Storms in Ohio in 1998

1,725 events in 929 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Ohio in 1998, 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 1998 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: 1,725
Deaths: 13
Injuries: 193
Damage: $244 million
Episodes: 929

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 event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Thunderstorm Wind	747	1	9	$16 million
Hail	408	1	1	$1.8 million
Flash Flood	268	8	0	$186 million
Flood	65	0	0	$1.4 million
High Wind	53	1	0	$1.6 million
Lightning	29	0	1	$3.5 million
Heat	27	0	0
Tornado	26	2	16	$28 million
Heavy Snow	18	0	0	$205,000
Winter Storm	18	0	0	$250,000
Storm Surge/Tide	15	0	0	$5.1 million
Winter Weather	13	0	166
Heavy Rain	11	0	0	$50,000
Waterspout	10	0	0
Cold/Wind Chill	9	0	0
Seiche	4	0	0
Strong Wind	3	0	0
Funnel Cloud	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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December 1998

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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.