 7 hr |
| Aug 5, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull | 6 hr |
| Aug 6, 11:42 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Ashtabula, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton and 25 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 27, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Hancock, Huron and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 24, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 6, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashtabula, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Guernsey, Harrison and 6 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Belmont County8
- Carroll County8
- Guernsey County8
- Harrison County8
- Jefferson County8
- Columbiana County7
- Tuscarawas County7
- Butler County6
- Hamilton County6
- Preble County6
- Coshocton County6
- Muskingum County6
- Mahoning County6
- Portage County6
- Trumbull County6
- Hancock County6
- Ashtabula County6
- Washington County5
- Knox County5
- Monroe County5
- Morrow County5
- Noble County5
- Stark County5
- Montgomery County5
- Warren County5
- Geauga County5
- Lake County5
- Williams County4
- Darke County4
- Athens County4
- Gallia County4
- Meigs County4
- Vinton County4
- Ashland County4
- Crawford County4
- Delaware County4
- Fairfield County4
- Franklin County4
- Holmes County4
- Licking County4
48 more counties
- Marion County4
- Morgan County4
- Perry County4
- Richland County4
- Wayne County4
- Allen County4
- Clermont County4
- Clinton County4
- Fayette County4
- Greene County4
- Lucas County4
- Ottawa County4
- Paulding County4
- Putnam County4
- Ross County4
- Sandusky County4
- Seneca County4
- Van Wert County4
- Wood County4
- Cuyahoga County4
- Defiance County3
- Fulton County3
- Henry County3
- Mercer County3
- Jackson County3
- Miami County3
- Shelby County3
- Medina County3
- Summit County3
- Adams County3
- Brown County3
- Erie County3
- Highland County3
- Hocking County3
- Huron County3
- Lawrence County3
- Pickaway County3
- Wyandot County3
- Lorain County3
- Auglaize County2
- Champaign County2
- Clark County2
- Hardin County2
- Logan County2
- Madison County2
- Pike County2
- Scioto County2
- Union County2
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.