Ohio

Storm History: Medina County, Ohio

468 episodes, 655 events since 1959

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Medina 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
655
Deaths
4
Injuries
26
Damage
$86 million
Episodes
468

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
Hail23203$1.6 million
Tornado144015$14 million
Thunderstorm Wind7434$1.7 million
Flash Flood7101$32 million
Winter Storm4202$11 million
High Wind3500$12 million
Heavy Snow1100$1.1 million
Flood1100$1.4 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill800$150,000
Drought500$5.0 million
Lake-Effect Snow510$500,000
Strong Wind300$50,000
Cold/Wind Chill200$205,000
Lightning201$30,000
Heavy Rain200$34,000
Winter Weather200
Heat200
Ice Storm200$4.2 million
Blizzard200

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 Medina County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Medina CountyEvery warning in Medina 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.