Ohio

Storm History: Ross County, Ohio

419 episodes, 590 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Ross 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
590
Deaths
4
Injuries
18
Damage
$18 million
Episodes
419

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
Flash Flood11210$2.7 million
Tornado10909$4.5 million
Hail10816$781,000
Flood6010$174,000
Winter Storm5600$500,000
Thunderstorm Wind5401$196,000
Winter Weather4300
Heavy Snow1500$1,000
High Wind1400$9.0 million
Ice Storm500
Heat300
Lightning212$80,000
Drought200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Excessive Heat200
Cold/Wind Chill100$20,000
Frost/Freeze100$540,000
Strong Wind100

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 Ross County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Ross CountyEvery warning in Ross 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.