Event narrative (NOAA)
Thousands of trees were downed. Four tenths of an inch of ice accumulation was observed in Williamsburg. Several thousand people were without power. Power was still out 4 days later in some locations. A nine year old girl, Natalie Fossier, was killed by a falling ice covered branch while walking her dog. The accident occurred at approximately 2:20 pm.
Other notable ice storm events in Ohio
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.