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Tornado Watches in Ohio, 2008
18 tornado watches in 2008. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 18
- Busiest month
- June8 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- June 4, 20085 tornado watches
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 9:22 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Lucas and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 10:07 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 24 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 5, 8:08 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Montgomery, Preble, Warren | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 12:41 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Athens, Brown, Clinton, Fairfield, Fayette and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 11, 12:58 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more | 8 hr |
| May 11, 9:52 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs | 6 hr |
| May 31, 1:07 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont and 24 more | 3 hr |
| May 31, 4:10 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Ashland, Belmont, Carroll, Champaign, Clark, Columbiana and 30 more | 6 hr |
| May 31, 10:20 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Athens, Gallia, Hocking, Lawrence, Meigs, Monroe and 5 more | 7 hr |
| May 31, 10:25 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Athens, Belmont, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 3, 12:08 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren | 5 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:33 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Athens, Brown, Clinton, Gallia, Highland and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 8:42 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Athens, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Athens, Belmont, Brown, Butler, Champaign and 37 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 4, 9:18 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Athens, Brown, Butler, Clark, Clermont and 28 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:26 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Gallia, Lawrence | 4 hr |
| Jun 4, 7:34 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Vinton | 5 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:18 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Williams | 10 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Gallia County10
- Lawrence County10
- Meigs County9
- Hocking County8
- Athens County8
- Jackson County8
- Vinton County8
- Brown County7
- Butler County7
- Clermont County7
- Clinton County7
- Fairfield County7
- Franklin County7
- Hamilton County7
- Highland County7
- Madison County7
- Pike County7
- Ross County7
- Warren County7
- Morgan County7
- Perry County7
- Adams County6
- Clark County6
- Fayette County6
- Greene County6
- Licking County6
- Montgomery County6
- Pickaway County6
- Preble County6
- Scioto County6
- Washington County6
- Champaign County5
- Miami County5
- Monroe County5
- Noble County5
- Delaware County4
- Logan County4
- Shelby County4
- Union County4
- Williams County3
34 more counties
- Hardin County3
- Darke County3
- Belmont County3
- Muskingum County3
- Allen County2
- Defiance County2
- Fulton County2
- Henry County2
- Paulding County2
- Putnam County2
- Van Wert County2
- Auglaize County2
- Guernsey County2
- Hancock County1
- Lucas County1
- Ottawa County1
- Sandusky County1
- Wood County1
- Mercer County1
- Ashland County1
- Carroll County1
- Columbiana County1
- Coshocton County1
- Harrison County1
- Holmes County1
- Jefferson County1
- Knox County1
- Mahoning County1
- Marion County1
- Morrow County1
- Richland County1
- Stark County1
- Tuscarawas County1
- Wayne 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.