Ohio

Storm History: Columbiana County, Ohio

479 episodes, 735 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Columbiana 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
735
Deaths
3
Injuries
30
Damage
$44 million
Episodes
479

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
Thunderstorm Wind21201$1.8 million
Hail19600$4.0 million
Tornado98029$30 million
Flash Flood8000$5.8 million
Flood4800$1.7 million
Winter Weather2930
Winter Storm2000$5,000
Heavy Snow1200
High Wind1100$1.3 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill900
Ice Storm700$2,000
Cold/Wind Chill400
Strong Wind300$12,000
Drought200
Funnel Cloud100
Lightning100$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 Columbiana County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Columbiana CountyEvery warning in Columbiana 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.