Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Ohio, 2026
113 tornado warnings in 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 113
- Busiest month
- August36 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- July 21, 202618 tornado warnings
Over time
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 9:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Greene, Montgomery, Warren | 26 min |
| Feb 19, 9:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Greene | 13 min |
| Mar 7, 1:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Licking | 24 min |
| Mar 7, 1:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RLX | Perry | 15 min |
| Mar 11, 10:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Logan, Shelby | 16 min |
| Mar 11, 1:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Harrison, Jefferson | 18 min |
| Mar 11, 1:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Monroe, Noble | 32 min |
| Mar 11, 1:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Monroe | 18 min |
| Mar 11, 3:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Monroe | 15 min |
| Mar 26, 6:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 26 min |
| Mar 26, 8:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Shelby | 38 min |
| Mar 26, 8:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Holmes | 20 min |
| Mar 26, 8:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Wyandot | 34 min |
| Mar 26, 8:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Knox, Morrow, Richland | 52 min |
| Mar 31, 5:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 7:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Defiance, Paulding | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 7:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Paulding, Van Wert | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 7:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Allen, Putnam | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 9:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Holmes, Stark, Wayne | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 10:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Wyandot | 34 min |
| Apr 3, 11:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Crawford, Wyandot | 33 min |
| Apr 14, 9:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Licking | 26 min |
| Apr 15, 4:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Wood | 21 min |
| Apr 15, 4:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Hancock, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood | 16 min |
| May 27, 11:51 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Fairfield | 24 min |
| May 27, 12:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Fairfield | 18 min |
| Jun 6, 7:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey, Monroe, Noble | 15 min |
| Jun 6, 7:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Monroe | 29 min |
| Jun 11, 11:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Van Wert | 27 min |
| Jun 11, 11:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Mercer | 27 min |
| Jun 14, 3:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 17 min |
| Jun 14, 5:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 8:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Mercer | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 9:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Williams | 44 min |
| Jun 17, 11:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Crawford, Huron, Richland, Seneca | 26 min |
| Jun 17, 11:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler, Montgomery, Preble, Warren | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 12:14 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Richland | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 12:59 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clermont | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 1:04 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 26 min |
| Jun 18, 1:20 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown, Highland | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 1:25 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 35 min |
| Jun 18, 2:01 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clinton, Warren | 16 min |
| Jun 18, 4:12 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Adams, Pike, Scioto | 33 min |
| Jun 18, 4:21 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Jackson | 24 min |
| Jun 18, 6:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence | 28 min |
| Jun 18, 6:51 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 39 min |
| Jun 25, 5:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble | 20 min |
| Jun 25, 5:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey, Monroe, Noble | 33 min |
| Jun 25, 5:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Columbiana | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 1:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage | 21 min |
| Jul 5, 2:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 37 min |
| Jul 21, 2:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Muskingum | 32 min |
| Jul 21, 2:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clermont | 28 min |
| Jul 21, 2:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Morgan | 18 min |
| Jul 21, 3:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Muskingum, Noble | 29 min |
| Jul 21, 3:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 3:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Muskingum | 24 min |
| Jul 21, 3:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Highland | 19 min |
| Jul 21, 3:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Monroe, Noble | 26 min |
| Jul 21, 3:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 3:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Washington | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 3:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Muskingum, Noble | 13 min |
| Jul 21, 3:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Monroe | 34 min |
| Jul 21, 3:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Washington | 37 min |
| Jul 21, 4:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Washington | 27 min |
| Jul 21, 6:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Lawrence | 23 min |
| Jul 21, 6:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 7:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Carroll | 26 min |
| Jul 21, 7:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Carroll | 19 min |
| Aug 1, 6:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler | 26 min |
| Aug 1, 7:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Darke, Preble | 29 min |
| Aug 1, 7:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Darke, Montgomery, Preble | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 7:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Darke, Preble | 33 min |
| Aug 1, 8:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler, Montgomery | 30 min |
| Aug 1, 8:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Montgomery, Warren | 35 min |
| Aug 1, 8:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Darke | 15 min |
| Aug 1, 8:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 23 min |
| Aug 1, 9:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Miami, Montgomery | 12 min |
| Aug 1, 10:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Miami | 7 min |
| Aug 9, 7:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Fulton, Williams | 23 min |
| Aug 9, 8:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | IWX | Fulton | 18 min |
| Aug 9, 8:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Wood | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 5:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Gallia, Meigs, Vinton | 34 min |
| Aug 10, 6:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Gallia | 37 min |
| Aug 11, 9:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Madison | 25 min |
| Aug 11, 11:57 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Gallia, Lawrence | 33 min |
| Aug 11, 2:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clark, Fayette, Greene, Madison | 31 min |
| Aug 11, 3:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 24 min |
| Aug 11, 3:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 32 min |
| Aug 11, 3:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clermont, Hamilton | 29 min |
| Aug 11, 3:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Brown, Clermont, Highland | 28 min |
| Aug 11, 3:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clermont | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 4:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown, Highland | 25 min |
| Aug 11, 4:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown | 26 min |
| Aug 11, 4:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown, Highland, Pike, Scioto | 32 min |
| Aug 15, 8:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Champaign, Miami, Shelby | 30 min |
| Aug 15, 8:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Champaign | 33 min |
| Aug 15, 8:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Champaign, Logan | 26 min |
| Aug 15, 8:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Champaign | 25 min |
| Aug 15, 10:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Franklin | 32 min |
| Aug 15, 11:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Franklin | 26 min |
| Aug 16, 1:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Licking | 11 min |
| Aug 16, 2:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Carroll, Columbiana, Jefferson | 26 min |
| Aug 16, 2:37 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey, Noble | 23 min |
| Aug 22, 5:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 29 min |
| Sep 3, 6:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 23 min |
| Sep 9, 8:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Coshocton, Tuscarawas | 34 min |
| Sep 9, 8:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Licking | 33 min |
| Sep 9, 9:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Guernsey, Monroe, Noble | 15 min |
| Sep 20, 7:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler, Montgomery, Warren | 21 min |
| Sep 20, 8:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler, Warren | 17 min |
| Sep 20, 10:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Vinton | 19 min |
| Sep 20, 11:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RLX | Athens, Vinton | 10 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Monroe County9
- Noble County9
- Montgomery County8
- Belmont County8
- Butler County8
- Brown County7
- Warren County6
- Clermont County6
- Adams County6
- Darke County5
- Crawford County5
- Guernsey County5
- Hamilton County5
- Highland County5
- Muskingum County5
- Champaign County5
- Fairfield County4
- Licking County4
- Preble County4
- Gallia County4
- Greene County3
- Auglaize County3
- Shelby County3
- Mercer County3
- Morrow County3
- Wyandot County3
- Richland County3
- Cuyahoga County3
- Wood County3
- Columbiana County3
- Lawrence County3
- Mahoning County3
- Washington County3
- Carroll County3
- Miami County3
- Vinton County3
- Logan County2
- Jefferson County2
- Trumbull County2
- Holmes County2
37 more counties
- Marion County2
- Geauga County2
- Lake County2
- Paulding County2
- Van Wert County2
- Seneca County2
- Portage County2
- Williams County2
- Huron County2
- Clinton County2
- Pike County2
- Scioto County2
- Jackson County2
- Fayette County2
- Fulton County2
- Clark County2
- Madison County2
- Franklin County2
- Perry County1
- Harrison County1
- Knox County1
- Defiance County1
- Allen County1
- Putnam County1
- Stark County1
- Wayne County1
- Hancock County1
- Sandusky County1
- Summit County1
- Ashland County1
- Ashtabula County1
- Morgan County1
- Meigs County1
- Lorain County1
- Coshocton County1
- Tuscarawas County1
- Athens 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.