Tornado in Ohio
Every tornado event the National Weather Service has filed in Ohio, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
The most significant on the map
The most significant tornado episodes in Ohio.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 1,565
- Deaths
- 200
- Injuries
- 4,716
- Damage
- $3.0 billion
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, April 3, 1974
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 11, 1965
- Tornadoes in Ohio, June 8, 1953
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, May 31, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, April 23, 1968
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 9, 1969
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Ohio, May 27 to 28, 2019Thunderstorms developed during the evening hours along a warm front lifting slowly north across the region. Many of the thunderstorms produced tornadoes, including a few strong to violent tornadoes.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, May 10, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 5 to 6, 2010A stationary frontal system stretched across the lower Great Lakes on the morning of Saturday, June 5th. This resulted in a very warm and humid airmass over northern Ohio.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, April 9, 1999After touching down on the north shore of the Ohio River, the tornado destroyed a house, pulled a metal roof from a garage, and downed several trees.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, September 20, 2000Trees down in several locations across the county.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 13, 1981
- Tornadoes in Ohio, November 10, 2002On Sunday, November 10th, 2002 a cold front trailed from a deep surface low over northern Lake Michigan into central Missouri.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, May 2, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, March 2, 2012Thunderstorms developed during the afternoon in a high wind shear environment ahead of a strengthening low pressure system. Many of these storms became severe, with large hail, damaging thunderstorm winds, and tornadoes all being the main threats.
- Tornadoes and Flood in Ohio, March 14, 2024Thunderstorms developed in an unseasonably warm and humid airmass ahead of an approaching cold front.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, March 10, 1986
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 20, 1962
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, April 25, 1961
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, November 16, 1965
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 8, 1969
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, June 2, 1990
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 12, 1992
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 5, 1956
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, November 22, 1992
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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.