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The Defiance twister has been counted as Ohio’s 10th tornado of 2026, WHIO reports. Ohio set a state record in 2024 with 74 confirmed tornadoes, according to The Columbus Dispatch, and logged roughly 28 confirmed tornadoes in 2025, per NBC4/WCMH coverage.
Thousands of people are without power in Northeast Ohio due to severe thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon.
All central Ohio counties are under a tornado watch March 26, as severe weather is forecast includuing damaging winds, hail, and isolated tornadoes.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Northeast Ohio is expected to see rounds of thunderstorms Tuesday, with the potential for severe weather increasing late afternoon into the evening. The primary threats are damaging wind gusts up to 60 mph and hail larger than 1 inch,
In addition to the power outages and downed trees, the city was also dealing with extensive flooding as a result of a series of storms throughout the week. Riverfront Park, which is adjacent to the Auglaize River, was mostly underwater by Saturday evening.
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Several tornado warnings issued in Ohio. See live radar, weather alerts
The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning in Ohio on Thursday, March 26.
Temperatures have surged into the 80s for highs as we've reached the end of this first week of April, but we've got a change coming in the forecast this weekend, and that change will mean colder