Severe Weather Awareness Week: Threat for storms arrives with Spring

Franklin County Emergency Management and Homeland Security will recognize Ohio’s Spring Severe Weather Awareness Week and Flood Safety Awareness Week, March 18 – 24, 2018.Ohio’s peak tornado season is generally April through July, but tornadoes can and have occurred in every month of the year. According to Ohio.gov, there were 39 confirmed tornadoes in Ohio in 2017 with a tornado outbreak occurring on November 5 resulting in 17 tornadoes in Ohio, five of which were EF2s.The Sta