Alert archive / Ohio / Special Weather Statements / 2026
Special Weather Statements in Ohio, May 2026
112 special weather statements in May 2026. 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 special weather statements reaches back to 2006.
Special Weather Statements by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2026. Tap one for its archive.
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- May 19, 202625 special weather statements
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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 5, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Madison | 26 min |
| May 5, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Delaware | 49 min |
| May 5, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Knox | 34 min |
| May 5, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Holmes, Knox, Wayne | 45 min |
| May 5, 7:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Stark | 45 min |
| May 5, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Stark | 32 min |
| May 5, 8:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Mahoning | 28 min |
| May 9, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Williams | 31 min |
| May 9, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Lucas | 48 min |
| May 9, 5:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ottawa | 45 min |
| May 9, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Paulding | 43 min |
| May 9, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Cuyahoga, Erie, Huron, Lorain | 44 min |
| May 9, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ashtabula | 41 min |
| May 9, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Geauga, Huron, Medina, Summit | 42 min |
| May 9, 7:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ashland, Medina, Portage, Richland, Summit, Trumbull and 1 more | 48 min |
| May 9, 7:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Mahoning, Stark, Wayne | 51 min |
| May 9, 8:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Holmes | 48 min |
| May 9, 10:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ashland, Wayne | 38 min |
| May 9, 10:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Huron | 32 min |
| May 9, 11:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Portage | 27 min |
| May 13, 11:36 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Trumbull | 39 min |
| May 13, 12:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Trumbull | 42 min |
| May 13, 1:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Mahoning | 25 min |
| May 13, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Washington | 27 min |
| May 13, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Washington | 19 min |
| May 16, 8:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Darke | 36 min |
| May 16, 8:19 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Champaign | 26 min |
| May 16, 8:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Union | 33 min |
| May 16, 8:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Miami, Shelby | 44 min |
| May 16, 9:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Union | 43 min |
| May 16, 9:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Crawford, Marion, Morrow | 48 min |
| May 16, 9:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clermont | 45 min |
| May 16, 9:33 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Richland | 42 min |
| May 16, 10:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Marion | 30 min |
| May 16, 10:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Richland | 33 min |
| May 16, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clermont | 32 min |
| May 16, 8:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Brown | 25 min |
| May 16, 9:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Adams | 48 min |
| May 16, 9:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Brown | 30 min |
| May 16, 9:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Scioto | 46 min |
| May 17, 3:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Brown, Clermont | 30 min |
| May 17, 4:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Greene, Montgomery | 34 min |
| May 18, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 29 min |
| May 18, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 17 min |
| May 18, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Paulding, Van Wert | 51 min |
| May 18, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Lucas | 20 min |
| May 18, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Darke, Mercer | 45 min |
| May 18, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Henry | 37 min |
| May 18, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Darke | 37 min |
| May 18, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Auglaize, Darke, Mercer | 31 min |
| May 18, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen, Putnam | 34 min |
| May 18, 5:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Auglaize | 42 min |
| May 18, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Hancock, Wood | 39 min |
| May 18, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Darke, Shelby | 32 min |
| May 18, 5:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Lucas | 36 min |
| May 18, 5:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Hancock, Sandusky, Seneca | 44 min |
| May 18, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Darke | 41 min |
| May 18, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hardin, Logan, Shelby | 51 min |
| May 18, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Sandusky, Seneca | 45 min |
| May 18, 6:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Shelby | 35 min |
| May 18, 6:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Darke, Preble | 36 min |
| May 18, 7:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Miami | 36 min |
| May 18, 7:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Butler, Hamilton, Warren | 41 min |
| May 18, 8:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Preble | 27 min |
| May 18, 8:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clermont, Warren | 26 min |
| May 18, 8:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clinton | 36 min |
| May 18, 9:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Highland | 23 min |
| May 19, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Jackson | 43 min |
| May 19, 5:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Lucas | 47 min |
| May 19, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Mercer | 28 min |
| May 19, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 11 min |
| May 19, 5:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Putnam | 26 min |
| May 19, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Wood | 55 min |
| May 19, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Wood | 66 min |
| May 19, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky | 40 min |
| May 19, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Auglaize | 24 min |
| May 19, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Hancock | 49 min |
| May 19, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 17 min |
| May 19, 6:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Shelby | 31 min |
| May 19, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hardin | 27 min |
| May 19, 6:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 13 min |
| May 19, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Seneca, Wyandot | 53 min |
| May 19, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hardin, Logan | 35 min |
| May 19, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Huron, Lorain, Medina | 64 min |
| May 19, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Marion, Richland | 77 min |
| May 19, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Montgomery | 32 min |
| May 19, 7:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Logan, Union | 38 min |
| May 19, 7:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Champaign | 34 min |
| May 19, 8:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Holmes, Portage, Stark, Summit and 1 more | 55 min |
| May 19, 8:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Knox, Morrow | 61 min |
| May 19, 8:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ashtabula | 64 min |
| May 19, 8:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hamilton, Warren | 27 min |
| May 19, 8:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Holmes, Mahoning, Portage, Stark, Trumbull | 71 min |
| May 19, 9:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clinton | 29 min |
| May 19, 9:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Licking | 32 min |
| May 19, 9:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fairfield | 27 min |
| May 19, 10:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking | 35 min |
| May 19, 10:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 44 min |
| May 19, 11:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Morgan | 29 min |
| May 20, 7:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Franklin, Licking | 30 min |
| May 20, 7:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Licking | 34 min |
| May 20, 8:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Vinton | 20 min |
| May 20, 9:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Meigs | 16 min |
| May 20, 9:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Athens | 13 min |
| May 20, 10:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Washington | 38 min |
| May 23, 2:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Gallia | 14 min |
| May 23, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Meigs | 56 min |
| May 27, 11:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fairfield | 29 min |
| May 27, 12:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fairfield | 26 min |
| May 27, 1:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Perry | 28 min |
| May 27, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hamilton | 29 min |
| May 27, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clermont | 33 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Darke County7
- Wayne County5
- Stark County5
- Shelby County5
- Clermont County5
- Holmes County4
- Mahoning County4
- Lucas County4
- Huron County4
- Portage County4
- Richland County4
- Trumbull County4
- Fairfield County4
- Knox County3
- Medina County3
- Summit County3
- Ashland County3
- Washington County3
- Union County3
- Marion County3
- Brown County3
- Mercer County3
- Auglaize County3
- Allen County3
- Hancock County3
- Wood County3
- Sandusky County3
- Seneca County3
- Hardin County3
- Logan County3
- Hamilton County3
- Warren County3
- Perry County3
- Licking County3
- Ottawa County2
- Paulding County2
- Cuyahoga County2
- Lorain County2
- Ashtabula County2
- Geauga County2
29 more counties
- Champaign County2
- Miami County2
- Crawford County2
- Morrow County2
- Montgomery County2
- Fulton County2
- Putnam County2
- Preble County2
- Clinton County2
- Meigs County2
- Madison County1
- Delaware County1
- Williams County1
- Erie County1
- Adams County1
- Scioto County1
- Greene County1
- Van Wert County1
- Henry County1
- Butler County1
- Highland County1
- Jackson County1
- Wyandot County1
- Hocking County1
- Morgan County1
- Franklin County1
- Vinton County1
- Athens County1
- Gallia 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.