Tornadoes · United States · Ohio

2024 tornadoes in Ohio

70 tornadoes touched down in Ohio in 2024, 280 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 3 people and injured 40.

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The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Enhanced Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

EF065 to 85 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Every tornado in Ohio in 2024

February 28 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
February 28	4:37 AM EST	EF1	Montgomery	2.4	200		$510,000
February 28	4:52 AM EST	EF2	Clark	21.1	500	3	$2.0 million
February 28	5:14 AM EST	EF1	Madison	12.3	250		$300,000
February 28	5:26 AM EST	EF1	Franklin	3.8	200		$100,000
February 28	5:28 AM EST	EF0	Franklin	0.5	60		$25,000
February 28	5:29 AM EST	EF0	Pickaway	2.2	80		$250,000
February 28	5:48 AM EST	EF0	Franklin	5.7	75		$60,000
February 28	5:49 AM EST	EF2	Franklin	14.0	300		$500,000
February 28	7:22 AM EST	EF2	Monroe	4.0	200		$500,000

March 5 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 5	2:34 PM EST	EF0	Putnam	0.2	50			$75,000

March 14 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 14	7:00 PM EDT	EF1	Mercer	15.9	1,050			$750,000
March 14	7:09 PM EDT	Unrated	Hancock	1.3	50
March 14	7:29 PM EDT	EF3	Auglaize	31.3	1,000	3	27	$6.0 million
March 14	7:30 PM EDT	EF1	Hancock	3.3	100			$75,000
March 14	7:54 PM EDT	EF2	Crawford	10.3	250			$450,000
March 14	8:24 PM EDT	EF2	Union	19.5	600			$550,000
March 14	9:01 PM EDT	EF1	Delaware	35.4	600			$1.5 million

April 2 10 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 2	10:26 AM EDT	EF1	Lawrence	1.1	200		$50,000
April 2	10:34 AM EDT	EF1	Lawrence	0.4	250		$10,000
April 2	10:40 AM EDT	EF1	Gallia	0.5	150		$50,000
April 2	7:46 PM EDT	EF1	Adams	7.9	500	1	$200,000
April 2	8:08 PM EDT	EF0	Licking	5.3	150		$50,000
April 2	8:32 PM EDT	EF1	Muskingum	8.2	75		$950,000
April 2	8:47 PM EDT	EF2	Jackson	1.9	325		$20,000
April 2	8:49 PM EDT	EF0	Muskingum	1.2	50		$400,000
April 2	8:57 PM EDT	EF1	Guernsey	1.3	75		$400,000
April 2	9:20 PM EDT	EF1	Muskingum	0.5	150		$10,000

April 17 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 17	4:06 PM EDT	EF1	Crawford	3.5	100	$1.0 million
April 17	4:21 PM EDT	EF0	Champaign	3.0	150	$25,000
April 17	5:26 PM EDT	EF1	Delaware	0.9	100	$35,000
April 17	6:45 PM EDT	EF1	Portage	4.0	65	$500,000
April 17	7:01 PM EDT	EF0	Trumbull	3.0	20	$100,000

May 4 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 4	7:38 PM EDT	Unrated	Mercer	0.6	30

May 7 18 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 7	7:50 PM EDT	EF2	Mercer	8.1	400		$50,000
May 7	8:09 PM EDT	EF1	Paulding	6.2	300		$200,000
May 7	8:16 PM EDT	EF0	Paulding	0.5	25		$10,000
May 7	8:20 PM EDT	EF2	Mercer	6.4	300		$350,000
May 7	8:24 PM EDT	EF1	Darke	11.7	800		$500,000
May 7	8:54 PM EDT	Unrated	Putnam	0.1	5
May 7	9:20 PM EDT	EF1	Butler	2.4	200		$200,000
May 7	9:57 PM EDT	EF0	Butler	0.3	80		$20,000
May 7	10:05 PM EDT	EF0	Warren	0.3	100		$15,000
May 7	10:08 PM EDT	EF1	Warren	2.6	150		$200,000
May 7	10:14 PM EDT	EF0	Warren	0.4	50		$20,000
May 7	10:15 PM EDT	EF1	Warren	2.7	350		$500,000
May 7	10:27 PM EDT	EF0	Warren	0.5	150		$50,000
May 7	10:27 PM EDT	EF0	Clinton	1.3	80		$10,000
May 7	11:49 PM EDT	EF0	Licking	3.0	100		$50,000
May 7	12:02 AM EDT	EF1	Muskingum	0.4	128		$100,000
May 7	12:17 AM EDT	EF1	Coshocton	0.1	197		$100,000
May 7	11:54 PM CDT	EF2	Hancock to WV, PA	15.3	200	1	$10,000

May 11 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 11	2:42 PM EDT	EF0	Portage	0.3	10			$5,000

May 17 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 17	1:33 PM EDT	EF0	Carroll	0.2	40			$250,000

May 26 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 26	3:28 PM EDT	EF1	Jackson	3.8	125			$30,000

June 5 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
June 5	8:02 PM EDT	EF0	Delaware	0.3	50		$5,000
June 5	8:43 PM EDT	EF0	Knox	3.3	80		$30,000
June 5	10:56 PM EDT	EF0	Licking	0.6	150		$15,000
June 5	12:37 AM EDT	EF2	Muskingum	1.3	120	8

June 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 29	11:02 AM EDT	EF0	Huron	0.2	25

July 4 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 4	8:44 PM EDT	EF0	Logan	0.2	50			$5,000

July 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 29	1:40 AM EDT	EF1	Warren	8.0	200			$50,000

August 6 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
August 6	3:40 PM EDT	EF1	Lorain	11.9	200	$95,000
August 6	3:54 PM EDT	EF1	Cuyahoga	1.8	250	$50,000
August 6	4:00 PM EDT	EF1	Cuyahoga	16.9	350	$2.0 million
August 6	4:20 PM EDT	EF1	Summit	3.3	150	$194,000
August 6	4:31 PM EDT	EF1	Lake	4.7	200	$30,000

September 24 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 24	4:47 PM EDT	EF0	Preble	1.4	30			$5,000
September 24	8:04 PM EDT	EF0	Lorain	0.2	25			$25,000

September 25 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 25	7:47 AM EDT	EF0	Hocking	2.0	50			$10,000

December 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 29	3:08 PM EST	EF0	Union	0.3	50			$15,000

Crossed into Ohio

Tornadoes that touched down in a neighboring state and ran into Ohio. They are counted under the state they began in.

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 14	5:40 PM CDT	EF1	Mercer, IN to OH	9.3	450			$250,000
March 14	6:50 PM CDT	EF3	Randolph, IN to OH	41.3	700	1	39	$26 million
April 2	9:12 AM CDT	EF1	Greenup, KY to OH	7.9	250		1	$2.1 million
May 7	7:56 PM CDT	EF1	Franklin, IN to OH	8.0	300			$10,000

Nearby

Every tornado in Ohio since 1950 Warnings in force in Ohio The live radar over Ohio

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.