Ohio

Storm History: Franklin County, Ohio

715 episodes, 1,273 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Franklin 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
1,273
Deaths
7
Injuries
66
Damage
$382 million
Episodes
715

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
Hail366228$81 million
Tornado284120$60 million
Flash Flood20218$104 million
Flood11420$201,000
Thunderstorm Wind11316$6.5 million
Winter Weather7804$700,000
Winter Storm5200$580,000
High Wind2500$129 million
Heavy Snow1300
Ice Storm800
Strong Wind700$20,000
Heat300
Drought200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Excessive Heat200
Cold/Wind Chill100$100,000
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 Franklin County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Franklin CountyEvery warning in Franklin 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.