Ohio

Storms in Ohio in 2004

1,441 events in 352 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Ohio in 2004, 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 2004 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
1,441
Deaths
4
Injuries
13
Damage
$274 million
Episodes
352

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 Wind42410$887,000
Hail28809$28 million
Flood26820$64 million
Winter Storm17400$102 million
Flash Flood10400$64 million
High Wind7701$3.1 million
Strong Wind4100$800,000
Heavy Snow2400$4.8 million
Frost/Freeze1800
Ice Storm900
Tornado912$7.3 million
Lightning401
Funnel Cloud100

Every episode, month by month

January 2004

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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.