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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Salineville, OH

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

7 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Salineville, Ohio since 1851, 0 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Sandy in 2012. Since 1950, 52 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
7

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
52

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
2

12 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Salineville

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Salineville, Ohio, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2012SandyOct 3143 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 3
2003IsabelSep 1934 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 5
1995OpalOct 651 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 4
1989HugoSep 222 miTropical storm (43 mph)Category 5
1979FredericSep 1456 miTropical storm (39 mph)Category 4
1915Unnamed 1915 stormOct 159 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 4
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 2967 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Salineville: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Salineville

By decade

  • 2020s12
  • 2010s7
  • 2000s3
  • 1990s11
  • 1980s8(1 EF3+)
  • 1970s3(1 EF3+)
  • 1960s5
  • 1950s3
Strongest tornadoes near Salineville, Ohio
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 31, 1985F324 mi39 mi9 / 120
Oct 12, 1978F313 mi7.3 mi0 / 4
Nov 16, 1965F221 mi5.9 mi2 / 9
Sep 30, 1954F219 mi0.1 mi1 / 3
May 7, 2024EF23 mi15.32 mi0 / 0
Jul 29, 2021EF27 mi6.16 mi0 / 0
May 23, 2000F223 mi3 mi0 / 0
May 31, 1985F217 mi15 mi0 / 20
Jul 24, 1967F216 mi6.5 mi0 / 2
Mar 11, 1955F218 mi1 mi0 / 0
Jul 29, 2021EF118 mi2.31 mi0 / 0
Jul 29, 2021EF17 mi2.17 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 52, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Salineville while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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