Ohio

Storm History: Gallia County, Ohio

397 episodes, 507 events since 1968

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Gallia 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
507
Deaths
3
Injuries
21
Damage
$22 million
Episodes
397

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
Flash Flood8800$5.0 million
Hail7300$115,000
Thunderstorm Wind6700$2.8 million
Flood6330$1.8 million
Tornado47020$10 million
Heavy Snow2900$5,000
Cold/Wind Chill1900$2,000
Drought1800
Winter Weather1500
Winter Storm1400$60,000
Strong Wind1400$119,000
Heavy Rain1300$10,000
High Wind1300$35,000
Heat1100
Excessive Heat800
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill800$150,000
Frost/Freeze300
Ice Storm200$2.0 million
Lightning101
Funnel Cloud100

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 Gallia County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Gallia CountyEvery warning in Gallia 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.