Ashland County, Ohio tornado history

20 tornadoes recorded in or across Ashland County from 1970 to 2023, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Ashland County

The Storm Prediction Center records 20 tornadoes whose paths touched Ashland County, Ohio between 1970 and 2023. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 5 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 10 May 1973. The most recent was on 15 June 2023.

  • 20tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 18injuries
  • 473per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Ashland County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0945%
F1 / EF1945%
F2 / EF2210%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Ashland County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 1970s.1970s51980s31990s32000s42010s32020s2

The 2020s only run to 2023, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1970s5
1980s3
1990s3
2000s4
2010s3
2020s2
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr1May1Jun5Jul4Aug4Sep0Oct1Nov3Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr1
May1
Jun5
Jul4
Aug4
Sep0
Oct1
Nov3
Dec0

Records for Ashland County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Ohio tornado10 May 1973, F2, 8 injuries, 40.4 miles long
  • Most recent: Ohio tornado15 June 2023, EF0, 1.2 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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