Ohio

Storm History: Richland County, Ohio

479 episodes, 685 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Richland 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
685
Deaths
1
Injuries
29
Damage
$163 million
Episodes
479

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
Hail25802$2.5 million
Tornado137021$17 million
Thunderstorm Wind8900$2.6 million
Flash Flood7512$86 million
High Wind4100$11 million
Winter Storm3602$17 million
Flood1300$1.4 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill800$150,000
Heavy Snow601$650,000
Drought500$7.0 million
Strong Wind400$100,000
Cold/Wind Chill300$205,000
Ice Storm300$18 million
Heavy Rain200$34,000
Heat200
Blizzard200
Lightning101$25,000

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 Richland County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Richland CountyEvery warning in Richland 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.