Ohio

Storm History: Vinton County, Ohio

339 episodes, 430 events since 1974

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Vinton 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
430
Deaths
0
Injuries
1
Damage
$6.9 million
Episodes
339

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
Thunderstorm Wind7301$642,000
Flash Flood7300$4.0 million
Flood5300$1.0 million
Hail3800$150,000
Heavy Snow3000
Tornado2800$824,000
Cold/Wind Chill1900$1,000
Winter Storm1800$20,000
Winter Weather1700
Drought1500
Strong Wind1300$61,000
High Wind1300$8,000
Heat1000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000$90,000
Excessive Heat800
Heavy Rain600
Frost/Freeze400
Ice Storm200

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Vinton County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Vinton CountyEvery warning in Vinton 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.