Storm History: Hancock County, Ohio
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hancock 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
- 516
- Deaths
- 4
- Injuries
- 26
- Damage
- $285 million
- Episodes
- 386
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 163 | 0 | 0 | $6.7 million |
| Tornado | 112 | 4 | 18 | $103 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 87 | 0 | 0 | $2.1 million |
| Flash Flood | 46 | 0 | 0 | $123 million |
| High Wind | 33 | 0 | 1 | $10 million |
| Flood | 23 | 0 | 5 | $3.5 million |
| Winter Storm | 22 | 0 | 2 | $6.4 million |
| Drought | 5 | 0 | 0 | $16 million |
| Heavy Snow | 5 | 0 | 0 | $850,000 |
| Strong Wind | 5 | 0 | 0 | $87,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | $35,000 |
| Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | $34,000 |
| Ice Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | $13 million |
| Lake-Effect Snow | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, August 20, 2007
- Tornado, May 25, 2011
- Drought, September 1, 1999
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 5, 2005
- Tornado, November 10, 2002
- High Wind, September 14, 2008
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Tornado, April 28, 1951
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2004
- Flash Flood, February 28, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2025
- Tornado, May 30, 2008
- Flood, June 1, 1997
- Flood, January 5, 2007
- Flood, January 1, 2005
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2008
- Flash Flood, December 21, 2013
- Tornado, November 5, 2017
- Hail, April 27, 1994
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 11, 1965
- Tornado, May 10, 1973
- Tornado, May 2, 1983
- Tornado, March 27, 1991
- Tornado, April 28, 1951
- Tornado, August 22, 1964
- Tornado, July 4, 1969
- Tornado, August 17, 1972
- Tornado, November 10, 1975
- Tornado, June 30, 1977
- Tornado, August 8, 1979
- Tornado, April 8, 1980
- Tornado, July 5, 1980
- Tornado, July 9, 1980
- Tornado, March 28, 1985
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2026
- Hail, April 13, 2026
- Tornado, March 26, 2026
- Hail, March 22, 2026
- Tornado, June 18, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2025
- Lake-Effect Snow, December 4, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2024
- Hail, May 25, 2024
- Tornado, March 14, 2024
- High Wind, January 12, 2024
- Tornado, August 23, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2023
- Tornado, April 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 27, 2023
- Blizzard, December 23, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2022
- Tornado, June 13, 2022
- Hail, June 1, 2022
- Hail, May 21, 2022
- Tornado, May 3, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 11, 2021
- Hail, August 29, 2021
- Hail, August 11, 2021
- Flood, May 9, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2021
- Hail, November 15, 2020
- Hail, October 23, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2020
- Hail, May 26, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2020
- Hail, May 14, 2020
- Hail, March 28, 2020
- High Wind, November 27, 2019
- Hail, August 18, 2019
- Tornado, August 6, 2019
- Hail, July 2, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2019
- Hail, June 1, 2019
- Hail, May 28, 2019
- Hail, May 25, 2019
- Flood, April 26, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2019
- Flash Flood, January 23, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2019
- Strong Wind, December 31, 2018
- Hail, May 22, 2018
- Flood, November 18, 2017
- Tornado, November 5, 2017
- Hail, July 16, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2017
- Flood, July 7, 2017
- Hail, July 3, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2017
- Hail, June 13, 2017
- Hail, May 28, 2017
- Hail, April 20, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 1, 2017
- High Wind, January 10, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 23, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2015
- High Wind, April 10, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 8, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 24, 2014
- Hail, June 18, 2014
- High Wind, April 14, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2014
- Flash Flood, December 21, 2013
- Heavy Snow, December 14, 2013
- Tornado, November 17, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2013
- Tornado, July 10, 2013
- Tornado, June 12, 2013
- Flood, April 12, 2013
- Hail, April 10, 2013
- Hail, April 8, 2013
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Hail, September 6, 2012
- Hail, July 4, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Hail, May 29, 2012
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 27, 2012
- Hail, March 15, 2012
- High Wind, March 2, 2012
- High Wind, February 24, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 17, 2012
- Flood, November 30, 2011
- Flood, September 27, 2011
- Hail, September 3, 2011
- Tornado, August 24, 2011
- Hail, July 23, 2011
- Hail, July 18, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2011
- Hail, June 9, 2011
- Tornado, May 25, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2011
- Hail, May 10, 2011
- High Wind, April 28, 2011
- Tornado, April 19, 2011
- Flash Flood, February 28, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2011
- Hail, October 26, 2010
- Tornado, September 16, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2010
- Hail, July 28, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2010
- Tornado, June 27, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2010
- Hail, May 14, 2010
- Hail, May 5, 2010
- Hail, April 25, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 7, 2010
- High Wind, December 9, 2009
- Hail, August 28, 2009
- Hail, June 1, 2009
- Hail, March 7, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 11, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 27, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 28, 2008
- High Wind, December 24, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2008
- High Wind, September 14, 2008
- Hail, August 1, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2008
- Hail, June 15, 2008
- Hail, June 9, 2008
- Tornado, May 30, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 25, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 29, 2008
- High Wind, December 23, 2007
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 20, 2007
- Tornado, August 9, 2007
- Hail, July 26, 2007
- Hail, June 8, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2007
- Flood, January 5, 2007
- High Wind, December 1, 2006
- Hail, July 2, 2006
- Hail, June 21, 2006
- Tornado, June 21, 2006
- Hail, May 25, 2006
- Hail, April 14, 2006
- Hail, April 7, 2006
- Strong Wind, March 10, 2006
- High Wind, February 17, 2006
- Heavy Snow, December 15, 2005
- High Wind, November 6, 2005
- Hail, November 6, 2005
- Hail, July 26, 2005
- Hail, July 25, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2005
- Hail, July 8, 2005
- Hail, June 30, 2005
- Hail, June 14, 2005
- Hail, June 5, 2005
- Hail, May 28, 2005
- Hail, May 13, 2005
- Hail, April 20, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2005
- Ice Storm, January 5, 2005
- Flood, January 1, 2005
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2004
- Strong Wind, December 7, 2004
- Strong Wind, November 27, 2004
- High Wind, October 30, 2004
- Flood, August 27, 2004
- Hail, June 14, 2004
- Hail, June 13, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2004
- Tornado, May 21, 2004
- Flash Flood, May 7, 2004
- High Wind, March 5, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2004
- High Wind, November 12, 2003
- Tornado, November 12, 2003
- Hail, September 26, 2003
- Hail, August 26, 2003
- Flood, August 4, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2003
- Tornado, July 21, 2003
- Hail, July 20, 2003
- Hail, July 8, 2003
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2003
- Tornado, July 7, 2003
- Hail, July 4, 2003
- Strong Wind, May 11, 2003
- Flood, May 9, 2003
- Hail, May 1, 2003
- Hail, April 20, 2003
- Hail, April 4, 2003
- Hail, March 20, 2003
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2003
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2002
- Tornado, November 10, 2002
- Hail, November 10, 2002
- Hail, September 19, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2002
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2002
- Hail, July 22, 2002
- Hail, June 14, 2002
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2002
- Winter Storm, March 26, 2002
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2002
- High Wind, March 9, 2002
- High Wind, February 1, 2002
- High Wind, October 25, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 24, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 7, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2001
- Hail, July 4, 2001
- Hail, May 29, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 7, 2001
- High Wind, April 12, 2001
- High Wind, February 25, 2001
- High Wind, February 9, 2001
- High Wind, December 11, 2000
- Tornado, September 20, 2000
- Tornado, August 6, 2000
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2000
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2000
- Tornado, June 14, 2000
- Tornado, May 9, 2000
- Flash Flood, April 20, 2000
- Flood, April 8, 2000
- Drought, September 1, 1999
- Drought, August 1, 1999
- Hail, July 31, 1999
- Hail, July 24, 1999
- Hail, July 21, 1999
- Tornado, July 9, 1999
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Hancock CountyEvery warning in Hancock 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.