Geauga County, Ohio
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1959 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
18
Tornado reports
109
Hail reports
30
Floods since 1996
688
All events
2
Deaths
$55.6M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Geauga County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 17 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.
Local broadcast media reports that a tree fell on a van and killed a man on Chillicothe Road in Russell Township.
Trees and power poles downed throughout the county from thunderstorm winds of 60 to 80 mph. A 55 year old female was killed at Punderson State Park in Newbury Township when a 40 foot tree fell on her camper and crushed it. Twelve other campers in the park were severely damaged. A…
Slow moving thunderstorms dumped locally heavy rainfall on portions of Lake, Geauga and Cuyahoga Counties. Rainfall rates of between two and three inches per hour caused flash flooding. The worst flooding occurred in Chester Township in northwestern Geauga County. An automated ra…
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 7 and 9 pm. Damage in the county was e…
A mixture of sleet and snow began in Geauga County before daybreak on March 4th. This mixture changed to freezing rain by midday and then continued into the early morning hours of March 5th. Conditions quickly deteriorated after sunset as surface temperatures dropped off a few de…
Heavy thunderstorm rains fell on northern Geauga County during the evening hours of July 27th and early morning hours of the 28th. Some rainfall totals from this period included: 6.51 inches southwest of Thompson; 5.11 inches near Chardon; 3.53 inches in Chesterland and 2.83 inch…
Hail Hail
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A large tree fell onto a car.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Multiple trees were blown down around Hambden Township.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Power poles and trees were knocked down in Thompson Township by a thunderstorm wind gust.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Multiple trees and power lines were knocked down in Munson Township by a thunderstorm wind gust.
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Thunderstorm wind gust down two trees in Chardon.
Hail Hail
Accumulating hail up to quarter-size in Bainbridge.
Hail Hail
Hail up to golf ball-size about two-miles northwest of Bainbridge.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Several trees downed along U.S. Route 422, about one-mile ESE of Welshfield.
Hail Hail
Hail up to hen egg-size about two-miles north of Auburn Center.
Hail Hail
Hail up to golf ball-size about two-miles northeast of Bainbridge.
Tornado EF1 Tornado
An EF1 tornado with estimated peak winds of 100-mph impacted the Chesterland area. Radar data indicate this was a rare anticyclonic tornado. The tornado began just northeast of the intersection of Watt Road and Fairmount Road, where a large barn had its roof collapse. As the torn…
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A trained spotter measured a peak straight-line convective wind gust of 65-mph from a line of thunderstorms at the intersection of U.S. Route 322 and OH Route 44 in the Munson area.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Healthy tree snapped at the intersection of Mentor Road and OH Route 44 on the northwest side of Chardon.
Lake-Effect Snow Lake-Effect Snow
Following a strong cold front that crossed on November 26th, much colder air flowed in and allowed significant lake-effect snow to develop. This snow was initially carried into western New York by southwest winds, but gradually shifted south and west into the snowbelt region of N…
Winter Weather Winter Weather
Low pressure moved through the region on November 9th, before shifting east into New England and lingering through the 10th and 11th. A period of synoptic snow associated with the low pressure occurred late November 9th into early November 10th. Behind this low, a lingering troug…
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Numerous large trees downed in the Lake Lucerne area of Bainbridge. At least four homes were damaged by the downed trees and at least one utility pole was downed.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Downed tree blocked Geauga Lake Road, at Bainbridge Road, in Bainbridge.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Tree downed along Hobart Road, about three-miles ESE of Parkman.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Large tree snapped and smaller tree downed in Middlefield.
Hail Hail
Hail up to nickel-size about one-mile east of South Russell.
Hail Hail
Hail up to quarter-size in South Russell.
Hail Hail
Hail up to quarter-size about two-miles northeast of Chagrin Falls.
Hail Hail
Hail up to quarter-size in Novelty.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Deepening low pressure tracked into the upper Ohio Valley the morning of February 16th, before the low pressure transferred to off the east coast that afternoon and evening. This allowed for a period of rain changing to accumulating wet snow as the low pressure lifted into the Oh…
Lake-Effect Snow Lake-Effect Snow
As an area of low pressure deepened off the northern Mid Atlantic coast, cold north to northwesterly winds across the partially unfrozen waters of Lake Erie brought accumulating lake effect snow to Northeast Ohio. The heaviest snow rates and greatest snow rates occurred with a ba…
Lake-Effect Snow Lake-Effect Snow
Behind a cold front that crossed early in the morning on January 3, 2025, west-northwest winds ushered in colder air across Lake Erie, setting up another round of lake effect snow showers and squalls across northeastern Ohio. The lake effect activity was most intense from late mo…
Lake-Effect Snow Lake-Effect Snow
Cold north-northwesterly winds developed overnight December 20th into early December 21st, allowing for lake effect snow to develop and push into far northeastern Ohio. This lake effect continued through the 21st before winding down to lighter snow showers that persisted into ear…
Lake-Effect Snow Lake-Effect Snow
An arctic cold front blasted through Northeastern Ohio shortly after midnight December 5th. A band of snow squalls accompanied this front, with wind gusts over 40 MPH measured. Lake effect snow quickly developed into the morning of the 5th as winds shifted more northwesterly and …
Lake-Effect Snow Lake-Effect Snow
After a brief break in the lake effect during much of the day and into the night of November 30th, lake effect returned during the morning hours of December 1st as winds shifted out of the west-northwest, directing lake effect bands back onshore across the primary snowbelt of far…
Lake-Effect Snow Lake-Effect Snow
A prolonged lake effect snow event took place across the Northeast Ohio snowbelt to end November and start December in 2024. The event ramped up overnight November 28th and 29th as a band of very heavy snow with snow rates up to 2 inches per hour took shape on a westerly wind acr…
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Trees downed along OH Route 44, about four-miles southwest of Burton.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Road flooding in Bainbridge, including Bainbridge Road and Chillicothe Road at US-422. Yard and minor road flooding near McFarland Creek on Chagrin Road near Westhill Drive.
Tornado EF1 Tornado
This tornado had peak intensity of EF1, estimated peak winds of 110 mph, and travelled generally southeastward during its lifespan. The tornado exited Lake County and entered Geauga County just west-southwest of the intersection of Hidden Valley Drive and Tibbets Road on the nort…
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Metal truss tower damaged; large trees and power poles downed in Chesterland.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Extensive tree damage along Ferry Road in Chesterland.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Numerous trees and several utility poles downed about four-miles ESE of Chesterland.
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Extensive tree damage near Sperry and Sherman Roads on northeast side of Chesterland.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Large tree downed near intersection of U.S. Route 322 and Sperry Road.
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Large tree branch snapped about two-miles southwest of Aquilla.
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Large trees downed along Summers Road in Chesterland.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 1 |
| 2025 | 13 | 0 |
| 2024 | 27 | 1 |
| 2023 | 23 | 3 |
| 2022 | 21 | 0 |
| 2021 | 11 | 0 |
| 2020 | 24 | 0 |
| 2019 | 21 | 1 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2 |
| 2017 | 10 | 0 |
| 2016 | 13 | 0 |
| 2015 | 12 | 0 |
| 2014 | 18 | 0 |
| 2013 | 14 | 0 |
| 2012 | 20 | 0 |
| 2011 | 29 | 1 |
| 2010 | 17 | 0 |
| 2009 | 8 | 0 |
| 2008 | 20 | 0 |
| 2007 | 15 | 0 |
| 2006 | 27 | 0 |
| 2005 | 25 | 0 |
| 2004 | 22 | 0 |
| 2003 | 20 | 0 |
| 2002 | 25 | 0 |
| 2001 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 31 | 0 |
| 1999 | 34 | 0 |
| 1998 | 27 | 0 |
| 1997 | 21 | 0 |
| 1996 | 38 | 0 |
| 1995 | 9 | 1 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 10 | 2 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 1 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 1 |
| 1984 | 2 | 0 |
| 1983 | 6 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 1 |
| 1974 | 6 | 1 |
| 1964 | 1 | 1 |
| 1962 | 1 | 0 |
| 1960 | 2 | 0 |
| 1959 | 1 | 1 |
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