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Pickaway County, Ohio severe weather history spans 340 recorded events between 1956 and 2026. The dominant hazard is thunderstorm wind, accounting for 52.9% of all recorded events. It ranks #1,555 nationally and #63 in Ohio.
340
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
45
Direct injuries
$13.6M
Property damage
The record
What the Pickaway County, Ohio severe weather history record shows
Across the archive, Pickaway County, Ohio severe weather history averages 4.9 recorded events a year. The busiest stretch on record is the 2010s, with 116 events logged in that decade alone. Roughly 44 events fall before 1990 and 296 from 1990 onward — a gap that reflects the expansion of NOAA reporting practice as much as the weather itself.
The costliest is tornado, with $11.6M in reported property damage. In total, 7 distinct hazard types appear in this county archive, each listed with its own dated record below.
By hazard type
Every hazard type recorded in Pickaway County
| Hazard | Events | Deaths | Damage | Max | Span |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 180 | 0 | $1.2M | 70 | 1956–2026 |
| Hail | 66 | 0 | $60K | 2.75 | 1960–2024 |
| Flood | 36 | 0 | $15K | 0 | 2007–2026 |
| Flash Flood | 28 | 0 | $673K | 0 | 1998–2025 |
| Tornado | 27 | 0 | $11.6M | F3 | 1958–2024 |
| Heavy Rain | 2 | 0 | $1K | 0 | 2011–2015 |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | $50K | 0 | 2001–2001 |
Decade by decade
Pickaway County, Ohio severe weather history by decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
Tornado tracks
Paths crossing this county
32 mapped tornado paths intersect this county: 27 touched down inside it and 5 crossed in from a neighbouring county. This comes from path geometry, not county-tagged reports.
| Date | Scale | Deaths | Injuries | Path length | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-10-13 | EF3 | 0 | 6 | 3.6 mi | Touched down here |
| 1970-09-03 | EF3 | 0 | 1 | 2.3 mi | Touched down here |
| 1986-03-10 | EF2 | 1 | 10 | 28.0 mi | Crossed in |
| 2006-10-11 | EF2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 mi | Touched down here |
| 1971-02-22 | EF2 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 mi | Touched down here |
| 1963-06-05 | EF2 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 mi | Touched down here |
| 1958-05-22 | EF2 | 0 | 3 | 9.0 mi | Touched down here |
| 2021-10-15 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | 2.7 mi | Touched down here |
| 2019-05-27 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | 3.8 mi | Touched down here |
| 2019-05-27 | EF1 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 mi | Touched down here |
Significant events
Deadliest events on record in Pickaway County
| Date | Type | Location | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 1986 | Tornado | 0 | 10 | $2.5M | |
| Apr 12, 1965 | Tornado | 0 | 9 | $250K | |
| Apr 3, 1974 | Tornado | 0 | 7 | $25K | |
| Oct 13, 1999 | Tornado | CIRCLEVILLE | 0 | 6 | $4.0M |
| Jul 17, 2022 | Tornado | HAYESVILLE | 0 | 3 | $250K |
| Sep 13, 1988 | Thunderstorm Wind | 0 | 3 | $0 | |
| May 22, 1958 | Tornado | 0 | 3 | $250K | |
| Aug 8, 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | CIRCLEVILLE | 0 | 1 | $9K |
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A tornado touched down west of Circleville, pulling a small shed off of its foundation and destroying a section of a construction building. after this, the tornado lifted and then touched down in a more developed area in town. It destroyed a building housing two businesses and ripped the roof off of a section of a strip mall, ejecting furniture from inside the structure. A large sign weighing several hundred pounds was ripped from its foundation and blown twenty feet away. A tractor trailer with a load of 18 to 19 tons was blown over and dragged ten feet away from where it landed. The tornado then proceeded to a housing development where several homes were destroyed, several roofs ripped off, and garages either destroyed or moved from their foundations. Trees were twisted and broken off at their bases and carports were also torn from nearby houses.
A tornado touched down along State Route 361, causing damage to three buildings at the Pickaway Machine and Fabricating Company. Portions of the aluminum roofing and insulation were removed from these three buildings, and deposited throughout the complex and in a cornfield across Route 361. Corn stalks at six to eight feet in height were knocked over in a 150 foot wide swath across this cornfield, extending for a mile to the northeast to Boggs Road. Across Boggs Road, minor tree and limb damage occurred, with part of an open air aluminum shed being blown into a nearby tree line.
The first known damage from this tornado occurred south of Carson Road, where several trees were damaged and some of the debris was blown onto southbound Interstate 71.||Additional damage was found further east on Carson Road, where roof damage occurred to some homes and a stand of trees had a notable but narrow path of damage. More tree damage was located on the southwest side of Harrisburg, along Harrisburg Road and U.S. Route 62. Finally, some trees and tree branches were downed on Ohio State Route 762, just south of U.S. Route 62.
Context
Risk, population and federal disasters
Relatively Low
FEMA NRI risk rating
60,131
Population (ACS)
$257K
Median home value
15
Federal declarations
| Declared | Incident | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2020 | Biological | COVID-19 PANDEMIC | DR |
| Mar 13, 2020 | Biological | COVID-19 | EM |
| Jun 18, 2019 | Tornado | SEVERE STORMS, STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS, TORNADOES, FLOODING, LANDSLIDES, AND MUDSLIDE | DR |
| Aug 20, 2012 | Severe Storm | SEVERE STORMS AND STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS | DR |
| Jun 30, 2012 | Severe Storm | SEVERE STORMS | EM |
| Oct 24, 2008 | Severe Storm | SEVERE WIND STORM ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL DEPRESSION IKE | DR |
Within the county
Most affected places
- Circleville 116
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many severe weather events have been recorded in Pickaway County, Ohio?
340 events are on record between 1956 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths and $13.6M in property damage.
What is the most common severe weather hazard in Pickaway County?
Thunderstorm Wind, with 180 recorded events — 52.9% of everything in the archive for this county.
How many tornadoes have crossed Pickaway County?
32 mapped tornado paths intersect the county boundary; 27 of them touched down inside it. This is derived from path geometry, not county-tagged reports.
How many federal disaster declarations cover Pickaway County?
15 federal disaster declarations from FEMA include Pickaway County, each tied to a specific incident period.
How risky is Pickaway County compared with the rest of the country?
FEMA's National Risk Index rates Pickaway County as relatively low risk, placing it in the 51 percentile of its state for expected annual loss.
Where does the Pickaway 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
- Perry County 358
- Pike County 272
- Paulding County 205
- Portage County 523
- Ottawa County 401
- Preble County 330
Cite this page
“Pickaway County, Ohio.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/ohio/pickaway-county/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.