Storm History: Williams County, Ohio
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Williams 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
- 286
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 26
- Damage
- $32 million
- Episodes
- 226
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 75 | 0 | 2 | $271,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 73 | 1 | 3 | $151,000 |
| Tornado | 33 | 0 | 20 | $28 million |
| Winter Weather | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 13 | 0 | 0 | $3.2 million |
| High Wind | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 2 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Blizzard | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $150,000 |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 1 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, March 27, 1991
- Flash Flood, May 17, 1996
- Tornado, August 25, 1965
- Tornado, July 4, 1957
- Tornado, June 23, 2010
- Lightning, June 19, 2002
- Hail, June 9, 2008
- Tornado, June 28, 1994
- Hail, June 20, 1994
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2022
- Hail, May 9, 2000
- Tornado, July 15, 1995
- Tornado, May 6, 1961
- Tornado, August 22, 1964
- Tornado, April 17, 1969
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 17, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 24, 1998
- Flood, August 25, 1998
- Hail, June 13, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 6, 2005
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, August 24, 1998
- Hail, August 22, 2001
- Hail, June 10, 2020
- Hail, May 1, 2007
- Hail, May 15, 1988
- Hail, May 6, 1986
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2019
- Hail, July 26, 2007
- Hail, June 19, 2006
- Hail, June 21, 2006
- Hail, June 19, 2001
- Hail, August 2, 2000
- Hail, April 12, 1994
- Hail, June 17, 1992
- Hail, September 26, 1986
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, April 22, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 14, 2026
- Winter Storm, November 29, 2025
- Hail, March 30, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 17, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2024
- Tornado, July 28, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2023
- Hail, July 20, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2023
- Heavy Snow, March 3, 2023
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2023
- Heavy Snow, January 25, 2023
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2022
- Winter Storm, February 2, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2022
- High Wind, December 11, 2021
- Tornado, August 11, 2021
- Winter Weather, April 20, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 30, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2021
- High Wind, November 15, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2020
- Hail, June 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 25, 2020
- High Wind, November 27, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 11, 2019
- Hail, August 18, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2019
- Hail, March 14, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2019
- Ice Storm, February 12, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 22, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 24, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 5, 2017
- Strong Wind, August 3, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 26, 2017
- Winter Weather, March 17, 2017
- High Wind, March 8, 2017
- Hail, February 24, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2016
- Heavy Snow, December 11, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 2016
- Hail, March 27, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 12, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2015
- Heavy Snow, November 21, 2015
- Hail, August 2, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 1, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 8, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2015
- High Wind, November 24, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 5, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 4, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 26, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 27, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2012
- Winter Weather, January 20, 2012
- Hail, June 21, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 29, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2011
- Ice Storm, February 20, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 5, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 11, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 12, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2010
- Tornado, June 23, 2010
- Tornado, June 5, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 21, 2010
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2010
- High Wind, December 9, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2009
- High Wind, February 11, 2009
- Heavy Snow, January 9, 2009
- Ice Storm, December 19, 2008
- High Wind, September 14, 2008
- Hail, June 21, 2008
- Hail, June 9, 2008
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2007
- Ice Storm, December 9, 2007
- Hail, July 26, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 2007
- Hail, May 1, 2007
- Blizzard, February 13, 2007
- Ice Storm, January 14, 2007
- Hail, June 27, 2006
- Hail, June 21, 2006
- Hail, June 19, 2006
- Hail, May 25, 2006
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 6, 2005
- Hail, September 22, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2005
- Hail, July 21, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2005
- Dense Fog, January 12, 2005
- Ice Storm, January 5, 2005
- Winter Storm, December 22, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2004
- Hail, May 17, 2004
- High Wind, March 5, 2004
- High Wind, November 12, 2003
- Tornado, August 26, 2003
- Hail, August 1, 2003
- Hail, July 8, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2003
- Hail, May 9, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 30, 2003
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2003
- Heavy Snow, December 25, 2002
- Lightning, June 19, 2002
- High Wind, March 9, 2002
- Ice Storm, January 31, 2002
- Hail, August 22, 2001
- Hail, June 19, 2001
- Tornado, May 26, 2001
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2000
- Hail, August 23, 2000
- Hail, August 6, 2000
- Hail, August 2, 2000
- Hail, June 14, 2000
- Hail, May 9, 2000
- Heavy Snow, March 11, 2000
- Hail, July 29, 1999
- Hail, June 13, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 1999
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 6, 1998
- Flood, August 25, 1998
- Flash Flood, August 24, 1998
- Hail, July 21, 1998
- Hail, June 19, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 1, 1998
- Hail, August 4, 1997
- Flash Flood, July 21, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 29, 1996
- Flash Flood, May 17, 1996
- Heavy Snow, March 19, 1996
- Hail, July 26, 1995
- Tornado, July 15, 1995
- Hail, July 20, 1994
- Tornado, June 28, 1994
- Hail, June 20, 1994
- Hail, April 12, 1994
- Hail, July 20, 1992
- Tornado, July 14, 1992
- Tornado, July 13, 1992
- Tornado, July 12, 1992
- Hail, June 17, 1992
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 17, 1992
- Hail, July 7, 1991
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 1991
- Tornado, March 27, 1991
- Hail, August 28, 1990
- Tornado, June 2, 1990
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 1989
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 1989
- Hail, May 15, 1988
- Hail, April 3, 1988
- Hail, August 2, 1987
- Tornado, October 1, 1986
- Hail, September 26, 1986
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 1986
- Tornado, August 26, 1986
- Hail, May 6, 1986
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 1984
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 1984
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 1984
- Tornado, June 8, 1981
- Tornado, June 7, 1980
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 1980
- Tornado, May 13, 1980
- Hail, June 20, 1979
- Tornado, April 3, 1974
- Tornado, May 10, 1973
- Tornado, April 17, 1969
- Tornado, August 25, 1965
- Tornado, August 22, 1964
- Tornado, May 6, 1961
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 1960
- Tornado, April 29, 1959
- Tornado, July 4, 1957
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 1957
More
Tornadoes in Williams CountyEvery warning in Williams 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.