Winter Storm in Ohio, March 25, 2002

Name: Winter Storm in Ohio, March 25, 2002
Start: 2002-03-25T12:00
End: 2002-03-25T12:00
Location: Ohio

March 25, 2002 · NWS ILN · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

A warm front situated west to east over central Ohio caused west central Ohio and portions of the northern Miami Valley to receive up to 6 inches of snowfall.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 4 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: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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 ILN wrote it up.

A warm front situated west to east over central Ohio caused west central Ohio and portions of the northern Miami Valley to receive up to 6 inches of snowfall.

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 Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 25, 8:36 AM EST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 8:36 AM EST, 3 hours 24 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
835 AM EST SUN MAR 24 2002

JUST SENT AN UPDATE TO ZONES. HAV DROPPED ADVISORY FOR AREAS TO THE
S OF CMH AS TEMPS ABV FREEZING AND XPCTD TO RMN ABV FRZG RMNDR MRNG.
CUD STILL SEE A FEW FLAKES OF SNOW MIXED IN BUT DO NOT THINK IT
WARRANTS AN ADVISORY. ELSWR...WARNING AND ADVISORIES WORKING OUT
PRETTY WELL. 2 TO 4 INCHES ALREADY REPORTED ACRS FAR NRN PORTIONS OF
FA WITH ANOTHER CPL INCHES PSBL. ALG AND JUST TO THE N OF
I-70...PCPN MIXING WITH SLEET AND SNOW WITH TMPS HOVERING RIGHT
AROUND FRZG SO ADVISORY LOOKS GOOS INTO ERLY AFTN. UNION AND FAYETTE
COUNTIES IN IND LOOK TO BE ON THE EDGE BUT WL LEAVE IN ADVISORY FOR
TIME BEING.

THINK TMPS WL STRUGGLE TO RISE MUCH ACRS THE NW SO BUMPED TMPS DOWN
A CAT OR SO. ALSO BUMPED UP WINDS ACRS THE N.

.ILN...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR MERCER AUGLAIZE AND HARDIN OH TODAY.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DELAWARE UNION LOGAN SHELBY AND DARKE
COUNTIES TODAY.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR OHZ051>056-060>062 AND INZ050-058-059
THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.

LOTT

The radar

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

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Event by event

4 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Auglaize

When: March 25, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Auglaize forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.561, -84.222 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Darke

When: March 25, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Darke forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.133, -84.619 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Hardin

When: March 25, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Hardin forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.662, -83.659 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Mercer

When: March 25, 12:00 PM EST
Where: Mercer forecast zone
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.540, -84.629 (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: 5286862, 5286863, 5286864, 5286865.