Ohio

Storms in Ohio in 2003

1,739 events in 396 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Ohio in 2003, 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 2003 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
1,739
Deaths
7
Injuries
13
Damage
$537 million
Episodes
396

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 Wind75204$1.8 million
Hail26400$153 million
Flood23112$30 million
Flash Flood19962$297 million
High Wind7500$3.8 million
Winter Storm6800$3.5 million
Heavy Snow5800$11 million
Strong Wind4200$1.6 million
Tornado1305$29 million
Frost/Freeze1300
Cold/Wind Chill900
Funnel Cloud800
Ice Storm400$6.3 million
Lightning300

Every episode, month by month

January 2003

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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.