Ohio

Storm History: Madison County, Ohio

359 episodes, 435 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Madison 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
435
Deaths
2
Injuries
21
Damage
$15 million
Episodes
359

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
Hail9601$641,000
Tornado7301$7.4 million
Winter Storm5100$525,000
Thunderstorm Wind4901$167,000
Flash Flood4100$435,000
Winter Weather4010
Flood3801$160,000
High Wind1512$4.9 million
Heavy Snow1100$1,000
Ice Storm700
Heat300
Drought200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Excessive Heat200
Strong Wind200
Cold/Wind Chill100$20,000
Dense Fog1015$50,000
Frost/Freeze100$540,000

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 Madison County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Madison CountyEvery warning in Madison 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.