Ohio

Storm History: Morgan County, Ohio

315 episodes, 377 events since 1961

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Morgan 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
377
Deaths
3
Injuries
0
Damage
$7.7 million
Episodes
315

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 Wind6200$714,000
Hail5800$109,000
Flash Flood4000$1.0 million
Flood3530$5.6 million
Heavy Snow2600
Winter Storm2200$20,000
Cold/Wind Chill1900$1,000
Tornado1800$133,000
Winter Weather1700
Strong Wind1300$60,000
High Wind1300$5,000
Heat1000
Drought1000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000$75,000
Heavy Rain800
Excessive Heat800
Ice Storm400$5,000
Frost/Freeze400

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 Morgan County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Morgan CountyEvery warning in Morgan 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.