Storm History: Ross County, Ohio
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | 112 | 1 | 0 | $2.7 million |
| Tornado | 109 | 0 | 9 | $4.5 million |
| Hail | 108 | 1 | 6 | $781,000 |
| Flood | 60 | 1 | 0 | $174,000 |
| Winter Storm | 56 | 0 | 0 | $500,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 54 | 0 | 1 | $196,000 |
| Winter Weather | 43 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 15 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| High Wind | 14 | 0 | 0 | $9.0 million |
| Ice Storm | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 2 | 1 | 2 | $80,000 |
| Drought | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 | $540,000 |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- High Wind, September 14, 2008
- Tornado, August 24, 1982
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2001
- Frost/Freeze, April 6, 2007
- Winter Storm, January 6, 1996
- Tornado, October 15, 2021
- Tornado, March 19, 1954
- Tornado, December 26, 1973
- Tornado, May 2, 1983
- Flash Flood, March 2, 1997
- Hail, May 11, 2014
- Hail, June 21, 1994
- Tornado, March 3, 2023
- Tornado, July 11, 2009
- Hail, April 11, 2007
- Flash Flood, October 4, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2025
- Tornado, June 10, 2020
- Tornado, August 9, 2000
- Flood, May 26, 2022
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, May 26, 2019
- Hail, April 9, 2001
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Hail, May 3, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2009
- Flash Flood, April 7, 2006
- Hail, July 14, 2000
- Flood, June 4, 2020
- Hail, April 28, 2016
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Hail, July 26, 2012
- Hail, June 4, 2011
- Hail, April 5, 2010
- Flash Flood, October 4, 2006
- Hail, September 25, 1994
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, April 23, 1968
- Tornado, September 20, 2000
- Tornado, May 2, 1983
- Tornado, November 22, 1992
- Tornado, July 2, 1997
- Tornado, October 13, 1999
- Tornado, November 10, 2002
- Tornado, May 14, 2014
- Tornado, May 26, 1962
- Tornado, March 13, 1967
- Tornado, July 5, 1980
- Tornado, April 25, 1989
- Tornado, September 14, 1990
- Tornado, August 25, 1998
- Tornado, October 26, 2010
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, June 18, 2026
- Strong Wind, March 13, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 14, 2026
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2025
- Winter Weather, November 10, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 29, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 6, 2025
- Flood, May 8, 2025
- Hail, May 4, 2025
- Hail, May 2, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 29, 2025
- Hail, April 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 16, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Flash Flood, September 27, 2024
- High Wind, September 27, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2024
- Flood, May 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 9, 2024
- Tornado, May 7, 2024
- Tornado, May 4, 2024
- Tornado, April 17, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2023
- Hail, July 17, 2023
- Flood, March 24, 2023
- Tornado, March 3, 2023
- High Wind, March 3, 2023
- High Wind, February 9, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 2022
- Flood, August 20, 2022
- Tornado, July 23, 2022
- Tornado, June 13, 2022
- Tornado, June 8, 2022
- Flood, May 26, 2022
- Hail, May 21, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2022
- Hail, May 3, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 13, 2022
- High Wind, March 30, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 11, 2022
- Flood, February 17, 2022
- Ice Storm, February 2, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2022
- Tornado, October 15, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2021
- Tornado, July 29, 2021
- Tornado, June 18, 2021
- Winter Weather, April 20, 2021
- Flood, February 28, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 27, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 24, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2020
- Winter Weather, November 30, 2020
- High Wind, November 15, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2020
- Tornado, June 10, 2020
- Flood, June 4, 2020
- Tornado, May 18, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 27, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 11, 2019
- Flood, August 30, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2019
- Flood, July 31, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2019
- Flood, July 7, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2019
- Tornado, June 24, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2019
- Hail, May 26, 2019
- Hail, May 23, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2019
- Tornado, February 6, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2019
- Hail, September 6, 2018
- Flood, June 19, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2018
- Flood, April 15, 2018
- Flood, March 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 15, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2018
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 9, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2017
- Flash Flood, April 29, 2017
- Tornado, April 5, 2017
- Winter Weather, March 13, 2017
- Tornado, March 1, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2016
- Tornado, June 22, 2016
- Hail, May 10, 2016
- Hail, April 28, 2016
- Winter Weather, April 8, 2016
- High Wind, April 3, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2016
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 20, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 12, 2016
- Hail, July 14, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2015
- Hail, June 30, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2015
- Hail, June 18, 2015
- Hail, April 8, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2015
- Tornado, December 24, 2014
- Winter Weather, November 22, 2014
- Winter Storm, November 16, 2014
- Hail, August 2, 2014
- Flood, June 10, 2014
- Hail, June 3, 2014
- Tornado, May 14, 2014
- Hail, May 11, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2014
- Flash Flood, December 21, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 10, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 6, 2013
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 17, 2013
- Tornado, November 1, 2013
- Tornado, October 31, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 24, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2012
- Hail, July 26, 2012
- Heat, July 1, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Heat, June 28, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 21, 2012
- Tornado, May 1, 2012
- Flash Flood, March 15, 2012
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2012
- Winter Storm, January 20, 2012
- Flood, January 17, 2012
- Hail, July 11, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 21, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2011
- Hail, June 7, 2011
- Hail, June 4, 2011
- Tornado, May 23, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2011
- Tornado, April 19, 2011
- Flood, April 12, 2011
- Hail, March 23, 2011
- Tornado, February 28, 2011
- Ice Storm, February 1, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 12, 2010
- Tornado, October 26, 2010
- Hail, September 7, 2010
- Hail, August 4, 2010
- Hail, August 4, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2010
- Hail, April 5, 2010
- Winter Weather, February 26, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2010
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2010
- Heavy Snow, December 19, 2009
- High Wind, December 9, 2009
- Tornado, August 20, 2009
- Tornado, July 11, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 9, 2009
- Tornado, June 2, 2009
- Tornado, May 30, 2009
- High Wind, February 11, 2009
- Heavy Snow, January 27, 2009
- High Wind, September 14, 2008
- Hail, August 4, 2008
- Hail, July 8, 2008
- Hail, June 23, 2008
- Hail, June 9, 2008
- Tornado, June 4, 2008
- Flash Flood, March 18, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2008
- Flood, March 4, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2008
- Heavy Snow, February 20, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2008
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2008
- Heavy Snow, December 4, 2007
- Hail, August 25, 2007
- Hail, August 9, 2007
- Hail, July 26, 2007
- Hail, June 8, 2007
- Tornado, May 15, 2007
- Tornado, April 26, 2007
- Hail, April 11, 2007
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.