Ohio

Storm History: Scioto County, Ohio

477 episodes, 708 events since 1965

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Scioto 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
708
Deaths
12
Injuries
85
Damage
$26 million
Episodes
477

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 Flood14924$5.3 million
Hail12111$602,000
Tornado104777$5.7 million
Flood9723$3.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind9300$312,000
Winter Storm5200$2.0 million
Winter Weather4700
Heavy Snow1600$1,000
High Wind1200$9.0 million
Ice Storm500
Heat300
Excessive Heat300
Drought200
Heavy Rain200
Cold/Wind Chill100$20,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100

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 Scioto County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Scioto CountyEvery warning in Scioto 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.