Ohio

Storm History: Clinton County, Ohio

484 episodes, 745 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Clinton 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
745
Deaths
3
Injuries
20
Damage
$19 million
Episodes
484

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
Hail15901$640,000
Tornado156219$11 million
Flash Flood11710$454,000
Thunderstorm Wind7800$329,000
Winter Weather7100
Winter Storm5900$500,000
Flood4800$275,000
High Wind1900$5.2 million
Heavy Snow1400$5,000
Ice Storm800
Heat300
Excessive Heat300
Lightning200$150,000
Drought200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Strong Wind200
Cold/Wind Chill100$20,000
Frost/Freeze100$540,000

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 Clinton County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Clinton CountyEvery warning in Clinton 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.