Excessive Heat, Athens
- When
- February 9, 11:00 AM EST to 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Athens forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.334, -82.045 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat in Ohio, February 9, 2001
Afternoon temperatures reached the upper 60s to lower 70s. Gallipolis saw 72 degrees.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 9 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS RLX wrote it up.
Afternoon temperatures reached the upper 60s to lower 70s. Gallipolis saw 72 degrees. Jackson and Marietta both registered 69 degrees.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 9, 9:56 AM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 9:56 AM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 956 AM EST FRI FEB 9 2001 FORECAST SEEMS TO BE PRETTY MUCH ON TRACK. QUICK LOOK AT 12Z MESOETA SHOWS FRONT MAY EVEN BE A BIT SLOWER...BUT NOT MAJOR ENOUGH TO CHANGE TIMING AT THIS POINT. WILL HAVE MOSTLY CLOUDY OR CONSIDERABLE CLOUDS WORDING FOR THE AFTERNOON. STILL SOME THIN SPOTS IN THE CLOUD COVER UPSTREAM. POPS WILL REMAIN AS IS. EKN SEEMED TO STILL BE CAUGHT UNDER AN INVERSION AS OF 14Z...BUT THEIR TEMP WILL CATCH UP QUICKLY WHEN THAT BREAKS. FORECAST HIGHS LOOK GOOD AND WILL DO NOTHING MORE THAN TWEAK THESE. FIRST GUESS RIGHT NOW IS THAT WIND ADVISORY WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON/TONIGHT...BUT WILL REEVALUATE THIS AFTER LOOKING AT TRENDS AND MODELS. .RLX... WV...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. .END/CL
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Excessive Heat, Gallia
- When
- February 9, 11:00 AM EST to 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Gallia forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.825, -82.317 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Jackson
- When
- February 9, 11:00 AM EST to 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -82.618 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Lawrence
- When
- February 9, 11:00 AM EST to 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Lawrence forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.599, -82.537 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Meigs
- When
- February 9, 11:00 AM EST to 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Meigs forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.082, -82.023 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Morgan
- When
- February 9, 11:00 AM EST to 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Morgan forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.620, -81.853 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Perry
- When
- February 9, 11:00 AM EST to 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Perry forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.737, -82.236 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Vinton
- When
- February 9, 11:00 AM EST to 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Vinton forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.251, -82.485 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Excessive Heat, Washington
- When
- February 9, 11:00 AM EST to 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Washington forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.455, -81.495 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Excessive Heat
- Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current in Florida, February 9, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 9, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Michigan, February 9 to 12, 2001
- High Wind in Ohio, February 9 to 10, 2001
- Flooding in Wisconsin, February 9 to 10, 2001
- Flood in Michigan, February 9 to 14, 2001
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 9, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, February 9, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, February 9, 2001
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 9 to 10, 2001
- Flash Flooding in New York, February 9 to 10, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, February 9, 2001
More
Every storm in Ohio in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, February 2001
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5229232, 5229233, 5229234, 5229235, 5229236, 5229237, 5229238, 5229239, 5229240.