Tornado History Map

Highland County, Ohio tornado history

25 tornadoes recorded in or across Highland County from 1958 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 Highland County

The Storm Prediction Center records 25 tornadoes whose paths touched Highland County, Ohio between 1958 and 2025. They killed 2 people and injured 13. The busiest month is June, with 7 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 30 June 1993. The most recent was on 2 April 2025.

  • 25tornadoes
  • 2deaths
  • 13injuries
  • 452per 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 Highland County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01040%
F1 / EF1936%
F2 / EF2416%
F3 / EF328%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Highland County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 2010s.1950s21960s41970s31980s11990s32000s12010s62020s5

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

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s4
1970s3
1980s1
1990s3
2000s1
2010s6
2020s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in Jun.Jan0Feb1Mar5Apr5May3Jun7Jul2Aug0Sep0Oct2Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb1
Mar5
Apr5
May3
Jun7
Jul2
Aug0
Sep0
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Highland County

  • Deadliest and Longest path: Ohio tornado25 April 1961, F2, 2 deaths, 4 injuries, 25 miles long
  • Strongest: Ohio tornado30 June 1993, F3, 3 injuries, 15 miles long
  • Most recent: Ohio tornado2 April 2025, EF0, 7.9 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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