Cold arctic high pressure over the region allowed for sub-freezing temperatures after a period of relatively mild weather in late March and very early April 2007. |All reports of monetary losses in this report are preliminary estimates.
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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.
The episode as NWS RNK wrote it up.
Cold arctic high pressure over the region allowed for sub-freezing temperatures after a period of relatively mild weather in late March and very early April 2007. The mild weather helped to jump start the growing season across the area, and freezing temperatures, as low as the lower to middle 20s F, lead to significant crop damage for most counties.|All reports of monetary losses in this report are preliminary estimates.
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 Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 8, 6:36 PM EST, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.
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15 frost/freeze. Local standard time, as filed.
Apples and pears experienced a 50% loss.|Crop damage and dollar amounts listed represent the losses for 3 consecutive nights of freezing weather.
Apples and strawberries experienced a 20 to 25% loss.|Crop damage and dollar amounts listed represent the losses for 3 consecutive nights of freezing weather.
Indications are there may have been very minor losses to apples and strawberries due to the freeze based upon reports from nearby counties.|Crop damage and dollar amounts listed represent the losses for 4 consecutive nights of freezing weather.
No notable crop damage for this county as the major crops had not yet been planted.
Indications are there may have been losses to apples, peaches, strawberries and wheat due to the freeze based upon reports from nearby counties.|Crop damage and dollar amounts listed represent the losses for 4 consecutive nights of freezing weather.
Various fruits, pasture grasses, and hay experienced losses due to the freezing conditions.|Crop damage and dollar amounts listed represent the losses for 4 consecutive nights of freezing weather.
Apples and peaches experienced a 70% loss. Strawberries experienced a 50% loss. Grapes experienced a 25% loss.|Crop damage and dollar amounts listed represent the losses for 3 consecutive nights of freezing weather.
Peaches experienced a 90 to 95% loss. Apples experienced an 85% loss. Grapes experienced a 50% loss. Wheat experienced a 25 to 30% loss.|Crop damage and dollar amounts listed represent the losses for 4 consecutive nights of freezing weather.
Various fruits, pasture grasses, and hay experienced losses due to the freezing conditions.|Crop damage and dollar amounts listed represent the losses for 4 consecutive nights of freezing weather.
No significant crop loss was experienced.
No notable crop damage occurred.
Peaches, nectarines, cherries, and plums experienced total loss. Apples experienced a 90% loss. Grapes experienced a 60 to 75% loss. Hay/grasses experienced a 40% loss.|Crop damage and dollar amounts listed represent the losses for 4 consecutive nights of freezing weather.|Patrick County requested agricultural disaster designation due to the hard freeze.
Indications are there may have been losses to apples, peaches, strawberries, and grapes due to the freeze based upon reports from nearby counties.|Crop damage and dollar amounts listed represent the losses for 4 consecutive nights of freezing weather.
Various fruits, pasture grasses, and hay experienced losses due to the freezing conditions.|Crop damage and dollar amounts listed represent the losses for 4 consecutive nights of freezing weather.
Asian pear experienced a total loss. Alfalfa experienced a 30% loss. Hay/grasses experienced a 15% loss.|Crop damage and dollar amounts listed represent the losses for 3 consecutive nights of freezing weather.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Virginia in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Virginia, April 2007
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: 25198, 25199, 25202, 25203, 25207, 25197, 25200, 25205, 25201, 25204, 25206, 25208, 25209, 25210, 25211.