As Friday's storm dumped several inches of snow throughout the state, state climatologist JeffRogers sat down with 10TV News to discuss some of the Buckeye state's worst winter storms.
Rogers said the storm that arrived on Friday had the chance to set Ohio records, 10TV's JohnFortney reported.
"We may get pretty close to a 24-hour snowfall record here," Rogers said.
It was about five years ago that Columbus was buried in more than a foot of snow. During Feb.15 and 16, 2003, the city received 15.6 inches of snow.
During Thanksgiving weekend in 1950, a blizzard dumped 6 inches of snow on Ohio Stadium as theMichigan Wolverines defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes.
Two decades later, it was the Blizzard of 1978 that crippled Ohio, along with other parts ofthe Midwest.
The storm was responsible for several deaths. Others stranded in snow drifts had to be rescuedby members of the Ohio National Guard.
Tom Ryan was anchoring 10TV News when the storm hit.
"The guardsman are also providing transportation for our nurses and doctors who are strandedand can't make it to or from their tour of duty," Ryan said.
In 1987, Columbus received its worst snowfall in a 24-hour period. About 12.3 inches of snowfell on April 4, 1987.
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