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Carroll County, Ohio severe weather history spans 387 recorded events between 1954 and 2026. The dominant hazard is thunderstorm wind, accounting for 64.3% of all recorded events. It ranks #1,306 nationally and #49 in Ohio.
387
Recorded events
1
Direct deaths
15
Direct injuries
$4.9M
Property damage
The record
What the Carroll County, Ohio severe weather history record shows
Across the archive, Carroll County, Ohio severe weather history averages 5.4 recorded events a year. The busiest stretch on record is the 2010s, with 123 events logged in that decade alone. Roughly 40 events fall before 1990 and 347 from 1990 onward — a gap that reflects the expansion of NOAA reporting practice as much as the weather itself.
The deadliest hazard in the Carroll County, Ohio record is tornado, responsible for 1 direct deaths. The costliest is thunderstorm wind, with $2.9M in reported property damage. In total, 8 distinct hazard types appear in this county archive, each listed with its own dated record below.
By hazard type
Every hazard type recorded in Carroll County
| Hazard | Events | Deaths | Damage | Max | Span |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 249 | 0 | $2.9M | 78 | 1971–2026 |
| Hail | 66 | 0 | $1K | 3 | 1972–2026 |
| Flash Flood | 42 | 0 | $453K | 0 | 1996–2025 |
| Flood | 12 | 0 | $348K | 0 | 2008–2015 |
| Tornado | 11 | 1 | $1.2M | F2 | 1954–2024 |
| Heavy Rain | 4 | 0 | $0 | 0 | 2018–2025 |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 | 0 | $0 | 0 | 2010–2010 |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | $0 | 0 | 2006–2006 |
Decade by decade
Carroll County, Ohio severe weather history by decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
Tornado tracks
Paths crossing this county
10 mapped tornado paths intersect this county: 9 touched down inside it and 1 crossed in from a neighbouring county. This comes from path geometry, not county-tagged reports.
| Date | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Path length | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-29 | EF2 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 mi | Touched down here |
| 2019-05-25 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 mi | Touched down here |
| 2013-07-10 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | 13.4 mi | Crossed in |
| 2013-07-10 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 mi | Touched down here |
| 2010-06-02 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 mi | Touched down here |
| 1980-06-06 | EF1 | 0 | 2 | 0.8 mi | Touched down here |
| 1965-07-24 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 mi | Touched down here |
| 2024-05-17 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 mi | Touched down here |
| 2013-07-19 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 mi | Touched down here |
| 2013-07-23 | EF0 | 0 | 0 | 3.2 mi | Touched down here |
Significant events
Deadliest events on record in Carroll County
| Date | Type | Location | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 1954 | Tornado | 1 | 3 | $25K | |
| Sep 30, 2006 | Lightning | CARROLLTON | 0 | 6 | $0 |
| Jul 14, 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mechanicstown | 0 | 2 | $0 |
| Jun 6, 1980 | Tornado | 0 | 2 | $250K | |
| Aug 27, 1994 | Hail | Magnolia | 0 | 1 | $0 |
| Nov 20, 1988 | Thunderstorm Wind | 0 | 1 | $0 |
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Video confirmed a brief tornado occurred beginning at the Leesville Lake South Fork Marina and continuing northeast across Leesville Lake. Rapid development was noted as a narrow, intense ground circulation appeared, tossing docks and pontoon boats. Based on the destruction of a tree in tandem with the destruction of non-DIs evident in the video and the visual of rotational speed of the ground circulation, the peak wind in this small tornado is estimated to be around 80 MPH.
Emergency management reported water flowing out of the spillway from Stoney Creek Dam and flooding McGuire Creek down to Leesville lake. SR 37 and East Side drive were washed out in spots. Sand and gravel were washed into basement of one home.
The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has confirmed an EF1 tornado in the city of Carrollton on Saturday afternoon May 25th.|||The tornado touched down in a wooded area off of Crest |Street then lifted briefly across Canton Road NW before tearing the top of a |large hardwood tree behind the McDonald's. The worst of the damage |was an overturned single wide mobile home. There were shingles off |several other mobile homes within the mobile home park. A metal shed |was also destroyed. Intermittent touchdowns continued causing minor |damage and shingles off the roofs of a few homes along N Lisbon |Street. Numerous hardwood trees behind the aforementioned street |were snapped mid way up in a ravine.
Context
Risk, population and federal disasters
Very Low
FEMA NRI risk rating
26,659
Population (ACS)
$183K
Median home value
11
Federal declarations
| Declared | Incident | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2020 | Biological | COVID-19 PANDEMIC | DR |
| Mar 13, 2020 | Biological | COVID-19 | EM |
| Jun 30, 2012 | Severe Storm | SEVERE STORMS | EM |
| Oct 24, 2008 | Severe Storm | SEVERE WIND STORM ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION IKE | DR |
| Sep 13, 2005 | Hurricane | HURRICANE KATRINA EVACUATION | EM |
| Feb 15, 2005 | Severe Storm | SEVERE WINTER STORMS, FLOODING, AND MUDSLIDES | DR |
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many severe weather events have been recorded in Carroll County, Ohio?
387 events are on record between 1954 and 2026, causing 1 direct deaths and $4.9M in property damage.
What is the most common severe weather hazard in Carroll County?
Thunderstorm Wind, with 249 recorded events — 64.3% of everything in the archive for this county.
How many tornadoes have crossed Carroll County?
10 mapped tornado paths intersect the county boundary; 9 of them touched down inside it. This is derived from path geometry, not county-tagged reports.
How many federal disaster declarations cover Carroll County?
11 federal disaster declarations from FEMA include Carroll County, each tied to a specific incident period.
How risky is Carroll County compared with the rest of the country?
FEMA's National Risk Index rates Carroll County as very low risk, placing it in the 20 percentile of its state for expected annual loss.
Where does the Carroll County, Ohio severe weather history data come from?
Every figure is drawn from United States federal public-domain records: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events for the event archive, NOAA SPC SVRGIS for mapped tornado paths, FEMA for disaster declarations and risk ratings, and the U.S. Census for population context. Dates are shown in UTC and recent entries may still be revised by NOAA.
Nearby
Neighbouring counties
- Butler County 597
- Champaign County 283
- Brown County 446
- Clark County 467
- Belmont County 476
- Clermont County 639
Cite this page
“Carroll County, Ohio.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/ohio/carroll-county/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.