Alert archive / Ohio / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Ohio, 2026
7 winter storm watches 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 winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 7
- Busiest month
- January5 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- January 22, 20263 winter storm 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 21, 12:28 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan and 3 more | 37 hr |
| Jan 21, 12:30 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | ILN | Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 26 more | 37 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:04 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison and 5 more | 23 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:09 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CLE | Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more | 46 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:21 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 1 more | 39 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:01 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Medina, Summit | 24 hr |
| Mar 16, 2:28 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga | 11 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cuyahoga County3
- Geauga County3
- Ashtabula County2
- Lake County2
- Medina County2
- Summit County2
- Athens County1
- Gallia County1
- Jackson County1
- Lawrence County1
- Meigs County1
- Morgan County1
- Perry County1
- Vinton County1
- Washington County1
- Adams County1
- Auglaize County1
- Brown County1
- Butler County1
- Champaign County1
- Clark County1
- Clermont County1
- Clinton County1
- Darke County1
- Delaware County1
- Fairfield County1
- Fayette County1
- Franklin County1
- Greene County1
- Hamilton County1
- Hardin County1
- Highland County1
- Hocking County1
- Licking County1
- Logan County1
- Madison County1
- Mercer County1
- Miami County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pickaway County1
47 more counties
- Pike County1
- Preble County1
- Ross County1
- Scioto County1
- Shelby County1
- Union County1
- Warren County1
- Belmont County1
- Carroll County1
- Columbiana County1
- Coshocton County1
- Guernsey County1
- Harrison County1
- Jefferson County1
- Monroe County1
- Muskingum County1
- Noble County1
- Tuscarawas County1
- Ashland County1
- Crawford County1
- Erie County1
- Hancock County1
- Holmes County1
- Huron County1
- Knox County1
- Lorain County1
- Lucas County1
- Mahoning County1
- Marion County1
- Morrow County1
- Ottawa County1
- Portage County1
- Richland County1
- Sandusky County1
- Seneca County1
- Stark County1
- Trumbull County1
- Wayne County1
- Wood County1
- Wyandot County1
- Allen County1
- Defiance County1
- Fulton County1
- Henry County1
- Paulding County1
- Putnam County1
- Van Wert 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.