Ohio

Storm History: Belmont County, Ohio

389 episodes, 583 events since 1968

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Belmont County, Ohio: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
583
Deaths
4
Injuries
7
Damage
$41 million
Episodes
389

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail14925$1.3 million
Thunderstorm Wind13002$1.2 million
Flash Flood12710$13 million
Flood4710$24 million
Tornado4500$1.2 million
Winter Storm2300$20,000
Winter Weather2000
High Wind1300$205,000
Heavy Snow800
Drought800
Ice Storm700$2,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Strong Wind100$10,000
Heavy Rain100
Debris Flow100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Belmont County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Belmont CountyEvery warning in Belmont County since 1986Every county in Ohio

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.