Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Ohio, 2024
124 tornado warnings 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 124
- Busiest month
- May37 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- May 8, 202424 tornado warnings
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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 28, 3:39 AM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Preble | 22 min |
| Feb 28, 4:33 AM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clark, Greene, Miami, Montgomery | 27 min |
| Feb 28, 4:54 AM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clark, Greene, Madison | 36 min |
| Feb 28, 5:16 AM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Franklin, Madison, Pickaway | 29 min |
| Feb 28, 5:35 AM EST | Tornado Warning | CLE | Knox | 40 min |
| Feb 28, 5:43 AM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Franklin, Licking, Pickaway | 32 min |
| Feb 28, 5:53 AM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Licking | 30 min |
| Feb 28, 6:02 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Morgan, Perry | 28 min |
| Mar 14, 6:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Hancock | 30 min |
| Mar 14, 6:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Mercer | 28 min |
| Mar 14, 7:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 28 min |
| Mar 14, 7:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Crawford, Seneca, Wyandot | 39 min |
| Mar 14, 7:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Hardin, Logan, Shelby | 33 min |
| Mar 14, 7:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Crawford, Huron, Richland, Seneca | 34 min |
| Mar 14, 7:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Hancock, Marion, Wyandot | 24 min |
| Mar 14, 7:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Logan, Union | 39 min |
| Mar 14, 8:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Darke | 30 min |
| Mar 14, 8:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashland, Huron, Richland | 48 min |
| Mar 14, 8:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Delaware, Logan, Union | 37 min |
| Mar 14, 8:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami, Shelby | 34 min |
| Mar 14, 8:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Crawford, Seneca, Wyandot | 47 min |
| Mar 14, 8:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashland, Medina, Wayne | 47 min |
| Mar 14, 8:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Miami, Shelby | 25 min |
| Mar 14, 8:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Delaware | 38 min |
| Mar 14, 9:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Licking | 59 min |
| Mar 14, 9:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Champaign, Miami | 37 min |
| Mar 14, 9:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Champaign | 19 min |
| Mar 30, 6:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey, Monroe, Noble | 34 min |
| Mar 30, 7:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Monroe | 34 min |
| Mar 30, 7:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Washington | 17 min |
| Apr 2, 10:27 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Gallia, Lawrence | 33 min |
| Apr 2, 7:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Brown | 33 min |
| Apr 2, 7:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Brown, Highland | 7 min |
| Apr 2, 7:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 7:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking | 31 min |
| Apr 2, 8:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Muskingum | 39 min |
| Apr 2, 8:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Licking | 23 min |
| Apr 2, 8:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Pike, Scioto | 18 min |
| Apr 2, 8:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Perry | 14 min |
| Apr 2, 8:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Scioto | 12 min |
| Apr 2, 8:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Tuscarawas | 51 min |
| Apr 2, 9:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Muskingum | 20 min |
| Apr 17, 3:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Marion, Morrow | 35 min |
| Apr 17, 4:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Crawford, Marion, Morrow | 26 min |
| Apr 17, 4:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Champaign, Madison, Union | 24 min |
| Apr 17, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Morrow, Richland | 39 min |
| Apr 17, 5:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Licking | 10 min |
| Apr 17, 6:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana, Jefferson, Tuscarawas | 17 min |
| Apr 17, 6:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Portage, Trumbull | 48 min |
| May 7, 7:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Paulding | 24 min |
| May 7, 7:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Mercer | 29 min |
| May 7, 7:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Paulding | 35 min |
| May 7, 8:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Darke | 40 min |
| May 7, 8:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer | 32 min |
| May 7, 8:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Defiance, Henry, Paulding, Putnam | 30 min |
| May 7, 8:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Logan, Mercer, Shelby | 36 min |
| May 7, 8:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Preble | 36 min |
| May 7, 8:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Adams | 50 min |
| May 7, 8:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Hancock, Wood | 42 min |
| May 7, 8:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami, Shelby | 41 min |
| May 7, 8:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Henry, Putnam | 30 min |
| May 7, 8:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler, Preble | 23 min |
| May 7, 8:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler | 36 min |
| May 7, 8:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Logan | 14 min |
| May 7, 9:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler | 28 min |
| May 7, 9:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Champaign, Logan | 32 min |
| May 7, 9:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Champaign, Madison, Union | 31 min |
| May 7, 9:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 24 min |
| May 7, 10:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Delaware, Franklin, Madison, Union | 33 min |
| May 7, 10:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Warren | 33 min |
| May 7, 10:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Warren | 20 min |
| May 7, 10:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clinton | 24 min |
| May 7, 10:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clinton | 21 min |
| May 7, 10:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Delaware, Franklin, Licking | 36 min |
| May 7, 11:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Licking | 30 min |
| May 8, 12:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Columbiana, Jefferson | 35 min |
| May 9, 5:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Belmont | 30 min |
| May 11, 3:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage | 35 min |
| May 11, 3:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 46 min |
| May 11, 4:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 31 min |
| May 11, 4:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 27 min |
| May 26, 3:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Miami, Montgomery | 21 min |
| May 26, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 30 min |
| May 26, 5:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Richland | 46 min |
| May 26, 6:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Monroe | 13 min |
| May 26, 7:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Erie, Lorain | 15 min |
| Jun 5, 8:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Knox | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 8:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Delaware, Union | 26 min |
| Jun 5, 8:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Marion, Morrow | 25 min |
| Jun 5, 9:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Knox | 64 min |
| Jun 5, 10:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Licking | 26 min |
| Jun 5, 11:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Muskingum | 10 min |
| Jun 23, 3:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Belmont | 29 min |
| Jun 26, 1:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 33 min |
| Jun 29, 12:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 20 min |
| Jul 9, 8:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Preble | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 8:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler, Warren | 15 min |
| Jul 9, 11:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler, Preble | 28 min |
| Jul 29, 9:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler | 39 min |
| Jul 30, 1:48 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clinton | 27 min |
| Jul 30, 1:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clinton, Highland | 22 min |
| Aug 6, 9:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Williams | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 3:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Hancock, Wood | 41 min |
| Aug 6, 3:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 4:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Summit | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 4:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 42 min |
| Aug 6, 4:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Geauga, Portage | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 5:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 16 min |
| Aug 6, 5:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 5:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 15 min |
| Sep 24, 4:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood | 44 min |
| Sep 24, 4:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Preble | 18 min |
| Sep 24, 5:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Henry, Putnam | 19 min |
| Sep 24, 6:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Paulding, Putnam | 18 min |
| Sep 24, 7:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron, Lorain | 46 min |
| Sep 24, 8:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 46 min |
| Sep 24, 9:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 30 min |
| Sep 27, 2:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Gallia, Lawrence | 13 min |
| Sep 27, 2:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 37 min |
| Sep 27, 3:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Pike, Scioto | 26 min |
| Sep 27, 3:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Jackson, Lawrence | 24 min |
| Sep 27, 4:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Pike, Ross | 29 min |
| Sep 27, 4:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Jackson, Vinton | 18 min |
| Sep 27, 4:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Pike, Ross | 34 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Licking County8
- Butler County7
- Preble County6
- Miami County6
- Logan County6
- Union County6
- Madison County5
- Auglaize County5
- Crawford County5
- Shelby County5
- Delaware County5
- Champaign County5
- Belmont County5
- Lawrence County5
- Mahoning County5
- Lorain County5
- Cuyahoga County5
- Franklin County4
- Knox County4
- Hancock County4
- Mercer County4
- Huron County4
- Richland County4
- Marion County4
- Darke County4
- Ashland County4
- Muskingum County4
- Pike County4
- Morrow County4
- Paulding County4
- Putnam County4
- Clinton County4
- Seneca County3
- Wyandot County3
- Monroe County3
- Brown County3
- Scioto County3
- Columbiana County3
- Portage County3
- Henry County3
39 more counties
- Wood County3
- Warren County3
- Clark County2
- Greene County2
- Montgomery County2
- Pickaway County2
- Fairfield County2
- Perry County2
- Guernsey County2
- Gallia County2
- Highland County2
- Adams County2
- Tuscarawas County2
- Jefferson County2
- Trumbull County2
- Erie County2
- Ashtabula County2
- Geauga County2
- Jackson County2
- Ross County2
- Morgan County1
- Hardin County1
- Medina County1
- Wayne County1
- Noble County1
- Washington County1
- Hocking County1
- Coshocton County1
- Holmes County1
- Carroll County1
- Defiance County1
- Hamilton County1
- Williams County1
- Summit County1
- Lake County1
- Lucas County1
- Ottawa County1
- Sandusky County1
- Vinton County1
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. Rebuilt daily.