Sandusky 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.
13
Tornado reports
106
Hail reports
51
Floods since 1996
497
All events
4
Deaths
$62.3M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Sandusky County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 12 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.
Tornado F4 Tornado
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…
A line of thunderstorms producing winds in excess of 70 mph raced east across Seneca County causing significant damage. Thousands of trees and limbs were downed across the county and large swaths of corn were flattened in fields. Nearly every community in the county sustained dam…
Slow moving training thunderstorms developed across central and eastern portions of Sandusky County between 330pm and 5pm local time. Torrential rainfall of up to 4.5 inches in two hours caused widespread flash flooding in Fremont. Flooding was reported in both the Sheriff Depart…
High winds associated with the remnants of Hurricane Ike began during the late afternoon hours of September 14th and continued through most of the evening. Wind gusts were estimated to be around 60 mph with the strongest winds occurring between 5 and 7 pm. Damage in the county wa…
Thunderstorms dumped torrential rains on Sandusky County during the evening hours of June 21st and early morning hours of the 22nd. Rainfall rates with the stronger storms approached three inches per hour. Rainfall totals for the event include: 7.5 inches in northeastern Townsend…
Flooding continued in Sandusky County well after the heavy rains that caused flash flooding early on June 22nd ended. Runoff from the heavy rains caused rapid rises in all of the streams and rivers in the county on June 22nd. Both the Sandusky and Portage Rivers went into flood d…
A tornado touched down just northwest of Fremont near the intersection of Shade Road and Four Mile House Road. A house was heavily damaged and a motor home destroyed near this location. From the initial touchdown site, the tornado traveled northeast for around three and a half mi…
Large trees, branches and power lines were downed, some on houses and vehicles. A silo was blown onto a house in Vickery, four semi trucks were blown over at Clyde and three barn roofs were blown off in Townsend Township. Straight line winds downed trees and took the roof off of …
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A large tree limb was blown down.
Flood Flood
Several roads closed due to creeks/streams overflowing their banks and flowing across the roadways due to previous heavy rainfall. Locations include Dunmeyer Road at Ninemile Creek, US-20 east of Hessville, County Road 109 between County Road 106 and County Road 122, and County R…
Flood Flood
Several roads closed due to creeks/streams overflowing their banks and flowing across the roadways due to previous heavy rainfall. Locations include CR-260 at Fuller Creek, OH-412 between CR-232 and CR-238, and CR-294 between US-6 and CR-247.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Flash flooding closed multiple roads due to creeks/streams overflowing their banks and flowing across the roadways. Locations include CR-260 at Pickerel Creek and US-6 between CR-260 and CR-268.
Flood Flood
Multiple roads closed due to creeks/streams overflowing their banks and flowing across the roadways due to previous heavy rainfall. Locations include CR-260 at Pickerel Creek and US-6 between CR-260 and CR-268.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Flash flooding closed several roads due to creeks/streams overflowing their banks and flowing across the roadways. Locations include Dunmeyer Road at Ninemile Creek, US-20 east of Hessville, County Road 109 between County Road 106 and County Road 122, and County Road 97 just west…
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Flash flooding closed several roads due to creeks/streams overflowing their banks and flowing across the roadways. Locations include CR-260 at Fuller Creek, OH-412 between CR-232 and CR-238, and CR-294 between US-6 and CR-247.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Power poles downed near Buchanan Road and Oak Drive in Ballville.
Ice Storm Ice Storm
Weak low pressure tracked through the Ohio Valley and into the eastern Great Lakes February 12th into February 13th. A mix of primarily freezing rain along with some light sleet and snow occurred across Northwest Ohio as the low pressure moved through the region with temperatures…
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Utility pole downed at the corner of Oak Harbor and East Hawk Roads, about 2.6-miles NNW of Fremont.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Utility pole downed at intersection of OH-53 and Bumb Road, about 4.1-miles NNE of Fremont.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Barn sustained damage to its sheet metal roof and door along U.S. Route 6, about 3.6-miles northeast of Fremont.
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Reports of impassable roadway flooding in and just north of Fremont, including flowing water over County Road 73 between Oak Harbor Road and Fangboner Road. Community building in the northern portion of Fremont experienced up to 5 feet of water in the basement of the building. Ra…
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Reports of widespread road closures due to flooded and impassable roadways in northeast Sandusky County. Radar estimated 3 to 3.25 inches of rain fell in a 2 to 3 hour period preceding the flash flood event. Total rainfall of 4 to 4.5 inches fell over a 5 hour period.
Tornado EF1 Tornado
After entering Sandusky County from Ottawa County, this tornado continued to move generally southeastward and impacted a residential property along Sandusky County Route 92, between Elmore and Lindsey. Siding was ripped-off the home, several trees were downed, and power lines wer…
Tornado EF1 Tornado
A brief tornado began near the intersection of Township Road 153 and Township Road 146 in Rice Township. As the tornado tracked east-northeastward, several trees were downed and two of these trees damaged a home. Another tree was snapped at its base. The tornado ended just east o…
Tornado EF0 Tornado
A brief tornado began along County Road 247, just east-northeast of Vickery, where it destroyed an outbuilding's metal roof. As the tornado moved east-southeastward across Schertz Ditch and continued into a tree line, the metal roof was thrown into a field and shingles from a hom…
Tornado EF0 Tornado
The tornado began on Parkview Place in Bellevue, where it knocked down several power poles. As the tornado tracked south-southeastward, it snapped several large branches off the tops of trees in Robert Peters Park and then damaged more trees along Kilbourne Street before the torn…
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Multiple trees snapped along the Ohio Turnpike, near U.S. Route 6, about five-miles northeast of Fremont.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Barn collapsed about four-miles north of Green Springs.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Several trees with snapped limbs in Clyde.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Tree downed at intersection of OH-19 and East Cole Road.
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 minimum wind chill of -37 degrees was reported at 9:55 AM December 23rd at the Sandusky County Regional Airport. A weather station in Fremont repo…
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A 45-foot TV tower was toppled and damaged a residence along Risingsun Road in southwestern Sandusky County, about three-miles east of Risingsun.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Numerous trees downed in Fremont. Four of these trees fell onto houses and one fell onto a car. A mesonet station in Fremont recorded a peak convective gust of 61 mph.
Structural damage occurred at the Sandusky County Fairgrounds in Fremont. Three buildings had metal siding damaged. One of these buildings had its large metal door blown-in and half of its roof torn off. A barricade was blown into a car and injured the driver.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
A tractor trailer was blown-over by strong convective wind gusts about 1.2 miles-WNW of downtown Fremont. Business' signs were also damaged in the area.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Personal weather station recorded a peak wind gust of 73 mph from a passing thunderstorm about 1.75-miles WNW of downtown Fremont.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Several power poles blown down in Woodville. Entire town lost power for a time.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Trained spotter recorded a peak gust of 58 mph from a passing thunderstorm about one-mile north of Gibsonburg.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Four power poles downed at US-6 and County Road 294 northeast of Vickery. Person was trapped in car in between poles, but was not injured.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
A prolonged winter storm occurred from late February 2nd through early February 4th, 2022 as multiple waves of low pressure tracked along a slow moving cold front. Rain changed to snow late in the early evening hours on February 2nd as temperatures fell below freezing. Snow conti…
High Wind High Wind
Five power poles were completely broken off near the ground on Ohio State Route 510 north of Clyde.
Tornado EF0 Tornado
This EF0 tornado had estimated maximum winds of 85 mph. The tornado began about 300 feet west of North Vickery Road and 1200 feet north of Whitmore Road in Vickery, OH, where a spiraling pattern was found in a field. As the tornado moved east-northeastward, it damaged a residenti…
Hail Hail
Quarter-size hail in Vickery area (i.e. about four-miles NNE of Clyde).
Hail Hail
Quarter-size hail in Ballville.
Hail Hail
Multiple reports of quarter-size hail in Fremont.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10 | 4 |
| 2022 | 11 | 0 |
| 2021 | 9 | 1 |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 |
| 2019 | 17 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 |
| 2017 | 9 | 1 |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 |
| 2015 | 20 | 0 |
| 2014 | 10 | 0 |
| 2013 | 13 | 1 |
| 2012 | 15 | 0 |
| 2011 | 23 | 0 |
| 2010 | 22 | 1 |
| 2009 | 13 | 0 |
| 2008 | 13 | 0 |
| 2007 | 19 | 0 |
| 2006 | 16 | 0 |
| 2005 | 16 | 0 |
| 2004 | 13 | 0 |
| 2003 | 15 | 0 |
| 2002 | 15 | 1 |
| 2001 | 7 | 0 |
| 2000 | 10 | 0 |
| 1999 | 21 | 0 |
| 1998 | 29 | 0 |
| 1997 | 28 | 0 |
| 1996 | 18 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 1 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1985 | 7 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 1 |
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1974 | 4 | 0 |
| 1973 | 2 | 0 |
| 1972 | 1 | 1 |
| 1971 | 4 | 0 |
| 1970 | 2 | 0 |
| 1969 | 1 | 0 |
| 1968 | 4 | 0 |
| 1967 | 1 | 0 |
| 1966 | 1 | 0 |
| 1960 | 1 | 0 |
| 1958 | 1 | 0 |
| 1953 | 1 | 1 |
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