Ohio

Storms in Ohio in 1997

1,137 events in 498 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Ohio in 1997, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Ohio in 1997 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The year

Events
1,137
Deaths
13
Injuries
30
Damage
$80 million
Episodes
498

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

By kind of event

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind37227$4.4 million
Flash Flood21740$38 million
High Wind10501$949,000
Flood9815$26 million
Cold/Wind Chill9450$211,000
Hail86015$243,000
Heavy Rain3100$1.4 million
Heavy Snow3000$30,000
Ice Storm2900$200,000
Heat1800
Tornado1510$7.4 million
Lightning1301$408,000
Winter Weather901$25,000
Storm Surge/Tide900$725,000
Waterspout600
Drought500

Every episode, month by month

January 1997

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July 1997

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September 1997

October 1997

November 1997

December 1997

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.