Ohio

Storm History: Shelby County, Ohio

394 episodes, 535 events since 1961

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Shelby 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
535
Deaths
5
Injuries
81
Damage
$12 million
Episodes
394

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
Hail10205$406,000
Tornado97575$3.7 million
Flash Flood9300$679,000
Winter Weather5700
Thunderstorm Wind5601$315,000
Winter Storm4800$40,000
Flood3500$368,000
High Wind1400$5.8 million
Heavy Snow900
Ice Storm700
Heat300
Lightning200$51,000
Drought200
Blizzard200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill200
Excessive Heat200
Strong Wind200
Cold/Wind Chill100$20,000
Frost/Freeze100$540,000

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 Shelby County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Shelby CountyEvery warning in Shelby 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.