Tornado History Map

Franklin County, Ohio tornado history

43 tornadoes recorded in or across Franklin County from 1954 to 2025, 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 Franklin County

The Storm Prediction Center records 43 tornadoes whose paths touched Franklin County, Ohio between 1954 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 7 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 10 May 1973. The most recent was on 30 March 2025.

  • 43tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 18injuries
  • 808per 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 Franklin County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01944%
F1 / EF11535%
F2 / EF2716%
F3 / EF325%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Franklin County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 11 in 1970s.1950s41960s21970s111980s41990s42000s42010s82020s6

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s4
1960s2
1970s11
1980s4
1990s4
2000s4
2010s8
2020s6
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in Apr.Jan0Feb6Mar1Apr7May5Jun6Jul6Aug4Sep4Oct4Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb6
Mar1
Apr7
May5
Jun6
Jul6
Aug4
Sep4
Oct4
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Franklin County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Ohio tornado10 May 1973, F3, 8 injuries, 89.6 miles long
  • Most recent: Ohio tornado30 March 2025, EF0, 2.6 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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