Ohio

Storm History: Henry County, Ohio

283 episodes, 371 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Henry 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
371
Deaths
5
Injuries
8
Damage
$4.7 million
Episodes
283

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 Wind10901$226,000
Hail7501$1.1 million
Tornado5152$2.7 million
Winter Weather3104
Flash Flood2100$260,000
Winter Storm2000
High Wind1800$183,000
Heavy Snow1400$4,000
Flood800$60,000
Ice Storm700$70,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
Drought400
Cold/Wind Chill200$25,000
Heat200
Blizzard200
Heavy Rain100$34,000
Dense Fog100$50,000

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 Henry County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Henry CountyEvery warning in Henry 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.