Ohio

Storm History: Highland County, Ohio

395 episodes, 577 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Highland 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
577
Deaths
0
Injuries
7
Damage
$12 million
Episodes
395

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
Tornado14606$3.9 million
Flash Flood10000$386,000
Hail9801$834,000
Thunderstorm Wind5600$255,000
Winter Storm5600$725,000
Winter Weather3800
Flood3400$142,000
Heavy Snow1500$5,000
High Wind1200$5.0 million
Ice Storm700
Excessive Heat400
Heat300
Drought200
Cold/Wind Chill100$20,000
Lightning100$25,000
Heavy Rain100$400,000
Frost/Freeze100$540,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
Strong Wind100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Highland County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Highland CountyEvery warning in Highland 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.