Storm History: Hamilton County, Ohio
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hamilton 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
- 1,159
- Deaths
- 26
- Injuries
- 627
- Damage
- $275 million
- Episodes
- 674
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | 244 | 5 | 0 | $18 million |
| Tornado | 227 | 13 | 580 | $146 million |
| Hail | 218 | 1 | 2 | $2.2 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 151 | 1 | 9 | $854,000 |
| Flood | 130 | 2 | 2 | $6.3 million |
| Winter Weather | 60 | 1 | 32 | $2.0 million |
| Winter Storm | 55 | 1 | 0 | $785,000 |
| High Wind | 18 | 1 | 0 | $97 million |
| Heavy Snow | 17 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Ice Storm | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 7 | 0 | 1 | $81,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 5 | 0 | 1 | $275,000 |
| Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 1 | 0 | |
| Drought | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 2 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | $400,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | $540,000 |
The deadliest
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, April 9, 1999
- Tornado, August 9, 1969
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2001
- Flood, August 30, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2003
- High Wind, September 14, 2008
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2013
- Hail, April 6, 2001
- Winter Storm, March 19, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 2000
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2009
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- High Wind, September 14, 2008
- Tornado, April 9, 1999
- Tornado, June 2, 1980
- Tornado, June 2, 1990
- Flash Flood, April 19, 2002
- Tornado, April 15, 1994
- Flood, March 2, 1997
- Flash Flood, April 16, 1998
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2001
- Tornado, October 1, 1977
- Tornado, August 9, 1969
- Flood, January 23, 1996
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2013
- Winter Storm, January 6, 1996
- Tornado, May 7, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, April 6, 2007
- Hail, July 14, 2000
- Tornado, July 13, 2016
- Hail, June 6, 1994
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, August 10, 1984
- Hail, April 14, 1974
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2009
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2006
- Hail, July 14, 2000
- Hail, April 9, 2015
- Hail, August 3, 2015
- Hail, April 16, 2013
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Hail, July 26, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 22, 2011
- Hail, April 5, 2010
- Hail, May 7, 1986
- Hail, July 11, 1986
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, April 9, 1999
- Tornado, April 25, 1961
- Tornado, June 2, 1990
- Tornado, September 20, 2000
- Tornado, August 9, 1969
- Tornado, October 1, 1977
- Tornado, May 2, 1983
- Tornado, July 2, 1997
- Tornado, October 13, 1999
- Tornado, November 10, 2002
- Tornado, March 14, 2024
- Tornado, February 25, 1956
- Tornado, July 11, 1958
- Tornado, April 8, 1980
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 18, 2026
- Hail, March 22, 2026
- Strong Wind, March 15, 2026
- Strong Wind, March 13, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2025
- Flood, August 12, 2025
- Flood, August 7, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2025
- Tornado, April 2, 2025
- Tornado, March 30, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 19, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 16, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, November 21, 2024
- High Wind, September 27, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 30, 2024
- Flood, May 26, 2024
- Tornado, May 7, 2024
- Flood, April 11, 2024
- Tornado, April 2, 2024
- Tornado, March 14, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 25, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2023
- Flood, July 24, 2023
- Hail, July 17, 2023
- Flood, July 15, 2023
- Hail, July 2, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2023
- Tornado, April 5, 2023
- High Wind, April 1, 2023
- High Wind, March 3, 2023
- Hail, March 1, 2023
- High Wind, February 9, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 24, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2022
- Tornado, July 6, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2022
- Tornado, June 13, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2022
- Flood, May 26, 2022
- Hail, May 21, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2022
- High Wind, March 30, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 11, 2022
- Ice Storm, February 2, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 17, 2021
- Flood, July 16, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2021
- Flood, June 29, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2021
- Winter Weather, April 20, 2021
- Hail, March 28, 2021
- High Wind, March 25, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 27, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 24, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2020
- Winter Weather, November 30, 2020
- High Wind, November 15, 2020
- Hail, August 25, 2020
- Flood, July 27, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2020
- Flood, July 6, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2020
- Tornado, June 10, 2020
- Tornado, June 9, 2020
- Hail, May 23, 2020
- Tornado, May 18, 2020
- Hail, May 10, 2020
- Tornado, April 8, 2020
- Flash Flood, March 19, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 27, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2020
- High Wind, January 11, 2020
- High Wind, December 30, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2019
- High Wind, November 27, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 11, 2019
- Flood, August 30, 2019
- Flood, August 20, 2019
- Flood, July 30, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2019
- Flood, July 17, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2019
- Tornado, June 24, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2019
- Tornado, June 15, 2019
- Hail, June 5, 2019
- Flash Flood, March 30, 2019
- Flood, March 14, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2019
- Strong Wind, February 24, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2019
- Hail, December 1, 2018
- Ice Storm, November 14, 2018
- Strong Wind, October 28, 2018
- Flood, September 8, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 7, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 5, 2018
- Flood, August 20, 2018
- Flood, August 16, 2018
- Flood, August 4, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 2018
- Flood, May 16, 2018
- Hail, May 6, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 6, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 1, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 20, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 7, 2018
- Tornado, February 24, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 12, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 24, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 9, 2017
- Strong Wind, November 18, 2017
- Flash Flood, November 18, 2017
- Tornado, November 5, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 2017
- Flood, July 7, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2017
- Tornado, May 24, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2017
- Flash Flood, April 29, 2017
- Flood, April 28, 2017
- Flash Flood, April 16, 2017
- Flood, March 27, 2017
- Winter Weather, March 13, 2017
- Winter Weather, March 4, 2017
- Tornado, March 1, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 30, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 10, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2016
- Tornado, August 17, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2016
- Tornado, July 13, 2016
- Tornado, June 22, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2016
- Hail, May 10, 2016
- Hail, May 1, 2016
- Flash Flood, April 26, 2016
- Winter Weather, April 8, 2016
- High Wind, April 3, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 2016
- Heavy Rain, February 24, 2016
- Strong Wind, February 19, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2016
- Flood, February 3, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 20, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2016
- Flood, December 27, 2015
- Flash Flood, September 4, 2015
- Hail, August 3, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2015
- Hail, June 30, 2015
- Hail, June 18, 2015
- Hail, May 11, 2015
- Hail, April 10, 2015
- Hail, April 9, 2015
- Hail, April 8, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2015
- Winter Weather, November 22, 2014
- Winter Storm, November 16, 2014
- Hail, October 6, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2014
- Flood, June 24, 2014
- Flood, June 4, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2014
- Hail, April 29, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2014
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 10, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 6, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 17, 2013
- Tornado, October 31, 2013
- Flood, October 6, 2013
- Hail, August 31, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2013
- Flood, July 4, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2013
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Hamilton CountyEvery warning in Hamilton 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.