High Wind, Garrett
- When
- February 4, 9:15 AM EST
- Where
- Garrett forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
Trees and power lines down in Grantsville.
High Wind in Maryland, February 4, 2003
1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 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 Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 4, 9:15 AM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 9:15 AM EST, 0 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
915 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2003
MRNG ZONES UPDATE FOR QUICK CHANGING WX.
6 RDGE CNTYS UPPED TO HIGH WIND WARNING...EXPANDED WIND ADVISORY TODAY
FOR ALL OF WRN PA/NRN WVA. PRECIP CHANGING QUICKLY W-E...-SN IN
ECNTRL OHIO ATTM SO LIKELY POPS CWA TODAY AND MENTIONED AN INCH OR
SO...POSSIBLY 2 N AND E OF PIT.
WIL SEE HOW R.O. RESPONDS ON AREAS STREAMS THRU THE DAY FOR FURTHER
UPDATES OF ANY FFA.
REST SAME.
.PBZ...
MD...HIGH WIND WARNING TODAY FOR ZONE MDZ001.
OH...FLOOD WATCH TODAY FOR ZONES OHZ059-069.
WIND ADVISORY TODAY FOR OHZ041.
PA...HIGH WIND WARNING TODAY FOR ZONES PAZ023-030-032.
WIND ADVISORY TODAY FOR ZONES
PAZ007>009-013>016-020>022-029-031. .
WV...FLOOD WATCH TODAY FOR ZONES WVZ003>004.
HIGH WIND WARNING TODAY FOR ZONES WVZ023-041
WIND ADVISORY TODAY FOR ZONES WVZ001>004-012-021-022.Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 4, 4:48 AM EST, 4 hours 27 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-041200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 448 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN WEATHER THREAT ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. LOCATIONS IN NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND IN THE RIDGES OF SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND WESTERN MARYLAND CAN EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. BECAUSE OF THIS A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREA TODAY. IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...FLASH FLOODING IS A CONCERN DUE TO ICE JAMS AND RUNOFF FROM MONDAY NIGHTS RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION COULD BE NEEDED TODAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 4, 4:05 AM EST, 5 hours 10 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-041500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 405 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2003 ...WINTER WEATHER UPDATE... NOAA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAYS WINDS CAN GUST OVER 40 MPH TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT...POSSIBLY OVER 50 MPH NEAR INTERSTATE 80 IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND NEAR THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. BEWARE OF FLYING DEBRIS. TAKE EXTRA CARE STEERING YOUR VEHICLE. ATTENTION EVENING COMMUTERS...UNTREATED PAVEMENTS CAN TURN ICY TOWARD EVENING AS TEMPERATURES GO BELOW FREEZING. WET SPOTS CAN FREEZE...AND THIN COATS OF SNOW CAN ADD TO THIS HAZARDOUS CONDITION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
Local storm report, Feb 4, 4:45 AM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH, PA
445 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0315 AM NEFFS OH FLASH FLOODS
02/04/03 BELMONT STATE ROUTE 149 NEAR
NEFFS...CLOSED DUE TO
FLOODING. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENTEvent by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Dense Fog in California, February 4, 2003
- Strong Wind in New Jersey, February 4, 2003
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, February 4, 2003
- Strong Wind in Vermont, February 4 to 5, 2003
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 4, 2003
- High Wind in North Carolina, February 4, 2003
- Winter Storm in Utah, February 4 to 5, 2003
- Strong Wind in Maryland, February 4, 2003
- Strong Wind in New York, February 4, 2003
More
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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: 5342637.