Ohio

Storm History: Sandusky County, Ohio

377 episodes, 497 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Sandusky 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
497
Deaths
4
Injuries
109
Damage
$77 million
Episodes
377

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
Hail15702$1.0 million
Thunderstorm Wind9103$6.1 million
Tornado86021$32 million
High Wind3503$5.4 million
Flash Flood3500$14 million
Winter Storm2602$5.0 million
Flood2100$2.5 million
Heavy Snow702$816,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill700$100,000
Drought500$8.0 million
Strong Wind500$125,000
Lakeshore Flood500
Storm Surge/Tide400$675,000
Cold/Wind Chill300$30,000
Ice Storm300$1.6 million
Heat200
Blizzard2473
Heavy Rain100$34,000
Lightning100$3,000
Winter Weather103

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 Sandusky County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Sandusky CountyEvery warning in Sandusky 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.