Erie County, Ohio
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1953 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
15
Tornado reports
108
Hail reports
72
Floods since 1996
561
All events
2
Deaths
$62.1M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Erie County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 15 in all. Zoom in and the paths widen to their surveyed width.
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NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
Widespread flooding across western and central Erie County, including the cities of Sandusky and Huron, Margaretta Township, Perkins Township, Oxford Township, and Huron Township. Officials estimated hundreds of homes impacted by basement flooding per local media reports. Widespr…
A thunderstorm downburst caused widespread wind damage in the northeast portion of Sandusky. The damage swatg was a half mile wide and approximately 2.25 miles long. Numerous large trees and limbs were brought down across the city with some falling on buildings causing roof damag…
High winds associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ike began during the early evening hours of September 14th and continued through late evening. Peak wind gusts were estimated to be around 60 mph with the strongest winds occurring between 6 and 8 pm. Damage in the county was e…
Devastating and widespread flooding developed in Erie County on June 22nd as runoff from the heavy thunderstorm rains that fell during the evening of the 21st made it's way into area streams and rivers. Initially much of the flooding in the county was in urban areas where water s…
Thunderstorms dumped torrential rains on Erie County during the evening of June 21st. Rainfall rates with the stronger storms exceeded three inches per hour. As much as 7 to 9 inches of rain fell on Perkins Township with 4 to 6 inches over the remainder of the county. Most of thi…
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Perkins Road was closed and impassable due to down tree limbs and power lines.
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A large maple tree was blown down.
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A large tree was blown down in downtown Huron.
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Several power poles were blown down.
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Several large tree limbs and power lines were blown down.
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A tree was blown down onto the road at Green Road and Ward Road.
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Tree down on a house in Sandusky, OH from thunderstorm wind gust relayed via County EMA.
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Erie County 911 Dispatch reported several tree limbs down in Perkins Township.
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Public weather station reported a wind gust of 65 mph. In addition, several tree limbs were snapped and minor roof shingle damage occurred.
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Thunderstorm wind gust was recorded on trained spotter weather station. In addition, several tree limbs were snapped onto onto powerlines.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
OH-60 flooded north of Mason Road south of Vermilion. Radar estimated 2 to 2.5 inches of rainfall in about one hour, which equates to a roughly 50 year recurrence interval.
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Several tree branches downed in Milan.
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Tree limbs and power poles downed in Berlin Heights.
Hail Hail
Hail up to penny-size about 2-miles SSE of Bay View.
Tornado EF1 Tornado
A tornado with estimated peak winds of 90 mph occurred in the Beulah Beach section of Vermilion Township. As the tornado moved southeastward from the Lake Erie shore, it uprooted trees and snapped large tree limbs. Several of these limbs fell onto homes and one partially-destroye…
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Large trees and large tree limbs downed on Kelleys Island.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Multiple road closures due to flash flooding in eastern Erie County, including in Vermilion and Florence Township. Main Road closed at Chappel Creek due to flooding of the creek. Sperry Road closed between OH-60 and the Erie/Lorain county line. Reports of cars stranded in flooded…
Large tree downed onto house and injured two inhabitants in Sandusky. Multiple large tree limbs downed elsewhere in Sandusky.
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Several trees and power poles downed in Castalia.
Hail Hail
Hail up to golf ball-size near the intersection of OH-2 and OH-4 on the SSW side of Sandusky.
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Windows blown-out and TV antenna downed at residence near the intersection of OH-2 and OH-4 on the SSW side of Sandusky.
Hail Hail
Hail up to golf ball-size near the intersection of Fox Road and Hayes Avenue (OH-4), between Sandusky and I-90.
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Several power poles downed near intersection of Fox Road and Hayes Avenue (OH-4), between Sandusky and I-90.
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Trees downed along Cedar Point Drive.
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Several large trees uprooted and/or snapped along Birchwood Drive in Sandusky South.
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Trees downed in Castalia.
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Numerous trees and limbs snapped, and a large cover was removed from the pool, at Plum Brook Country Club. This damage occurred about one-mile southeast of Fairview Lanes.
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Numerous trees downed along OH-2, about four-miles northeast of Berlin Heights.
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Tree downed about one-mile northwest of Huron.
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Several power poles snapped along U.S. Route 6, about two-miles WSW of Sandusky.
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Numerous trees downed in Castalia.
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Trees, tree limbs, and utility poles downed about four-miles SSW of Huron.
Blizzard Blizzard
An Arctic cold front swept through the area shortly before midnight December 23rd. Low pressure along this front tracked over Lake Erie early in the morning on December 23rd and rapidly intensified through the day while slowly lifting northeast across Ontario. With the frontal pa…
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Wind chills plunged below 0 around 4 AM December 23rd and did not warm back above 0 until the early morning hours of December 26th. A wind chill of -31 degrees was reported at 12:00 PM December 23rd on a weather station in Sandusky. A warming center was opened in Sandusky in resp…
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Several trees downed at Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky.
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Several trees downed in Huron.
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Large tree snapped halfway up in Huron.
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Two-foot diameter tree snapped in half about four-miles north of Milan.
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Trees downed in Castalia.
High Wind High Wind
Peak wind gust of 58 mph recorded in Huron.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
An ice jam had formed upstream of Vermilion near Mill Hollow and Bacon Woods reservation earlier in the month. Above normal temperatures and increased river flows due to snow melt and precipitation caused the ice jam to release, sending flood waters and ice chunks downstream to V…
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | 19 | 1 |
| 2022 | 10 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 | 19 | 0 |
| 2019 | 21 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8 | 1 |
| 2016 | 7 | 0 |
| 2015 | 8 | 0 |
| 2014 | 11 | 0 |
| 2013 | 11 | 0 |
| 2012 | 22 | 0 |
| 2011 | 18 | 0 |
| 2010 | 18 | 0 |
| 2009 | 11 | 0 |
| 2008 | 23 | 0 |
| 2007 | 12 | 0 |
| 2006 | 22 | 0 |
| 2005 | 16 | 0 |
| 2004 | 14 | 0 |
| 2003 | 16 | 0 |
| 2002 | 21 | 1 |
| 2001 | 10 | 0 |
| 2000 | 15 | 1 |
| 1999 | 21 | 0 |
| 1998 | 46 | 1 |
| 1997 | 24 | 0 |
| 1996 | 34 | 1 |
| 1995 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 1 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 4 | 1 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 8 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 1 |
| 1976 | 2 | 0 |
| 1975 | 1 | 0 |
| 1974 | 3 | 0 |
| 1973 | 1 | 0 |
| 1972 | 1 | 0 |
| 1970 | 1 | 1 |
| 1968 | 2 | 0 |
| 1961 | 1 | 1 |
| 1959 | 1 | 1 |
| 1954 | 2 | 2 |
| 1953 | 1 | 1 |
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