Winter Storm Watches in Ohio
260 winter storm watches since 1986. 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 winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 260
- Busiest year
- 200825 winter storm watches
- Average year
- 12over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Ashtabula County61
- Geauga County58
- Lake County53
- Cuyahoga County49
- Williams County47
- Fulton County45
- Paulding County42
- Defiance County41
- Henry County41
- Putnam County40
- Butler County39
- Summit County38
- Trumbull County38
- Warren County38
- Clinton County37
- Medina County37
- Van Wert County37
- Champaign County36
- Darke County36
- Lorain County36
- Miami County36
- Allen County35
- Clark County35
- Hamilton County35
- Lucas County35
- Portage County35
- Ashland County34
- Logan County34
- Madison County34
- Mercer County34
- Pickaway County34
- Richland County34
- Shelby County34
- Union County34
- Auglaize County33
- Brown County33
- Fairfield County33
- Franklin County33
- Greene County33
- Hardin County33
48 more counties
- Montgomery County33
- Preble County33
- Wood County33
- Clermont County32
- Crawford County32
- Delaware County32
- Fayette County32
- Hancock County32
- Licking County32
- Morrow County32
- Ottawa County32
- Wayne County32
- Huron County31
- Mahoning County31
- Marion County31
- Wyandot County31
- Highland County30
- Sandusky County30
- Seneca County30
- Adams County29
- Columbiana County29
- Erie County29
- Hocking County29
- Holmes County29
- Ross County29
- Stark County29
- Jefferson County28
- Knox County28
- Pike County28
- Scioto County28
- Carroll County27
- Coshocton County26
- Guernsey County26
- Harrison County26
- Muskingum County26
- Perry County26
- Tuscarawas County26
- Belmont County25
- Morgan County24
- Monroe County23
- Noble County23
- Athens County22
- Jackson County22
- Lawrence County22
- Washington County22
- Vinton County21
- Gallia County20
- Meigs County20
The latest winter storm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2:28 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga | 11 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:01 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Medina, Summit | 24 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:21 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 1 more | 39 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:09 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CLE | Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more | 46 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:04 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison and 5 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:30 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ILN | Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 26 more | 37 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:28 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan and 3 more | 37 hr |
Nearby
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.