Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Watches
Tornado Watches in Ohio, 2020
3 tornado watches in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 3
- Busiest month
- April2 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- April 8, 20201 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 7:24 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette and 9 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 8, 10:51 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Vinton | 5 hr |
| May 18, 2:18 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton and 22 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Adams County2
- Brown County2
- Clermont County2
- Clinton County2
- Fayette County2
- Greene County2
- Highland County2
- Pike County2
- Ross County2
- Scioto County2
- Warren County2
- Jackson County2
- Vinton County2
- Butler County1
- Hamilton County1
- Montgomery County1
- Preble County1
- Athens County1
- Gallia County1
- Lawrence County1
- Meigs County1
- Champaign County1
- Clark County1
- Delaware County1
- Fairfield County1
- Franklin County1
- Hardin County1
- Hocking County1
- Knox County1
- Licking County1
- Logan County1
- Madison County1
- Marion County1
- Morrow County1
- Pickaway County1
- Union County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.