Winter Storm in Ohio, March 24 to 25, 2002

Name: Winter Storm in Ohio, March 24 to 25, 2002
Start: 2002-03-24T20:00
End: 2002-03-25T18:00
Location: Ohio

March 24 to 25, 2002 · NWS CLE · 28 events in 28 counties and zones

Heavy snow developed to the north of a stationary front strecthing across far southern Ohio. Snow accumulations ranged from 6 to 8 inches.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 28 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $1.6 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 28

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 CLE wrote it up.

Heavy snow developed to the north of a stationary front strecthing across far southern Ohio. Snow accumulations ranged from 6 to 8 inches. Some freezing rain also mixed with the snow south and east of a line from Marion to Mansfield to just north of Youngstown. The snow was very wet and heavy making conditions on untreated roadways very treacherous.

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 Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 24, 4:35 PM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 4:35 PM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
435 PM EST SUN MAR 24 2002

UPDATED THE EXTREME NORTH TO RAISE THE POPS FOR EARLY TONIGHT.
OTHERWISE NO CHANGES.

.CLE...
OH...WINTER STORM WARN LATE TNGT THRU MON EVE.
PA...WINTER STORM WARN LATE TNGT THRU MON EVE.

KIELTYKA

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

28 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Ashland

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Ashland forecast zone
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.846, -82.271 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Ashtabula

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Ashtabula forecast zone
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.896, -80.759 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Crawford

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Crawford forecast zone
Property damage: $40,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.851, -82.920 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Cuyahoga

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Cuyahoga forecast zone
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.479, -81.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Erie

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Erie forecast zone
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.432, -82.700 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Geauga

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Geauga forecast zone
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.500, -81.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Hancock

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Hancock forecast zone
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.002, -83.666 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Holmes

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Holmes forecast zone
Property damage: $40,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.561, -81.929 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Huron

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Huron forecast zone
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.146, -82.598 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Knox

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Knox forecast zone
Property damage: $75,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.399, -82.421 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Lake

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Lake forecast zone
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.714, -81.245 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Lorain

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Lorain forecast zone
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.453, -82.151 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Lucas

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Lucas forecast zone
Property damage: $75,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.684, -83.468 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Mahoning

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Mahoning forecast zone
Property damage: $75,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.015, -80.776 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Marion

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Marion forecast zone
Property damage: $75,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.587, -83.161 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Medina

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Medina forecast zone
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.118, -81.900 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Morrow

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Morrow forecast zone
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.524, -82.794 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Ottawa

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Ottawa forecast zone
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.497, -82.941 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Portage

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Portage forecast zone
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.168, -81.197 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Richland

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Richland forecast zone
Property damage: $75,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.775, -82.536 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Sandusky

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Sandusky forecast zone
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.357, -83.144 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Seneca

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Seneca forecast zone
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.124, -83.128 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Stark

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Stark forecast zone
Property damage: $75,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.814, -81.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Summit

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Summit forecast zone
Property damage: $75,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.126, -81.532 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Trumbull

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Trumbull forecast zone
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.317, -80.761 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Wayne

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Wayne forecast zone
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.829, -81.888 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Wood

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Wood forecast zone
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 41.362, -83.623 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Wyandot

When: March 24, 8:00 PM EST to March 25, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Wyandot forecast zone
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.842, -83.304 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Winter Storm: A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Ohio in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Ohio, March 2002

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: 5284873, 5284874, 5284875, 5284876, 5284938, 5284939, 5284940, 5284941, 5284942, 5284943, 5284944, 5284945, 5284946, 5284947, 5284948, 5284949, 5284950, 5284951, 5284952, 5284953, 5284954, 5284955, 5284956, 5284957, 5284958, 5284959, 5284960, 5284961.