Ohio

Storm History: Lucas County, Ohio

473 episodes, 724 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Lucas 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
724
Deaths
24
Injuries
230
Damage
$146 million
Episodes
473

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
Hail27763$4.1 million
Thunderstorm Wind13000$1.9 million
Tornado10117212$33 million
Flash Flood7511$53 million
High Wind3300$11 million
Winter Storm2802$7.3 million
Flood2000$25 million
Heavy Snow800$1.9 million
Ice Storm700$2.7 million
Lakeshore Flood700
Storm Surge/Tide600$600,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Drought500$4.0 million
Waterspout400
Strong Wind400$190,000
Cold/Wind Chill300$155,000
Heavy Rain200$84,000
Heat200
Blizzard200
Winter Weather1012
Seiche100
Lightning100$150,000
Coastal Flood100$85,000

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 Lucas County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Lucas CountyEvery warning in Lucas 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.