Lake County, Ohio
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1960 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
5
Tornado reports
98
Hail reports
51
Floods since 1996
620
All events
1
Deaths
$412.0M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Lake County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 4 in all. Zoom in and the paths widen to their surveyed width.
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated
Year by year
All storm eventsTornadoes
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.
After a brief lull, heavy thunderstorm rains resumed just after midnight and devastating flash flood quickly developed. As much as three inches of rain fell between 12:30 and 2:30 a.m. By daybreak on the 28th, as much of 10 inches of rain had fallen on portions of Lake County sin…
During the early morning hours of the 20th, specifically between 230 am and 530 am, torrential rain fell over extreme northeast Cuyahoga County and most of Lake County. The showers were enhanced by the warm and moist air over Lake Erie, and subsequently produced rainfall rates th…
Winds in Lake County gusted over 60 mph for a few hours. A peak gust of 67 mph was measured by the Fairport Harbor Lighthouse. Hundreds of trees and utility poles were downed by the high winds. At least 31,500 electric customers lost power during the storms. There were reports of…
Temperatures dipped below freezing for several hours causing extensive damage to crops and produce. As much as 80 percent of the grape crop was destroyed and damage to fruit trees was also significant. A cooperative observer in Painesville reported a low of 28 degrees. Monetary l…
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…
Snow began during the morning hours of the 7th and continued for the next day and a half. Snow tapered off a bit during the evening hours of the 7th, but picked up again overnight and continued moderate to heavy at times through much of the day on the 8th. Gusty winds around 30 m…
A mixture of sleet and snow began in Lake County before daybreak on March 4th. This mixture quickly changed to freezing rain which then continued into the early morning hours of March 5th. Conditions quickly deteriorated after sunset as surface temperatures dropped off a few degr…
Heavy thunderstorm rains fell on Lake County during the afternoon and evening hours of July 27th. Rainfall rates at times were in excess of three inches per hour. Rainfall totals through 10 p.m. ranged from 4 to 7 inches over much of the county. Runoff from this heavy rain caused…
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A large tree was blown down on Sharon Drive.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A large tree was blown onto a home.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Dispatch reported numerous trees and tree limbs down across Lake County.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A large tree was blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Several large tree limbs were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Several trees were blown down near Concord, Ohio.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tree was blown down onto power lines near Perry, Ohio.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Power poles and wires were knocked down onto a road by a thunderstorm wind gust.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Tree downed along Hopkins Road, near OH Route 2, in Mentor.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Tree downed along Beechwood Drive in Kirtland.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Three trees downed at Willoughby Cemetery in Willoughby.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Trees snapped on east side of Mentor.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Tree downed along Hobart Road in Waite Hill.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Tree downed onto house in Mentor, which caused structural damage.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Tree downed along West Jackson Street on southwest side of Painesville.
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…
Winter Weather Winter Weather
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…
Winter Weather Winter Weather
While the heaviest snow with this event focused inland from Lake Erie and just south of Lake County, periods of moderate to heavy snow showers and squalls along with wind gusts up to 30 MPH led to travel impacts and moderate snow accumulations closer to the lake. The most intense…
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 of 40 to 50 MPH measured. Lake effect snow quickly developed into the morning of the 5th as winds shifted more northwesterly …
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 by early in the morning December 1st as winds shifted out of the west-northwest, directing lake effect bands back onshore across the primary snowbelt of far nor…
Lake-Effect Snow Lake-Effect Snow
A prolonged, crippling, and in some places historic lake effect 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 hou…
Lake-Effect Snow Lake-Effect Snow
A trough axis dropped southeast across Lake Erie the evening of November 21st, focusing a band of intense lake effect snow that pushed into Lake and northeastern Cuyahoga Counties in Northeast Ohio. The snow was heavy and wet, with snow rates as high as 2 inches per hour. This he…
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 began along Worrell Road, about two-miles south of Waite Hill, and caused tree damage before exiting Lake County and entering Geauga Cou…
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Large trees and branches downed in Wickliffe.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Several large trees downed in Eastlake.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Many large tree limbs and several large trees downed about two-miles NNE of Eastlake.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Willoughby Hills Fire Department had a portion of its station's roof removed.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Large tree was downed at Lake County Yacht Club in Eastlake. The tree damaged a pavilion and a boat.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Estimated peak convective wind gust of 75-mph from line of thunderstorms in Mentor-on-the-Lake.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Widespread tree damage in Mentor-on-the-Lake.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Trees downed in Mentor.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Large trees downed along Brooks Boulevard in Mentor-on-the-Lake.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Extensive tree damage and power poles snapped just north of Lakeshore Boulevard and Reynolds Road in Mentor area.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
At least one tree downed, tree limbs downed, and power poles broken about two-miles SSW and about two-miles SSE of Painesville.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Large tree branches downed along Sutherland Court in Mentor.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Trees uprooted and snapped in Grand River.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Railroad underpasses closed due to flooding on North State Street and Richmond Street in Painesville, with water depth of several feet. At least one vehicle became trapped in the flooded underpass. Radar estimated 1.5 inches of rainfall in about 60 minutes.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Reports of widespread road flooding in North Madison and Madison in eastern Lake County, with some roads closed due to flowing water. Radar estimated 1.5 to 2.5 inches of rainfall in a 60-75 minute period.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 |
| 2024 | 28 | 1 |
| 2023 | 19 | 1 |
| 2022 | 14 | 0 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1 |
| 2020 | 13 | 0 |
| 2019 | 17 | 0 |
| 2018 | 14 | 0 |
| 2017 | 8 | 0 |
| 2016 | 8 | 0 |
| 2015 | 9 | 0 |
| 2014 | 17 | 0 |
| 2013 | 21 | 0 |
| 2012 | 13 | 0 |
| 2011 | 35 | 0 |
| 2010 | 14 | 0 |
| 2009 | 15 | 0 |
| 2008 | 25 | 0 |
| 2007 | 20 | 0 |
| 2006 | 18 | 0 |
| 2005 | 21 | 0 |
| 2004 | 18 | 0 |
| 2003 | 11 | 0 |
| 2002 | 17 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 0 |
| 2000 | 26 | 1 |
| 1999 | 28 | 0 |
| 1998 | 21 | 0 |
| 1997 | 20 | 0 |
| 1996 | 38 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 7 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 5 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1975 | 2 | 0 |
| 1974 | 2 | 0 |
| 1973 | 1 | 0 |
| 1972 | 1 | 0 |
| 1970 | 2 | 0 |
| 1969 | 1 | 1 |
| 1962 | 1 | 0 |
| 1960 | 1 | 0 |
Search your address
See every tornado that passed within 25 miles of a place in Lake County, measured to its path.
We couldn’t get your location. Check that location access is allowed for this site, or type an address.