Frost/Freeze, Athens
- When
- April 24, 3:00 AM EST to 8:30 AM EST
- Where
- Athens forecast zone
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 39.334, -82.045 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Frost and Freeze in Ohio, April 24, 2003
Dawn temperatures of 28 to 32 degrees were common. State forestry personnel reported that young sycamore trees suffered leaf damage.
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.
- 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
- 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 RLX wrote it up.
Dawn temperatures of 28 to 32 degrees were common. State forestry personnel reported that young sycamore trees suffered leaf damage.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 frost/freeze. Local standard time, as filed.
Frost/Freeze, Morgan
- When
- April 24, 3:00 AM EST to 8:30 AM EST
- Where
- Morgan forecast zone
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 39.620, -81.853 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Frost/Freeze, Perry
- When
- April 24, 3:00 AM EST to 8:30 AM EST
- Where
- Perry forecast zone
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 39.737, -82.236 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Frost/Freeze, Vinton
- When
- April 24, 3:00 AM EST to 8:30 AM EST
- Where
- Vinton forecast zone
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 39.251, -82.485 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Frost/Freeze
- Frost or temperatures at or below freezing during the growing season, usually filed for crop damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, April 24 to 25, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 24, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 24, 2003
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 24, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, April 24, 2003
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 24, 2003
- Tornado in Mississippi, April 24, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, April 24, 2003
- Flood in Alabama, April 24 to 25, 2003
- Hail in Texas, April 24, 2003
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Arkansas, April 24, 2003
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 24, 2003
More
Every storm in Ohio in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, April 2003
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5346553, 5346554, 5346555, 5346556.