Ohio

Storms in Ohio in 2000

1,418 events in 234 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Ohio in 2000, 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 2000 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
1,418
Deaths
12
Injuries
179
Damage
$62 million
Episodes
234

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 Wind54719$4.4 million
Hail195110$2.6 million
Flash Flood15322$11 million
Heavy Snow10700$3.5 million
High Wind10610$4.8 million
Winter Storm6900$3.1 million
Flood5922$140,000
Excessive Heat3600
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2700$250,000
Tornado271125$31 million
Ice Storm2600$250,000
Cold/Wind Chill1800
Heavy Rain1700
Lightning1611$165,000
Waterspout1100
Dense Fog3330$400,000
Funnel Cloud100

Every episode, month by month

January 2000

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March 2000

April 2000

May 2000

June 2000

July 2000

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September 2000

October 2000

November 2000

December 2000

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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.